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• Pinocchio Panto was fab!

  Mon 25 Nov 2019 Mrs Smith

   

  What an exciting afternoon Key Stage 1 had when they visited Dean School to see an fantastic performance of Pinocchio. 

  All children behaved impeccably and participated fully in the chants and songs; especially when the characters began makaton signing to our favourite Greatest Showman song!

  Lots of memories made. 

  

• Year 5 Art Workshop

  Wed 20 Nov 2019

  Year 5 travelled to Cockermouth school for an Art Workshop.

  They learnt 2 printing methods and combined with watercolour to make very effective nature collages adding some poetry too!

   

  

• Author Visit - Helen Haraldsen

  Tue 12 Nov 2019 Mrs Herbert
  Helen Haraldsen visited P3 and P5 on Friday to do a reading and writing session with the children. Helen has written Little Pearl and The Second Best Pony. Here are some of P3 with their new books!

  

• Remembrance Day 2019

  Mon 11 Nov 2019 Christina Brentnall

  Today we held our Act of Remembrance at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, marking 100 years since the first Armistice on 11th November 1919.

  We remebered those from our parish who died:

   

  Great War 1914/18

  T H Ellwood

  W W Jackson

  J Pattinson

  T Kendall

  A Lancaster

  J Smithson

  C Wilson

  T Studholme

  C H Watters

  T E Watters

  W Pattinson

  Wm Jackson

   

  2nd World War 1939/45

  Fred Bourne

  Bill Dover

  Thomas Ballantyne Dykes

  T Lunson Hayston

  Ruth Lowe

  T Marston

  Chas Reynolds

  Joe Rudd

   

  We will remember them!

   

  "When you go home tell them and say, for your tomorrow we gave our today".

   

  John 15: 12-13

  Jesus said, "My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you.  The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them".

   

  

• A big thank you to the foodbank volunteers from Y2

  Wed 06 Nov 2019 Mrs B. Fletcher
  The Y2 children have written some fabulous thank you letters to Stuart from the local foodbank. They were so thoughtful, and really showed how much they were listening when he came to visit their class. The letters were made into a book, which was delivered to the foodbank volunteers who were helping out this morning. We hope Stuart enjoys reading them when it's his turn for volunteering tomorrow.

  

• Happiest Primary School in Cumbria

  Mon 04 Nov 2019 Fiona Taylor
  It’s official, it’s in the news that our school has been nominated as the happiest primary school in the UK! 
  Our school has the motto, “Work Together, Aim High, Shine Bright.” All around our school there are happy children and happy teachers. Smiling and laughing as they teach and learn. 

  

• Reading Champions

  Mon 28 Oct 2019 Fiona Taylor

  The pupils in Key Stage 2 and in Year 2 all read books of their choice and once the book is completed, they take a quiz on Accelerated Reader to find out how well they have remembered the details of the story. The amount of words they have read is recorded.
  This half-term the pupils have read a staggering 10,322,761 words! 
  Year 2 - 289,968 words

  Year 3 - 568,467 words

  Year 4 - 2, 393, 074 words

  Year 5 - 2, 931,020 words

  Year 6 - 4,140,232 words

  A photograph of the class winners receiving their certificates.

   

  

• Court Appearance

  Wed 23 Oct 2019 F. Taylor
  Year 6 pupils spent the morning at The Courts in Workington. They heard all about the different crimes that are heard by the magistrates, visited the cells and re-enacted a scenario about the perils of cyber bullying. After talking in groups about many more scenarios, they had refreshments before returning to school. Thank you to Charlotte and the staff who supported our visit to make it informative and enjoyable. 

  

• P3 Observational Drawings using texture

  Mon 21 Oct 2019 Mrs Herbert
  P3 have been learning how to create different textures. They have learned all about drawing and shading pencils from the dark 6B to the light 2H.  They loved drawing the Teddy Bears!

  

• Reception RE - Special Places - Den Making

  Mon 14 Oct 2019 Mrs Fletcher
  The Reception children have been talking about special places in RE. The other week they were split into three groups and given the challenge of creating their own special places in the classroom. Each group decided that they wanted to make a den and they wanted to make it a cosy place to relax and enjoy a book. All three dens were amazing and the children worked really well as a team. Challenge completed! Well done Reception children.