Cross Fell's Learning

Today we had a visit from Cumbria Fire & Rescue. The firefighters talked about fire safety ahead of bonfire night and showed us how to power the hose so we could knock the bottle off the cone. We got to sit in the fire engine, see the flashing lights and hear the siren!

We all had a fantastic…

As part of our science topic we have been talking about seasonal changes, day length and seasonal events such as bonfire night. We enjoyed creating some firework pictures during linked learning today and also had a chat about firework safety

This morning, in Science, we have been on an Autumn walk to see if we could notice all of the changes of the season. We saw some leaves falling from the trees and found pine cones and evergreen trees too. It is fantastic to take our learning outside of the classroom so that we can see first hand…

We love writing in Cross Fell and it is great to see our learners taking charge of their writing and self assessing it to make sure they have all of their must haves!

A did a fantastic job of being a mini teacher and using her checklist to mark her own work before sharing it with us.

We loved getting hands on with pumpkins today hooking us into our new story Pattan's Pumpkin. There was lots of discussion work about how the pumpkins felt and what they were like inside, experiences like this really help us to build our vocabulary and will help us later on in our work when we…

National Forest School Week!

We’ve had a fantastic time at Forest School celebrating National Forest School Week! We learned lots of interesting facts about badgers and then got creative by designing our very own badger necklaces. 

What a lovely time of outdoor learning, exploring and…

Today the children took part in a virtual visit with the National archives direct from London!

It was fantastic to hear from a range of experts and learn more about the events that took place during the great fire of London.

It was wonderful to also add to this virtual visit by being able to…

Cross fell are working on their great fire of London display.

Cross Fell have been working hard with Mrs Wheatley in our art sessions to produce some amazing work linked to the great fire of London- top work everyone!

Well done to everyone in Cross Fell who was so amazing on our sponsored walk today. Everyone showed great enthusiasm and determination to complete the walk along the railway line to Slaggyford to help to raise money for our school community and our chosen charity- the great North air…

Today in Forest School, Anna told us all about ‘snarks’ and the story behind them. An elusive creature created by Lewis Carroll in his nonsense poem in 1876! We got the chance to forage for sticks, stones and other natural materials and use feathers and clay to make our own version of a snark.…

Another high-energy PE session with Carlisle United! The children had a fantastic time getting active, developing their skills and showing great teamwork and enthusiasm. Well done, everyone!