Blog by Judith Bailey

Lakes 12 had a fantastic time exploring Whinlatter Forest. They followed the Gruffalo trail, build hedgehog houses and even had time left to play on the adventure park. 

The new classrooms are now ready for their foundations - thanks to Estelle for her drone shots.

This term Mountains 3 have been learning about World War 1. To learn more about the soldiers and how they lived in the trenches they went on a trip to visit the Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life in Carlisle Castle. Everyone loved dressing in the soldier uniforms and exploring the…

Work has started this week on our new modular build classrooms.

6th form students in 2 classes have been taking part in activities focusing on teambuilding and leadership skills with Gary Holmes from Cumbria Youth Alliance.

Lakes 12 had a great time picking blackbetties and making 'purple ice cream'.

Lakes 5 washing up monitor, lunch monitor and office monitor ready for duty!! 

Last week Mountains 6 enjoyed a day out at The Lake District Wildlife Park, this was a postponed trip from last term.  We met some of the animals and enjoyed exploring the park and finding out about the animals that live there.  We also watched a beautiful birds of prey display and the Tawney Owl…

Some of the children in Lakes Department took place in a den building activity with a man named Chris from denbuilding.co.uk.  The children worked with independence, collaboration and of course lots of fun and laughter.  We then tested them against the elements.  Well a bucket of…

Lakes 4 have been out practicing their MOVE targets to find fruits for their spooky smoothies. 

Yesterday Lakes 11, went on a blackberry hunt around the local area.  We managed to collect quite a few and can’t wait to see what we can make with them.

On Friday 10th September Lakes 11 visited Brockhole to begin their topic 'On into the forest'.  They explored the woodland park, looked at trees, climbed and explored their new surroundings.