Children in Need
Thank you to everyone who supported our activities for Children in Need last week. Our PJ day and cake sale, organised by our seven enthusiastic and dedicated school councillors, raised a staggering £185! Well done everyone!
Whole School
Owl Babies nest building
Reception and Year One enjoyed spending part of their morning last week thinking about what owl babies might like to make a nest from. They went on a collecting hunt around the playing fields as part of their Literacy and English work this half term. Reception then made collages using some of the things they found and talked about why they thought they would be good materials to build a nest from. Year One practised their sentence writing skills, giving reasons for their choices.
Scafell Class visit St. John’s Church
As part of our learning about God this term, Scafell Class visited St. John’s Church. The pupils have been learning about the word’s that Christians use to describe God: omniscient, omnipotent, holy, eternal, spirit, loving and omnipresent. On our visit, we were particularly looking at what the artefacts, symbols and furniture in Church tell us about God.
Our work this term continues with looking at other Christian churches and making comparisons.
Dear Zoo
Congratulations to everyone in Bowfell who recited the whole of Dear Zoo complete with actions and facial expressions! No evidence of any nerves in their first live performance for the rest of the school.
Lunch at Levens
All our new Nursery and Reception children are settling well into the routines of our dining hall and enjoy a healthy nutritious lunch with all their friends every day.
Shoe Box Settings!
Take a look at our amazing shoe-box creations! Our summer challenge was to create a setting from a favourite book to display at the Learning for Life Tent at the Westmorland County Show….
Creations included the wardrobe from Narnia; plus scenes from The Gruffalo’s Child, The Midnight Gang, Fing, The BFG, The Scarecrow’s Wedding and The Tiger who Came for Tea. Well done everyone – they are all amazing!
Year 6 Leavers’ Party
Following a lovely morning bouncing at Brockhole, all our year six leavers were treated to a special dinner prepared by Mrs Mason and Tea Club. We enjoyed fruit punch, crudites, pizza, strawberry sundaes, coffee and after dinner mint chocolates – simply delicious.
Year five did an incredible job with scrumptious food, attentive service and a lovely welcoming atmosphere. Definitely a five-star rating on TripAdvisor!! Thank you to FOLS for funding these wonderful celebratory treats for our year six leavers each year.
Bowfell’s Bug Hotel
Reception and Year 1 have been very busy creating accommodation for all our mini-beasts living in our outdoor area. 
Bouncing at Brockhole
Reception and Year One had a brilliant time on the Tree Top Nets at Brockhole on Thursday. They enjoyed climbing, bouncing, crawling through tunnels, whizzing down slides and playing football in the trees to name just a few things! After 2 hours of non-stop activity the sun made its appearance for lunchtime which was enjoyed beside the lake. There was just enough time for some forest school games in the woods and an explore in the playground before home time.
Open water swimming on Lake Windermere
All our year 5 & 6 pupils enjoyed an amazing time with Waterwise this week; learning how to keep themselves safe in and around water. After a discussion about identifying hazards when openwater swimming; we were soon in the water playing games, including rescuing ducks!
Scafell’s top tips for swimming in open water are:
- Only swim with an experienced or responsible swimmer;
- Wear a swim hat so that you are spotted by boats;
- Never go into water to help someone – find help!!
As well as learning such important life-saving skills; we laughed lots and lots.
After we dried off, we enjoyed a lovely picnic and explored Fell Foot Park!