Gardening in Cross Fell
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.
Creative clay!
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.
Free maths games for home
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.
What a transformation!
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's learning about plants
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.
A Royal Celebration!
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…
Lunch time sport's club
Cross Fell had a great time taking part in our lunch time rugby club with Garry today.
In Alston Primary School we recognise the importance of providing opportunities to participate in physical activity during lunchtimes as well as after school and clubs like this really help us to practise,…
We are writers!
Our Year 2 children have bene working really hard on improving their writing this half term and have really impressed with their recount of our recent school trip. It was wonderful to see the delight on everyone's faces when we compared our work from September to our work from this week and…
Cross Fell's Action Ants trip
Cross Fell thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Culgaith today were we took part in a range of sport's activities with the Action Ants helping us to continue to lead healthy and active lives.
We enjoyed slacklining, archery, golf, obstacle courses and the ever popular slip and slide course!
It…
Culgaith Trip
We are extremely fortunate to beable to travel to Culgaith to take part in some Action Ants days with other local schools where we can engage in competitive and co-operative physical activities making new friends and challenging ourselves.
As the sessions develop they become increasingly tricky…
Gymnastic fun
What a super morning we have had mastering our basic movements including running and jumping, developing our balance, agility and co-ordination on the equipment
Eid-al- Fitr
Today we learned about the celebration of Eid- al- Fitr. We talked about how the celebration is marked, what different families do and made our own pictures to celebrate.
