Easter Service 2024
Cross Fell really enjoyed visiting St Augustine's Church to take part in our annual Easter service.
It was lovely to be part of a whole federation service with Cross Fell taking the bread, 'wine' and crown of thorns up to the front as some of the older children delivered readings from the…
PTFA Easter competition
We are extremely fortunate to have a fantastic PTFA who run a range of activities and competitions for us over the course of the school year and for Easter they are running a decorated egg competition for anyone who would like to join in.
Please bring in your fully decorated egg into class on…
Growth over time
In Science Cross Fell have been thinking about whether plants need soil to grow- well here is the answer so far! The beans have started to grow, we continue to observe their growth over time to see how they change and compare with the ones we planted in soil. Which will give us the healthiest…
Practical maths fun!
Some more practical maths fun in our outdoor area this morning learning about capacity and developing our use of the vocabulary full, half full and empty- we are so very lucky to have such a fantastic space that we can use to extend our maths learning beyond the classroom.
We are hoping to…
Pictograms!
We have been really enjoying our computing sessions learning how to make pictograms.
We have been using the following site- https://www.j2e.com/j2data
For anyone who would like to carry on their learning at home please just click on the green pictogram image and you are ready to get going!
Scholastic book fair arrives in school
We really enjoyed our visit to the book fair today! It was lovely to see the children carefully handling the books and talking to their friends about books that they would like to read and ones they could recommend. Our passion for reading continues to grow!
The book fair is open after school…
Scholastic book fair arrives in school
We really enjoyed our visit to the book fair today! It was lovely to see the children carefully handling the books and talking to their friends about books that they would like to read and ones they could recommend. Our passion for reading continues to grow!
The book fair is open after school…
PSHE - Healthy eating
In PSHE we have been learning about healthy eating. We used the shopping game to work out what we could get to encourage healthy eating. We then spoke about what a balanced diet is and used the healthy eating plate to create a healthy meal.
British Science Week 2024
As part of British Science week Cross Fell have been busy conducting some planting experiments linking in with this year's theme- time.
We have all taken home some pots and seeds so that we can involve our families in our Science learning and hopefully spread some cheer in the community once…
RWI phonics support for our families to use at home
Phonics has a high priority in school and we use RWI to help us to get off to a flying start in learning to read confidently and fluently.
We have sessions every day and also have access to clips that we can share with our families at home to support our learning. Keep looking out on Dojo for a…
TT Rock stars
Cross Fell are very excited to have access to Times Tables Rock Stars. We have really enjoyed using Numbots and now as we progress further on our maths journeys we also have TT Rock Stars to challenge us in our maths learning. We have been learning all about the 2, 5 and 10 times tables in our…
Zeraffa Giraffa- our new class book from a different culture.
Cross Fell have really enjoyed sharing Zeraffa Giraffa a picture book inspired by the true story of a giraffe sent as a gift to the King of France by the Great Pasha of Egypt in the 1820s. The exquisitely composed pictures show the different stages of the journey made by Zeraffa,…