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As part of a history topic on the history of Whitehaven, the Year 2 children visited the Beacon Museum then later moved on to The Rum Story. Alan from the Beacon Museum showed them some of the artefacts that have been found in Whitehaven from the past including some materials that came from the…

This week our older Nursery children have been using the water tray in Maths to learn about full and empty. 
We also talked about when a container is light or heavy. Lots of children were able to fill a container until it was full and tell us it was heavy. We saw some excellent team work form the…

Year 6 have been learning key bat and ball skills and catching and throwing skills necessary for cricket. They have really enjoyed being out in the fresh air putting their skills into practice.

Year 6 have been getting lots of exercise. This week they applied their ball skills during some team games. They had to work together as a team to win points by obtaining then keeping possession of the ball, dribbling to their base or tackling the opposition to gain possession of the ball and…

A huge well done to our hard working Year 6 children. After enjoying a hearty breakfast and some fresh air, they have been settling down to complete their SATs papers. 
 

Year 4 used counters, place value charts and part whole models to think carefully about the value of each digit in a number. They have worked particularly hard on understanding how many tenths and hundredths are in one whole. 
 

This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week theme is movement. Year 2 have been finding out that movement is good for not just our bodies but our mental health too. They were split into teams and took part in relays by moving like different animals. They walked like a bear, a crab, an elephant, a…

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.