Today we  laid our carrot pharaohs to rest in their sarcophagus – complete with a death mask. We have had so much fun with this project!

Today we added the detail to our sarcophagi. It is so nice to see the two classes working so well alongside each other and concentrating hard on being careful with their painting. We think they look great!

Today we had a lovely day at Cartmel Priory taking part in lots of activities revolved around the story of Moses and the burning bush. We did a treasure hunt, team games, scavenger hunt, singing, prayer work, drama and craft.

Early Years and Key Stage One have enjoyed a lovely afternoon in the sunshine down at the park.  We played on the swings and climbing frames and explored around the trees to find acorns, conkers and pine cones.

For our topic, we have been researching facts on the importance of the River Nile to the people of Egypt.

Apple Day at Castle Head Field Centre was great fun as always!  Year 6 children went down, in the morning, as ‘Young Leaders’ to learn how the apple pressing machinery works and get organised so they could lead groups of younger children later in the day.  Early Years and KS1 children walked down for the afternoon and had great fun collecting apples in the orchard, throwing apples into the apple mill, scooping pulp into the press and, of course, tasting the delicious apple juice they had helped to make.

The Key Stage 1 and EYFS children have been making the most of the outdoors and doing some activities in the school grounds.

This week we took hoops out, put them on the ground and then looked to see what we could find in the circle.  We found different types of plants, fallen leaves, sticks, stones and worms!  We have also been on an African animal safari around the school grounds as part of the KS1 ‘Go Wild!‘ topic.

We were very excited to see what our carrot mummies looked like today! We were amazed to find out how much they had shrunk! Now that we have wrapped them up, we can make a sarcophagus for each one out of clay.

All the Reception and Nursery children are settling in.  They are making friends, playing with the resources in the environment and have even made apple crumble!

We had a great time at the Westmorland Show today! The children learnt about local businesses and tried out some fun activities.