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9 May 2022

Flying to the Moon 2022

On Friday in Nursery we flew to the moon, just like in our story ‘Whatever next!’.
We gathered our teddy bears, climbed into our rocket and counted down for take off!
When we took off into space we saw lots of stars and some of the planets we have been learning about. 
As we landed on the moon,…

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9 May 2022

Self portraits on the iPads

In our Computing session Reception were learning how to name and save their own work using the iPads. They used their finger to choose the colours they wanted to use and then drew a self portrait after looking in the mirror. The children then gave their picture a name and saved it to the Reception…

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6 May 2022

Year 5 Library Visit

Year 5 enjoyed their visit to the library yesterday. They read the blog on the back of the books to help them make a decision about which book to choose. They had some time to enjoy reading their book then learnt how to check it out themselves on the computer.

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3 May 2022

Y6 Tag Rugby at Egremont RUFC

Our Y6 Tag Rugby team were delighted to be asked to compete in a tournament at Egremont RUFC last week and won 3 games out of 4. A great show of teamwork and sportsmanship from them all! 

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29 April 2022

Anglo-Saxons and Vikings Trip pt4

What fun was had re-enacting some battle tactics! 
 

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29 April 2022

Anglo-Saxons and Vikings Trip pt3

Year 4 learned about weaving and then made a small covering.

 

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29 April 2022

Anglo-Saxons and Vikings Trip pt2

Year 4 learned about how natural materials were used to write. They then made their own ink and used a quill to write messages using runes. 
 

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29 April 2022

Anglo-Saxons and Vikings Trip pt1

What a great experience! Year 4 learned all about how coins were used during the Anglo-Saxon and Viking times then they designed and made their own coin. 
 

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28 April 2022

Year 3/4 Football Tournament

Year 3 and 4 had a fantastic afternoon at a football tournament at St. Benedict’s School today. They enjoyed practising all the skills they have been learning in PE with our football coach.⚽️⚽️⚽️
 

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28 April 2022

Pet encounter visit in Reception

Reception had a visit from Pet Encounters, Cumbria. They brought snakes, rabbits, meerkats, parrots and lizards. The children learnt about what country they all came from, what they eat and where they live. Some of our Reception even carefully held them. The children all really enjoyed the visit…

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25 April 2022

Creating Waterproof Hats

Over the past few weeks Year 2 have been looking at what ‘waterproof’ means and have investigated which materials are waterproof. They were posed the questioned ‘How can you make a hat waterproof?’ The children’s final investigation was to find out which substances when added to paper made the…

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25 April 2022

Sewing Fastenings

As part of of our D&T project, Year 4 have been learning about different fastenings. They have all learned how to sew a button, a press stud and a zip onto fabric using different stitching techniques. A very useful life skill to possess. 
 

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