Blog by Tag: Curriculum enrichment

A lovely afternoon at our local library for our Year 6 pupils! 

It was wonderful to see so many children excited and enthusiastic about choosing a book to take home. The library shelves were full of great discoveries, and the pupils took their time exploring different stories and…

Year 3 enjoyed a Live Lesson online and created their top 10 favourite book list today. They celebrated World Book Day 2026 by looking fantastic in pyjamas and book character costumes, sharing a book with Reception and designing their own bookmarks. They also reviewed their favourite book in…

Year 4 have had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day 2026. We began with the BBC live lesson, exploring our own, individual reading vibes, thinking about how we want books to make us feel.  Inspired by our class enjoyment book, The Faraway Tree, we then created our own black out poetry,…

What a busy and positive week we’ve had celebrating Children’s Mental Health Week!

Fore Safer Internet Day, the children explored the good and bad sides of Roblox. They worked in groups to discuss online safety before presenting their ideas to the class. The children also created colourful…

During Children’s Mental Health Week 2026, organised by Place2Be, our school came together to recognise the importance of children’s wellbeing. To show our support, everyone wore blue to school, creating a wonderful sense of unity and reminding us all that mental health matters.

Year 6 explored…

Year 3 have been playing shape and place value guessing games, going for gold and solving number problems today. Happy Number Day!
 

Year 3 prepared some beautiful St. Bridget’s day prayer cards to distribute to the community. After celebrating Mass for St. Bridget’s Day, Year 3 walked up the street to the doctors surgery, Marion’s and Cohen’s Chemist, leaving a thoughtful message in each card.

Year 5 and 6 enjoyed a fantastic Christmas treat with a trip to the cinema to watch Wicked for Good. The excitement began as soon as we arrived, with everyone receiving popcorn and a drink to enjoy during the film.

Wicked was a big hit — full of colour, music, and moments that had the whole…

Year 3 and 4 enjoyed a wonderful performance of The Wizard of Oz at Keswick Theatre by the Lake.

Year 2 had great fun exploring the books available to them at Egremont Library. They all choose a book to loan and listened to a reading of a book by one of their favourite authors. They couldn’t wait to take their new books home to share with their families.

Year 2 love nothing more than listening to some poetry before they go home. Today, to their surprise, they took part in a poetry party with Michael Rosen. They thoroughly enjoyed listening to him read and perform his poetry. They even joined in with some of his poems using actions and repeating…

In Nursery we celebrated Bonfire Night by making our own chocolate apples. The children dipped an apple in chocolate and then covered it in sprinkles. This was a popular activity and good enough to eat! We then ended our week with some sparklers, hot chocolate and a biscuit. Happy Bonfire Night! 
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