25 May 2022

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…

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29 April 2022

Anglo-Saxons and Vikings Trip pt4

What fun was had re-enacting some battle tactics! 
 

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29 April 2022

Anglo-Saxons and Vikings Trip pt3

Year 4 learned about weaving and then made a small covering.

 

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29 April 2022

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. 
 

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29 April 2022

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. 
 

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27 November 2021

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. 
 

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23 November 2021

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…

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11 November 2021

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.

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20 October 2021

Anglo-Saxon Artefacts

Year 4 enjoyed handling Anglo-Saxon artefacts, making observations to enrich their learning. 
 

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23 April 2021

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…

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29 January 2021

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…

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18 December 2020

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!

 

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