Blog by Jennifer Elliott

Well done to our Year 2 gymnasts who performed amazingly at Dowdales this morning. Well done everyone who took part and thank you to Dowdales for hosting.

Reception enjoyed turning the classroom into a Chinese restaurant and trying lots of different Chinese foods.

Reception and Year 1 have had a fun day learning together. We have focused on wellbeing for Children's Mental Health Week. First we talked about how to make others and ourselves feel good and happy then we got busy crafting and learning together, making our friends smile and having lots of fun…

In Reception Class we are learning all about Chinese New Year. We decided to turn our role play area into a Chinese Restaurant and have been busy taking orders and preparing them. We have even made a huge Dragon which will go on display at Tesco in Barrow. 

Reception are donating one of their mud kitchens to children in another Reception Class at a school in Barrow called Brisbane Park. We cleaned it first to make sure it looks all new and looked at the class page on Brisbane Park's website to see who will be playing with it. It made us all smile…

Well done to everyone who qualified for the Cumbria Schools Cross Country competition and competed in Penrith today. Everyone ran amazingly in tough conditions and attitudes were outstanding. An amazing afternoon cheering on our friends from Roose and other Furness Schools. We are so proud of you…

Well done to everyone who took part in the Girls Football Tournament at Furness Academy. Some amazing football played by all in the very cold weather. Hot chocolate and a biscuit to warm up back at school

Reception have enjoyed investigating ice today in our outdoor area. We discussed what ice turns into when it melts, what ice was before it turned to ice, how we get ice, what makes ice melt. We made predictions and investigated how to make ice melt quicker. We found out that ice melted quicker in…

Reception are settling in well to the new year. We have worked as a team to make a huge 2024 display in the playground and made calendars to take home. 

Well done to the daily mile champions for the autumn term. 

We've had a busy couple of weeks back after half term in Reception Class. We have introduced our new class text, I'm Going to Eat this Ant, and done lots of lovely learning around the text. We have managed to squeeze in some lovely Halloween, Bonfire Night and Remembrance activities too. Well done…

Well done to the year 5 and 6 football team who played amazing this afternoon. Thank you Furness Academy for hosting.