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19 November 2023

Motocross

How exciting! We are very lucky to have Cumbria Moto Park on our doorstep, the country's first indoor motocross track (Motocross or MX is a dirt-bike racing sport which takes place on an enclosed off-road circuit). This looks like lots of fun. Some of our children have been making the most of…

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19 November 2023

Using Nature in Art

Year 4 have been using nature to create works of art. They have been using their observation skills to examine contour lines and patterns in nature. They collected leaves from Whinlatter Forest and their local environment. They created rubbings of leaves using wax crayons and observed the lines…

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13 November 2023

Odd Socks Day Y4 2023

To mark the start of Anti-Bullying week, we took part in ‘Odd Socks Day’. We wore odd socks to school as a symbol of uniqueness and to promote acceptance of diversity. We talked about embracing our individuality and celebrating our differences and agreed that it’s okay to be different. We then…

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10 November 2023

Making Fresh Pizza

As part of our Design and Technology, Year 4 have been learning about the differences between processed and homemade foods. Today they followed a recipe to make a pizza from scratch. They used Greek Yogurt instead of yeast. They learned how to mix the ingredients together and then how to knead the…

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10 November 2023

Introduction to Fencing

We were privileged to welcome a Fencing coach into school today.  Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed their introduction into an Olympic sport. 

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10 November 2023

Times Tables Tips

Year 4 have been learning about how to use their fingers to help find out multiples of 9.

 

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9 November 2023

Swimming Success

 

We have lots of sporty children in our class who attend clubs after school or at weekends. Well done for developing swimming skills and for moving up into the next group.

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6 November 2023

Swimming Medal

We have lots of sporty children in our class who attend clubs after school or at weekends. Well done for developing the swimming skills and for moving up into the next group!

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5 November 2023

Baking Bread from Scratch

Year 4 are learning about the differences between processed and fresh foods. We have been comparing lists of ingredients of home made bread compared to shop bought bread. Some of us even baked bread at home from scratch to taste the difference between shop bought bread and homemade bread. Yum yum!

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31 October 2023

Anglo-Saxon Place Names

Year 4 used maps of their local area to search for evidence of Andglo-Saxon settlements. They used an information sheet with place name endings to help them identify which places had a connection with Anglo-Saxon settlements. We found nearly 30 places nearby and noticed that most of them end with…

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31 October 2023

Halloween 2023

Year 4 dressed up for Halloween

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31 October 2023

Reading Excitement

A very exciting day! During half term the new ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ was released. Our little bookworm has been counting down the days until it’s release and was very excited to nip into town on release day to buy it. He finished reading the book before he even got back home and has read it…

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