German Phrasebooks
Our topic this half term in Year 8 and 9 is 'A School Trip', which is perfect timing for the Berlin Trip! Last week students were thinking about what phrases they would need in they went to Germany, and creating a phrasebook to take with them
World Book Day in Cross Fell
Cross Fell really enjoyed dressing up as characters from our class book for world book day. As part of the celebrations we enjoyed sharing books with a tasty biscuit treat, sharing our favourite reads, enjoying a live lesson and most excitingly sharing the book that has just arrived that our…
Book covers for World Book Day
As part of our World Book Day celebrations, some students in Year 8 listened to an online webinar from the writer Tom Palmer.
Students learnt all about Tom's creative process when developing a story for publication and listened with interest when he talked about the need for the design of a…
Careers Day at the North Lakes Hotel and Spa
Year 7 kicked- off National Careers Week in style with a special careers day at the North Lakes Hotel and Spa, Penrith.
The bespoke event was organised by Sharon Brook, our school Enterprise Advisor and Head of Sales at the hotel.
Along with being taken on a tour of the hotel and…
Stick man oh stick man beware of Cross Fell....
There’s something magical about watching imagination come to life in the great outdoors
At Forest School this week, we made our very own Stick Men!
The children searched the forest floor for the perfect sticks. Each one was carefully chosen — tall, twisty, smooth, knobbly — because no two…
Textiles.
Year 7 are making tote bags. Practicing ironing bag handles. No excuse not to iron your shirts now!
Caring for our feathered friends- making bird feeders
We had great fun this morning making bird feeders inspired by our Robot and Bluebird story. Great job everyone!
Moo-ving Through Digestion STEM workshops
All students in Year 7 and 8 took part in a special STEM and careers workshop entitled 'Moo-ving through Digestion'. The workshop was delivered by Edidiong Akpan from SmartSTEMS and was supported by Digital Dairy Chain.
Students learnt all about Monogastric and Ruminant digestive systems and…
Year 7 Literacy
Year 7 have started using 'The Day' online newspaper during their literacy sessions. This week, they were keen to read the story of Punch, the baby macaque monkey who was abandoned by his mother at a zoo in Japan. Zookeepers gave Punch a cuddly orangutan toy to act as a substitute mother until he…
GCSE Food Technology: Tarte Tatin
To bring our Food Science theory lessons to life, our Year 10 students took on the challenge of making a classic French dessert: Tarte Tatin.
This practical gave students the opportunity to see key scientific processes in action. As the apples cooked, we observed the Maillard reaction and…