Cross Fell's Learning

We are so excited to have received our RHS plaque, we were really pleased to see that they have also sent us some seeds and gardening guides to help to support us on our growing journey.

We have had such a lovely afternoon working with clay to make pots for a royal banquet, it was impressive to see how carefully everyone used the range of tools and how absorbed they were in their work.

We have been having a go with the new White Rose 1 minute maths app in school. Its a great way to practice maths skills at home and it can be downloaded for FREE! If any one needs any support with the app please just pop in and speak to one of the team.

We love to share the children's learning journey with them reminding them just how far they have come this year, here is a picture of our Year 1 children's progress in writing so far this year (more on our class Dojo page) - what a transformation not just in terms of presentation but also in the…

We have enjoyed a fabulous day celebrating the King's Coronation today - we loved working in our house groups to take part in different activities in each of the classrooms followed by a delicious buffet lunch where our parents came into school to celebrate this momentous occasion with us.

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Cross Fell had a great time taking part in our lunch time rugby club with Garry today.

In Alston Primary School we recognise the importance of providing opportunities to participate in physical activity during lunchtimes as well as after school and clubs like this really help us to practise,…

Our Year 2 children have bene working really hard on improving their writing this half term and have really impressed with their recount of our recent school trip. It was wonderful to see the delight on everyone's faces when we compared our work from September to our work from this week and…

Cross Fell thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Culgaith today were we took part in a range of sport's activities with the Action Ants helping us to continue to lead healthy and active lives.

We enjoyed slacklining, archery, golf, obstacle courses and the ever popular slip and slide course!

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We are extremely fortunate to beable to travel to Culgaith to take part in some Action Ants days with other local schools where we can engage in competitive and co-operative physical activities making new friends and challenging ourselves.

As the sessions develop they become increasingly tricky…

What a super morning we have had mastering our basic movements including running and jumping, developing our  balance, agility and co-ordination on the equipment

Today we learned about the celebration of Eid- al- Fitr. We talked about how the celebration is marked, what different families do and made our own pictures to celebrate.

We have so far awarded 83 reading at home dojos this week- a staggering amount! Well done Cross Fell we are extremely proud of you, keep it up :-)

A huge thankyou for all of your hard work at home promoting that love of reading- the partnership between home and school is really important…