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• Epona Project

  Mon 22 Jan 2024 Michelle Clark

  On Monday, 22nd January, the children admired a great selection of horse brass,  learning about their use as decorations for harnesses. They also handled a variety of horseshoes, understanding how they were designed to prevent breakage and excessive hoofwear. 

   

  The children put their hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills to use by designing and creating their own amulets using a variety of natural materials, including feathers, rosemary and white bell heather. 

   

  In the second half of the afternoon, children were shown a range of maps from stories, including one about local kelpies. After this, they were asked to draw their own maps, from a bird's eye view. This activity reinforced previous learning about map-reading and allowed them to create their own world, with rivers, forests and mythical creatures. 

   

   

  

• Epona Project

  Mon 15 Jan 2024 Michelle Clark

  On Monday, 15th January the children were joined by Chloe, an archaeologist from Carlisle as part of the Epona Project.  With Chloe, the children had a whistle stop tour of the last 10,000 years of local history.  They learnt about different archaeological sites as well as handling different artefacts.  

  

• United Utilities Water Workshop

  Thu 11 Jan 2024

  The children in Class 1 and Class 2 enjoyed a visit from Louise, who delivered a Water Workshop to each class.  The workshops highlighted the importance of water and not wasting it.  The children learnt all about where water comes from, why water is important, how we can save water, and how to ‘stop the block’. The children all went home with free goodies, including a timer to remind them about saving water in the bathroom.  The children also made a ‘Water Saving Promise’ which they are going to try and keep.