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• Sporting Achievements

  Wed 26 Jun 2024

  Children at Bridekirk have had an amazing sporting week! Our KS2 boys played in a charity tournament for Team Evie and won! Primary 3 completed their swimming week and gained their new levels. Upper KS2 won the orienteering league and were presented with a trophy in assembly. 

  

• Election Fever at Bridekirk Dovenby School

  Wed 26 Jun 2024 Fiona Taylor

  With the 2024 General Election on the horizon, children in Primary 5 are deepening their knowledge and understanding of how the democratic process works. They are having great fun learning about elections and democracy - which is one of the British values. Our school council, which is elected by the children, came into Primary 5 classroom today to outline to our ‘political parties’ their main ideas for ways to improve their school. The children have been divided into five political parties and are working away to gain votes in our mock election. They have a schedule of jobs that need to be done and are working on issues raised by the school council and also some of the ideas of the actual political parties. 

  

• Touch Rugby Competition

  Mon 24 Jun 2024 Fiona Taylor

  Three teams of rugby players from Bridekirk Dovenby School participated in Cockermouth Rugby Club touch annual rugby competition today. They had a lot to play for as they were defending champions and desperately wanted to retain the cup! All three teams were amazing and represented our school so well with their attitude and team work. They were brilliant working as teams and their athleticism was unwavering despite the heat of the day.  A couple of dads came along and were encouraging; offering words of motivation  throughout the morning. A special mention to the ‘Upper Key Stage Two’ team who were the eventual winners of their group and brought the trophy back to Bridekirk.

  

• Beamish

  Tue 18 Jun 2024

  On Monday 17th June, year 3 and 4 went back in time to learn all about the Victorian period and life in the first half of the 20th century. 
  We visited the pit village and learned all about the coal industry. Then we went back to school! We did a Victorian lesson where we did our ‘3 Rs’ and wrote with a quill and ink. We experienced what school life was like for a child in Victorian times. After this we went to the fair and we enjoyed a ride on the carousel.Next we went to the town. We visited the dentist where they thought brushing your teeth with sugar was a good idea! Speaking of sugar, we also went to the sweet shop and purchased some traditional sweets that were weighed out in front of us. We then enjoyed the 1950s town where we recognised more familiar objects. A tram ride finished our amazing trip. 

   

   

  

• Year 6 Leavers’ Service

  Tue 18 Jun 2024 Fiona Taylor

  On Tuesday 18th June, the pupils in year 6 travelled through to Carlisle Cathedral for the annual school leavers' service. There were several other church schools represented in the cathedral. There were prayers and little challenges as well as a procession where every school chose two representatives to walk down the aisle with their school banner.

  Challenge 1: The Lord is our Strength

  Challenge 2: Something Inside so Strong

  Challenge 3: Filling Up - Praise Aerobics

  Challenge 4: Change the world, Pray

  Thank you to everyone who organised the experience.

  

• Bugsy Malone

  Sun 16 Jun 2024

  Keswick school pupils performed songs and a section of Bugsy Malone. They were fantastic and we all enjoyed watching it. 

  

• The York Residential for Yr. 5 & 6

  Sun 16 Jun 2024 Mrs Fish

  On Wednesday 12th June, year 5 and 6 visited York for their residential... The trip was designed to cover aspects of History previously taught as well as expose children to the cultural diversity of a city. 

  Over the three days, the children visited Eden Camp to find out more about the wars, they listened to tales of ghosts past as we walked through the cobbled city streets on our first evening. 

  Headley House Hotel was the perfect base and the following morning we walked to the Railway Museum, York Minster and then Jorvik and The Dig... Evening entertainment on day two was posh clothes and a game of bowling together.

  The final morning was a celebration of the cocoa bean.... chocolate! 

  We took a trip to South America and discovered the journey of chocolate to the shores of England and eventually York! Being surrounded by chocolate all morning was tempting on the taste buds, but we did get to try the chocolate in its varying forms! 

  We ate our dinner to the sounds of a Spaniard playing his guitar and singing - some of us even attempted a dance! 

  What a fabulous trip this was and hopefully one that will be remembered for a while! 

  Please use the link to see plenty more photos of the trip... 

  YORK 2024 | Bridekirk Dovenby CE Primary School

  

• Making the most of a trip to the coast!

  Tue 11 Jun 2024 Mrs B Fletcher

  Our Early Years and Key Stage One children have been learning about coasts and the seaside as part of their recent topic work. We're so fortunate to have both of these on our doorstep, so on Thursday 6th June we set off on a bus to Maryport to find out more. 

   

  Our first stop was the Aquarium and everyone was excited to explore inside. There was so much to see and so much to learn. Ben (our guide) showed us lots of interesting sea creatures and also taught us lots of amazing facts. Did you know that if a star fish loses an arm it will grow another one?! We also found out that the jelly fish need to be placed inside a circular tank because if they were in a square tank they would get stuck in the corners. Apparently they prefer to move in a circular motion. 

   

  After all of that learning at the Aquarium it was time to explore somewhere else. The Reception children enjoyed a walk around the harbour to look at the boats. The Y1 and Y2 children walked over to the Life Boat Station to find out more about the job of the volunteers who work there. They enjoyed seeing the huge lifeboat and the large vehicle that takes it to the water. Some children got to model pieces of the special uniform and we all discovered the importance of each piece. 

   

  Throughout the day there was a great deal to learn and the children were constantly asking questions to find out more. They impressed us all with their inquisitiveness, as well as their answers to questions posed by various adults.

   

  The sun was shining, so we ended our trip with a play on the park before heading back to school. What a fabulous day we had!