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Year 2 went to visit Egremont Library today. The children enjoyed looking through all the books and choosing one they wanted to take home to share with their parents. The visit ended with the children listening to a story about a lion’s tea party.

This half term in Reception we have been learning about the season of Autumn. The children brought in lots of Autumn things they had found at home such as leaves, conkers, acorns and pine cones and it was set up in a messy tray for children to explore using magnifying glasses. The children also…

A huge well done to our Serena who braved the crisp, cold Autumnal weather at the weekend when she volunteered at the Wasdale Show. She even entered a couple of races; coming second in the Egg and Spoon Race and third in the Sack Race.

Today our Reading Ambassadors met to discuss how we can raise the profile of reading in our school and how to inspire children to immerse themselves in a book. We agreed that each class needed some different books in their class library that were more in keeping with the interests of the…

This week we have been learning about the different seasons. 
We started with a sorting activity of the different seasons. Sorting the different weather, plants, animals and activities you could do for each season. 
We discussed how the leaves on the trees change as the seasons change. We then…

Year 3 used their clipboards and geographical knowledge to find physical and human features of Egremont. The bonus was finding conkers as they left the castle too.

A lovely day for Forest School today. All the children had a great time exploring the forest, chilling out in the hammocks and learning how to whittle wood safely. 
 

Year 5 were faced with the problem of separating a mixture of flour, raisins and sugar. They had to use their knowledge of separating mixtures to work out the best strategy. They soon realised it was easy to separate the raisins by sieving the mixture, but the flour and sugar were much more…

This afternoon Year 2 were visited by Mia from West Cumbria Rivers Trust who delivered a workshop on the river habitat. The children found out about the various animals that live in the River Ehen, River Keekle and Longlands Lake. The children used branching databases to play Who am I? The…

In honour of the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on October 7th, Year 4 have been learning about why and how Christian’s pray the rosary. They have also been learning about the mysteries and how to quietly reflect whilst praying them.

This afternoon the children explored cal and responses in music. They used untuned percussion instruments to create responses to calls. Then they  composed calls and used notation to record their calls.

We have been learning to play musical instruments in Reception such as shakers, bells, wooden blocks and triangles. The children were taught the signals to play the instruments loud and quiet and fast and slow. We then played the instruments along with singing our favourite Nursery rhymes. 
 

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