Gallery
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Carol Singing at Morrisons - We brought smiles to many faces.
What a wonderful Christingle Service! Every child taking part and learning what the Christingle symbolises.
Class 3 & 4 Ukulele lessons. Learning to sing and play songs by The Cranberries, R.E.M., Creedence Clearwater Revival, Katy Perry and Wham! We learn the chords and rhythms for each song and some children have been challenging themselves to play the melody parts (riffs) as well.
Learning about the true meaning of Xmas with NISCU - What could the X mean? A lot of thoughtful answers from the children.
Class 1 and 2 took part in an amazing balance bike workshop. We had some super speedy friends, zooming over ramps and in and out of obstacles to peak at Santa!
Christmas Sewing Club - They look great already, with some very neat blanket stitching.
Crosscrake Children love Science! Class 4 have been investigating how they can separate solids from mixtures. Magnets, sieving, filtering evaporation etc. Lots of discussion, finding out and fun.
Chess Club - We really do have lots of great players!
Class 2's fantastic trip to The World of Beatrix Potter? The highlight of course was meeting the real Peter Rabbit. Looking at the photos, we don't know who was the most excited, the children or Mrs Brown!
A huge thank you to Edie's grandparents for kindly donating lots of gravel to enable us to create a digging area for our EYFS children. They are loving our new diggers and getting to grips with the pulley system!
Having fun whilst raising money for Children in Need. We still enjoyed our ramble even with the nasty weather! How gorgeous is this Lego Pudsey?
Today the whole school took time out at Church to remember the people who fought in the wars especially the 9 from our community , placing crosses and a wreath in their honour. In school lots of learning about our history to create work to share in church. Class 2 made some amazing pointillism art work inspired by the artist George Seurat. Class 3 shared a prayer and Class 4 shared their Flanders field work
Food Technology - Making the perfect Couscous Salad for their parner. The children had to do some research and use a questionnaire to ask their partners about what they would like and not like.
Class 2 have been reading the traditional story of Rama and Sita. They made diva lamps, temples and fantastic rangoli patterns as we learned all about the Hindu religion.
Class 3 had an unforgettable day going back in time as we explored Vindolanda, the site of an ancient Roman fort near Hadrian's Wall.
Class 3 Pizza Express Trip - We learnt so much including how to swirl the passata on the bases and all about the ingredients. We even got to take the one we made home!
Makedo Construction Club - Challenge 1 - To make a cage or enclosure with a door that can fit all your group in, only using two sheets of cardboard. Challenge 2 - Make a unique headress or hat that fits your head perfectly. Challenge 3 - Make a dog
Sportivos (Coach Robbie) came to work with every class. It was brilliant!
Self Portraits - Every September, each child in the school creates a self portrait. Aren't these incredible!
Westmorland County Show Display - Every child made their own Creative Creature using a used gift bag as the body.
Whole School Sports Take-Over Day
Class 3 Arts morning with Nicki & Nik from Kendal Windows on Art. We are excited to see how the children's art is goingto be transformed into an art installation for our outdoor reflective area
Lakeland Wildlife Oasis is such a good place to learn all about Habitats and Classification
Class 3's Greek Urns - No two urns look the same as the children thought of their own design
A big thank you to Mark from the David Shepherd Foundation for coming to our school to teach us all about habitats and conservation. Every class had a great time and learnt so much!
Investigating Invertebrates - Learning about their habitat and their classification- We found a Western Yellow Centipede, the largest centipede in the UK with 77-83 pairs of legs!
Design & Technology Challenge - Can you use portraits of monarchs to create authentic looking outfits? Can you make them fit accurately? Can you make your figure stand up?
Class 3 Nature Orienteering - Learning to map read and looking for signs of spring
Class 2's Gorgeous Owls
Sam from Dogs Trust came to talk to us all about how to behave around dogs. How to ensure that both dog and child feel happy and safe. She was wonderful and we really enjoyed the workshops.
Lego Club - This week they were working together to make towers
Lego Robotics Class 2
Lego Robotics Workshop Class 3
Look what we programmed the helicopter to do!
Lego Robotics Workshop Class 4
Lego Robotics Class 4
Class 3 are a crafty lot! Making Christmas decorations that can be treasured forever. Learning crafting skills, that they can use throughout their life to produce their own creations.
Wonderful things happen when you have talented parents coming in to share their skills. Thank you so much Mr Gibson.
We are so lucky to have such amazing school grounds!
Live Teams Meeting with Lord Borwick - He told us about the House of Lords and his role as a Lord. We asked him lots of questions and learnt so much.
Exciting Road Safety Visit with special guest Murphy! Be seen. Be safe. Drive wide and slow. Hold your parent's hand.
Surviving the Stone Age Workshop
Class 3's Fantastic Trip to White Scar Cave and Ribblehead Viaduct
Learning about Soils and Rocks and Strickley Farm. It's so much easier to explore soil layers when you have a digger!
Using our new Charcoals to create quick sketches of this lovely flower arrangement brought in by a very kind parent. The children absolutely loved it!
This week in Construction Club we are working together to get creative
One of our finished Robots made at Construction Club
'MAKEDO Construction Club has started! First week - starting to make 2D Robots
Visiting the County Show and meeting up with our 'Back and Forth' Canal Project friends with a lovely canal ride
Getting Creative with our new MAKEDO tool kits. Fantastic ideas & teamwork!
Class 1 had a fabulous morning at Strickley Farm learning about the local nature and finding treasure!
Class 2's Teddy Bears' Picnic
Class 2 - KWoA Back and Forth Project
What a wonderful day full of art in Class 3! Thank you to Nicki and Priscilla. We will be exhibiting our KWoA Back and Forth Project at the County Show
We just love LEGO Club! Children from Y1 to Y6 working together
SPORTS DAY - An amazing afternoon with many Personal Bests beaten and also some all-time school records smashed!
Just a few of the children's wonderful Fathers' Day Cards
Class 2 had an amazing day at the Lakes Aquarium, looking at the different fish and their habitats. Travelling by train helped them understand more about seaside holidays of the past.
Class 2 enjoyed doing some maths in the outdoor classroom - weighing ingredients to make bread on the fire
Flower Themed Clay Dishes
Painting in the Bluebell Wood at Strickley
Y4 Bluebell Study - Among other things, the children discovered that bluebells don't like growing where Ramsons grow. They also did some conservation work, by pulling out an invasive species - Himalayan Balsam
Strickley Wildflower Study Y3s - The children discovered that more different types of flowers grew in the Hedgerow, than the pasture and meadow put together!
Easter Egg Hunt Fun
Class 2 - Easter Craft
We had a lovely time at Forest Schools. The fire was a great success! We followed the fire rules and enjoyed toasting yummy marshmallows!
Celebrating Shrove Tuesday with the kind help of Ruth. Thank you Ruth
Christingle Making with our Church Friends
Class 3 Lego Workshop
Class 3 Roaring Lion
Class 3 Roaring Lion
Class 4 - Funfair Ride
Class 4 - Funfair Ride
Class 4 Funfair Ride
The children had such a great time playing in the snow at playtime!
Come & hear the 'good news'! Nativity Tues 12th December, 2pm at Church. All welcome
Christmas Celebrations Begin!
Christmas Craft Club
Lego Education Masterclass
Children in Need Ramble
Amazing Writing in Class 2!
Learning about Diwali in Class 2
Our Remembrance Service
Class 4 London Trip - We really enjoyed our city experience, visiting the Houses of Parliament and the British Museum
Music in Worship
Dear God,
Thank-you for our harvest.
Helpful hands to gather.
Apples, pears and damsons.
Nothing wasted.
Keeping people fed.
Yummy, yummy!
Oranges and aubergines
Useful machines to cut and pick.
Food glorious food:
Omelettes,
Ripe vegetables and fruits.
Our mum’s apple crumble.
Unusually shaped carrots.
Really nice tomatoes.
Hens eggs
Amazing farmers
Radishes
Vimto berries
Energising plums.
Sharing
Thank-you Lord
AMEN
Written by Gledhill, Arthur and Edward
Engineering Fairytales Workshop - Dr Wise came from Lancaster University to talk to us about engineering. It was amazing!
NISCU Collective Worship- great fun with Diana, as always :)
Success at the Onion Show!
Class 2 love Percy Vere
SPORTS DAY - Our sports day is like no other. The KS2 children strive before and after the event to earn points by beating personal best.
Class 2's Special Day - A wedding and a baptism!
Class 2 enjoying orienteering at Dallam
Look how brilliant Class 2's work is!
Happy Playtimes!
Lakeland Wildlife Oasis - The most incredible trip on a beautiful sunny day.
Making Crowns for our teddies, ready for our Whole School Coronation Teddy Bears' Picnic. You will see that some of the older children made prototypes first and had to work out how they could stop the crowns falling off and how to fit them around their big ears.
Class 3 Water Workshop - thank you Tasha from Lake District National Park
#LETGIRLSPLAY Well done Evie for helping to give equal opportunities for girls to play football.
Class 4's amazing art work, inspired by Peter Thorpe
Look what Class 2 have been up to! Learning about our wonderful world and just look at how cute those robins are!
WORLD BOOK DAY - We enjoyed sharing books with each other and our parents
LEGO ROBOTICS & PROGRAMMING WORKSHOP
Class 3 & 4 had the most incredible STEM workshop!
The Challenge - To create and program a model that would alert the Lego figure scientist, if a certain colour Lego creature was outside of their tent.
See the programming in action!
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Electricity Challenge - The children had not used a switch component before and had to figure out how they could make a circuit that could light two bulbs but could also be switched on and off. They learned about complete and incomplete circuits.
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch - I know it's hard to believe, but these children are only in Class 2! They are learning to identify birds and doing this through art is a fabulous why to encourage children to look more closely.
Heysham Power Station Trip
Class 4 had an amazing day learning all about how electricity is generated at the power station. They enjoyed activities and investigations in the workshop and the tour of the power station. We had to wear high-viz jackets, hard hats, ear defenders and goggles and walk through the security arch before we could enter. A fantastic day of new experiences and leaning was had by all.
How clever are we?
We sketched, in charcoal, the landscape outside White Scar Cave. We used different techniques to create darker and lighter tones. We remembered to look more than we drew.
We then went on to make our own rock themed picture frames for them. We first made prototypes to find a way of being able to slide the picture in and out , without it falling out. We also had to think of our own way of creating a stand that would not fail.
Kindness to other - Boxes of Hope for children in Romania
Blackberry Juice Portraits - We crushed blackberries with stones and noticed that some surfaces were porous and some were not. Porous surfaces allowed the juice to soak in and create marks. We altered the thickness of the lines by altering the pressure on the paint brush and we could alter the darkness/tone by adding water or using a paper towel to dab some of the juice away.
White Scar Cave Trip - We had a wonderful time learning about how caves are formed. After lunch we used charcoals to create landscape studies of the scenery outside the cave.
Dr Robinson, a rock expert who is a doctor of Geology, came to talk to us about rocks. We brought some of our own rocks from home to show him and to find out more about them. To say thank you for coming in to see us, we made him some ROCKy Road. Each group created a different version, but using the same basic recipe. We had 4 different flavours. Some were white chocolate, some were milk. Some had popcorn and some had smarties.
SOIL SUNDAES - To show what we had found out and to consolidate learning, we made Soil Sundaes to represent the different layers of soil and the organisms in them
We learnt how layers of sediment, one on top of the other, forms sedimentary rock over millions of years. The children used weaving to help them think of this layering, with the pressure from above pushing the layers together.
Wow!
Dancing in the Rainbow Lab
Team work at its best!
Solving problems
Glow in the dark
Class 3's Mayan Masks - What can I say? These children are amazing!
RAF SPACE CHALLENGE - Class 3 STEM Live Online Lesson
Creating 3D shapes using cocktail sticks and marshmallows, learning their names and learning about their properties. We then developed them into strong structures.
Christingles- made with our lovely visitors from Church for our special service.
