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We had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day in Year 6. Everyone came to school dressed either as a character from a book or in their cosy pyjamas, which made the day feel extra fun and relaxed.

One of the highlights of the day was taking part in The Great Big World Book Day Footy and…

Year 3 enjoyed a Live Lesson online and created their top 10 favourite book list today. They celebrated World Book Day 2026 by looking fantastic in pyjamas and book character costumes, sharing a book with Reception and designing their own bookmarks. They also reviewed their favourite book in…

Year 1 had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day. They spent the day sharing their favourite stories. Year 1 designed and created their own bookmarks. It was lovely sharing story time with Year 6 for even more stories. 
 

Year 4 have had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day 2026. We began with the BBC live lesson, exploring our own, individual reading vibes, thinking about how we want books to make us feel.  Inspired by our class enjoyment book, The Faraway Tree, we then created our own black out poetry,…

Year 5 had a wonderful World Book Day and came to school dressed as their favourite book characters. We started the day with a live lesson where we heard from lots of famous people and footballers about how much they enjoy reading and why it is so important. The clear message from everyone was…

What a wonderful day Year 2 have had exploring books! Everyone came to school dressed in their pyjamas or as a book character. In English, they talked with each other about their favourite book characters. They used this information to score the qualities of the characters then used this to…

Our Nursery children have been practising their bowling skills, while also counting one to one. They had to see how many skittles they could knock down with the ball, then count the skittles and record how many with lines. Mrs Palmer was there to help with the recording, but the children counted…

In Science this week, we explored the digestive system with a fun, hands on investigation. Using digestives, bananas, orange juice and a pair of tights, we recreated the journey that food takes through the digestive system. 
We mashed food to represent chewing, added water and orange juice to…

Today in Reception, we had lots of fun learning about mixing colours. We talked about the new colours we could make, by mixing different colours together, and shared our ideas about what might happen when we combined them. The children were excited to see the changes and loved discovering the new…

Year 2 have been learning all about their class saint, St David. They found out all about his life and how people in Wales prepare for and celebrate St David’s Day on the 1st March each year. They thoroughly enjoyed using their knowledge to make a fact file to tell others about St David’s…

Year 5 had a wonderful visit to Egremont Library this morning! The children returned the books they borrowed on their previous trip and were excited to choose new ones to take back to school.

There was a fantastic range of genres to explore. Many pupils selected exciting fantasy and adventure…

In Maths this week, Reception have been practising how to follow three-step instructions in the correct sequence. They successfully completed each step by putting the toast in the toaster, spreading their chosen topping then cutting it. The children were very proud of themselves for working…