Year 5

We had half an hour of snow fun this morning before returning to the normal timetable of lessons! What a super day for enjoying the snow at lunchtime.

Please help us during Fairtrade fortnight with our Coffee time on Tuesday Feb 27th. Traidcraft products will be on sale and we have a catalogue if you want to order products in advance. Please join us at the end of the school day in Year 3 classroom. There will be Traidcraft products to buy  or come […]

Happy New Year On Thursday 4th and Friday 5th we are having two days of outdoor learning for the whole school. These are non uniform days and we hope our children will arrive in school equipped for any weather conditions.

Well done to all of our children who took part in the school concert at the end of term. We had a wonderful array of instruments played by a large amount of children from Year 2 to Year 6.  Our choir also sang two songs with superb harmonies.  Congratulations to all involved.

Jack and Daisy, our head boy and girl took part in the Remembrance service held at St Mary’s Church. Many thanks for their contribution to this very important service of remembrance.

We’ve had a lot of people asking about the best books for children to read in Year 5 and 6.  To try and find out, we have spent a bit of time scouring other schools, the wonders of the internet and our own thoughts to come up with a list.  I’ve attached 5 files that […]

Our children have helped fill a Volvo estate full of food kindly donated by our children as part of our Harvest giving.  We are really trying to express our value of responsibility in as many practical ways as possible. This year we wanted to provide a bumper delivery of food although we support throughout the food bank […]

For the first time in many years, the weather has been perfect for the county show. The school stand in the Learning For Life tent looked fantastic, the mini beast theme was a huge success. Year 4 and 5 have had a great day, enjoying all there was to offer. We have even been in […]

Year 5 enjoyed the sunshine this afternoon. They are learning to play netball for our inter-house competition at the end of half term. For homework they even found out about all the rules and positions, which helped them today. Competitive sport is a big part of life at St. Mary’s and we strive to develop […]

Advanced notice – Year 4 and 5 will be attending the Westmorland Show on Sept 14th with Mrs Smith and Mrs Day. This annual event is a superb opportunity to explore our Cumbria traditions.