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Year 5 visited the Beacon today to view the painting Saskia Van Uylenburgh by Rembrandt. The master piece is on loan from the National Art Gallery and we felt very privileged to be able to see it. We learnt that it is a painting of Rembrandt’s wife and that it is over 400 years old. We were asked…

This afternoon, Year 4 used natural resources to design and build their own river course. They used their knowledge about the features of rivers and their understanding of the delicate biodiversity of river environments in their construction. Throughout the activity, the children used lots of…

This afternoon, Year 4 drew a section of the river using map symbols to represent the different features of the river section that they were observing.  

Year 4 explored the river environment this morning. Each group was given a range of natural items to locate which they had to photograph. In their search, they had to use their knowledge of habitats and living organisms. 
 

Year 4 had lots of fun in class today learning more about the delicate biodiversity of river environments. 

We’re so proud of our choir for their wonderful performance on the CFM stage on Sunday 27th November at Egremont Christmas Wonderland. Thank you to everyone who came along to support and to Mrs Jacques for all her hard work in preparing them for this special community event.

We all had a wonderful Friendship disco last Wednesday. It was great fun. Thanks for fabulous friends, snacks and great music. 
 

As part of learning about Remembrance Year 1 created poppies by finger printing.  The children reflected on why we wear poppies as a symbol of Remembrance for past and present conflict.  The children were interested to explore how there are other symbolic poppies that reflect the involvement of…

Year 1 Visited St. Mary’s Church to learn about Baptism with Father Peter.  To help the children’s understanding of the different parts involved they role played a Baptism. We learnt that Baptism is an invitation to belong to the family of the church. The children learnt about the words and…

As well as learning about the winter season through our tuff tray explorations we have also been learning about summer. We have been making a summer craft to help us learn about the summer season. The children used different shapes, linked to our maths work, to create their own sunshine. They used…

This week the Year 2 children have been learning about what bullying is and the feelings associated with bullying for all those involved. The children have been finding out that it can also happen online as well as offline. The children took photos of each other then edited the photos to add a…

This week in RE we have been learning about how we welcome people into our family.

We have been in the home corner where we have been able to role play looking after a new born baby. We have talked about what a new baby needs and how to help our grownups at home when a new baby arrives. Lots of…