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20 February 2026

World book day is coming to Cross Fell

We are very excitedly counting down to World Book Day 2026 which this year is being held on Thursday 5th March.

World book day aims to inspire every child to enjoy the life-changing benefits of reading for fun and as part of this we are going to be inviting the children in Cross Fell to come to…

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13 February 2026

Saving the best till last- gymnastics with Carlisle United

What a fantastic final gymnastics session, KS1! 
The children showed brilliant balance, control and confidence as they practised their rolls, jumps and sequences. We were so proud of how they listened carefully, encouraged each other and tried their best right to the end. A wonderful way to…

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11 February 2026

Dodgeball club- coming soon!

We're excited to announce DODGEBALL CLUB run by John French from Action Ants every Friday. Details are on class dojo.
Year 1 - Year 6

Book via ipayimpact to reserve your space.

£3 per week
 

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10 February 2026

Wear yellow for mental health week

Our school council have met and decided that they would like to mark the end of the week with a special event where you can wear an item of yellow- see details below from the school council.

 

Wear an item of yellow this Friday (13th) for Children’s Mental Health Week 2026 

Thank you as…

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10 February 2026

PC Tony visits to help us to stay safe on safer internet day

As part of internet safety day today we enjoyed a visit from PC Tony and PC Fox who talked to us about staying safe when we are using our devices and also brought big Bertha to show us! It was a huge hit!

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9 February 2026

Getting hands on with arrays

Some fantastic work on arrays this morning in maths, we loved using all of the different resources to show our understanding. Great work everyone!

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9 February 2026

Talking about mental health in Cross Fell

As part of children's mental health week we have been talking about our sense of belonging. We talked about how we can look after our mental health and support each other. The children designed their own special places where they felt like they belong.

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6 February 2026

National storytelling week meets forest school!

National Storytelling Week at Forest School

This week at Forest School we’ve been celebrating National Storytelling Week, letting stories come alive in the great outdoors 

Well done Cross Fell! 

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4 February 2026

Cross fell scientists

We loved our science session this week investigating which materials were absorbent. We got to use timers, pipettes and magnifying glasses to conduct our experiment and were brilliant at using a range of key vocabulary to explain our learning. Great job everyone!

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30 January 2026

Forest school

 Forest School Fire Strikers 

Today at Forest School, the children had the exciting opportunity to use fire strikers as part of their outdoor learning. This activity was carefully supervised and focused on teaching fire safety, control, and respect for nature.

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30 January 2026

More gymnastics fun with Carlisle United

Gymnastics with Carlisle United 

Another fantastic session Cross Fell!
You were engaged, positive, resilient and growing in confidence each week!

Well done!

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30 January 2026

Making the Moon

We have been looking at space in Art and made moons out of paint and salt. 

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