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We had a visit to Gilderdale Forest School. We enjoyed exploring the area, climbing and using obstacles. We also got to enjoy rock painting. We had a recap on our fire safety rules and enjoyed toasting marshmallows around a fire.

We created our own giant red noses for Comic Relief. We used paper mache around balloons to create the shape and then once dried, decorated with paint. 

We went on a walk to Fairhill to explore the woodland area and investigate the ponds. 

For World Book Day, we had a live follow along drawing session with authors. They taught us how to draw the squirrel from 'That's not my flower'.

Cross Fell were really excited to take part in some activities for safer internet day learning how to stay safe online and who to ask if they were unsure of something they encountered online.

Each week in assembly we award certificates to children who are working really hard on thier reading both in school and especially at home.

Here are Cross Fell's reading champions this week. Well done to our reading champions this week we are very proud of you!

A huge thankyou to PC Joel who came into talk to us about his role and show off his police car. It was a pleasure to have such an enthusiastic visitor who was so wonderful with the children taking time to listen to their questions and talk about his role which linked into our superheroes topic…

We are delighted to share our recent Ofsted Inspection Report with you which judged Alston Primary School as “Good” in all categories.

The inspection team praised the inclusive nature of the school as pupils had been clear that everyone is equal, and everyone is welcome. The published report…

PC Joel came in to show us a police vehicle. We discussed why we needed them and the features of it. We loved hearing the siren and having a go to sit inside. 

We went on a walk around our local area to discover which transport we would find. We also went to the train station to look at the steam railway.

During Children's mental health week, we used the colour monster books to discuss different emotions and what these might look like. We also talked about how we can deal with these emotions and makes makes us, us. 

Mrs Brown set us a problem to solve in Science today- Spiderman had ripped his suit and we had to select the best materials to fix it. The material had to be flexible and waterproof so we tested a range of materials to see which would be more suitable thinking about the properties of each…