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• Diwali - Hindu Visitor

  Wed 26 Nov 2025 Mrs. Fish

  This week in RE, P5 received a visit from a Hindu speaker who talked to the class about Diwali. 

  Rashmi talked about 'The Festival of Lights' and explained how it is celebrated. She also reminded us about some of the different Hindu gods and how they fit in to the celebrations.

  The word Diwali means 'rows of lighted lamps'. It is celebrated by Hindu people across the world.

  Diwali is known as the 'festival of lights' because houses, shops and public places are decorated with small oil lamps called 'diyas'.

  Diwali is also celebrated in Sikhism and Jainism.

  Below you can see some objects shown to us that are used during the celebrations. 

  We enjoyed learning about a different festival and comparing the similarities and differences with Christian celebrations throughout the year. 

  Rashmi enjoyed her afternoon at Bridekirk and we enjoyed listening and asking her questions.  

   

  

• Remembrance Day

  Tue 11 Nov 2025 Mrs. Fish

  Today Rev Christina led a Remembrance Service for us in school. 

  The children were encouraged to consider those who risk their lives for the good of others. We remembered all those who are currently experiencing unrest in war zones around the world. 

  Christina played a short song with images to help the children reflect upon this. 

  At 11am we all observed two minutes silence.

  The names of 20 service men and women who lost their lives in the 1st and 2nd World War were read out - these 20 men were all from our Parish. You can see a photo of the children holding a poppy for each name that was read out. 

  

• Odd Socks Day

  Mon 10 Nov 2025 Fiona Taylor

  Today odd socks day was celebrated in school as part of Anti-Bullying Week, promoting kindness and celebrating individuality by wearing mismatched socks.

  Wearing odd socks is a visual reminder that differences should be celebrated. It encouraged the children to talk about individuality and respect. In addition, all the classes are following the Jigsaw unit in their PHSE lessons about celebrating differences. 

  Some of the sock combinations were definitely odd - and were a talking point amongst the children at playtime.

  

• Cake Sale

  Thu 23 Oct 2025

  Some P4 girls have organised a cake sale to raise money for a new battery for a defibrillator. We have raised over £200 and enjoyed some delicious cakes. 

  

• Magicians and Circus Day!

  Wed 08 Oct 2025

  Primary 4 are studying two books related to magic and the circus. To enrich the English curriculum, we had a magician in school who entertained us all with his tricks. The whole school got to watch his show. Then P4 got to practise their circus skills in a workshop. We are excellent at plate spinning now! 

  

• Winners of the Cockermouth Show competitions!

  Fri 12 Sep 2025

  As a school, we entered the competitions at Cockermouth Show. We entered handwriting, invitation designs and poetry. These children all won a prize from 1st place to 4th place. Well done to them all! 

  

• Sports Day 2025

  Thu 17 Jul 2025

  Another year, another tremendous sports day. Filled with sunshine (and rain), laughter and teamwork. Pupils from Reception to Year 6 took part with enthusiasm, cheering each other on in a wide range of races and activities. From sprinting and skipping to the Jack & Jill race and relay, everyone gave their best effort.

  This year saw a win for Blue Team and a very funny race from some surprise animals. See the pictures for a little laugh…

  

• All Things Musical

  Tue 15 Jul 2025 Mrs Fish

  On Monday after school, the guitars and woodwind players entertained their parents with a selection of pieces they had been learning to play in their instrumental lesson over the year.

   

  This week, we had some students from Cockermouth school come in and play for us… they brought with them brass instruments and the children loved listening to their playing. We even managed to play and sing 'Happy Birthday' to Mrs Kinghan.

   

  Some of the videos are available on the music section of the website.

  Cockermouth School Videos

  Instrumental Concert

  

• Photographic Success

  Fri 11 Jul 2025 Fiona Taylor

  We  were delighted to find out that one of the photographs we entered for the Cockermouth Rotary competition had been judged the winning entry. The photograph was chosen for the clear central image and the well defined raindrops.

  The photograph will appear in the 2026 Rotary calendar which will be sent all over the world to relatives and friends who know and love Cockermouth. 

  Cockermouth Rotary make well over a thousand pounds from the sale of the calendars which they distribute to local charities and we are delighted we could help them. 

  Well done Thomas  - keep up with this hobby

  

• Bridekirk Dovenby is SuperKind!

  Wed 09 Jul 2025 Mrs Smith

  We are delighted to share that our school has earned the @superkind_org #SocialImpactSchoolsAward this year. This is a testament to the wonderful social action work that our students have put in this year to make a positive impact on our local community and wider world.

  From a penalty shoot out to raise money for some re-useable sandwich wrappers to be used in school, to a Bake Sale which raised money for the children of Gaza - we have achieved so much!

  Everyone is thrilled to have earned this recognition and we are looking forward to having even more social impact next year! #superkind