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• Young leaders club

  Fri 24 Nov 2023 Mrs Stanley

  In assembly today our young leaders received their award certificates and badges. They have worked really hard over the past 8 weeks in an after school club. They've had lots of fun and been learning all about what it means to be the change you want to see in the world. The bake sale they organised to fundraise for Oaktree animal rescue was a huge success and they should feel really proud of their achievements. 

  

• Film-maker and Writer Visits School

  Sat 18 Nov 2023 Fiona Taylor

  Matt Dickinson is an adventurer, expedition film maker and author. He thrilled the children in Primary 4 and 5 with stories of his experiences climbing Mount Everest. Based on his experiences, Matt has written a couple of series of books. Many funny stories were told and the children didn’t know which ones to believe! Certainly taking 250 Toffee Crisps on an expedition which led to them exploding at high altitude made us all laugh when his mates thought it was an avalanche. We all know the meaning of ‘gullible’ now 😂 He told them about the importance of reading and after his talk, many of the children bought signed copies of his books. Primary 4 attended a writing workshop led by Matt and Primary 5 all wrote him a thank you letter.

  Thank you Matt for an entertaining morning.

  

• Isla Ward (Champion Alpine Skier) comes to Visit Bridekirk!

  Thu 16 Nov 2023 Mrs Fish

  On Tuesday, Isla Ward came to school to talk to the children about her experience as a downhill skier. The children were given the opportunity to ask lots of questions in order to find out more about her sporting life. Following this, each class took part in a gym challenge as part of a sponsored event to help raise funds for both the athletes and our school. A big thank you to everyone who contributed to this.

  Below is some of the information Isla passed on to the children.

   

  How I Started

  I started Skiing on family holidays around the age of three, but I began racing on the dry ski slope in Glasgow, we then transitioned to racing on slopes abroad in the English Championships in Italy, which is England, Wales and Scotland competing against each other for the British title.
   

  My Greatest Achievement

  My most outstanding achievement is winning the NJR which is the National Junior Race, this was being held in Bielmonte. This was my first win under the International Skiing Federation. This is where the senior bracket of the sport begins as you start competing against long-time pros and world cup athletes. The race is structured with two runs, whoever places the fastest time within the first run starts last in the second run, and this was the first time I had been able to retain my position in first after placing there in the first run. This is a massive disadvantage as the track is more weathered meaning it is bumpier and the surface is generally harder to ski on. I remember feeling relieved after being able to hold the position but also joyful as I had also won my first international race!
   

  My Greatest Challenge

  The greatest challenge I have faced is recovering from a concussion I suffered in a Giant Slalom in which I went off-piste, through the netting and crashed into the snow. It was a fairly big crash, but I was lucky to have come out with only a concussion, however, this lead to a post-concussion syndrome which caused me to have dizzy spells and nausea at any point in the day. I recovered from this concussion and came back to race but something was off as I was struck with the same dizzy feeling and nausea. I was then advised to stop skiing and restart the healing process as I would normally if I were to have been concussed again.
   

  My Hobbies

  My hobbies are unicycling and juggling, I began juggling because a balancing coordination coach had mentioned that juggling can calm nerves and create a focused environment, so I then began juggling before each race! My favourite meals are usually a chicken stir fry and fruit smoothies paired with protein powder etc. after a session I usually like to make a peanut butter and banana smoothie after training as it offers good proteins and fats.
   

  My Future goals

  My future aspirations are to reach and medal in the World Cup and Olympics.

   

  

• Get Wired - Get Coding

  Mon 13 Nov 2023 Fiona Taylor

  The children in year 5 and year 6 had an exciting day in school participating in a workshop delivered by five representatives from Sellafield. 

  The session started with an introduction to electrical circuits and the vocabulary ‘connected’ to the topic! The children then worked in small groups to build a lie detector, a working FM radio and they also experimented to design circuits using their own ideas. 

  The second part of the workshop was working with Botley 2.0 - the coding robot. Again they had a variety of challenges to complete by following the coding cards. The children had to think critically along the way to solve problems they encountered. It was a fun day🤣

  

• Remembrance Assembly

  Sun 12 Nov 2023 Mrs Fish

  Remembrance Day Assembly

   

  On Friday 10th November, we held a 2 minute silence to remember all those who served and lost their lives in the many wars that have taken place. 

  We discovered at how the Royal British Legion has launched a new poppy for it's poppy appeal, plastic free, and looked back to see how the poppy has changed since the 1920's. 

  The choir sang for us accompanied by Mr Wright on his violin... you can hear a recording of the song on the music section of the website or by clicking on the link...  Keep The Home Fires Burning. 

  The reception children all made a poppy which they brought into assembly to show the other children and help them remember. 

  

• Young leaders club cake sale

  Tue 07 Nov 2023 Mrs Stanley

  Our young leaders after school club were very busy on Monday making lots of treats. They then sold these in school to raise money for oak tree animal charity. The children raised a very impressive £82.65. Really well done young leaders 😀

  

• Cockermouth Bike and Skate

  Sat 04 Nov 2023 Fiona Taylor

  Last week, Nicola Woolly came in to talk to us about the campaign for a new bike and skate park to be built in Cockermouth. She told us all about the project and how it was being launched. We were asked to complete a survey to help with the research behind the building of a skate park and we have to answer questions about whether we would use a skatepark and/or a pump track.

  Nicola was also interested to hear where we went biking and also about our suggestions for a new facility. Fran suggested that bike hire would be good, Cooper suggested a variety of different challenges and Finlay suggested a place where his parents could sit down and get a drink!