Blog Author: Bev Brown

Cross Fell have been learning about colour mixing. We started out with red, yellow and blue and were challenged to make green, orange and purple.

We dipped our fingers in the paint and mixed them together to see what colours we could create- we were amazed to see that we had magic colour mixing…

We really enjoy spending time in our reading nook, cuddling up to a reading bear and sharing books with our friends. 

We are lucky to have a range of books in our classroom and love to have visits to the library van to regularly top up our reading stock so that we can keep sharing our love of…

At APS we offer a range of exciting clubs that the children are welcome to attend free of charge. These clubs will vary each term to try to take into account the children's different interests. This half term's clubs start next week, please send in any slips by Friday and we can allocate places-…

We were delighted to start our year receiving the Royal seal of approval for our writing.

We received a very exciting letter and card from King Charles, direct from Buckingham Palace, thanking us for letters that we sent to the palace at the end of the Summer term.

The children were amazed…

The children have been so inspired by their learning about plants in our science topic in Cross Fell that they have requested an outdoor area in which to grow fruits and vegetables. Their wish was granted and planting of carrots, beetroot, strawberries, beans, potatoes, mint, parsely and a range…

Today Cross Fell had to work scientifically to formulate a plan to rescue to knights from the ice. 

Cross Fell were encouraged to use their scientific observations and thinking, to explore how to rescue a figurine trapped in ice! We learned about the physical processes of freezing and melting…

Cross Fell have enjoyed exploring a range of materials today. We looked at each item carefully then worked as a group to sort them into different categories. It was lovely to hear everyone using a range of vocabulary to describe each item and reason about what some items could be in more that one…

Cross Fell have really enjoyed working with Mrs Harding this year in their music sessions to learn to play not only the recorder but also a range of percussion instruments.

We have enjoyed expanding our music vocabulary and using our voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and…

We have really enjoyed our recent DT project, from researching different puppets to looking at ways of joining fabric to then cutting and sewing our own puppets. It was lovely to see the care and attention to detail that went into our designs and the quality of the finishing was particularly…

We really enjoyed our visit from Mieke and Miles the Bear from the Great North Air Ambulance today.

Mieke talked to us about what the air ambulance does and how we can help to support this amazing charity.

It is lovely for our school to  be building connections within the community to …

We were really excited to take part in the Library Services for Schools KS1 reading for pleasure challenge “Reading is Super Cool”.

The library service told us that the aim of their challenge was to-

• Motivate us to read regularly and encourage reading for pleasure

• Give us the…

We were really excited to take part in the Library Services for Schools KS1 reading for pleasure challenge “Reading is Super Cool”.

The library service told us that the aim of their challenge was to-

• Motivate us to read regularly and encourage reading for pleasure

• Give us the…