Celebrating Bonfire night
Reception celebrated Bonfire night by learning about why we celebrate with fireworks on the 5th of November. We had a few small fireworks with Nursery and then Reception had some sparklers. We knew how to be safe after learning about firework and sparkler safety.
Halloween in Nursery
We have loved celebrating Halloween today in Nursery! We came to Nursery dressed in spooky Halloween clothes, we enjoyed playing party games like pass the parcel and musical bumps. We also decorated some ghost biscuits and made some spooky potions.
Spooktacular Year 3
Year 3 looked amazing on Spooky Dress Up Day!
Well done to all children and parents for helping them to look wonderful.
They enjoyed making their own pumpkin designs, colouring spooky pictures and watching a spooky film.
They also learnt about the history of Halloween and All Saint’s…
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’…