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Dallam Netball Tournament

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On Wednesday the 18th of October, the Year 5 and 6 Netball Team went with Mrs Craggs to the Dallam Netball Tournament. We all really enjoyed the day, and the scores were:

First match- St. Patricks (we won 2-0).

Second match – Arnside (we won 2-1).

Third match – Milnthorpe A team  (they won 5-0).

We all had a great time, and want to say thank you Mrs Craggs for training us and for driving some of us to the tournament. Also, thank you Mrs Stewart and Mrs Brownlie for helping.

(By TW,  DD)

Ancient Egyptian Embalmers

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This term we are learning about the Ancient Egyptians, and it has taken 7 weeks before Miss Dawson finally taught us what we wanted to learn the most – how Ancient Egyptians mummified people to prepare them for the afterlife. Today Scafell became emabalmers!

First, we learnt what happened at each stage of the mummification process. We then worked together to mummify our own Pharaoh (banana!) To begin, we made a slit in the banana’s abdomen, pulled out its brain through its nose, took out its lungs, liver, stomach and intestines (which we put into canopic jars) before rubbing it with salt to dry the skin. We then oiled the body to moisturise it; and even gave it a massage – which strangely enough is what the Egyptians did back then! Finally, we wrapped the body up using bandages (toilet roll!)

We gave our mummies their death masks and even created Sarcophagus’ for them. Miss Dawson was impressed with our one-handed embalmer (OW!) Scafell really enjoyed the afternoon and learn a lot. I’m not sure the smell of mushed up banana will leave the classroom anytime soon!

How to make Apple Muffins

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This week year 2 are looking at the features of instruction writing; focusing particularly on a recipe for making apple muffins.  They have identified headings, subheadings, ‘bossy’ verbs, lists and bullet points.   Today all the children enjoyed using a range of skills to make their muffins in pairs.   As you can see from the photographs, they had great fun in the process.

 

All our practical experience today will be feeding into our instruction writing later this week.  Well done Year 2 and thanks Mrs Mason!

South Lakes Pupil Parliament

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Look who we bumped into at our first Pupil Parliament meeting of the year…..

Don’t Worry – Be Happy!

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This afternoon, Skiddaw Class have been thinking about ‘worries’.  We used our circle time discussions to explore what we worry about and how worrying makes us feel.

Next, we used a large outline of a child to identify how worries affect us.  We wrote our ideas on post-its before placing them on the area of the body where we feel the worry.  These included: struggling to sleep, snakes in my tummy, shaking, feeling like I’m going to cry, feeling sick.

Our session moved on to starting to think about ways in which we can overcome worries and we will continue finding different strategies in our next lesson.  We listened to a song by Bobby McFerrin titled ‘Don’t Worry – Be Happy’ and ended our session back in our circle time arrangement sharing something that makes us feel happy!

Amazing Apostrophes

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Skiddaw class have been learning about using apostrophes correctly. Ben N explained that apostrophes are like commas that have floated up attached to a balloon. We have also learnt that they have two uses. One is missing letters like it is and it’s and the other is belonging to like Katie’s pen. We are also looking at places that don’t need an apostrophe like plural words such as cats and other words that end in s. Words that end in s don’t always need an apostrophe. We are trying to use them correctly in our writing and spot them in our reading and in the world around us!

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Y5 + 6 Cyclewise

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This week our year 5 and 6 pupils are learning how to be competent, safe and responsible cyclists.  Today was all about assessing our skills in our school playground before moving out onto our local roads tomorrow.   By the end of this week, we hope that all 15 pupils taking part will have completed this comprehensive course successfully so that they have developed all the skills to ride with increased understanding, awareness and respect for the road.

 

Toddler Taster – Messy Play

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We welcomed pre school children into Bowfell Class this morning for our first Toddler Taster session of the year. Everyone had a great time exploring all the different textures!

Library Van

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The Library Van visited school today. Each child had the opportunity to choose a book they would like to read and share with their friends.

Here are Reception enjoying their first visit.

Dallam Hockey Tournament

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On Wednesday the 4th of October, eleven Scafell children excitedly travelled to the Dallam hockey tournament. There were four games in total. In the first game we drew with Milnthorpe (1-1), second game we won Burton (2-1), third game we won Endmoor (5-0) and finally, in the fourth game, we drew with Crosscrake (1-1). We really enjoyed playing hockey and hope we can do it again soon.

 

We need to say a huge thank you to Mrs Craggs for training us for our hockey match and for driving us safely there. Also, thank you to Mr Stewart and Mr Wilson for driving us there and supporting us. (TW, DD, AK, MS).