Scafell Class began their new science topic by discussing the functions of a plant and then dissecting a flower to identify the male and female parts. First the petals were carefully removed to reveal the stamen and the carpel, then each part was carefully examined and identified. The lesson was concluded by drawing a cross section of a tulip and labelling the various parts of the flower.
This spring term, Year 2 children have been learning to play the violin with Mrs Hurley. They have finished their 10 week block of lessons learning lots about how to hold the instrument, pluck the strings and use the bow too. They were proud to show their new skills to Skiddaw Class and gathered parents. A group of Year 3 and Year 4 children also have lessons and they demonstrated what can be achieved in one or two year’s work. Any Year 2 children wishing to continue into the summer term should complete and return the violin letter in book bags. Many thanks to Mrs Hurley too.
This Wednesday we competed in a Pop Lacrosse tournament at Dallam. We split into two teams and went head-to-head against six schools: Crosscrake, Crosthwaite, Storth, Burton Morewood and two Milnthorpe teams. We all played each other in ten minute five-a-side matches. The A team got to the finals but lost them against Milnthorpe A; but still grabbing a strong second place. The a team qualified for the North of England Championships. We’re all very excited!
Written by Kacper Dobson and Alfie Smith.
The B team won their first and last game. We drew one and lost the rest. Fortunately we scored a goal in every match. We all tried very hard and we all got a drink and a biscuit at the end.
Written by Charlie Hayes.
We were welcomed into St John’s Church today for our lovely Easter service. Bowfell made us all smile by beginning with reciting William Wordsworth’s famous poem Daffodil. They then gave daffodils out to members of the congregation. Skiddaw explained all about their recent seed planting and potato growing, ending with a joyful rendition of a lovely new song “Sow seeds of Hope!” by Penny Stone. Scafell spoke beautifully clearly and told us the story of Easter in rhyming verse. Thank you to everyone at St John’s for all their involvement in school life this term including Open the Book performances, help with assemblies and through special events like Experience Easter.
Years 5 & 6 have been learning about the significance of the palm cross in the Easter Story. We followed two different sets of instructions to make our own crosses which proved to be a little tricky! With perseverance – we succeeded. We also considered the symbolic importance of this cross and reflected on our Christian value of ‘forgiveness’ in our daily lives.
This week in Bowfell we have been looking out for the signs of spring and learning all about Easter.
The children have watched daffodils open from buds on Monday to full flowers in by the end of the week. We have talked about how and why that happens. Each of the stages have been carefully recorded by the children, who have commented on the changes. They have also created some beautiful collages which are proudly on display in the classroom.
The water’s gone up and they’ve opened!
They smell lovely!
As part of our mini topic, we have also been thinking about Easter and the different symbols and signs we might connect to Easter and the story of Jesus. We even got to taste hot cross buns.
Last Friday it was Comic Relief Day, so our School Council decided that we would dress up in red: some of us even dyed our hair while others painted their nails! We also had a red nose competition where the children designed a red nose. The winner was Dougal with his spider nose! At break we had a delicious cake stall which sold cupcakes and biscuits with a red nose twist. Everyone had a red nose to wear: Erin even got the ultra rare Frankenstein nose!
by Amelia and Holly
Well done and thank you to everyone who dressed up, made and bought cakes and entered our Red nose competition. We raised a staggering £235 in aid of this incredibly important event. During out afternoon Good Work Assembly we watched a video all about a boy living in Sierra Leone who had become an orphan after the Ebola Crisis. Our hardwork will enable children like Hassan to get back to school and achieve their goals in life! Hassan wants to be a doctor – we hope our money might help him get there!
Bowfell Class embraced the rain today, togged up in full waterproofs and wellies. Our task was to make a stick man. His body had to be as long as our forearm and his arms had to be as wide as our handspan.
We searched to find sticks that has ready made legs before attaching arms using string. Afterwards we took our Stick Men on an adventure and showed them the houses we made last week.
Earlier this week all the y5 pupils went to Dallam for an English day.The theme we were doing was superheros; it was really fun. We did lots of activities, like dressing someone up in newspaper to make them look like super heros. We also made plastercine superheros, two people from each group went outside to do a quiz to find superheros and name them. We drew superheros and named them ourselves and we chose their powers too. After that we wrote a story about what our superhero was like before they had superpowers.We carried on with the story and we read them out at the end.
By Grace and Trinity.
We welcomed Darren Wilson into Skiddaw class this afternoon to talk to us about his new allotment and launch our science work for next term – plants! We’ve made the most of the spring weather by sowing a selection of different seeds including broccoli, broad beans, beetroot, sunflowers, marigold and poppies.
We’ve put them on the warm window sill and will keep a close eye on them in the coming days – fingers crossed we see some signs of life!
