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Sketching Twigs

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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.

Maths is fun

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Year 5 and 6 have been learning about Place Value this week. We’ve been playing games with digit cards and learning many different strategies to win a game and fox our opponent!

Woodland Adventures

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Today,  Scafell enjoyed their first visit to our woodland for some outdoor learning.  We began by discussing the hazards that we might encounter in the forest and talked about our three forest schools’ rules:  to look after yourself, to look after everyone and to take care of the forest.   In pairs we weaved or plaited 3 strands of wool to help us remember, before enjoying some team challenges involving our shoes, ropes and blindfolds!

We also enjoyed a creative scavenger hunt uncovering some interesting items including a number of wriggly and crawly mini-beasts!

Skiddaw In Full Flow!

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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.

Do come and see our work tomorrow…

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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!

New starters stay for lunch

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All our new Reception starters stayed for their first lunch this morning.  Here they are enjoying a Farmhouse Brunch – yummy!

Chinese Fans

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Scafell have enjoyed their first afternoon back in school designing and making Chinese fans for our Westmorland County Show Display in the ‘Learning for Life’ tent.

We’ve really enjoyed researching ideas before practising and developing our own designs in our lovely new sketchbooks.  We’ve also carefully measured and cut the frames of our fans.  Look our for our finished designs later this week….

Rounders and Picnic Treat for Scafell

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Today, Scafell really enjoyed celebrating their achievements this year, with Miss Dawson, by creating a Lego town (using area and perimeter knowledge), playing rounders and eating too much food at our picnic! It was a lovely chance for us all to relax; to talk about the amazing year that has been (and the exciting year ahead!) and to spend time with friends.

Thank you to all the families who provided our Scafell class with lovely food including: home-made gingerbreads, home-made samosas, doritos, fruit, cookies, pork pies and lots more!

I think we ate too much – especially after Bowfell’s fantastic cake sale! But, what a lovely way to spend a Wednesday afternoon. You deserve it Scafell!

Clearing and gardening in Bowfell

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Today, Year 6 did an amazing job clearing out and gardening in Bowfell outdoor area. We weeded plants, painted, cleaned, cleared out the playshed, wheel-barrowed and lots more! Bowfell looks great. Miss Dawson was especially happy that the children weren’t afraid of spiders!

Thank you Year 6 for all of your hard work and thank you to parents for lending your children the gardening equipment.

What a green-fingered lot!

NFU Logo Competition Winner

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On Friday, Scafell had a wonderful visit from our local police and the NFU (Country Watch). Cumbria Constabulary and the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) have teamed up to create Country Watch – a scheme that will specifically tackle farm based crime in Cumbria. Because of their fantastic work, they asked all the schools in the area to design a logo for their team.

A few months ago we were told the great news that R.P and E.M were shortlisted, amongst other schools to win the logo design. On Friday, even better news came with E.M being told she had won the logo competition for Cumbria!

E.M received her printed logo and a NFU country watch hoody with her logo on. Very exciting! Look out for Erin’s logo on Facebook NFU and the local country watch team hoodies.