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Year 6 had the most fantastic time at Sports Day. They helped to organise and score the whole morning and took part with enthusiasm and resilience. What a great morning! Congratulations to the Red team who were victorious. 

As part of their humanities topic on the history of Whitehaven, the Year 2 children enjoyed a visit to the Rum Story. The children were guided around the museum and learned about how the Jefferson family were instrumental in bringing serum, sugar and molasses to Whitehaven. The found out ships…

Y6 took advantage of the recent fine weather and moved their artistic talents out to the playground. They were tasked with creating a design which used only natural things found around the playground. Some very creative pieces were made!

Year 5 enjoyed participating in lots of different sports during National School Sports Week. They did gymnastics, cricket, mile-a-day, active playtimes and even took part in the Big Skip. What a busy week they had!

This week Year 2 have taken part in various activities during National Sports Week. They ran a mile a day, taken part in a yoga dance activity on National Yoga Day, played parachute games, practised their ball skills and participated in the Big Skip. What an active week they have had!
 

This morning the Year 2 children learned the difference between processed and unprocessed foods. They found out about the benefits of eating fruit and vegetables too. Then they learned how to use the clawing and bridging techniques to prepare vegetables for their jam jar salads. What a  delicious…

For National Sports Week in Reception we have taken part in lots of different sports. The children took part in gymnastics, the mile a day run and even an egg and spoon race. They also learnt how to skip with a skipping rope and took part in a three legged race. To end the week the children went…

Our Year 2 children began their new science topic on plants by planting their own sunflower seeds. They also planned how to prove the statement ‘Plants need water for germination’. They decided that they would plant some seeds that had water and some that had no water. They also had a discussion…

This week in Nursery we have taken part in National School Sports Week.
We started the week off with some jumping and throwing. We then moved on and did some jogging and running, learning to start using “on your marks, get set, go!” 
On Wednesday we were very lucky and got to out of Nursery on a…

As part of National Sport Week today, Year 4 learned some racket skills in preparation for a game of tennis. 
 

Our topic this half term has been about journeys. We have been reading stories where the characters travel on a journey to get to different places. Our favourite has been ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’, when the children go out for a walk looking to find a bear.

This week we were able to go on…

Year 4 have been really enjoying squash coaching at their local squash club each week.