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This afternoon, Father John talked to us about the martyrs of England and Wales. He showed us some of the objects that priests who were martyred in Lancaster would have used, including a small 'altar', a chalice, a paten and a missal which was 500 years old! We saw where the martyrs would have…

As we continue to explore our 'States of Matter' topic, we have have been looking at alternatives to solids, liquids and gases. One of these is a 'non-newtonian fluid' that can easily be created using cornflour and water. It behaves like a solid when you apply pressure (push on it or roll it into…

FINALLY DONE IT!!!!

We can share with you the fun activities we got up to at Castlerigg at the beginning of the  month. Apologies for the time this has taken, but now you can enjoy them with your child. Hopefully it will remind them of all the amazing things they got up to!

Year 6 had an exciting Friday, watching Abi Mills finish as Mayor of Lancaster and pass the Mayorship onto Margaret Pattison!

It was an amazing opportunity to watch how democracy works in our townhall!

Year 6 were hard at it this week, trying to make a series of circuits with the least/most/different set of components they could!

After lots of trial and improvement, we even managed to make a working circuit with only 3 components!

Miss Bairaktari has been teaching us about capacity (how much a container is capable of holding) and volume (how much a container actually contains).

We measured water outside and sand inside and had to estimate first then check our answers.

We had great fun but it took a while to tidy up…

Year 6 have been learning all about the pros and cons of a balanced diet this week.

Yes, we all love a packet of crisps or a chocolate bar but how many van you have a week and still be haelthy?

You can ask Year 6, they'll know!

We began the Kidsafe programme today. The purpose of this programme is to develop the children's ability to recognise unsafe situations and to take action to help protect themselves. Today, we looked particularly at what trust means and we talked about 'yukky feelings' - feelings that are sad,…

This afternoon Kaye Barker from Playground Proms came into school to do a music workshop. The whole school learnt some songs and found out about stringed instruments them Y3 had a Dalcroze workshop. Dalcroze is movement and music that teaches pulse, rhythm and dynamics. We had a fantastic…

We have a student teacher joining us til the beginning of July. Miss Bairaktari, is on her final placement before she qualifies as a teacher in July. She'll be teaching Maths, DT, RE and Computing before half term and English, Art and History after half term. If you see her in the playground -say…

Year 6 had their investigative powers tested this week, as we tracked down the facts behind famous scientist Carl Linnaeus!

Do you know what he did to become so well known world-wide?

Year 5 have been working hard to create toys with moving parts using a cam mechanism. You can see the wonderful models they have made in the photos below.