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Year 1 found out all about Kevin Sinfield and why he does the 7 in 7 Challenge every year in memory of his friend, Rob Burrows. The children loved seeing him set off on his West Cumbrian leg of the event and couldn’t wait for him to come to Egremont. They spent some of the morning making posters…

As part of his 7 in 7 challenge, Kevin Sinfield came to Egremont during his West Cumbrian leg of the event. The children were very excited to find out that he would be running by the school. The children found out about why he was doing the challenge and watched him on the screen as he set off…

We have started our Christmas crafts in Nursery and have also been enjoying decorating our class Christmas tree. The children have been exploring cloud dough with Christmas shapes, dressing up, picking up bows with tweezers and making their own hot chocolate. The Christmas countdown has begun!
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Year 6 Make a Splash at Swimming Lessons!
This week, our Year 6 class traded their usual afternoon routine for swimming lessons — and what an amazing week it has been! Every afternoon, the children headed to the pool full of energy, excitement, and a brilliant attitude. From the very…

Reception supported Kevin Sinfield’s 7 in 7 marathon challenge by creating a big class poster decorated with all our handprints and proudly hanging it outside the school. We were so excited to be part of something so important. Later, when Kevin ran past our playground, we waved and cheered as he…

Supporting Kevin Sinfield’s 7 in 7 Challenge

We are incredibly proud of the hard work, kindness and enthusiasm our children have shown while supporting Kevin Sinfield on his inspirational 7 in 7 ultra-marathon challenge.

As Kevin passed through Egremont, the children gathered to cheer him…

Year 5 are writing stories set in another culture. Their chosen culture is Greece, as we have been learning about Ancient Greece in History. To help them with this, the children have been researching different aspects of Greek culture. They explored the weather, climate, environment, language,…

This week in Year 4, our scientists had a fantastic time exploring one of the key changes of state: melting. To make the learning hands-on and meaningful, we carried out a simple but exciting experiment using something very familiar… butter!

The aim of the lesson was to help children understand…

Year 1 and Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed an afternoon at the Carnegie Theatre watching the pantomime ‘Beauty and the Beast’. They were fortunate enough to have the whole theatre to themselves. Everyone enthusiastically chanted, booed and cheered and were truly full of the Christmas spirit by the end…

Year 1 and Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed an afternoon at the Carnegie Theatre watching the pantomime ‘Beauty and the Beast’. They were fortunate enough to have the whole theatre to themselves. Everyone enthusiastically chanted, booed and cheered and were truly full of the Christmas spirit by the end…

This week Nursery have had fun in the provision with dinosaurs. They made dinosaur masks, role played with dinosaurs and did some dinosaur painting. There were lots of dinosaurs roaming around Nursery! We finished the week by baking dinosaur footprints.
 

Year 1 had a great day celebrating St. Andrew as it will be his feast day on Sunday 30th November. St. Andrew is Year One’s Saint. They found out about his life and why he was special. Year 1 created Scottish flags, made their own shortbread biscuits and even enjoyed some ceilidh dancing. 
 

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