Hedgehog house building in the forest.
Bursar2019-09-17T15:42:40+01:00Today in Forest School the challenge was to build a house for a hedgehog, to link with our new favourite book - The Hodgeheg by Dick King - Smith.
Today in Forest School the challenge was to build a house for a hedgehog, to link with our new favourite book - The Hodgeheg by Dick King - Smith.
A great day out in Morecambe with a special thanks to the RNLI for telling us about the amazing job they do.
Class 1 enjoyed showing the pre-school children the ropes in the woods today!
Safety talk completed, drinks and snacks served and Class 1 and Mrs Bowskill are ready for their trip to Lanzarote! Come a book a holiday at Caton Flights, all welcome!
Mrs Keen looking cool on the beach! Send in your photos to add to our seaside wall!
It's not fair!!!! Ask the children in Class 1 how we made sure our experiment was fair.
In Forest Schools today, we toasted marshmallows - what a nice birthday treat for one lucky girl!
Class 1 had a great afternoon in the woods today. We found all sorts of interesting things and built a trap for a fat-bottomed dragon!
Class 1 had a very interesting time on our plant hunt. We are so lucky to have such beautiful grounds.
Happy birthday to Mrs Jarvis - thank you for all the tasty meals you cook us.
In gardening club, we picked some rhubarb and had rhubarb crumble the next day for lunch - yummy!
In class 1 the children have been building hedgehog houses and working on Andy Goldsworthy structures, and in Class 2 the children held a debate in assembly on whether or not animals should be kept in zoos!
Yesterday we were joined by Emma Williams from Lancashire Music Service who came to teach us some new songs for our assemblies. We did lots of crazy warm up activities with our mouths and made lots of weird sounds. We hope to be able to sing them to you in our assembly on Friday morning. Katrina Harkin Class 1 teacher
On Friday (15/6/18) the whole school enjoyed a session down in the forest with Emma. They enjoyed lots of different activities which including roasting marshmallows, building dens, whittling, climbing trees, creating fairy houses and playing hide and seek.
What an amazing adventure we had on Wednesday as we boarded a coach off to sunny Morecambe to take part in a joint Caton/Grosvenor Park Sports day. We all had an amazing time competing in the various races and we proudly came away with a handsome pile of certificates and ended the morning with an ice-lolly! Kevin Kendall Acting Headteacher
The children split into small groups looking at the Monarchy, British food and money. British food: The children discussed what they thought people would say is typical British food and made a list. This included yorkshire pudding, pork pies, beans, scones, apple pies, fish and chips, grapes and sausages. They then had the opportunity to try a British scone with jam and cream. Money: The children looked at the coins and notes we use today and made rubbings of them using wax crayons. The older children looked at older coins before Decimal Day in 1971 and made coin rubbings of these [...]
On Friday 25th May the children in Key Stage Two went to Salt Ayre to take part in a sports event against other local schools . The children took part in cricket and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. By Sandra Birkett, teacher in Class 2.
The Year 5 children attended the 'Big Lunch' on Wednesday 16th May. They enjoyed a fantastic buffet and met lots of people who were about to undertake the 'Big Walk'.
May 18th 2018 Reception - Year 4 children walked all the way down to the Crook O'Lune from school enjoying the beautiful weather. As this was the first time the reception children had walked down to the Crook they developed their 'Out and About' skills by walking with their partners, staying close to the side and listening carefully to instructions from the adults. Once they arrived on the cycle track they looked for different animals habitats including a squirrels drey and a birds nest. The children stopped for drinks and biscuits at the Otters and made some homes out of natural [...]