Blog Author: Mr Taylor

These amazing footballers represented school fantastically, playing as a team and showing determination, resilience and ability. After a close game in the final, Scotforth won the tournament and will now represent Lancaster in the district finals in January. Well done girls!!!

Sadly it is Year 6’s final day at Lockerbie, but they’re going out with a bang! Raft building, Stand-up-paddleboarding, fencing and rifle shooting to finish off a fantastic week. 
 

Year 6 have had another great day in Scotland! The children have been busy fencing, rifle shooting, climbing, raft building, stand-up-paddleboarding, crate stacking, zip line and wide games. Look out for the famous Lockerbie broccoli too!
 

It’s been another brilliant day at Lockerbie! All of the children spent the morning on the water doing kayaking and canoeing, as well as some impressive jetty jumping. Afternoon activities included high ropes, blind trail and the obstacle course before an evening camp fire with songs, stories,…

What an amazing second day at Lockerbie! The children have taken on every activity with real enthusiasm and courage, overcoming fears and encouraging each other. Activities today included abseiling, archery, axe throwing, survival skills, zip line, crate stacking and a VERY muddy obstacle course!…

We had a smooth journey up the M6 to Lockerbie and the children have enjoyed their first activities. These included abseiling, axe throwing and orienteering! Everybody is very excited for the week ahead!
 

Year 4 had a fantastic French day today! There were some very fashionable outfits and delicious French food to try. We played games of boules and had a competition to create a model of the Eiffel Tower out of paper straws. In the afternoon, the children created pointillism paintings inspired by…

Year 4 have been busy practicing their sewing skills ready to make their Greek-inspired money pouches. Well done everyone!
 

Year 4 had a fun-filled afternoon with Coach Dan practicing gymnastics skills! Everybody did a fantastic job and challenged themselves. Well done year 4, and thank you Coach Dan for a brilliant session!
 

Some year 5 and 6 children who spent time earlier in the year growing their own vegetables have been able to use our brand new kitchen to cook different healthy meals. These include flatbread with pea and mint dip, healthy pot noodles, potato cakes, garlic bread and even chocolate and beetroot…

This morning, Year 4 enjoyed a visit from the fantastic Professor Tuesday. They learnt all about the different city-states that made up Ancient Greece, created a human timeline showing how life changed through different time periods and investigated different artefacts. We even had some tyrants…

Year 4 enjoyed performing classical poetry in the sunshine this morning. They have been learning different poems from “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T.S. Elliot. The children worked in groups to perform the poem ‘Jellicle Cats’, and showed great creativity in how they interpreted…