Year 5 Library Visit
Year 5 enjoyed their trembly visit to Egremont Library today. They returned their books from last time and chose a new one. They read the blurb to help them decide if they would be interested in it. Once they had chosen book they had some quiet time to sit and enjoy it.
Gymnastics sessions with a coach
This half term Reception have gymnastics sessions with a coach. So far we have learnt how to do a forward roll, a long roll and different gymnastics poses such as tuck, straddle and star. We have also been learning how to safely use apparatus. Lots of great skills to learn ready for Year 1.
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Sewing a Press Stud
Year 4 are become experts at threading a needle. Today they sewed a press stud onto fabric.
Enjoying a good read
Year 4 have been enjoying reading their class novel outside in the glorious summer weather.
Year 2 at Forest School
Year 2 have waited all year to attend Forest School and it certainly didn’t disappoint. They had lots of fun building dens, climbing trees, playing ‘Eagle and Mice’ (a hide and run game), making nature inspired crafts as well as chilling out in hammocks. What a wonderful start to their Forest…
Nursery Cutting Skills
This week we have been practising our cutting skills.
To link in with our story of the week, ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’ we had a bear and the different story characters to cut out, helping us to retell the story.
We used a range of scissors including loop scissors and normal scissors to…
Year 5 Orienteering
Year 5 went to Muncaster Castle to practice their orienteering skills and reading Ordnance Survey maps. They had to follow the map to certain points then find the hidden letter. They used their knowledge of Ordnance survey map symbols to help them. We also had time for some fun on the play parks!
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Year 5 Cross Country Fitness Challenge
A huge well done to all the children who ran in the Cross Country Fitness Challenge today. They all did extremely well in the heat and were happy to be cooled down with water pistols at the end. Congratulations to Alfie who set a new course record! We are waiting to see if we are the most improved…
Y6 Orienteeering at Muncaster
Year 6 travelled to Muncaster to refine their OS map reading skills and have a go at orienteering. They had to follow a route on an orienteering map to find 16 different checkpoints. Each checkpoint had a code which they needed to record on a special sheet. The children were very good at…
Year 3 Ordnance Survey map studies
Year 3 have been busy looking at Ordnance Survey Maps this week. They have matched symbols and understood the purpose of maps, grid references and when they might be needed.
Author visits Year 2 and Reception
Year 2 and Reception were visited by the author and illustrator Sean Perkins who came to share his new book ‘Oscar and Ben The Birthday Party.’ The children were gripped from the beginning until the end, joining in with repeated refrains and rhymes as well as chuckling at the humorous parts. They…
Our visit from an author
An author called Sean Perkins came to visit us in school and shared his book called, ‘Oscar and Ben and the Birthday Party’. He shared the story, sang a song and taught the children how to draw one of the cat characters. The children loved the story and some even bought a signed copy of the book.
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