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Another great World Book Day to celebrate 🥳 the amazing choice of children’s fiction available for young readers in 2024. Every year it seems there are an increasing number of exciting and interesting books written for children to enjoy. There were certainly some interesting costumes worn by both the children and adults and enthusiasm to share the books the children brought into school.
Everyone gathered in the hall and listened to some well-known authors talking about the importance of reading. Many children had dressed up as characters from the same book - Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were well represented.
The children all completed a variety of activities in the classrooms connected with books.
Well done children and parents!
We have received recognition for our attendance for the Autumn Term...
We continue to prioritise attendance as we know it impacts greatly on learning!
This half-term, pupils in P5 have been using the new YuStudio section of our music scheme - Charanga. It is a type of music creation software known as a digital audio workstation or DAW for short! They are learning how to record, arrange and mix their own tracks and compositions. The classroom was silent as they were all wearing headphones and absorbed in their own creations. At times, it looked like a silent disco as they were moving in time to their own creations. I was invited to 'have a listen' and all the creations I heard sounded amazing. There are new skills to learn every week so I look forward to further developments as the term progresses.
Congratulations to our team of year 6 boys who represented Bridekirk Dovenby School at the football festival up at Cockermouth School today. They competed against six local schools and came out overall winners of the competition. They impressed Miss Rigg with their fantastic attitude and sportsmanship throughout the whole afternoon. There were six players on the pitch at any one time and they played four matches. Not a single goal was conceded and they scored a few stunning goals to seal their victory.
Well done boys and thank you to Miss Rigg for accompanying the team to Cockermouth School.
The Y1 and Y2 children were so excited to welcome Sheila Gewolb to talk to them yesterday afternoon. They've been learning about Passover and Shabbat in class and they were eager to find out more from our Jewish visitor.
They all listened intently as Sheila reminded them of the story of Passover in her own words and they were very keen to ask questions. Sheila then talked about Shabbat and showed the children lots of Jewish items. The children loved looking at these, trying things on and asking even more questions. Then it was time to taste the Challah bread and the Matzo crackers. This caused a great deal of excitement!
What a fabulous afternoon of learning, consolidating what they'd already learnt in class and then adding to it by asking questions and looking at the Jewish items.
Thank you so much Sheila. We look forward to seeing you in school again soon. Shalom!
As part of our 'Investigate' pathway, we have been learning about different celebrations all around the world. We learned all about the Haft Sin table at Nowruz (Persian New Year) and the Hindu festival of Holi; we concluded with the Lunar New Year.
After reading the story of how the Jade Emperor named the years of the zodiac according to which animals crossed the river, we used puppets to re-enact the story ourselves and ordered the numerals to match. Our artistic and dramatic skills have been used too, painting the Chinese dragon and role-playing a traditional Chinese celebration meal in the home corner.
Congratulations to the RED TEAM who were our team point winners last term. As a treat, they received hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows in the sensory garden.
Well done to the red team.
P3 have been studying William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. We performed a scene from the play and used our garden to give an authentic set!
Children and staff dressed up in costumes relating to numbers today because it is NSPCC Number Day 2024. In assembly, they were discussing work that the NSPCC does and the children that are supported by the charity. A few number jokes were delivered by Year 6 children and we admired the different costumes that were worn by the children and the staff.
During the day, the children have been involved in many fun activities all connected with numbers. Baking, card games, board games, number investigations, PE games, bingo to name just a few.
Well done everyone for making it such a great number day!