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In Science we are learning about animals including humans and really enjoyed getting out into our outdoor area to look for evidence of different animals that might be living there. Super observing everyone! :-)

 FOREST SCHOOL  

Just a reminder that we will be taking part in our forest school sessions every Friday and will need

Long sleeved tops to cover arms
Full length trousers
Old shoes/boots/wellies
Coat and waterproofs if you have them

We absolutely love our sessions and are so fortunate…

We have really enjoyed starting to read the book Mini Rabbit Not Lost by John Bond. We love to share a range of books in Cross Fell and enjoy sharing different elements of the story to really immerse ourselves in the books we read. Today we looked at where the story was set and started to get to…

In Cross Fell we teach the children to read using the Read, Write Inc scheme. We would like to signpost all of our parents to the following website that has a range of extremely helpful guides that explain the process and how important it is to read and start to foster a love of reading at an…

What a brilliant first day we have had in Cross Fell! We’ve been so busy having fun and making lots of new friendships and exploring each of our linked learning areas. Go Cross Fell!

The Hedgehog Bookshop in Penrith is welcoming Julia Donaldson to a special event on Thursday 11th September to launch her new book. Anyone who has been in Cross Fell will beable to tell you that Julia Donaldson is my absolute favourite author so I am very excited to hear she is visiting Penrith…

Test post- Year 7s went swimming in Penrith. 

We enjoyed a farm visit to see lots of lambs and learn about the process of looking after them. We also enjoyed a walk around the farm, finding other animals and an explore by the river.

We had a visit to Gilderdale Forest School. We enjoyed exploring the area, climbing and using obstacles. We also got to enjoy rock painting. We had a recap on our fire safety rules and enjoyed toasting marshmallows around a fire.

We created our own giant red noses for Comic Relief. We used paper mache around balloons to create the shape and then once dried, decorated with paint. 

We went on a walk to Fairhill to explore the woodland area and investigate the ponds. 

For World Book Day, we had a live follow along drawing session with authors. They taught us how to draw the squirrel from 'That's not my flower'.