Electricity Workshop
Year 4 took part in an electricity workshop. They learned lots more about power and sustainable power sources. After learning about the universal symbols used for electricity, they drew then made an made an electrical circuit. Finally, they investigated the effects of changing different variables…
Problem solving in Reception
In Reception we have been learning how to problem solve including problems such as what material will build the longest bridge, which animals will not make the boat sink and how to build Mr Gumpy’s motor car. The children read the story, ‘Mr Gumpy’s motor car’ and planned and built it outside…
Map Skills and Orienteering
What a brilliant day Year 4 had at Whinlatter! They spent the day learning how to apply their map skills at Whinlatter Forest Park. After a quick recap of identifying symbols on a map, each group used their map to find the answers to questions. We even had a special guest appearance from a lizard!…
Year3 had a great day at School Sports
Year 3 had a wonderful day at the Sheepmount Sports Centre at Carlisle. We fired cross bows, did archery, cross country, floor tennis, ultimate warrior and golf. We had a great time, lots of exercise and all the children were excellent role models for St. Bridget’s School. Mrs Summerson and Mrs…
African Drumming with Zozo
Zozo returned for our final session learning and playing the African ‘Djembe’ drums. Zozo reviewed all the previous learning and celebrated the learning achieved. Year 1 followed Zozo’s rhythms and copied the patterns. Then Year 1 enjoyed listening to an African story where some children were…
GB Paralympian Visit
Today we welcomed Jonathan Paterson a GB Paralympic Footballer. He captained the Paralympics GB side on the his Games debut at Beijing in 2008 and also at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games. Jonathan was born with right sided cerebral palsy and has always been motivated to prove any doubters or…
Y1 Sports Day
Year 1 had a fantastic time competing in Sports Day. It was great fun racing and cheering everyone on. Congratulations to the green team who were the winners.
Y5 Sports Day 2023
A huge well done to all of Year 5 who tried so hard in all of their races on Sports Day. Congratulations to the Green Team who won this year!
Squash with Newspaper
Today Year 4 used newspaper to help them learn new skills as part of their Squash coaching. They played the newspaper game to warm up, which helped train their sense of pace and posture, followed by using the newspaper as a target to help teach them coordination and accuracy.
GB Paralympic Footballer in School
We had a fantastic time this morning completing a sports circuit with Jonathan Paterson team GB Paralympic Footballer. Afterwards we learnt all about how he achieved his dream of becoming an Olympic athlete. He certainly inspired us to work hard, believe in ourselves and to always do our best.
Year 3 Paralympic Athlete visit
Year 3 enjoyed doing exercises with our 2 Paralympian athletes today. They did really well and had great fun.
Paralympic in School
We were very privileged today to meet Paralympic Footballer Jonathan Paterson. We took part in an activate session with the whole school. We had to carry out four exercises for a whole minute each: ‘Spotty Dog’, ‘Leg Drives’, ‘Push-Ups’ and ‘Star Jumps’. Jonathan told us about himself and his…