The Easter story
In our RE learning we are really enjoying learning all about the Easter story and have been acting it out and enjoying tasting some hot cross buns.
We are also learning some songs that we can't wait to share with you at our Easter service- more details to follow soon!
Can you help?
After Easter Cross Fell are going to learning all about toys past and present.
As part of this topic we are going to be sharing the story 'The Story Machine' which features a typewriter, does anyone have an old typewriter that they no longer need lurking in the attic that they would like to…
RWI boosters
Cross Fell are working hard on learning all of their sounds and speeding up their word reading.
Each afternoon since Christmas we have had an additional phonics session to help us to recap some of our trickier sounds and really boost our reading skills.
Look out for updated clips in each of…
Measuring fun!
In maths this week we are learning all about measuring. We have enjoyed learning some new vocabulary relating to length and enjoyed using non standard measures to measure a range of things both inside and outside of the classroom even ourselves! Well done Cross Fell!
Challenge!
Can you see…
Comic relief fundraising
FRIDAY 20th MARCH is COMIC RELIEF DAY
The school council have met and brought together all of the children's ideas and have decided we will be doing the following to help to raise money for comic relief.
Children will be either coming home with the design a nose sheet or completing it in…
Year 1 Phonics screening check
The 2026 statutory phonics screening check for Year 1 pupils in England will be administered during the week commencing Monday 8 June 2026 to Friday 12 June 2026
This means that our Year 1 learners will take the Phonics Screening Check during this week. The Phonics Screening Check is a…
Let's go surfing!
Floor Surfing with the Action Ants!
Today, Action Ants showed us that you don’t need waves to go surfing—you just need a floor, some energy, and great teamwork!
Great effort from everyone today. The floor definitely turned into a surfing zone!
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…
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…
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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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…
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…