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11 October 2024

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…

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11 October 2024

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

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11 October 2024

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…

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11 October 2024

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…

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11 October 2024

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…

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11 October 2024

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!

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10 October 2024

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!

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8 October 2024

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!

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7 October 2024

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…

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7 October 2024

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

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6 October 2024

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

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5 October 2024

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…

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