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Year 5 came to school dressed up in spooky outfits to celebrate Halloween. They spent part of the day taking part in fun Halloween activities. A spooky time was had by all.

Year 5 have spent the week visiting Copeland Pool for swimming lessons. All of the children grew in confidence and stamina, while improving their swimming skills. Lots of fun was had by all. Congratulations to Eliza, Oliver and Callan who were awarded swimmers of the week.

Year 1 had a fantastic trip to the Library today. While they were there they learned about how the library works, chose their own book and checked it out, read with their friends and listened to a spooky story read by Ms. Bond. The librarian commented on how polite and well behaved the children…

In Nursery we mixed some bread flour with water to make dough. The children all had a piece and rolled and squashed it to make a hedgehog shape. They were then shown how to chop the dough with scissors to create spikes. They all added a raisin for a nose. We put them in the oven and they eagerly…

Year 3 enjoyed a lovely autumn walk to spot the human and physical features of Egremont. They jotted them down and picked up litter as they went. We wanted to follow in St. Francis’ footsteps and look after God’s Creation. They did a great job.

In RE Year 2 have been reflecting on God’s creation and how they can be better stewards of it. This week, they have been collecting a range of natural materials in the school grounds and using them to create artwork of features of God’s creation that they love. What a wonderful, caring and…

Year 6 walked to their local library this afternoon to renew or return and withdraw a book of their choice. Some children learned how to use the automated machine to return their book. They all enjoyed exploring the wide range of books available to borrow and sharing some really lovely…

Year 1 enjoyed role-playing shopping in the past. Mrs Robson’s mum visited class to help explain the differences in how shopping was different in the past. Year 1 had great fun experiencing the differences through role playing being shopkeepers and customers. They used the scales to weigh out the…

Electricity North West came to visit Year 6 to deliver a workshop all about electricity. First, we explored the dangers of electricity and investigated potential hazards and how to be safe around electrical appliances within our environments. We then used a range of components to build electrical…

In our after-school running club today, the focus was on footwork, core strength, and coordination.
We used agility ladders to help us practise these skills and quickly realised it was harder than it looked! With practice, we all improved our coordination and speed as the session went on.

This week in reception we have been reading ‘The Gingerbread Man’. Today in class we have made our own Gingerbread Men. We measured the ingredients, mixed them, rolled out the dough, cut out our own Gingerbread man and then we used icing to decorate it.

Year 5 enjoyed visiting the library today to read and choose books.
They read the blurbs to see if the books interested them, and chose accordingly. They also learned the importance of putting a book back with the spine facing out if they didn’t want to borrow it. The visit included time for some…