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28 June 2023

GB Paralympian Visit

Today we welcomed Jonathan Paterson a GB Paralympic Footballer.  He captained the Paralympics GB side on the his Games debut at Beijing in 2008 and also at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games.  Jonathan was born with right sided cerebral palsy and has always been motivated to prove any doubters or…

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25 May 2023

Year 3 celebrate May with their Class Saint - St. Mary

Year 3 have been praying the Rosary during the month of May and wore blue to celebrate their class Saint, St. Mary. 
They wrote prayers, prayed the rosary, made miraculous medals to take home and coloured their own St.Mary stained glass window. They learnt about St. Mary and why she was a Saint,…

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24 May 2023

Year 3/4 Bowlers

Year 3 and 4 walked down to our local bowling green to take part in a bowling competition against other local schools. They had a great time and some became very serious about wanting to win. They were determined! Some of the children were very good at it and wanted to go again, in their own…

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23 May 2023

Year 3 enjoy their attendance prize for Spring Term.

Year 3 have enjoyed ice cream and a play at the castle today. The sun shone and the ice cream was delicious. 
Well done for coming into school even when you are not feeling 100%. Best attendance for Spring Term 1. Let’s try to get it again!!! Summer 2 perhaps?

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18 May 2023

Year 3 trip to The Roman Senhouse Museum

Year 3 had a great day studying 2,000 year old plus artefacts, carrying out a quiz, looking at replicas of Roman weapons, learning about the army, seeing the remains of a real Roman Fort from the top of a watch tower and making our own Roman sculpture from clay.

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9 May 2023

Coronation Fun in Y6

Y6 had a fun day to celebrate the Coronation. They enjoyed the bouncy castles, a buffet style street party, singing, entertainment and some dancing on the yard too. Overall, a fantastic day to mark a historic and special event!

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5 May 2023

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…

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4 May 2023

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…

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30 March 2023

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…

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24 March 2023

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…

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24 March 2023

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…

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2 March 2023

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…

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