Cross Fell's Learning

On Saturday 5th September it is Alston agricultural show. There are classes for the children to enter and lots of things to keep all of the family entertained. We know that lots of our families will be attending so have been asked to spread the word about this fantastic community event.

In forest school today we learned all about bees. We tasted some honey on bread and chose to make our own bees out of pine cones, wool and pipe cleaners.

Anna told us all about bees and how they pollinate the flowers for some of the fruits we eat. 

Some of us used the watercolour paints to…

Another fantastic PE session with Gary today! 
The children continued practising their Sports Day events - Keep up the amazing effort - we can't wait for Sports Day!

Cross Fell thoroughly enjoyed their visit to Tullie museum in Carlisle. 

We were very fortunate to beable to take part in a toy workshop where we could handle a range of different toys from the past and even have a go at making our own toy. A thoroughly brilliant day out with excellent…

Another fantastic Forest School session today.

The children fully embraced the outdoors—building dens, exploring the woodland, and letting their imaginations run wild.

There’s something special about learning in nature—the smiles say it all

We’ve had a great computing lesson today 

We used Chrome Music Lab to compose some pieces of music using a repeating pattern

Toys, toys, toys!
We were very fortunate to beable to secure one of the very sought after artefact boxes from Cumbria library service who put together a brilliant box of old and new toys for us to use as part of our on going topic. The children loved getting hands on and playing with a range of…

Some fantastic things going on in our linked learning today! The Hama beads were a huge hit as always. It is wonderful to listen to the children playing and learning together taking their learning in their own direction- great work everyone!

We’ve loved spending time in our new and improved forest school area! The children enjoyed exploring the refreshed space, noticing the changes, and making the most of the outdoors, with the sun shining too!

As part of our session, we carried out a fun worm experiment to see how healthy our soil…

Another fantastic football skills session today with Carlisle United

The sunshine was out and so were the smiles! The players brought great energy, focus, and enthusiasm from start to finish. We worked on ball control, quick passing, and confidence on the ball — and it was brilliant to see…

We have loved looking at some toys from Mrs Brown's house comparing toys old and new and thinking about how toys have changed over time.

Great observations Cross Fell

Thankyou to everyone who brought in toys to share to help to launch our toys topic, it was brilliant to see such a range of different toys. Next step comparing old and new toys- we are hooked already!