Blog by Tag: Curriculum enrichment

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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As part of their history work on the Great Fire of London, Year 2 visited Whitehaven Fire Station. They amazed the fire fighters with their knowledge of the Great Fire  learned some more facts they did not know. The children were treated to a tour of the fire engine before being allowed to go…

Year 5 have spent the week visiting Copeland Pool for swimming lessons. All of the children grew in confidence and stamina, while improving their swimming skills. Lots of fun was had by all. Congratulations to Eliza, Oliver and Callan who were awarded swimmers of the week.

Year 1 had a fantastic trip to the Library today. While they were there they learned about how the library works, chose their own book and checked it out, read with their friends and listened to a spooky story read by Ms. Bond. The librarian commented on how polite and well behaved the children…