RWI Speedy sounds
We are continuing to work hard on learning our sounds in our daily Read, Write, Inc phonics sessions.
We are often asked about what parents can do to support at home- the key thing that we can advise is to read with your child as often as you can.
However we also wanted to share some short…
Introducing Ted's Tales
Introducing Ted’s Tales
This is Flinty Fell’s class bear Ted.
When it is your turn, Ted will be coming to stay over with you to read.
Ted will visit a different person from Flinty each night of the week, and the aim is to read something to him of your choice.
It could be the current…
Nenthead mines visit
Middle Fell had great fun exploring Nenthead Mines today as part of their Science learning! We managed to find a tonne of gallium, calcite, quartz and many incredible formations of different minerals and sedimentary rocks. Our pupils also managed to find some impeccable fossils of pre-historic…
Fredwina meets Norman
We loved getting these pictures from Teddy! Fredwina had the best time, reading stories, feeding the ducks, getting a ride on Norman the tortoise and meeting the stick insects. Thankyou for taking such good care of Fredwina Teddy and sharing your skills to help her to get so much better at her…
Fred's adventures continue!
Our new reading mascots really are firing up our love of reading and we are really enjoying seeing all of the things that both Fred and Fredwina are getting up to. Thankyou so much to everyone who has hosted Fred or Fredwina and we are really loving how excited the children are about sharing their…
Wheel chair basket ball
Wheelchair Basketball at Nenthead
Nat Pattinson of Team GB fame, gave us all an awesome morning up at Nenthead, as we took part in an amazing wheelchair basketball session.
All the children were superb and gave it 100% effort!
Birthday cake, story books and the Northern lights
Fredwina had a great visit to Jai's house on Thursday. It was Jai's Birthday so Fredwina enjoyed Birthday cake and then Jai helped her to learn lots of speedy sounds and read his book before being fortunate enough to witness the Northern lights! What an incredible adventure!
Soil investigation
Middle Fell's Science lesson on Tuesday looking at how soil is formed and how it sustains life. They also conducted an experiment to assess the different properties of different soil samples!
Pumpkins!
Today we introduced our new class story' Pattan's Pumpkin'.
We enjoyed getting hands on with a range of pumpkins of different colours, shapes and sizes and talked about what we already know about pumpkins and what we would like to learn.
We now can't wait to get started with our story and see…
Fredwina's reading adventure
A huge thankyou to Matthew for taking such good care of Fredwina, I think that she really enjoyed adventuring with you! Fredwina was very excited to tell me all about the books your shared and how you met so many of my favourite author's characters!
Mrs Brown
Supermovers- making maths fun to learn at home.
We would like to recommend Super movers- a fun way of learning your key maths facts. Each clip features a fun mascot and catchy song to help the children to remember their number facts in a different way. Why not give it a go?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/topics/cnep90jwjj7t
Recommended reads- support for parents and carers to find the perfect book
We are often asked for book recommendations to support children's reading journeys at home and with Christmas on the horizon we can recommend the book trust website that is perfect for providing support in choosing just the right book.
'Looking for your child's next book or a reading list on a…