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Year 1 have been looking at the Creation story in RE. This week, the children spent some time working in groups to recall the story. Then, they went in to the Garden of Peace where they spent some time reflecting on what they are thankful for in God’s creation. The children blew bubbles, as they…

Reception had a lovely visit to our local church. We learned about Baptism and talked about how baptism welcomes us into God’s family and the Church.

The children then took part in a baptism role play, where they each had a turn at baptising the baby in the font. 
 

Year 5 Investigate Mixtures and Solutions

This week, Year 5 have been learning about mixtures and solutions. They carried out an experiment to investigate which substances are soluble in water.

The children tested sugar, salt, oil, tissue and flour. They carefully mixed each substance…

Our Nursery children this week have been creating lots of things with play dough. From making 5 little ducks to sing the number rhyme, to cakes to go in oven and adding candles. 
 

Our Nursery children have been enjoying using the new addition to our mud kitchen, made by Miss Lawson. They have been making mud pies, soup and cakes. Lots of imagination and creativity used. Our children also love to play in the water, exploring filling, pouring and textures. 
 

Our 2 year olds have enjoyed cork printing this week with cork and paint. They looked at the different shapes they could make and were all very proud of their work. 
 

Will from Rock Steady came into school to deliver an assembly and a workshop. He taught Year 1 about the difference between acoustic and electric instruments. He introduced them to some of his instruments and played some popular music for them to sing a long and clap to. During the workshop, some…

What an amazing morning we had when our Year 4 children took to the stage for their Rock Steady assembly!

The children joined in with singing and learning about different band instruments. Some children even got the opportunity to show everyone their skills at playing various musical…

Year 3 developed their shading skills to get tints of colours. They added white to primary colours, then added white to change the tone. Their tints will be very useful for their colour mixing skills to be used during next week’s painting . 
 

We all enjoyed taking part in a rock band today. We heard some wonderful music and learnt how the instruments work. It was great fun! I am sure we have some rockstars in the making🤩😂🤩

This week in RE, we learnt that God made each of us special and unique, and that we have a responsibility to look after ourselves. We discussed how eating healthy foods and practising self care are ways of respecting and caring for God’s creation.

We also learnt how to use a knife safely to cut…

Year 4 and 5 at the School Games 🏅

Yesterday, our Year 4 and 5 pupils were honoured to represent Copeland at the School Games in Carlisle.

They had a fantastic time alongside pupils from other schools and were inspired by hearing from successful sportspeople, including athletes who…