This term, the children have thoroughly enjoyed getting muddy playing Tag Rugby on the field. The enthusiasm and energy that they have shown throughout training has been amazing, and their skills have hugely improved over the term. Parents and staff have really enjoyed watching the team. Well done to a great coach and to a great team!
This week we welcomed our audiences of all ages to three performances of our wonderful nativity play. Every child in school took part – from nursery all the way up to our year 6 pupils. The singing was spectacular; there was award-winning acting; and the costumes were stunning!! Thanks to everyone involved in learning lines and making costumes. It truly was AMAZING!
In October we were invited to take part in a project to produce an inspiring piece of music to be performed at the Cumbria Primary Heads’ Conference. We were filmed signing and singing a specially adapted version of “You Raise Me Up” to be accompanied by a live soloist. Here is the finished film, get your tissues at the ready! (The musical intro has no images for the first 44s)
Pam came into school on Wednesday carrying lots of boxes full of materials to make Advent Rings. Our ring has four candles, one for each of the four Sundays until Christmas. We will light them in school as we count down too.
The children also made Mrs Coker and Mrs Farraday special individual candles arrangements.
Thank you to Eco Team, School Council members and a few extra volunteers in Skiddaw class who worked with Pam and, of course, thanks to Pam for providing all the resources and giving her time.
We made delicious tomato soup to sell at the Christmas Fair last Friday. We remembered to use our claw grip and bridge grip when cutting up all the vegetables. The onions were strong and made some of us cry! The wonderful smell drifted through school and made everyone hungry.
We hope you enjoyed eating our soup!
Wow! What an amazing night at the school Christmas Fair on Friday the 24th November. Following a very busy week, staff, children, parents and governors all came together to enjoy games, cakes, hot dogs and freshly made soup, Christmas songs and a fantastic raffle! The atmosphere in school was wonderful and everyone felt full of Christmas spirit. Scafell class planned and created their own Christmas game stalls with one stall raising £34 alone! Skiddaw class made some delicious soup for all; and Santa even made an appearance in the Grotto. We were able to raise a hugely successful amount of money for school, which will be supporting the development of our outdoor area. Thank you to all for attending such a wonderful night, and to those who were able to provide food and gifts.
In Science, Skiddaw class have been carrying out a scientific test to test the absorbency of different types of paper. In case we have a spillage of water, what should we grab to clear it up?
We agreed the conditions of a fair test by always using 8 drops of water, only using a square of paper 10cm x 10cm and by leaving the paper to absorb the water for just 20 seconds before scoring it out of 10. 1 means it didn’t absorb any of the water and 10 means it soaked it all up completely.
Mrs Wadey was impressed with our measuring and counting skills and how we carried out a fair scientific test whilst ensuring each member of our group had a fair share of the jobs too!
Now we know which paper to grab when next we have a water spill!
School Council organised a cracking day for us to help raise money for a very worthwhile cause. We dressed in non-uniform and wore lots of Pudsey Bear yellow for the day. A bring and buy, toys and book stall was held in the afternoon and altogether we raised a wonderful £135.55! After learning more about the real life stories behind the young Rickshaw riders, we watched the filmed footage from Tuesday on the One Show. We saw ourselves, cheering Liv on, flash onto the screen! In true democratic style, we took a vote and chose to pledge our money towards the Rickshaw Challenge total part of Children in Need.
Well done and thank you everyone!
We played a tag rugby tournament at Dallam School. We played five games and won three games and lost two. We played Storth, Arnside, Crosscrake and Milnthorpe. Thank you Mrs Craggs for your help.
CH, SD, HW
This week is National Anti-bullying Week and the school have been thinking about how we can be kinder to each other. The whole school are in the process of signing a pledge: to make everyone here, feel valued, respected and part of our school community, today and everyday.
Today some of our junior pupils came together to work with Miss Dawson. Firstly, we watched a video about one girl’s experience of bullying, and how it made her feel. You can watch it here at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/34857817
We then used toothpaste as a symbol to demonstrate how once our negative words have been said we cannot ‘put them back’ again. Some of the children made an attempt at this, resulting in some sticky but minty-fresh smelling hands!
Finally, we created our own fantastic anti-bullying posters. Please take a look!
Good work Scafell and Skiddaw!
