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Cross Fell really enjoyed getting hands on with their learning this week when they created different habitats in a tray to see which one the woodlice would choose as their new home. It was lovely to see everyone observing so carefully discussing what they could see and showing real care and…

Miss Philipson is holding a meeting to talk all about our phonics teaching and early reading on 12th September 2024 and discuss everything in the above letter we hope you can join her.

At Alston Primary School our children are listened to and we teach them the importance of listening to and respecting the views of others.

Our children know that their voice is important; there are many occasions when they are asked to express their opinions, sharing views and opinions.

In…

We are extremely excited to launch our after school clubs for this half term.

We have a range of clubs designed to take into account a range of interests from Science to mindfulness, reading to crafts and many more so please check ipay to book your child's place- more details are on Class…

We are extremely fortunate to continue to have access to Numbots this year and every child in Cross Fell has been issued with a log in to help to support their maths development.

So what is Numbots?

NumBots adopts the best teaching practises to take children from counting on their fingers,…

We are extremely pleased to say that the ever popular book buddies scheme is back for this academic year!

Last year it was a delight to witness how much the children enjoyed sharing their favourite books together, spending time sharing their skills and growing their love of reading within…

Our ever popular book swap is returning for 2024/25 by popular request. Last year it was so lovely to see the children choosing and donating books to our book swap box and we will be continuing this scheme this academic year to continue to promote a love of reading and removing barriers to reading by providing access to free high quality books.

If you would like to donate any books please send them into school or pop them into the box. The book swap box will be out every Wednesday near the Cross Fell entrance for you to choose a book (weather dependent- if it rains and you would like to choose a book please let us know as we will have the books under cover). 

Let's keep that love of reading growing!

Over the summer break Cross Fell moved into their new classroom, it is looking very smart indeed and we can't wait to welcome the new cohort of children in to start their learning journey. Full details of routines and FAQs can be found on Class Dojo. As always if you have any questions please do…

Just a reminder that we have the sponsored walk on Tuesday, more details are on both our class Dojo page and school story.

⭐️ THANK YOU ⭐️
For your generous donations

We’re overwhelmed with the support we’ve received so far for the Sponsored Walk. This Tuesday children from 10 year groups…

We are very lucky to have such a supportive PTFA, they have organised a duck race to be held on the last day of term so how about getting together after school to celebrate yet another fantastic year in school. Ducks are available to purchase at the school office for £1.00

We really enjoyed having a stall at the garden party today, we have been working hard in gardening club to grow a range of plants to sell alongside seeds and plant markers. It was lovely to see our gardening club members selling things on the stall putting our learning about money into action…

Gardening club are all set up and ready to welcome you to the garden party