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Another great day at Bassenfell. We began the morning by thinking about the importance of looking after each other and encouraging those around us. We had lots of opportunities to demonstrate this in today’s activities. Some of us went rock climbing, where we belayed each other and encouraged…

Just a few of the fabulous pictures we created inspired by the events of the Great Fire of London.

The weather may not have been so good today, but it didn’t dampen our spirits. We have enjoyed another day of exciting activities including rock climbing, bushcraft and archery. Some of us also had our first experience of ghyll  scrambling. Unfortunately we couldn’t take photos during this…

What a glorious day today! The sun shone as two groups went canoeing on Bassenthwaite Lake, whilst others practised their survival skills in the woods above the Manor (including baking some rather interesting bread over a camp fire). Some of us enjoyed crate stacking and challenging ourselves to…

Year 6 have arrived safely at Bassenfell Manor, after a beautiful journey through the heart of the Lake District. We began our stay by working in our activity groups to solve a number of challenges involving water balloons. The better we did at our challenges, the more points we earned. We then…

Miss Siddle came in and talked us through a church Baptism. We discussed why the vicar puts a sign of the cross on the baby’s head. 

We have been looking at different ways to group animals and have sorted them using Venn diagrams. We discussed lots of different ways to classify them.

We have had fun completing the ‘Pentominoes Challenge’. First, we had to make 12 shapes using 5 squares. When we had created the 12 shapes, we then put them on a grid with no gaps or overlapping shapes.

Year 6 started learning about orienteering today. We began by learning to look closely at a simple plan and work as a team to follow it, as well as travelling as fast as we could - all important skills in orienteering. We will soon be moving on to using these skills to orienteering around our…

Year 6 are just beginning a project on shelters in DT. Today we were investigating materials which we think might be suitable for using in our shelter designs. We tested them for strength, durability and how waterproof they are. When we come back from our residential, we will be designing and…

Year 4 French Day

Year 4 dressed up and brought in food to eat. The food was delicious. We played games, did quizzes and completed some research.

We have been looking at the artist Pier Mondrian and looking at his use of primary colours. We have been recreating digital pictures on the computers. We used Mondrian's primary colours to explore the secondary colours we could make by mixing the primary colours.