Year 5

Year 5 have had a very busy week looking at ‘Slam Poetry’. Slam is an international phenomenon, involving poets writing and performing their poems in front of a panel of judges.  They are judged and scored on the poems style and the performance in delivery. The children have had to write three poems on a […]

After six weeks of hockey training with Danny, Year 5 and 6 held an inter-house group hockey tournament to test out their new skills.  The standard of play was excellent and we are very much looking forward to our inter-school competitions over the next couple of terms. Congratulations to Howgill who were the overall winners.

Year 5 have been busy dancing away the whole day on Tuesday. They took part in an Indian Dance workshop with Meneesha. They learned about three different types of dance and the culture behind them. At the end of the day, they performed to their parents and some of the children in school. It was […]

Our children have had a wonderful day exploring different languages and countries. They have learned where countries are in the world. The languages spoken in that country as well as the capital cities.  They have explored activities to celebrate that country as well as dress up in the colours of the country. In school we […]

Our children have been hard at work preparing for their contribution to the Comic Arts Festival. Mrs Day has been working on presenting the children’s work which is displayed at Highgate’s Vets in Kendal. Please go and have a look at the fantastic window display!  Very well done to our Year 1 children.  It would […]

This term has been a wonderful, whirlwind of wonder for Year 5. An amazing adventure last week to Box Tree and now a project day to be proud of. The children, ( with a little bit of help!) have produced a fantastic array of models, printing, power points, art, musical instruments and of course, exquisite culinary […]

Once again, the children at St Mary’s have amazed us all with their determination, hard work and resilience. Year 5 and 6 children have completed an impressive expedition to stay overnight at Box Tree Farm in Wennington.  Although our start was slightly delayed by Mrs Smith’s horsebox malfunction, we set off on Tuesday morning and explored the […]

Despite the rain, our Year 5 and 4 children explored the Westmorland County Show. We also presented our work at the Learning for Life Marquee. The children saw a whole host of events, judging, show jumping as well as all of the stands and animal classes.

We have published our annual review. This document provides a short review of the school year and our improvement priorities for the  school in the coming year. We have had a very exciting year and we look forward to another exciting time starting in September.  Please read through our review and share some of the […]

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