Inter House Chess Competition
Today we had our first of two Inter House Chess Competitions. The tension was palpable! Well done to all participants, particularly those from Blue and Yellow house who added 20 points to their House total.
GCSE design a burger
The Year 10 GCSE Food Technology students have been taking part in a mock coursework task: to design and make a burgers suitable for the Keswick burger restaurant 'The Round'. They have practiced independent planning and cooking- demonstrating a range of culinary skills. The results were…
Year 7&8 Rugby
Some brilliant effort in Tag Rugby yesterday with Year 7 and Year 8. They worked on passing and running skills. In places it was a bit muddy!
Learning about Human Rights in Citizenship
This term, an over-arching theme across Year 10 & 11 Citizenship lessons has been the concept of Human Rights. Students have learnt all about the origins of human rights, explored a wide range of contemporary issues across different media sources, and took part in a structured class debate. The…
The book bus visits Cross Fell
Today we visited the book bus and each got a book to take back to share in class, we absolutely love it when they visit us and get so excited to see which new books we can enjoy.
Year 7 German
This week in German Year 7 are looking at 'Months and Dates'. We spent today's lesson looking at Months of the Year in German. They had great discussions about what happens in each month, and drew illustrations to represent each month, then labelled in German.
Cross Fell computing- digital photography
Computing last week and Cross Fell continued with digital photography. We looked at framing and where to place the thing we want to take a photo of.
Challenged to take a poorly framed photo and then a well framed photo, the children took some fantastic photographs.
The book advent calendar returns
Our much loved book Advent calndar is back! Today we opened to first book in the pile and we can’t wait to see which story we get tomorrow!
Table cricket
Some of our Key Stage three students enjoyed learning how to play table cricket with John from Cumbria Cricket.
The students are looking forward to their next session in two weeks time where they will learn to umpire for themselves.
Observational drawing at the Bowe's
Sketching patterns and costumes from the textiles collection in the Bowes Museum. Ties into year 8 and GCSE classroom learning.
The Bowe's Museum
An exciting trip to the Bowes Museum with year 8 and GCSE Art students.
Bouncy exhibits and talks about future careers
Year 9 Careers
Year 9 recently started their 'Preparation for Work & GCSE Options' module in Citizenship. So far, students have identified the wide range of different jobs available across several employment sectors, including those within film & TV production and the British armed forces. They have also been…