Autumn trees were being created with great enthusiasm today in our Yoyo After School Club. The children painted and decorated their wooden trees with care and attention to detail.
It was good painting it. It was very wooden. PH
I was painting it and it was lovely. DP
I loved making my tree and I put some golden and pretty leaves on it. LK
It was very fun helping others do their tree and I loved putting the golden shiny leaves on mine. FB
Our Harvest preparations are in full swing for tomorrow’s celebration in St John’s Church. Each class will be showcasing some of their learning with growing vegetable soup, sharing the apple harvest and facts and figures about King’s Foodbank. This is our local Foodbank in Kendal who will be the recipients of our harvest gifts this year. Cans, packets and long life gifts will be most welcome. Please do come along for our 2pm service – all welcome.
We have been thinking all about sharing linked to the Christian festival of Harvest.
We’ve been lucky that Sam’s family have shared their apple harvest with us. We looked carefully at the colours and textures of the outside of the apples and drawing them using oil pastels. We then cut them in half, in different ways, and have drawn them in chalk pastels.
This week we have also been practising our cutting skills using the bridge grip and the claw grip to safely chop up the beautiful Bramley apples before cooking them. We have enjoyed sharing and eating them with cool natural yogurt.
Skiddaw class have been developing their sketch book techniques using twigs in an unusual way! At first they just used their sense of touch to feel the bumps and textures of a special twig and drew sketches from just what they could feel. This was an exciting but tricky task! Then they were allowed to use their sense of sight to look carefully and draw their special twig.
It was really interesting to see the similarities and differences between our two sketches.
Here are a few pictures of us at work and a few of our sketch book pages.
Well, we can’t quite believe we have made it to the end of week 2 of the new year already. It was lovely to speak to parents at our classroom drop in this afternoon but we thought everyone might like to see us in class and in action. This afternoon we’ve been busy box modelling, crafting, building construction, making music and drawing too. The new Skiddaw class have settled well and are picking up the new rules and routines so things can run smoothly.
Preparations for the annual Westmorland County Show are in full swing and the Learning for Life tent is taking shape as I write. Our display is all about China this year and each class has produced a variety of different elements based on this theme. Do come along and see the wonderful range of art and design, geography and English work we have on display. Here is a sneaky preview – we do hope it survives the night!
Last week, on Monday afternoon and on Tuesday evening, Skiddaw and Scafell joined together to perform our summer play; Cinderella. With a wonderful cast; amazing props people; and a talented tech team; the play was a brilliant success!
While at Lockerbie Manor – Scafell’s recent residential- we discovered a ceilidh (sounds like Kaylie) dance, which we performed at the ball in the play! Skiddaw class were the cheeky, loveable mice, and before we even received our parts, we were all given scripts to perform at the auditions!
Our backdrops were drawn by the props team and we included lots of sounds (played by our tech team). We had a great audience, who participated in lines such as ‘oh no she isn’t, oh yes she is!’ The outfits were all amazing, and the face paint very convincing, as the ugly sisters had extremely dramatic makeup!
What a wonderful time we all had! A big thank you to Mrs Wadey and Miss Dawson for organising the play itself and to all our families who supported us; helped us learn our lines; organised our amazing costumes and came to watch our Cinderella. Thank you!
By PW (Scafell).
The end of term sparks another chance for the children to demonstrate their musical talents. This term’s musical extravaganza was no exception!
Last Wednesday we went to the HOCKEY COUNTY FINALS!! We lost one game, won two games and drew one game. After that we had a excellent feast for lunch and played more hockey games. We got some special slap bands, drink bottles, pens, special county final t shirts and notebooks. It was a wonderful experience – thank you Mrs Wadey, Mrs Craggs and all the parents who supported Levens. By PBT and IT
We had fun in the sun; running, jumping, throwing, kicking and wellie-wanging. Our annual celebration of sport was a team battle; first a round of challenges and then traditional flat races, all earning team points. This years victors were Red team!
