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Reception and Nursery took part in our EYFS Sports Day. They all took part in 5 races, a running race, jumping race, backwards race, hoop race and an egg and spoon race. The children made all the staff very proud and all had lots of fun! Thank you to everyone who came to watch, the weather even…

Reception and Nursery took part in our EYFS Sports Day. They all took part in 5 races, a running race, jumping race, backwards race, hoop race and an egg and spoon race. The children made all the staff very proud and all had lots of fun! Thank you to everyone who came to watch, the weather even…

Year 4 have are very privileged to receive weekly Squash coaching from our local Squash club. They are really enjoying learning a new skills and participating in a new sport. 

Year 6 experienced a taste of secondary school life at West Lakes Academy when they were invited to take part in a science lesson on light. The children experimented with different coloured lights to find out how light makes colours. By putting all the primary light colours together they…

Year 3 enjoyed choosing a book at the library yesterday and listened to their class text, the Magician’s Nephew by C.S Lewis.

Year 5 enjoyed their trembly visit to Egremont Library today. They returned their books from last time and chose a new one. They read the blurb to help them decide if they would be interested in it. Once they had chosen book they had some quiet time to sit and enjoy it. 
 

This half term Reception have gymnastics sessions with a coach. So far we have learnt how to do a forward roll, a long roll and different gymnastics poses such as tuck, straddle and star.  We have also been learning how to safely use apparatus. Lots of great skills to learn ready for Year 1. 
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Year 4 are become experts at threading a needle. Today they sewed a press stud onto fabric. 
 

Year 4 have been enjoying reading their class novel outside in the glorious summer weather. 
 

Year 2 have waited all year to attend Forest School and it certainly didn’t disappoint. They had lots of fun building dens, climbing trees, playing ‘Eagle and Mice’ (a hide and run game), making nature inspired crafts as well as chilling out in hammocks. What a wonderful start to their Forest…

This week we have been practising our cutting skills. 

To link in with our story of the week, ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’ we had a bear and the different story characters to cut out, helping us to retell the story.
We used a range of scissors including loop scissors and normal scissors to…

Year 5 went to Muncaster Castle to practice their orienteering skills and reading Ordnance Survey maps. They had to follow the map to certain points then find the hidden letter. They used their knowledge of Ordnance survey map symbols to help them. We also had time for some fun on the play parks! 
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