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Today, Year 4 were delighted to welcome the comic artist, Kev F Sutherland  who led a workshop on comic art. During the workshop, Kev modelled how to create comic characters and how to draw a comic strip. He worked with us to create our own class comic, including a comic portrait of every child in…

Year 2 have had a fantastic afternoon measuring. The children had to choose between tape measures, rulers and trundle wheels to measure different objects. The team work and mathematical conversations were great to be a part of! Lots of fun and learning has happened in Year 2 today.

In PE this half term, Year 1 have been practicing underarm and overarm throwing. We have discussed that overarm throwing is used when we need to throw for distance and underarm throwing is utilised when we want to throw accurately. We have been applying theses skills and knowledge in small group…

Year 3 have had such a fun today, We enjoyed some crafts this morning - we did some cave painting under the table and we made some clay pots. Then this afternoon we enjoyed watching some of Stig of the Dump and looking at some Stone Age artefacts that we lent from the Library! We’ve had a great…

Year 6 had an excellent day dressing up like Ancient Egyptians!

We learnt all about how to mummify a body, preparing it for a journey to the afterlife, as well as exploring King Tutankhamun's tomb in VR and making 3D sarcophaguses in gold!

Everyone looked great and worked really hard on…

Six girls in Year Five have been chosen to represent the school at the International Women’s Day convention at the University of Cumbria. As part of this, they have been teamed up with an inspirational female role model. On Thursday the girls were able to interview Amy Hargreaves’s who is a…

Today, Father John visited Year 4 to talk about the Sacrament of the Sick, to support our learning in R.E.. Father John showed us the oil he uses and talked through what happens when he gives the Sacrament of the Sick to someone. This is a sacrament of healing and brings spiritual healing and…

As part of our Safer Internet Day learning, today Year 4 were learning about positive and negative uses of A.I. and they suggested some tips for using A.I. safely. All children understood the importance of not sharing personal details online and telling a trusted adult if anything online,…

We enjoyed an afternoon walk to Williamson park to visit the Raku sculpture. We took our art books with us to do some sketching and then we had a play on the park. We had lots of fun and managed to miss the rain!

 

Year 2 have had a wonderful day. It all started with planning and designing their own pizzas. After lunch they all had the opportunity to use vegetables to makes and cook their very own pizza. It was the best pizza ever according to some members of the class. 
 

Reception had the best time using their gross motor skills at the park this afternoon. We were running, climbing, swinging and sliding. Even though it was a bit cold, we all enjoyed ourselves ... and we should sleep well tonight!

Just like the other years, Year 6 had an excellent time perfection their pencil-case personification with author Sean Perkins.