We love reading at Alston Primary School and are pleased to say that we awarded over 200 Dojos for reading in Cross Fell alone for our reading efforts last half term- can we beat it next half term? We think so!

We can't wait to continue with our reading journey this half term and have amongst…

We have been learning all about animals and their habitats in Science and as part of this have had great fun designing and making our own rock pets creating instructions for our friends about how to keep them happy and healthy. We think that they look amazing!

We have been working really hard in our computing sessions this half term. We have thought about what technology is and explored the tablets looking at improving our mouse control skills. We used paintz.app to paint a self portrait adding a label and learning to save a copy of our work.
Today we…

We really enjoyed rounding off our learning about the Great Fire of London by making some bread just like Thomas Farriner the baker, it was lovely to talk about each of the key events that we had learned about as we got busy imagining what life might have been like during the great fire.

We would like to welcome all of our families, friends and the community to our Christmas Market on Thursday 5th December ❄

⭐️ Save the date ⭐️

Our Alston Primary School Christmas production of ‘I’m Gonna Shine’! will take place on Thursday 12th December in the school hall

Want to improve your voice choice and enjoy listening to a range of new stories? This could be the perfect thing for you!

Visit https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/storyteller-videos/storyteller-videos-chapter-books/

There are a range of stories to enjoy and are perfect for 10 minutes of relaxing…

We hope that you are all having a lovely half term! Fred has a spooky sound for you to enjoy today- we hope you like it! Sure it's pure :-)

Keep recapping your speedy sounds and we will see you all next week- we can't wait to get started on our new batch of books!

See you…

Spooky books to read this Halloween

From seriously spine-tingling stories to tales about the silliest of spooks, Oxford Owl's collection of Halloween reading recommendations is packed full of books to entertain 2–12 year-olds on long, dark Autumn…

We went on a walk around Alston as part of our 'I wonder who I am' topic. We discussed road safety and then used this to explore the local area, see which buildings are around us and what their purpose is.

PC Joel made the very special effort to come and talk to us all about fireworks and bonfire safety. Remember: have fun, but be safe!

We went to the church to celebrate harvest festival. We listened to poetry and readings as well as singing our songs we have been practicing in school.