A Party Fit for a King
Year 1 celebrated in royal style. We enjoyed making our own crowns to wear at our street party. We decorated ourselves with Union Jack face paints and tattoos. We bounced till we dropped and finished off with an ice cream or ice lolly. Having our lunch with all the classes joined together…
Swimming Gala
Yesterday Y5/6 representatives took part in the Copeland Schools Swimming Gala. They all had a great time completing races in the four main strokes as well as relay events, underwater swimming, diving, jumping, sculling, collecting sinkers and even a running race. They all showed fantastic…
KS2 X- Country
Our KS2 x- country competitors braved the wet and muddy conditions to complete a x- country course on Tuesday at St. Bees School. They all showed remarkable resilience and determination on a lengthy, tough course. Two of our athletes gained 3rd girl and 2nd boy. We are incredibly proud of them…
Olympic Athlete Visits School
Chris Bennet, Olympic hammer thrower, visited school today to tell us all about his experiences and carry out a fitness circuit with each class. We were all inspired by his determination and dedication to his sport. We had lots of fun taking part in the fitness activities and enjoyed learning…
Active Travel Week Spring Term 2023
We have all been trying to walk, cycle or scoot to school this week as part of Active Travel Week. As well as helping us get fitter, this cuts down on pollution and car congestion outside our school. Year 5 also had a turn at wearing the step trackers this week. The children tried to improve on…
Year 5 World Book Day 2023
Year 5 have enjoyed dressing up for World Book Day 2023 and taking part in lots of book related activities. We designed a new book cover for the book we are reading ‘Boy in the Tower’ by Poly Ho-Yen. We also became synonym detectives and searched in the book for words with a similar meaning to the…
Year 1 present ‘Humph the Camel’
Year 1 performed Humph the Camel beautifully. Fantastic singing, dancing and speaking parts. We are truly in the Christmas mood now. Well done Year 1.
Friendship disco dancing.
We all had a wonderful Friendship disco last Wednesday. It was great fun. Thanks for fabulous friends, snacks and great music.
Remembrance
As part of learning about Remembrance Year 1 created poppies by finger printing. The children reflected on why we wear poppies as a symbol of Remembrance for past and present conflict. The children were interested to explore how there are other symbolic poppies that reflect the involvement of…
Ghost Launchers STEAM Challenge
Year 6 took part in a STEAM ( Science Technology Engineering And Mathematics) challenge. Their goal was to create a catapult to launch marshmallow ghosts as far as possible. They worked in teams to create plans considering: the materials they had available, how they would know the catapult was…
African Drums
Year 1 took part in an African Drumming workshop today with master drummer Zozo. The children explored authentic African music and stories. They were encouraged to use teamwork, expression and improvisation. In addition to this, they explored rhythms and had a whole lot of fun. Drumming and rhythm…
St. Bridget’s Running Sisters
We are very proud of Maisie (Y2) and Mollie (Y1) who travelled to Newcastle to take part in the Mini Great North Run. What a fantastic achievement for the running sisters. As a Platinum mark awarded school P.E. Is a vital part of every school day. The children are taught the benefits of physical…