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Year 4 visited Whinlatter Forest Park to explore two different types of habitats (mountain forest and pond habitats) to support their curriculum learning in science. We made lots of observations as we explored the areas. We also had time for some physical activities. A great day out learning about…

In Reception we have been learning about kindness after reading the story of, ‘I’m almost always kind’. We talked about what kind things we could do for each other, such as sharing, being a good friend, saying something nice to another person and being helpful. During a whole class session the…

Year 4 visited their local library today to exchange their library books. We even had time to listen to a story about how a rainbow bird was saved from extinction. 
 

Year 2 have been learning how to use a dictionary and an online dictionary to help them find the meaning of unknown words in a poem so they could understand the poem better. They had to find words they did not know the meaning of then type them carefully in to the search bar. They read the…

Year 5 has a great time at Forest School today. They enjoyed lying in the hammocks, climbing trees and sawing wood in preparation for making a Christmas tree!

A huge well done to all the children who ran in the XC Challenge at St. Benedict’s School today. It was a very muddy and wet 2k course but they all persevered and carried on despite the conditions. Congratulations to Jonah who got a course record of 8 .41 and to Faith for being the first girl…

Year 5 enjoyed meeting all the animals from Pet Encounters. They held Java and Noodle the snakes and learnt that they aren’t actually slimy! Henry the parrot was a huge hit with his hilarious repertoire of noises and words. We all had a look at the tarantula and tried to spot the chameleon…

Today we had a special visit from Pet encounters who brought some of their lovely animals to see us. There was Henry the Parrrot, a snake, a tarantula, Cheese the mouse and Romeo and Juliet the cockroaches. Lots of children were very brave and held or stroked the animals. What fab visitors to have…

Year 1 enjoyed voting in their first School Election. Those who volunteered to be candidates gave speeches to explain why they would make good councillors. We then held a vote and used an ‘X’ on the voting slips to make our choices. Year 6 helped to organise the voting. The votes were counted and…

Year 1 enjoyed their visit to Egremont Library. Tracey the Librarian explained how we can use our cards to borrow books. We explored different book choices before choosing one to take home. We enjoyed a class story time together and then checked out our books. Thank you Tracey we will look forward…

Thank you to The Brilliant Cumbria initiative for organising a pet Encounters to visit today. We enjoyed being challenged to face our fears and to learn about the animals.  We were all very brave and had so much fun. Thank you to Pet Encounters.
 

We really enjoyed our encounter with birds, snakes, tarantulas, cockroaches, mice and a chameleon. 
The children were very brave and had a go at holding the animals. It was great fun.