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Toys, toys, toys!
We were very fortunate to beable to secure one of the very sought after artefact boxes from Cumbria library service who put together a brilliant box of old and new toys for us to use as part of our on going topic. The children loved getting hands on and playing with a range of…

Some fantastic things going on in our linked learning today! The Hama beads were a huge hit as always. It is wonderful to listen to the children playing and learning together taking their learning in their own direction- great work everyone!

Before the Easter holidays, some students in Year 7 and 8 planted seeds to begin our own kitchen garden in the Food Technology room! The seeds have started to grow and we are hoping to include them in some cooking soon.

The seeds have been a wonderful link to our 'food provenance' topic in Year…

Thank you to Paul and Hazel from Good News for Everyone for visiting our lesson and answering some of the questions we had about Christianity.

Year 7 have been developing their cooking skills using the 'rubbing in method' to create their own pizza base; which we then topped with cheese, ham and sweetcorn. Well done everyone- they looked great!

Year 8 were delighted that their practical this week was chicken nuggets! As part of their homework they researched the difference between chicken nuggets and chicken goujons, watched a live demo and voted on their favourite chicken nugget. In the lesson we practiced our knife skills, handling raw…

We’ve loved spending time in our new and improved forest school area! The children enjoyed exploring the refreshed space, noticing the changes, and making the most of the outdoors, with the sun shining too!

As part of our session, we carried out a fun worm experiment to see how healthy our soil…

Another fantastic football skills session today with Carlisle United

The sunshine was out and so were the smiles! The players brought great energy, focus, and enthusiasm from start to finish. We worked on ball control, quick passing, and confidence on the ball — and it was brilliant to see…

Year 9 have been demonstrating their skills of teamwork, planning, adapting. leadership, problem solving, creativity, listening and speaking to create their music festival pitches.  I have been really impressed with their focus and engagement.  Perhaps some ideas for future careers will also…

We have loved looking at some toys from Mrs Brown's house comparing toys old and new and thinking about how toys have changed over time.

Great observations Cross Fell

Year 7 and Year 8 are doing Pickleball and Cricket now the summer term is here. Some great efforts today. 

An excellent effort from Year 9 in athletics this morning. They worked hard to improve their technique in Discus.