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Year 2 attended a STEAM event, delivered by the Centre for Leadership Performance, at Westlakes Academy. They took part in workshops from Arco, Sellafield, React Engineering, Amentum, Nuclear Waste Services,  BAE and Balfour Beatty. The children thoroughly enjoyed learning about all the jobs they…

This afternoon, we had the pleasure of welcoming Penny and Jess, who came to tell us all about the incredible voluntary work they do with Wasdale Mountain Rescue Search Dogs.

Their talk was both fascinating and informative, giving us a real insight into the dedication, skill, and commitment…

This term in D&T Year One have been learning about healthy food and nutrition. As part of our topic, Year One had a wonderful time making colourful rainbow wraps! We learned about how eating different coloured fruits and vegetables helps keep our bodies healthy by giving us different nutrients.…

This week in RE, Reception have been learning that the early Christian community lived out the Good News of Jesus. We listened to stories about how the apostles shared the Good News of Jesus with others and spread His message of love and kindness. The children then decorated their own flags with…

Year 5 are taking part in an enterprise project. Gary from Graham, who works with Bright Stars came into our school to tell us all about it. We have been given £50 to buy products and try to make something that we can sell to make a profit.

We came up with lots of good ideas and this week we…

Nursery have been having some fun this week on the KS1 yard, they played with hula hoops, balancing cups and scoops and balls. 
 

As part of their writing lessons on instructional texts, Year 3 have been using adverbs to improve instructions on creating zentangle patterns. They used the instructions to help Year 2 and themselves to create their own zentangle patterns. How wonderful their finished patterns were!
 

Congratulations, Year 6!

Today marks the end of SATs week, and we want to say a huge well done to all of our Year 6 pupils!

We are all immensely proud of every single one of you. Over the past weeks and months, you have worked incredibly hard and shown outstanding commitment,…

This half term, Year 2 have been working on using their ball skills to attack and defend in games. Today, they were developing their ability to dribble by bouncing a ball and travelling while doing so. They worked on doing this slowly then with more speed before using what they had learnt to play…

Our pupils were delighted to work alongside The Friends of Egremont Castle to plant a beautiful flower bed on the castle grounds filled with pollinator-friendly flowers. Together, we carefully planted a variety of colourful blooms that will attract bees, butterflies, and other important wildlife…

Lots of messy activities and experiences this week in Nursery from washing cars with sponges and shaving foam, cleaning our shed and making mud pies. Our Nursery children love to get messy and tell us all about what they are doing or making. 
 

This term in Reception our topic is Growth. We have been learning all about nature, plants and insects and exploring the world around us. Today, the children created beautiful nature-inspired pictures to enter the Young Artists Nature Explorers competition, where every child will receive a prize…