Blog Author: Miss Huddleston

Our Citizenship activities continued today with a visit from Magistrates in the Community. Mrs. Randell spent the day with us, explaining the role of the magistrates as well as discussing the consequences and severity of different crimes. In the afternoon, we acted out a trial - a case of…

Year 6, along with all the other classes in school, enjoyed a session of wheelchair basketball, hosted by Lancaster Bulldogs. We learned to manoeuvre the wheelchairs quickly, changing direction to intercept the ball and to find spaces. We also had great fun! Some of our photos are rather blurred…

As part of our "Citizenship Week" activities, Year 6 visited County Hall in Preston today. We met Mr. Mynott there, who told us all about what the County Council does, how councillors are elected and what happens during council meetings. We all learnt such a lot about democracy, not only within…

Year 6 had a great day out at the annual Salt Ayre Sports Festival. They represented the school very well in a number of activities: hockey, lacrosse, orienteering and korfball. Korfball was a new sport to us - a mix of netball and basketball skills. We entered two teams and were up against some…

Year 6 enjoyed a lovely afternoon in the sun, working on two maths-based treasure hunts. 

We entered a team  in the Lancaster schools' tag rugby tournament which was held at the Vale of Lune Rugby Club on Wednesday. We worked really hard in every game, just missing out on winning our matches, though we played very well: the scores were 5-4, 7-6, 5-4 and 5-3. Thank you to the parents…

Year 6 have been learning how to ride their bikes safely on the roads with the help of the Go Velo Bikeability instructors. First they practised on the school playground before venturing out onto the local streets.

As is our custom, Year 6 visited Chrinside House yesterday afternoon, to sing carols to the residents. We went along with Mrs Weatherill, Church Warden at St. Paul's Church who talked to us and the residents about the joy of Christmas, using a Christmas cracker. We enjoyed talking to the residents…

Today we have focussed on our place as citizens of Lancaster. We have learnt about how counties and cities are run and the services they provide for the people who live in them. We found out about the difficult decisions which councillors have to make about the way they spend money, to best help…

Sergeant Carson-Brown came to visit Year 6 at the start of their Citizenship Week. He talked to us about the role of the police in the community and answered lots of questions. We also acted out a story about a character who is suspected of stealing from a car. We will continue the story on…

We have studied the architect and artist Hundertwasser. A group of us made these canvases in our own time. We created our own pictures in his style. 

Year 5 had a super afternoon at the University of Cumbria, learning about healthy lifestyles and enjoying a range of sporting activities.