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9 March 2026

The book fair is coming - save the date!

We have to book fair in school from Tuesday 17th March - Thursday 19th March

It will be open to families after school from 3.30pm-4.00pm

World Book Day vouchers will be handed out next week. Please keep these safe as these can be spent at the book fair the following week.

We hope to see…

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6 March 2026

Action Ants fun for Cross Fell

We’re excited to announce that Action Ants are coming to deliver Multi-Sports sessions with Cross Fell on a Friday.

The team from Action Ants will be joining us to run fun, high-energy sessions designed to build confidence, coordination and teamwork through a variety of sports. This is a…

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6 March 2026

Tasty treats at forest school

Today at Forest School we tried something new and very exciting… edible paint on bread! 

Once everyone had finished decorating, we carefully toasted the bread over the fire. Watching the pictures slowly toast was fascinating, and the smell of warm bread around the fire made it even better. 

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6 March 2026

Badminton Club

Year 9 students have been playing badminton after school on a Monday working towards their Duke of Edinburgh Award.

They have been, mostly, enjoying the experience and some have been, slightly, improving their skills.

It's good to see such dedication towards their achievement.

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6 March 2026

Year 7 U Dance t-shirts.

Thank you to year 7 for helping Middle Fell print space-themed t-shirts for the U Dance festival. Great job today.

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6 March 2026

Year 11 GCSE Art progress

Ash has created this beautiful drawing, which shows her skills in texture and tone.

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6 March 2026

Year 10 and 11 Mock Interviews

Well done to our Year 10 and 11 students for taking part in a mock interview competition on Friday 6th March to mark the end of a busy National Careers Week here at SKS. All students who were present on the day actively engaged with the event by meeting an employer or representative from the local…

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6 March 2026

German Phrasebooks

Our topic this half term in Year 8 and 9 is 'A School Trip', which is perfect timing for the Berlin Trip! Last week students were thinking about what phrases they would need in they went to Germany, and creating a phrasebook to take with them

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5 March 2026

World Book Day in Cross Fell

Cross Fell really enjoyed dressing up as characters from our class book for world book day. As part of the celebrations we enjoyed sharing books with a tasty biscuit treat, sharing our favourite reads, enjoying a live lesson and most excitingly sharing the book that has just arrived that our…

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5 March 2026

Book covers for World Book Day

As part of our World Book Day celebrations, some students in Year 8 listened to an online webinar from the writer Tom Palmer. 

Students learnt all about Tom's creative process when developing a story for publication and listened with interest when he talked about the need for the design of a…

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3 March 2026

Careers Day at the North Lakes Hotel and Spa

Year 7 kicked- off National Careers Week in style with a special careers day at the North Lakes Hotel and Spa, Penrith.

The bespoke event was organised by Sharon Brook, our school Enterprise Advisor and Head of Sales at the hotel. 

Along with being taken on a tour of the hotel and…

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27 February 2026

Stick man oh stick man beware of Cross Fell....

There’s something magical about watching imagination come to life in the great outdoors 

At Forest School this week, we made our very own Stick Men!
The children searched the forest floor for the perfect sticks. Each one was carefully chosen — tall, twisty, smooth, knobbly — because no two…

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