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Ancient Egyptian day at Tullie House, Carlisle.

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On Thursday the 1st of February, the children in Scafell thoroughly enjoyed a trip to Tullie House, Carlisle. Here is a recount written by DD and AK:

Patiently, Scafell class waited at Oxenholme Train Station for their long-awaited Ancient Egyptian adventure at Tullie House Museum,

After a fun train journey playing cards, we arrived at the Museum (at approximately 9am) and immediately started our exciting day. Firstly, we all wandered upstairs to our craft including: handling all of the ancient artefacts; dressing up in authentic Egyptian clothing; braiding papyrus reeds; discovering strange heiroglyphics and being artists! Next, we mummified a dummy (including pulling the brain out with a hook). Furthermore, we designed beautiful Sarcophagus’ as bright as the sun.

To our astonishment, we met an Egyptian lady who had time-travelled from Ancient Egypt. She told us all about her village in the black land and her cheeky neighbour who attempted to steal her land. She was dressed like an Ancient Egyptian and had a magnificent necklace with the eye of Horus on it. The necklace had a bright turquoise Scarab beetle on it (also known as a dung beetle, which symbolises Ra rolling the sun into our skies!) We really enjoyed meeting her.

We all thoroughly enjoyed the day and will never forget it! We have all loved learning about Ancient Egypt and want to say a big thank you to Miss Dawson, Mrs Mason and Mr Gillard for taking us on this fantastic trip!

DD and AK.

 

Handa’s Surprise

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This week, everyone has been enjoying being storytellers performing the story of Handa’s Surprise using picture-prompts and actions made up by the children in Nursery, Reception and Year 1.

The children are very proud of their writing retelling the story!  We have been remembering to start sentences with capital letters; use time connectives, finger spaces, full stops; and sequence our story in the correct order.

Superstar writing from everyone!

Fabulous French

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Skiddaw have been making the most of having Mrs Maddock teaching them as her first language is French. She has been wonderful to incorporate French into our dance lesson this week, encouraging us all to speak and write in the language. We used our French for counting, simple instructions as well as revisiting the Amazonian animal names we know to guide our dance movements.

Did you know…?

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Skiddaw class have been loving finding out lots of facts about South America in Geography. We have concentrated on learning about famous physical and human features in this continent. Many begin with A – the Atacama desert, the Amazon River and Rainforest and the Andes mountain range too.

Here are a few of our interesting facts…

Did you know…

…that the Atacama Desert is the driest desert in the world? LK

…that the Amazon River begins in the Andes mountains? KH

…that the Amazon River is over 4000miles long and has 200 tributaries? EP HW

…that in the Atacama Desert people can catch fog? IC

…that the lichen on the cacti catches drops of water from the fog? PBT

Dallam Cross Country Triumphs

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A large number of Levens runners did the school proud by entering the Dallam Cross Country course. Every single runner tackled the boggy and windy conditions with grit and a determination to finish the course. We were lucky enough to bring home a raft of medals too.

Many thanks to Mrs Mason, Miss Dawson, Ms Jones and especially Mrs Coker for getting everyone into their stride with our Wednesday after school running club.

 

Art inspired by Africa

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Look at Bowfell’s stunning art work!  Children in year 1 and 2 enjoyed creating atmospheric sunsets of the African grasslands.  Can you identify the animals shown by the silhouettes?  Our Reception children created patterns inspired by animal skins using many different tools, including fingers, to create their colourful designs.  These beautiful pieces are on display in Bowfell Classroom; come and have  a closer look to see which animals you can find!

Dancing by Numbers

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In dance sessions, Skiddaw have been exploring sequences linked to other areas of the curriculum. We began with contrasting adjectives, inspired by our science work on Materials, such as rigid and flexible or rounded and sharp. Next we took a Maths numbers theme. We have created sequences using a variety of levels, twists and shapes. We have worked by ourselves and worked in partnership mirroring our movements. Every session we have helped each other in our performance by improving our neatness, variety of movements and in communicating well with our partners.

Hama Bead Fun!

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On Thursday lunchtimes, many pupils can be found busy making lovely Hama bead creations at Hama bead club.

We are making great use of the new box of Hama beads that arrived this week – it has 30,000 pieces in! Our first finished items were completed today. It takes lots of patience, concentration and perseverance to do this activity along with really nimble fingers! Well done everyone.

Year 2 Violin Lessons

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Today, our year 2 children enjoyed their second violin lesson.  They are already able to identify the different parts of the violin through song and rhyme; and they have been learning the names of each string, EADG; and how to pluck them.  Next week, we will be using bows for the first time!

Toddler Taster – Creative Cooking

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What a wonderful morning our pre-school children had at our Toddler Taster Cooking session this morning.  Mrs Mason organised a range of fun activities including: crispy cakes, filo-pastry parcels, strawberry mice and pitta-pizzas with lots of different toppings.  It was lovely to welcome so many families from our local community and thanks to staff, governors and some year 5 pupils for coming along to help.  The morning concluded with a favourite rhyming story; ‘Pass the Jam Jim!’ and each child left with a bundle of tasty treats for lunch!  We look forward to our next Toddler Taster session in March.