Year 7 pupils enjoyed a fantastic teambuilding day at Gisburn Forest this week. The day started with an orienteering task. It was a delight to see the keenness and competitive spirit of the children as they worked hard to learn and put into practise new navigational skills using just [...]
Reception’s forest school has got off to an exciting start with lots to explore in the woods over the last couple of weeks. We started with a minibeast hunt to familiarise ourselves with the smallest inhabitants and after learning about autumn, we made a hedgehog house to help encourage hedgehogs [...]
Year 2 have enjoyed reading the book While We Can’t Hug. It is a lovely story that explains all the other things that we can do to show people that we love them even though we aren’t allowed to hug due to the virus. We can wave, pull funny faces, [...]
Year 2 have been using iPads when out on an autumn walk. They had fun looking for leaves, acorns, berries, Bramley apples and the best of all conkers. They took lots of photographs and then showed off their IT skills to make their own pic collages. Mrs. Wilson was very [...]
This weekend our bronze and silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award groups enjoyed the great weather as they headed out into the Ribble Valley to undertake their expeditions. Our year 11 pupils successfully completed their final bronze expedition with a two day hike from Newton to Holden and back, tackling Easington [...]
Mrs Smith's badminton club was popular on Friday with our key stage 3 bubble! Pupils worked hard refining their skills after a long six months off! But they could still give their opponent the run around, using a well selected shot and game plan!
This Thursday saw the return of Mr. Peel's BMX club, and many pupils from Years 7 and 8 took the opportunity to get out into the school grounds and the fresh air. For some this was an introduction to BMX riding, whilst for our more experienced pupils it was a [...]
This morning Reception had their first PE lesson with Mrs Smith. The lesson began with some ‘getting to know you challenges’ then moved on to bean bag skills. The pupils were asked to invent ways to travel and balance their bean bag. Mrs Smith focussed the lesson on the fundamental [...]
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