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In R.E. Year 1 have been learning about peoples lives in the parish community. Year 1 invited Mrs O’Neil to come in to chat about her role within the parish. The class prepared some questions ahead of her visit. During the visit Mrs O’Neil shared why she enjoys contributing to the parish. She…

Today, in Reception class, we explored what happens when butter, chocolate, coconut oil and ice are left in the sunshine. We talked about solids turning to liquids and how they change shape when they melt. We finished off with ice lollies, that started as solids but quickly turned to liquids when…

Over the last few weeks, Nursery have enjoyed being out in all kinds of weather and have been working very hard at creating some outdoor artwork like the artist Andy Goldsworthy. We collected all sorts of different natural materials like leaves, sticks, pebbles and flowers to use to create our…

Year 2 had the pleasure of welcoming Mrs Keekus from Sing Up to do a music workshop. The children took part in lots of songs and activities that involved tapping the beat and the rhythm. They had great fun and were keen to try out some of the songs in the playground too.

Year 2 went to Egremont Library to find out about the upcoming Summer Reading Challenge that starts on 12th July. This year’s theme is gardens and stories. The children were treated to two stories relating to gardens and had the opportunity to find books linked to nature. Before they left, the…

Today, Year 5 completed the second part of their cross-country challenge at St. Benedict’s. The first part took place last September, when they ran the same course and recorded a class average time of 14 minutes and 47 seconds. This time, their goal was to beat that average — and they did it! All…

In Writing Year 1 have been learning about instructions and  how they are structured. They have been learning to use imperative verbs. Today they followed instructions to make banana toast by following all the steps carefully. It was lots of fun and everyone enjoyed their second breakfast. 
 

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In Art, Year 2 has been learning about Aboriginal patterns. They have been finding out the colours the Aboriginals used to represent different elements and emotions. In the r artwork they used these colours along with some of the traditional symbols the Aboriginals used in their artwork to…

Year 3 enjoyed playing football and having fun with Owen, the coach, whilst being bananas in a game of tag.

Today, the Reception children have enjoyed their very own treasure hunt. They used a map of the outdoor area to locate the treasure chest where ‘X marks the spot’. They discussed which area each part of the map showed. Above all, it was lots of fun and enough treasure for everyone! 
 

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The Year 1 children spent the morning in the Year 2 classroom. They had an an opportunity to ask questions about what it will be like in Year 2 before spending time partaking in some activities based on the stories ‘The Dot’ and ‘Only One You’. They created artwork around a dot and reflected on…

Year 5 had a visit from an Imam who came to teach us about his religion, Islam. We learned that the main beliefs of Islam are called the Five Pillars, and that Muslims pray five times a day. We did lots of work on the 25 prophets mentioned in the Qur’an and learned their names in both the Qur’an…