Blog Author: Bev Brown

In maths the children are using concrete resources to help with their multiplication skills. Today we learned about arrays and really enjoyed using playdough, pom poms, stickers and counters to show our learning.

In our art session the children made their own versions of superheroes, we were very impressed by the level of detail and the imaginative and bold use of colour to convey each superhero's unique talents.

This afternoon in DT the children have finished their split pin puppets and we now have them on display in the classroom. We were very impressed with the designing, making and evaluating that the children all took part in. 

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We are really enjoying sharing the Traction Man book by Mini Grey. We have enjoyed bringing classroom items to life and thinking about how each of the characters might act. Great discussion work Cross Fell.

Some fantastic work on money with the Year 2 children. We looked at the different coins and notes then thought about how we could combine them to make different amounts using resources to support our learning. Please can you help us with our learning by sharing coins at home and talking about what…

If you are looking for some super book recommendations for Christmas we would like to sign post you to this website that can offer lots of suggestions that you may find useful. There are a range of themes for a variety of ages so there is something for everyone! Lets keep celebrating our love for…

Cross Fell have been working really hard this term to learn all of their sounds during our RWI sessions. We have assessed how the children are getting on and individual checks will be in book bags this week to celebrate how we are getting on and to identify any sounds that we can continue to work…

The school library service has just been in touch to highlight the following Winter reading challenge for anyone who would be interested. It sounds great :-)

'Hi all,

I am just highlighting the fact for everyone that there is a winter mini challenge for children. This is just a smaller…

In Science we have been learning about seasonal changes and as part of this have been learning about light and dark.
We worked in the blackout tent to investigate what we could see with different amounts of light and dispelled some misconceptions about light sources. It was all great fun and had…

We love reading in Cross Fell! It is lovely to see our reading corner and school library being so well used by the children, our passion for reading is evident.