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Year 1 were invited to visit Lexi’s farm at Pickett Howe. Lexi’s mum Sam also runs ‘Pony Pals Lakeland’ where she offers Equine human therapy sessions. Year 1 walked up to the farm and had the best time. They loved grooming the ponies, helping to muck out and even decorating the ponies with…

Now that Year 2 have finished their maths unit on multiplication and division it is time for them to start practising their times table knowledge at home too. Today the children were introduced to the TT Rockstars app and had great fun creating their rockstar avatar before playing the game linked…

Some of our Year 2 children attended a 7-a-side Year 2 football tournament at Cleator Moor today. There were some fabulous games of football by our team. Their ball game improved with every match with great tackles, goals, saves, tactics and teamwork. They showed great passion and resilience…

Year 1 had a fantastic time visiting Egremont Library. They enjoyed exploring the different sections of fiction and non-fiction.  It was lots of fun having time to share stories with friends and adult helpers. Year 1 enjoyed a whole class story together before checking out their new books with…

This week in Maths we have been learning about tangrams and how to create our own. We learnt how to rotate a shape to fit it into a picture. We then made our own animal tangrams. 
 

Year 5 have learnt that water resistance is the push that occurs when an object moves through water. They investigated whether the same piece of plasticine can sink and float. They discovered that the plasticine easily sank but it was more challenging to make it float. They thought about how they…

Competition was strong today in cricket. We had to bat powerfully and field accurately to score the most runs.

Year 2 have been using the pan balances to find out what mass objects are in cubes. They chose an object from the classroom and made it equal to the opposite pan balance. When they were balanced, they had to count how many cubes the mass was and were quite surprised at some of the…

Reception have been learning about the life cycle of a butterfly and reading the story, ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’. We then created our own art using pegs, cotton wool and paint to make a colourful caterpillar. The children added legs and they are now proudly displayed on our ‘Growing’ display. 
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In athletics Year 5 have been learning how to sustain pace over short and longer distances when running. They practiced running as part of a relay team and learnt the skills involved in passing a baton. This involved passing the baton into their partner’s opposite hand and receiving it within a…

This morning Yr4 took part in some rounders practice. They practiced different throwing techniques, learning the best throw to cover a greater distance as well as a good bowling throw. 

The children then practiced some team games putting the techniques into practice and learning the different…

Year 6 have taken part in a brilliant workshop this afternoon, finding out all about the career opportunities both within Cumbria and nationwide. They found out about all the exciting businesses within Cumbria (some even very close to home), the wide range of jobs available and that some of these…