Blog by Tag: Curriculum enrichment

Year 5 have had a great time working in our Garden of Peace over the last few days, constructing the Willow Hide and Willow fencing. A big thank you to Mia and Helen the Willow Weaver for teaching us the intricate weaving techniques to attach the branches together. We are all excited to see it…

Y5 and 6 representatives had a wonderful time at the Multi Skills Tournament. They enjoyed activities like table tennis, hula hooping, and trampolining. Everyone displayed fantastic teamwork and had fun trying out new sports!

We all enjoyed a guided tour of the Rum Story enhancing our learning about the slave trade and how our locality was connected to it. It was great to be able to see real documents and artefacts and to get a sense of what life was like for the slaves being transported to the West Indies and working…

We had a guided tour of Whitehaven Harbour walking from the old to the new learning about our rich history. Who knew how significant Whitehaven Harbour was in the 17th century, its close connection to New York, how a teeny tiny pub saved it from attack and who John Paul Jones was? Not to mention…

A huge well done to everyone in Y6 who participated in the Reindeer Run to raise money for children who need extra support.

 

Year 3 enjoyed cementing their knowledge with their end of Topic trip about Stone Age to Iron Age. They created a human timeline, looked at artefacts, had a picnic lunch and then enjoyed a sunshine play in the park. A great day.

We had the most amazing trip to Keswick Museum. The children’s behaviour was outstanding and they made us really proud showing off all they have already learnt about fossils. We learnt all about the history of the local area and how the landscape has changed. We found out about how important…

To help celebrate St Bridget’s Day on the 1st February, this week Nursery have been making and delivering a St Bridget’s craft.

They coloured and decorated a picture of St Bridget to stick on a lollipop stick and gave them to our dinner staff who come in and help us at lunch times, spreading…

Year 3 had great fun manoeuvring the wheelchairs, throwing and scoring today. It was much trickier than it looked. They did a great job and the games were highly competitive. An amazing experience.

Year 2 enjoyed taking part in a wheelchair basketball session. The session began with them learning how to manoeuvre their wheelchairs so they could play a short game. The children were very competitive and worked well as a team to score points in the opposition’s net. What a wonderful experience…

Year 5 had a blast with wheelchair basketball today! They started with a game of tag to get the hang of it and then moved on to competitive basketball matches. The instructor was impressed by how quickly they picked it up and how well they worked together as a team.

Last week we read the story “I want to be … a fire fighter”. In the story we found out what a fire fighter wears and some of the jobs they do.

The children then enjoyed exploring the fire fighter role play toys.