Changing shape
Today in science we have been thinking about materials. We investigated whether we could change the shape of a range of materials by pushing, pulling, stretching and bending. Careful testing everyone- well done!
Cross Fell's U Dance Experience
Cross Fell had a wonderful time at the U Dance Festival in Carlisle dancing alongside a host of other schools. What a fantastic experience for all the children to dance on a professional stage in front of a very appreciative audience.
World Book Day 2023
World Book Day celebrations, thankyou to Claire from Cogito Books for visiting us today to share a story and let us pick a free World Book Day book. We love reading in Cross fell and our celebrations today really underlined how important reading is and how much joy it can bring- check our class…
RE- friendship web
What do I value about my friends? Today we made a web of friendship where a ball of wool was passed around the circle, with each child holding their part. Each person took part saying ‘I find it easy to be friends with you because...’. At the end of the circle time, a visual web…
Pancake fun!
In our next RE topic we are going to be learning all about Easter and talking about why Jesus was welcomed like a King on Palm Sunday.
To kick start our new topic we have really enjoying learning all about Shrove Tuesday and enjoying some pancakes to celebrate. We can't wait ot get started on…
Waterproof materials testing
Today we have been testing a selection of materials using a pipette to simulate raindrops and consider why some materials let water through and others do not, we linked our learning to our superhero topic to see if we could find the best materials to fix our superhero's suit. It was fantastic to…
RWI support for families
Early reading and phonics has a high priority in APS and Miss Hill has kindly uploaded a helpful clip to our class Dojo page to offer some extra support with phonics at home, please visit our class Dojo page to have a look. If anyone would like any further support on how best to support at home…
Chinese New Year celebrations
We have been very busy preparing for Chinese New Year tomorrow
Superheroes from the past
This term we are learning about real life superheroes. Today we found out about Florence Nightingale and the amazing work she did in hospitals and colleges over the years.
We know that she helped injured soldiers, cleaned up hospitals, trained new nurses, and dedicated her life to helping…
Middle Fell's Winter Watch
Middle Fell today had a day filled with poetry writing/editing in Literacy, exploring the UK in Geography and even participated in the BBC’s Live Winterwatch from the comfort of their own classroom!
They learned lots about how habitats, food chains and biomes all interact with one another as…
Computing- staying safe online handy tips
In Computing we have been learning about digital painting and have been learning to use a range of tools to help us to create self-portraits and artwork inspired by famous artists.
As Christmas is approaching and many of us have tablets on our Christmas lists we also took part in some…
Kandinsky
Some excellent work in computing today using a painting package to create our own artwork in the style of Kandinsky. Great work everyone