Members of Scafell class represented the school at a Dallam Lacrosse Tournament on Wednesday afternoon. The sun shone wonderfully and the team worked together well to score goals by throwing and catching the ball in their sticks with nets! It was great to see friends in other schools and we won 2 matches too.
We celebrated World Book Day with traditional dressing up – the pupils and staff all joined in and we had a wonderful range of different characters to guess. Thank you to everyone for your fantastic efforts!
During the morning staff pitched different favourite books and the pupils chose which ones they wanted to hear an extract from. We had poetry from Michael Rosen, favourites from Janet and Alan Alberg, and newly published books about noises in the night and vampire headteachers! Our new library display tells you more about staff recommendations.
Each class was busy with book themed activities throughout the day.
This week Scafell class have been learning about measurement. They have worked very hard and so we had some educational fun on Friday afternoon. The children created their own slimy, colourful potions (with a hint of eyeballs!) They used many skills such as: reading scales; accurately measuring out liquid in ml and l; converting measures; finding fractions of measurements; and used lots of team work and creativity! Take a look, but beware, the potions have magical powers…
On Thursday the 1st of February, the children in Scafell thoroughly enjoyed a trip to Tullie House, Carlisle. Here is a recount written by DD and AK:
Patiently, Scafell class waited at Oxenholme Train Station for their long-awaited Ancient Egyptian adventure at Tullie House Museum,
After a fun train journey playing cards, we arrived at the Museum (at approximately 9am) and immediately started our exciting day. Firstly, we all wandered upstairs to our craft including: handling all of the ancient artefacts; dressing up in authentic Egyptian clothing; braiding papyrus reeds; discovering strange heiroglyphics and being artists! Next, we mummified a dummy (including pulling the brain out with a hook). Furthermore, we designed beautiful Sarcophagus’ as bright as the sun.
To our astonishment, we met an Egyptian lady who had time-travelled from Ancient Egypt. She told us all about her village in the black land and her cheeky neighbour who attempted to steal her land. She was dressed like an Ancient Egyptian and had a magnificent necklace with the eye of Horus on it. The necklace had a bright turquoise Scarab beetle on it (also known as a dung beetle, which symbolises Ra rolling the sun into our skies!) We really enjoyed meeting her.
We all thoroughly enjoyed the day and will never forget it! We have all loved learning about Ancient Egypt and want to say a big thank you to Miss Dawson, Mrs Mason and Mr Gillard for taking us on this fantastic trip!
DD and AK.
A large number of Levens runners did the school proud by entering the Dallam Cross Country course. Every single runner tackled the boggy and windy conditions with grit and a determination to finish the course. We were lucky enough to bring home a raft of medals too.
Many thanks to Mrs Mason, Miss Dawson, Ms Jones and especially Mrs Coker for getting everyone into their stride with our Wednesday after school running club.
In the week when Theresa May has pledged the Government’s commitment to irradiate all avoidable plastic waste in the UK by 2042, Scafell and Skiddaw came together in our school hall to debate whether plastic bags should be banned from all supermarkets and high street stores. First, we watched a video called ‘plastic seas’ where we learnt some startling facts about the impact of our use of plastic on our environment. Our seas and oceans are overflowing with plastic waste that our marine life is becoming entangled within or is mistaking for food. In some areas the waste is so extensive it is called ‘plastic soup’.
This afternoon, our year 6 experts demonstrated how to debate this issue in the same way topics are debated in the House of Commons with a very strong and expert ‘Mr Speaker’. The only difference was that our children were much more polite, no one fell asleep and the vote at the end was unanimous – The UK Government should ban plastic bags!
We have all enjoyed a wonderful first few days back after the Christmas holidays. Take a look at some of the fun and learning taking place across our school…
Area and perimeter, multiplication arrays, piano lessons, playing together at breaktimes, identifying odd and even numbers, multiplication jigsaws, storytelling, thank you letters to Santa, newspaper reports……
Can you spot any new faces in these photos. We have some new nursery children joining this week and Mrs Haslam has spent today getting to know Bowfell Class.
On Thursday 4th January, in the afternoon, a crane landed a cabin in the playground.
The cabin was transported, in two halves, by trucks. First they put one half onto the block stands and about half an hour later they attached the second half.
The workers were harnessed to the crane to keep them safe. They had to wear hard hats, gloves, high vis jackets, metal toe capped boots, padded tops and pants and waterproof trousers. They used walkie talkies so they didn’t have to shout and so they could communicate to the person in the crane and to each other. The workers had to use metal chains and hooks so then they could attach them to the cabin and lift the cabin into the playground.
The cabin is staying for up to 10 months and we are going to use it as a dining hall canteen for now because the other one is having work done on it. By Skiddaw Class
In our Musical Extravaganza this morning more than a third of the school performed wonderfully on guitar, piano and violin. Family and friends from the whole school gathered to listen with a hushed reverence and sometimes the rhythms inspired a jolly jiggle or air piano movement amongst the youngest in the audience! All the practising was definitely worth it. Keep it up and we do hope you are able to entertain any guests over the holidays with your seasonal tunes. Many thanks to the wonderful instrumental teachers who support all our musicians in school – the magic wouldn’t happen without your patience and encouragement.
On Thursday afternoon, the staff, children and their families contributed to a fabulous Christmas service at our local church. Songs were sung, prayers were read and the Nativity Story was told. Below are some pictures of Scafell class rehearsing for their fantastic performance; after only a few days of being given their lines. Well done Scafell, and well done to the rest of the school for their beautiful singing.
Thank you to Mrs Wadey for her consistent enthusiasm regarding music and singing, to Open The Book for the wonderful costumes they allowed us to borrow, and to everyone who was able to attend. Merry Christmas to you all!
Below is a prayer read by one of our children during our special service:
O Heavenly Father,
We thank you for the food and remember the hungry,
We thank you for our health and remember the sick,
We thank you for our friends and remember the friendless,
We thank you for our freedom and remember the enslaved.
We are grateful for each hand we hold, gathered around this table,
From far and near we travel home, blessed that we are able.
Bless us Lord this Christmas time, with peace and understanding,
Joy that is beyond material possessions, love that knows no boundaries.
Amen.
