TT Rock stars
Cross Fell are very excited to have access to Times Tables Rock Stars. We have really enjoyed using Numbots and now as we progress further on our maths journeys we also have TT Rock Stars to challenge us in our maths learning. We have been learning all about the 2, 5 and 10 times tables in our…
Literacy - Zeraffa Giraffa
We have started our new literacy book, 'Zeraffa Giraffa'. We were learning about a giraffe's habitat to think about where the journey started and showing this using watercolours.
Everyone loves new books!
Today we had a trip to the book bus. We had a story read for us and we chose some new books for class, as you might be able to tell from our faces the cliff hanger had us hooked! Isn't it amazing when you can have access to such high quality books that they really hook us readers in!
World Book Day Library Visit
As part of our World Book Day celebrations Cross Fell took a trip to our local library. It was lovely to meet the librarians and spend time looking at a range of different fiction and non- fiction books.
Lynne the librarian read us a story and told us all about how we could become members of the library and get our own library cards.
What a treat to spread our love of reading out into the community!
History - Significant Explorers
We have been looking at significant explorers. We were finding out about Matthew Henson and his exploration. We talked about the equipment he used, the difficulties he faced with his journey and recognition, and how we are able to find out information about him. We then created arctic pictures to…
Can you help?
Cross Fell are keen to get growing again this year and are looking to further develop our gardening area- can anyone help us with our task?
Do you have any old pots or tools that you can donate?
Do you have any seeds or seedlings that you would like to share? If the answer is yes then…
The Robot and the Bluebird
We really enjoyed making bird feeders today inspired by the bluebird from our Robot and the Bluebird class story.
After reading the story the children really enjoyed learning all about a range of birds and thinking about how we could help them.
Great work everyone- it is so lovely when a…
Year 1 Phonics Screening check
Phonics screening check - information for parents
The phonics screening check has 40 words. 40 real word and 40 nonsense words it will happen during the week of the 10th June 2024
These are words that are phonically decodable but are not actual words with an associated meaning e.g. brip,…
Internet Safety Day 2024
As part of safer internet day, KS1 and Reception looked at different scenarios and offered solutions.
Should we watch things on YouTube before asking a grown up? No, but a few children were honest and admitted to not always asking. So we talked about what could go wrong if they watched something…
Cross Fell's DT project
We have been making vehicles in our DT sessions this half term, we are extremely proud of how hard everyone has worked on this project- from our research looking at a range of vehicles to our designing and testing phase before the final big make, making sure that we had wheels and axles that we…
The Jolly Postman
We have really enjoyed sharing the book ‘The Jolly Postman’ during our Literacy sessions over the past couple of weeks.
The book ties in beautifully with our journeys topic and has allowed us to explore familiar and unfamiliar rhymes and stories, perform rhymes and poems, take part in some…
Programming fun!
In our computing sessions we have been learning all about programmable toys. We focussed on sequences and considered the importance of the order of instructions within a sequence.
We investigated creating sequences using the same instructions in different orders and tested these sequences to…