River Habitat Workshop
This afternoon Year 2 were visited by Mia from West Cumbria Rivers Trust who delivered a workshop on the river habitat. The children found out about the various animals that live in the River Ehen, River Keekle and Longlands Lake. The children used branching databases to play Who am I? The…
Whinlatter Habitats 2023
Year 4 visited Whinlatter Forest Park to explore two different types of habitats (mountain forest and pond habitats) to support their curriculum learning in science. We made lots of observations as we explored the areas. We also had time for some physical activities. A great day out learning about…
Autumn Term Year 4 Library Visit
Year 4 visited their local library today to exchange their library books. We even had time to listen to a story about how a rainbow bird was saved from extinction.
Reception pet encounters
Today we had a special visit from Pet encounters who brought some of their lovely animals to see us. There was Henry the Parrrot, a snake, a tarantula, Cheese the mouse and Romeo and Juliet the cockroaches. Lots of children were very brave and held or stroked the animals. What fab visitors to have…
Reception at Lowther Castle
Reception went with Year 1 and 2 on our end of year trip to Lowther Castle. We played on slides, climbing frames, zip wires and even climbing nets. We wore our waterproofs as the weather was a little bit wet, but we still had a great time and even an outdoor picnic.
Year 3 end of year trip to Walby
Year 3 had a great day at Walby Farm Park. They enjoyed playing in the wooden fort, petting the animals, exploring the huge indoor soft play, outdoor park and a tour around the farm in a tractor and trailer. We finished a fun day with ice cream
Walby Farm Park 2023
Year 4 had a wonderful day at Walby Farm Park to mark the end of their time in Year 4. Lots of fun was had running, climbing, sliding, petting farm animals and even a tractor ride. Most of all, it was a chance to spend some time with their classmates before the summer break. Before it was time to…
Nursery Outdoor Art
Over the last few weeks in Nursery we have been learning about an artist called Andy Goldsworthy. We have learnt that he used outdoor materials like leaves, pebbles and sticks to create his artwork. We also learnt by looking at pictures of Andy Goldsworthy’s work that he used lots of circular…
Nursery St Bee’s Trip
Last week our eldest Nursery children enjoyed a fantastic day out to the beach at St Bee’s to celebrate the end of their Nursery journey before moving up to Reception. They were very excited about the bus journey to St Bee’s and we compared this to the story we had been reading ‘The Train Ride’…
St Bee’s beach trip in Reception
Reception finished their topic of ‘Commotion in the Ocean’ with a visit to St Bee’s beach. We looked at what a beach looks like now compared to past photos we have been looking at. The children played on the beach, looked for shells and pebbles and even found some crabs in the crab pools. We then…
Himalayan Balsam Pulling
What a great experience for Year 4! Year 4 took part in a conservation project at Longlands Lake to prevent the spread of Himalayan Balsam, which is an invasive species of flowering plant. They helped West Cumbria Rivers Trust remove over grown Himalayan Balsam but pulling it out from the ground,…
Map Skills and Orienteering
What a brilliant day Year 4 had at Whinlatter! They spent the day learning how to apply their map skills at Whinlatter Forest Park. After a quick recap of identifying symbols on a map, each group used their map to find the answers to questions. We even had a special guest appearance from a lizard!…