Pupil voice in action!
The children have been so inspired by their learning about plants in our science topic in Cross Fell that they have requested an outdoor area in which to grow fruits and vegetables. Their wish was granted and planting of carrots, beetroot, strawberries, beans, potatoes, mint, parsely and a range…
Cross Fell's ice rescue
Today Cross Fell had to work scientifically to formulate a plan to rescue to knights from the ice.
Cross Fell were encouraged to use their scientific observations and thinking, to explore how to rescue a figurine trapped in ice! We learned about the physical processes of freezing and melting…
Materials
Cross Fell have enjoyed exploring a range of materials today. We looked at each item carefully then worked as a group to sort them into different categories. It was lovely to hear everyone using a range of vocabulary to describe each item and reason about what some items could be in more that one…
Marvellous Music
Cross Fell have really enjoyed working with Mrs Harding this year in their music sessions to learn to play not only the recorder but also a range of percussion instruments.
We have enjoyed expanding our music vocabulary and using our voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and…
Cross Fell's sewing project
We have really enjoyed our recent DT project, from researching different puppets to looking at ways of joining fabric to then cutting and sewing our own puppets. It was lovely to see the care and attention to detail that went into our designs and the quality of the finishing was particularly…
Air Ambulance Visit
We really enjoyed our visit from Mieke and Miles the Bear from the Great North Air Ambulance today.
Mieke talked to us about what the air ambulance does and how we can help to support this amazing charity.
It is lovely for our school to be building connections within the community to …
KS1 Reading for pleasure challenge
We were really excited to take part in the Library Services for Schools KS1 reading for pleasure challenge “Reading is Super Cool”.
The library service told us that the aim of their challenge was to-
• Motivate us to read regularly and encourage reading for pleasure
• Give us the…
Cross Fell's Reading Challenge success
We were really excited to take part in the Library Services for Schools KS1 reading for pleasure challenge “Reading is Super Cool”.
The library service told us that the aim of their challenge was to-
• Motivate us to read regularly and encourage reading for pleasure
• Give us the…
Cross Fell's Junior Olympics trip
Cross Fell really enjoyed travelling to Culgaith to compete in a junior olympics festival. We competed against teams from a number of local schools and were delighted to be awarded with 11 medals! A great day was had by all and the competition was conducted in such good spirit with everyone's…
Middle Fell's Teeth investigation
Middle Fell have been making models of our teeth and writing narration scripts about the digestive system in Science, they also had Professor Kevin Walsh visit to talk about Astronomy and future jobs in STEM. Inspiring the next generation!
Astronomer visit
Flinty Fell had a visit from Professor K Walsh today who is an Astronomer-in-Residence at Westminster School in London.
He came to talk to us about the Universe and the planets, he answered all the questions the pupils had for him and really helped to deepen everyone's understanding. Thankyou…