School Blog

Whole school multi-faith art afternoon

 in Art / RE / Whole School by

On Tuesday, all pupils from nursery to Y6 enjoyed an immersive afternoon learning about art from the Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic and Jewish faiths.

Keswick Museum and Castlerigg Stone Circle

 in Class Three / History by

Class Three had a wonderful day visiting Keswick Museum and Castlerigg Stone Circle. The children loved seeing the stone circle and could recall facts they had learnt during our art topic. We constructed a timeline at the museum identifying key events in history. We then split into groups and all had chance to hold Stone Age axe heads found in a cave on the Pike of Stickle. We were also archaeologists and carried out a dig, we then interpreted the finds to identify the period of history these were from. We also looked at Stone Age artefacts in the museum and had the opportunity to look at the other exhibits. The children really enjoyed the day and had chance to use and extend their knowledge.

 

A Horse in the Playground!!

 in SCARF by

This week we welcomed ‘Murphy’ the volunteer police horse and his rider Amanda, when the police came to school.  Murphy is one of a team of horses and riders supporting our local community to keep everyone safe. During our visit, we learned all about Murphy’s role across the local area.  We also learnt about how to keep ourselves safe on rural roads from our local PC Jane Park.

Everyone in school enjoyed the opportunity to say hello!  We even made Murphy a special Levens award.

Relax Kids

 in SCARF by

Today, our school had the wonderful opportunity to experience Relax Kids with Marvellous Mel. The children took part in mindfulness, relaxation, and different well-being activities. The  activities allowed everyone to unwind and connect with themselves and each other.

Autumn Art

 in Art / Class Two by

We have been learning to make observational drawings of natural objects. We started by focusing on the different variations of lines.

Fruit Salads

 in Class Two / Design and Technology by

Our DT topic this half term was to make our own fruit salad. We had a variety of fruits to choose from. We learnt the different chopping techniques.

 

Brilliant Bonds!

 in Class Two / Maths by

This week we have been learning our number bonds to 10 and 20! Here are some pictures of us playing some games we enjoyed.

We also liked to play hit the button: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

 

 

Our Super Senses!

 in Class Two / Science by

This half term we have been learning about the different senses that we have and which body parts they relate to. We got to use our senses by touching, hearing, seeing, smelling and tasting things in the classroom!

Where in the world?

 in Geography / Whole School by

A huge thank you to everyone who sent a postcard to school over the summer. We now have a wonderful display showing a variety of places visited in the UK and the wider world. If you are going away over half term please send a postcard so we can add more destinations.

 

 

 

 

Stunning Stone Circles

 in Art / Class Three by

Class 3 have been studying stone circles and have produced some amazing paintings using watercolours and ink. We experimented with different techniques using the paints, using different brushes and wet and dry paper. We looked closely at examples of painting and used this as inspiration for our own pictures. We practised drawing stone circles, focusing on perspective and also adding ink details to the paint.

The finished results were fabulous.