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Year 3 developed their shading skills to get tints of colours. They added white to primary colours, then added white to change the tone. Their tints will be very useful for their colour mixing skills to be used during next week’s painting . 
 

We all enjoyed taking part in a rock band today. We heard some wonderful music and learnt how the instruments work. It was great fun! I am sure we have some rockstars in the making🤩😂🤩

This week in RE, we learnt that God made each of us special and unique, and that we have a responsibility to look after ourselves. We discussed how eating healthy foods and practising self care are ways of respecting and caring for God’s creation.

We also learnt how to use a knife safely to cut…

Year 4 and 5 at the School Games 🏅

Yesterday, our Year 4 and 5 pupils were honoured to represent Copeland at the School Games in Carlisle.

They had a fantastic time alongside pupils from other schools and were inspired by hearing from successful sportspeople, including athletes who…

Year 3 and 4 enjoyed having a rugby coach from St. Benedict’s School to teach them some skills. Some children will be attending a school tournament later this term to represent St. Bridget’s. It was lovely to have the opportunity for everyone to experience the game.

Year 3 have been very busy developing their knowledge of 3-digit numbers to 1,000. They used base ten, place value counters, charts and part whole models to partition 3-digit numbers. As well as writing them in digits and words, they also understood the value of each digit using partitioning to…

Year 2 Science – Living Things!

This week in Science, Year 2 have been learning all about living things! We started by learning about MRS GREN, a fantastic way to help us remember the seven things that all living things do:

M – Movement
R – Respiration
S – Sensitivity
G – Growth
R –…

On Thursday, St Bridget’s held a whole-school election, giving every child the opportunity to have their voice heard.

This term, Year 1 are working on improving their ball skills. In today’s PE lesson, the children worked on practising their rolling of a ball. When they were able to send the ball accurately to their teammates, they extended the distance over which they wear sending the ball. The children showed…

On Thursday, St Bridget’s took part in a whole school election where each individual class was given the opportunity to vote for their class representatives. Each child who wanted to take part could present themselves to their peers and the following day, the whole class voted for two children. In…

This week, Year 1 voted in the school council elections for who would represent their class this year. They all went in to the hall and casted their votes in the polling station. Six children stood in total and the votes were very close. Henry and Alina won the vote and are looking forward to…