Whole School

Treasure Island!

 in Class One / SCARF / Whole School by

Reception had a wonderful day out to Derwentwater yesterday in search of treasure! We caught the launch from Hawse End and were dropped off on a large ‘island’ for the day! We listened to a story about a famous pirate who liked to reward children who demonstrated good team-working skills. We had to work together to solve problems and find clues which lead us to our treasure! Well done Reception!

Water Safety on our Lakes

 in PE / SCARF / Whole School by

Years 5 + 6 enjoyed a wonderful day at Fellfoot with Jaqui from Waterwise, teaching us how to be safe when we are out having fun in the outdoors whether that be in the sea, in lakes or rivers.  As well as teaching us all about the dangers of open water, she also provided us with lots of useful advice about how to reduce risk of harm by the decisions we make, what we wear and how we react in different scenarios.   Then we all got into Lake Windermere to put our skills to the test.

During the day we also enjoyed orienteering, a trip to the park, a few team games and a delightful picnic in the sunshine.

Junior Sports Day

 in Class Four / Class Three / PE / Sport / Whole School by

What an afternoon! Fortunately the rain held off for the juniors to have a great time at their sports afternoon, led by the Barrow Raiders team. We kicked off proceedings with a skills circuit, including the high jump, long jump and nerf-football throwing. After that, we got straight into a range of races and obstacle courses to test a range of skills. Last but not least, the tug-of-war!

Well done to everyone involved, particularly red team who just about snatched the win by a very narrow margin. Thanks again to the Barrow Raiders team for organising and leading the day!

Infant Sports Day

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Well done everyone this morning at our Infant sports events!  We enjoyed egg and spoon, balancing beanbags, obstacles and flat races with lots of cheers and claps from our very enthusiastic team of parents, pupils and staff encouraging everyone to do their best!! Great effort from everyone!

Eco Team and our Community Garden

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School’s Eco Team, along with some help from a group of very keen volunteers, have been busy preparing our  Community Garden in Levens Playing Fields.

Earlier in the year, they were involved in planting a number of saplings that are now settled in and doing well.

 

During the late spring, they have been back out to create a wildflower meadow that we are hoping will attract lots of bees, butterflies and other insects.   The seeds were sent to us as a special delivery from His Majesty, King Charles III, as part of the Coronation celebrations.

 

 

Coronation celebrations

 in Class Four / Class One / Class Three / Class Two / Whole School by

We had a fantastic day celebrating the coronation of King Charles the Third. We learnt about the service in Westminster Abbey and watched some of the highlights. The children wore the fabulous crowns they had created and enjoyed an amazing buffet lunch. Thank you to Year Six for your hard work making the cakes and crown shortbread biscuits. It was wonderful to see the children enjoying the celebrations.

Visiting the Buddhist Temple

 in Class One / Class Two / RE / Whole School by

Reception, Year One and Two had a wonderful visit to the Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre in Ulverston yesterday. We were greeted at the temple by our guide Kerrin who led us through a guided meditation session and taught us a little more about the Buddhist faith. We learnt that Buddhists believe in living their lives built on love, compassion and empathy.

Our meditation session focused on steady breathing and everyone agreed they felt calm and relaxed afterwards! We enjoyed looking at the statues of the Gods and Goddesses, learning their names and spotting the largest dharma wheel in the building. Can you find it amongst our photos?

 

Dragon Eyes

 in Art / Class Four / Whole School by

Class 4 have completed an exciting project inspired by mythical creatures when studying the Ancient Greeks last term.

We created studies of dragon eye details using ink pens, water colours and pencils.  Carefully studying texture, shape, line, tone and pattern.  This led on to creating a 3d eye in clay where we extended our skills using this media previously when we made our clay plaques for the celebration of the Queen’s jubilee last summer.

Levens Lego League!

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FIRST Lego League Banner

What a day for class 4 today! We’ve been in Barrow attending the FIRST LEGO league regional final.

It’s been a day of grueling challenges, starting early with the first test of the robot we have been coding in school over the last few months. We quickly learned that the robot game wasn’t going to be as easy as it had seemed at first; we needed to regroup to strategise and come up with a game plan. Despite a difficult first round, Class 4 showed resilience, came up with a plan and were ready for round two. This went far better, with our robot coding teams now working together to help each other and giving direction to new team members. More learning was done and we came back at the end of the day for round three with a solid team and a clear plan. We had some bad luck with some elements of the game, but the progress made since the first round was phenomenal and we walked away with a respectable score!

Just before lunch, we were also called into the boardroom to present our ‘Innovation Project’. We’ve been working on this in school too – a new idea on the theme of ‘energy’ to help change the world. We went with cow poo, naturally, and set about telling the judges all about our cow waste to energy plan for the farms in the local area. We got a real apprentice-style grilling from a crack team from Ørsted – the renewable energy company sponsoring the event – and had to keep our cool despite some tough questions.

Throughout the day, we were also expected to show the core values of LEGO League – I’m pleased to say class 4’s behaviour was exemplary throughout. Not just kind and polite, but thoughtful of others too, from helping other teams to charge their robot to an impromptu litter-pick in the hall after lunch.

I’m pleased to announce that with all of these things combined, Levens came away with the trophy for best newcomer! Well done to the whole team for their truly phenomenal performance!