Yesterday, each class was treated to a very interesting talk and visit from The Owl Sanctuary. Bowfell Class have been learning all about nocturnal animals and have spent this week learning all about owls!! We were all lucky enough to handle an owl in turn. If you want to know anything about owls – talk to Bowfell Class – they are all now experts!
Bowfell Class have been baking very special Christmas gifts this week. Look at our lovely shortbread biscuits lovingly prepared to share with volunteers, helpers and our Open the Book team from St. John’s Church to say thank you for all they do for us at Levens School.
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!
Thank you to everyone who came along to our Christmas-Extravaganza Crafts on Monday. Parents and pre-school children came together with our Reception children to decorate biscuits; make table arrangements; Christmas decorations, crackers and Santa bags; before enjoying milk and delicious biscuits whilst listening to a special Christmas story.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
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)
This week, Bowfell have been making a larger-than-life calendar! As you can see, it is a very big snowman who has windows full of kind deeds and ways to spread a little happiness this festive season. The art work and ideas for our ‘acts of kindness’ have all been independently created by children in Bowfell Class.
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!