Blog Author: Bev Brown

We have been reading the book 'Rapunzel' by Bethan Woolvin and as part of this we were set the challenge of either persuading Rapunzel to escape the tower or on the other hand for her to stay in the tower.

We used the technique of conscience alley- conscience alley is a useful technique for…

We really enjoy it when Gordon brings the library van to visit us! Today we enjoyed getting onto the bus, listening to a story read by Gordon and then choosing some new books to enjoy in the classroom.

Promoting our British values, each day we vote on the story we would like to listen to at…

I have had a few children asking if we are still swapping books and the answer is yes definitely!
We have a lovely selection of books ready to be swapped so if anyone would like to bring a book in to trade please bring it in anytime.
Weather dependant I will also put a table out with all of the…

Cross Fell were delighted to receive a level 2 award from the Royal Horticultural Society for school gardening. The garden in the Cross Fell outdoor area was created in response to pupil voice and the children have been active in caring for and nurturing the plants and are now busy working on…

Middle Fell really enjoyed bringing their science learning to life by taking part in a digestion experiment today, great work Middle Fell!

We really enjoyed having PC Tony in school talking to us about stranger danger. We are very grateful to him for giving up his time to get across this very important message.

We are so excited to have received our RHS plaque, we were really pleased to see that they have also sent us some seeds and gardening guides to help to support us on our growing journey.

We have had such a lovely afternoon working with clay to make pots for a royal banquet, it was impressive to see how carefully everyone used the range of tools and how absorbed they were in their work.

We have been having a go with the new White Rose 1 minute maths app in school. Its a great way to practice maths skills at home and it can be downloaded for FREE! If any one needs any support with the app please just pop in and speak to one of the team.

We love to share the children's learning journey with them reminding them just how far they have come this year, here is a picture of our Year 1 children's progress in writing so far this year (more on our class Dojo page) - what a transformation not just in terms of presentation but also in the…

Cross Fell are really enjoying watching to see how our plants are changing over time and are working hard to make sure that they are allowing the plants to thrive by caring for them in the right way.

We have enjoyed a fabulous day celebrating the King's Coronation today - we loved working in our house groups to take part in different activities in each of the classrooms followed by a delicious buffet lunch where our parents came into school to celebrate this momentous occasion with us.

It…