Blog by Tag: Curriculum enrichment

Today Nursery have been learning about St Francis. We looked at different pictures of St Francis and noticed that he was often surrounded by birds. 

The children had a go at threading some cheerios onto a pipe cleaner and pegged them into the tree for the birds to eat. I wonder what birds we…

Emma from West Cumbria Rivers Trust came into Year 2 to deliver a rivers workshop as part of their science unit of work. The children found out which animals and plants live in their local river and at Longlands Lake. They worked together to create a river habitat and used branching databases to…

This afternoon Year One visited Egremont Library. We enjoyed finding out all about the library, sharing books, choosing a book to borrow and listening to some exciting stories read by Mrs Bond. We really enjoyed looking at all the wonderful books and are very excited to read our new books when we…

As part of our history topic about our local area, Year 6 visited Egremont Castle. After our picninc lunch, we explored the area finding all aspects about the castle that we have been learning about in class e.g. motte and bailey, The Horn of Egremont. 

As part of our local history topic, Year 6 walked to their local iron ore mine to learn more about the influence of mining in their locality. They noticed how ‘red’ parts of the area is and recalled the ‘red men of Cumbria’. During our visit, we saw and handled some real authentic objects from…

This week some of our children have enjoyed looking in the mirror and then using different loose materials to create their very own self portrait. 

Year 6 enjoyed enhancing their knowledge about electricity during their workshop from Electricity Northwest. They got involved in lots of practical activities and tested their own own theories about electricity. 

This week in Nursery we have been exploring the story of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Little Bears’ 

We have been making the three bears using different clothing puzzle pieces. We loved changing their outfits! 
 

Last week in Nursery we read the story ‘The Gingerbread Man’ then we had a go at baking our very own. Luckily ours didn’t run away! 
 

Year 6 enjoyed their final trip together today at Lowther Castle. They had great fun running around, climbing, swinging, sliding and generally spending time together in the great outdoors. The day ended with an ice lolly to cool down. 

Year 3 enjoyed their day at Lowther Castle. Great fun at the fort. 
 

Year One had the most amazing school trip to Walby Farm Park. We enjoyed seeing the animals big and small, bumpy tractor rides, exploring the adventure play areas, having a yummy picnic together and daring to try out some exciting slides. The sunshine even came out for us. What a great…