Year 3 enjoy The Roman Senhouse Museum
Year 3 had a wonderful time at the Roman Senhouse Museum at Maryport. They got to see the remains of a real Roman Fort and view look out posts. They were introduced to our new history topic for next half term in a fun and interactive way. Within the museum, they saw Roman remains that were over…
Anglo-Saxons and Vikings Trip pt4
What fun was had re-enacting some battle tactics!
Anglo-Saxons and Vikings Trip pt3
Year 4 learned about weaving and then made a small covering.
Anglo-Saxons and Vikings Trip pt2
Year 4 learned about how natural materials were used to write. They then made their own ink and used a quill to write messages using runes.
Anglo-Saxons and Vikings Trip pt1
What a great experience! Year 4 learned all about how coins were used during the Anglo-Saxon and Viking times then they designed and made their own coin.
Y1 Remembrance
Year 1 learnt about why Remembrance is important. We learnt about the significance of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance. In class we held a 2 minute silence and prayed for all those who have lost their lives. In Art we created finger print poppies.
Fire, fire!
What a wonderful afternoon Year 2 had visiting Whitehaven Fire Station for a Great Fire of London session! The children amazed the firefighters with their knowledge of how the fire started and why it spread so quickly. They found out how there was no fire service at the time and how that led to…
Remembrance at the War Memorial 2021
This morning our Year 2 children represented the school at the Remembrance service at Egremont War Memorial. They observed the event with reverence and respect. The class Beacons presented and laid a wreath at the War Memorial that the whole class made. We are very proud of them all.
Anglo-Saxon Artefacts
Year 4 enjoyed handling Anglo-Saxon artefacts, making observations to enrich their learning.
Celebrating St. George’s Day
St. George is our Class Saint! We have celebrated today listening and learning about St. George. We loved the story about him slaying the dragon and rescuing the Princess. We thought about dragons and wrote lots of different adjectives to describe a dragon. We made crowns and St. George’s…
Tudor houses
This week Year 2 learned about the impact of the Great Fire of London then spent the rest of the week working on a design technology project. They had to use their knowledge of what Tudor houses were made from to create their own models of a Tudor house showing as much detail as possible. They…
Y5 Maya Civilization
Y5 were given a Maya civilization project. They could create something of their choice to show what they had learnt. This is what they came up with. The imagination and creativity has been absolutely amazing. Well done everyone!