Blog Author: Bev Brown

In Cross Fell we teach the children to read using the Read, Write Inc scheme. We would like to signpost all of our parents to the following website that has a range of extremely helpful guides that explain the process and how important it is to read and start to foster a love of reading at an…

What a brilliant first day we have had in Cross Fell! We’ve been so busy having fun and making lots of new friendships and exploring each of our linked learning areas. Go Cross Fell!

The Hedgehog Bookshop in Penrith is welcoming Julia Donaldson to a special event on Thursday 11th September to launch her new book. Anyone who has been in Cross Fell will beable to tell you that Julia Donaldson is my absolute favourite author so I am very excited to hear she is visiting Penrith…

Cross Fell were really excited to take part in some activities for safer internet day learning how to stay safe online and who to ask if they were unsure of something they encountered online.

Each week in assembly we award certificates to children who are working really hard on thier reading both in school and especially at home.

Here are Cross Fell's reading champions this week. Well done to our reading champions this week we are very proud of you!

A huge thankyou to PC Joel who came into talk to us about his role and show off his police car. It was a pleasure to have such an enthusiastic visitor who was so wonderful with the children taking time to listen to their questions and talk about his role which linked into our superheroes topic…

We are delighted to share our recent Ofsted Inspection Report with you which judged Alston Primary School as “Good” in all categories.

The inspection team praised the inclusive nature of the school as pupils had been clear that everyone is equal, and everyone is welcome. The published report…

Mrs Brown set us a problem to solve in Science today- Spiderman had ripped his suit and we had to select the best materials to fix it. The material had to be flexible and waterproof so we tested a range of materials to see which would be more suitable thinking about the properties of each…

In our PSHE sessions we have been thinking all about setting goals. Today we talked about persevering to reach our goals listening to the story of a penguin who just couldn't give up!

In maths the children are using concrete resources to help with their multiplication skills. Today we learned about arrays and really enjoyed using playdough, pom poms, stickers and counters to show our learning.

In our art session the children made their own versions of superheroes, we were very impressed by the level of detail and the imaginative and bold use of colour to convey each superhero's unique talents.