Blog Author: Bev Brown

Just a reminder that we have some World Book Day books for anyone struggling to swap their tokens, I didn’t want anyone to miss out if they couldn't make it to the shops so have swapped some to make it easier. If you would like one please bring in your token and choose a book then I will keep…

Cross Fell have had a road safety session with Sarah from Pyjama Drama today. We listened to some true and some made up stories about staying safe while near the road. We learnt that we should ALWAYS wear our helmet when riding any wheels such as bikes, scooters, hoverboards and heelys.
We also…

This week is Children’s Mental Health Week (7-13 February 2022). This year's theme is Growing Together.

We’re encouraging children (and adults) to consider how they have grown and how they can help others to grow.

This morning we have read All Are Welcome and thought about how we can be…

We really enjoyed getting out into the school grounds to take part in the RSPB's big garden birdwatch.

It was lovely to see how excited everyone got when we spotted some of the birds from our spotter sheet- well done Cross Fell!

We had a great day meeting Alasdair, Simone & Rory from Cumbria Fire and Rescue service and PC Chris yesterday in school. We saw lots of equipment and asked questions about their roles and how to stay safe in the community.

Cross Fell were really fortunate to beable to bring their learning about habitats to life by enjoying a visit to Susan's Farm. It is fantastic to beable to get really hands on with our learning and take our learning outside of the classroom.

We had a wonderful day yesterday at Susan’s Farm

Flinty Fell had a great visit to Durham to tour the Botanic Gardens there- a great trip to bring their science and topic learning to life.

We were extremely fortunate to be able to go and watch the Tour of Britain passing through Alston today, it was a real treat to be able to witness first hand a professional race of this scale and we really enjoyed making flags to cheer the riders on. We especially loved it when all of the support…

Exciting news. Over the holidays Park Fell's butterflies emerged from their cocoons. They are beautiful. We will release them tomorrow.

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Our first chick has hatched! We talked about how it hatched and watched a video on you tube before writing a sentence about it. We than made a chicken house outside