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We work hard to inspire the children to really enjoy reading and build a life long passion for books and at APS we do this in a variety of ways.

Today Cross Fell enjoyed a virtual author visit and joined Nicola Kinnear for a fun session inspired by her latest picture book, Ready, Steady…

We joined Nicola Kinnear for a fun session inspired by her latest picture book, Ready, Steady Squirrel! We enjoyed a story session with Nicola and heard all about Evie, a very determined little squirrel, we even learnt how to draw our own squirrel!

Cross Fell really enjoyed travelling to Nenthead Village hall to take part in a wheelchair basket ball session. It was lovely to see everyone so engaged and the session promoted so much discussion work about trying new things and persevering even when things were challenging. Well done Cross Fell.

Suggested reads for half term

Looking for something to read over half term, why not try Tattybogle? Mrs Brown was lucky enough to meet the author and hear her reading her book and she has been a big fan ever since.

Or  if that is not for you how about one of the books pictured on our blog,…

We were very lucky to welcome Miss Bradley into school yesterday to talk about her job as a scientist. The children were delighted to hear all about her job and asked some fantastic questions to learn more. We are very fortunate to have such inspiring visitors offering an insight into the life of…

We really enjoyed taking part in a NFU workshop today.
Every Thursday at 2pm, Becca and Lizzie from NFU introduce a different inspirational role model from the world of agriculture and engineering and today we joined the pumpkin workshop and enjoyed learning about all things food, farming,…

Cross Fell have been learning all about Harvest and learning some special songs to sing in church. It was lovely to be able to share such a special celebration with our local community and draw together all of our learning. Well done everyone for singing so beautifully - you all worked really hard…

We were very impressed by the quality of homework that we had sent into us over the past half term. Our home- school partnership is extremely important to us and we love it when we can work together on projects deepening our understanding and helping us to take our learning in our own direction.…

In Cross Fell we develop a range of strategies to support us in our maths learning and today's session was a big hit! We moved form using our concrete resources to record our work pictorially on the tables. We loved learning the draw it to prove it strategy and talking to our table partners about…

We had the privilege of having a special guest in school today!

Miss B came to spend the day with us discussing routes into STEM jobs, the important work currently being undertaken by Scientists and to offer us an insight into life as a woman in STEM. We made sure that time was also made to…

Today is mental health awareness day. We spoke about feelings and emotions, did some team building activities and spoke about why everyone was special to us

Many people think they “can’t do maths”, but with exciting new teaching approaches, we’re proving day by day in Cross Fell that every child really can love and succeed in maths!

We want to make it as easy as possible for parents to support their child’s learning at home and in addition to the…