Cross Fell's Learning

We really enjoyed our visit to the book fair today! It was lovely to see the children carefully handling the books and talking to their friends about books that they would like to read and ones they could recommend. Our passion for reading continues to grow!

The book fair is open after school…

In PSHE we have been learning about healthy eating. We used the shopping game to work out what we could get to encourage healthy eating. We then spoke about what a balanced diet is and used the healthy eating plate to create a healthy meal. 

Phonics has a high priority in school and we use RWI to help us to get off to a flying start in learning to read confidently and fluently.

We have sessions every day and also have access to clips that we can share with our families at home to support our learning. Keep looking out on Dojo for a…

Cross Fell are very excited to have access to Times Tables Rock Stars. We have really enjoyed using Numbots and now as we progress further on our maths journeys we also have TT Rock Stars to challenge us in our maths learning. We have been learning all about the 2, 5 and 10 times tables in our…

Cross Fell have really enjoyed sharing Zeraffa Giraffa a picture book inspired by the true story of a giraffe sent as a gift to the King of France by the Great Pasha of Egypt in the 1820s. The exquisitely composed pictures show the different stages of the journey made by Zeraffa,…

We have started our new literacy book, 'Zeraffa Giraffa'. We were learning about a giraffe's habitat to think about where the journey started and showing this using watercolours. 

Today we had a trip to the book bus. We had a story read for us and we chose some new books for class, as you might be able to tell from our faces the cliff hanger had us hooked! Isn't it amazing when you can have access to such high quality books that they really hook us readers in! 

As part of our World Book Day celebrations Cross Fell took a trip to our local library. It was lovely to meet the librarians and spend time looking at a range of different fiction and non- fiction books. 

Lynne the librarian read us a story and told us all about how we could become members of the library and get our own library cards. 

What a treat to spread our love of reading out into the community!

We have been looking at significant explorers. We were finding out about Matthew Henson and his exploration. We talked about the equipment he used, the difficulties he faced with his journey and recognition, and how we are able to find out information about him. We then created arctic pictures to…

Cross Fell are keen to get growing again this year and are looking to further develop our gardening area- can anyone help us with our task?

Do you have any old pots or tools that you can donate? 

Do you have any seeds or seedlings that you would like to share? If the answer is yes then…

We really enjoyed making bird feeders today inspired by the bluebird from our Robot and the Bluebird class story.

After reading the story the children really enjoyed learning all about a range of birds and thinking about how we could help them.

Great work everyone- it is so lovely when a…

Phonics screening check - information for parents

The phonics screening check has 40 words. 40 real word and 40 nonsense words it will happen during the week of the 10th June 2024

These are words that are phonically decodable but are not actual words with an associated meaning e.g. brip,…