Blog by Judith Bailey

Lakes 7 have been on the train to Seascale, they played on the park and enjoyed an ice cream.

The Army Engagement Team visited Mayfield to work with students in Mountains Department developing participation skills, confidence and teamwork. Students had great fun and engaged really well with the different activities with the highlight being the inflatable assault course.

Lakes 4 are focusing on the stage of their story where there are ‘sand and shells’ to walk through. They went to Seascale collecting shells for their art, explored the sand, practiced walking/sitting on uneven ground and even sunbathing (with lots of sun cream on!) They then went to the playground…

Lakes 11 spent a fabulous morning exploring the old Victorian sea swimming pool at St Bees as part of their beach schools session.  They searched in the water and under rocks looking for and catching, prawns, crabs and being tickled by the anemones.  They made sure they left the area just as they…

Mountains 9 visited Jigsaw to hand over the cheque for the money they raised selling soap in memory of Leo. Massive well done to all involved raising an amazing £578.

Mountains 1 are the grand champions of the Mountain’s Boccia competition! All teams were fantastic, thanks to Ali and her helpers for organising such an exciting competition. 

Mountains 1 had a fantastic time at Workington Library and Cafe West. They enjoyed exploring the library, choosing and listening to stories. They ordered yummy cakes from cafe west. 

Massive thank you to Planet Play who let Lakes 3 and Lakes 5 use their soft play for the afternoon, they kindly gave all the pupils squash whilst they were there and let everyone choose a snack and helped them exchange a coin for an item.  Everyone had a fantastic time.

Mountains 7 have been pond dipping at Moresby Parks Nature Reserves where they found tadpoles, water boatmen and dragonfly nymphs.

Our Sixth Form Towards Independence group visited the Fire Station as part of their Personal Safety Unit. They enjoyed learning about equipment, trying it on, experiencing the fire engine with a little trip around to the back doors and hooting the horn as well as setting up and using the fire…

Lakes 8 had a trip to the farm last Friday. They had so much fun feeding the cows, moving the lambs to the different pens and meeting the pig.  They almost ended up with a bus full of pet lambs!!

Key Stage 1/Key Stage 2 Move Group have been exploring their new topic ‘Summer at the Seaside’ whilst practising their critical skills including low kneeling, standing and sitting cross legged.