02 New Starters 03 Pre-School 04 Kindergarten 05 Transition 06 Preparatory 07 Junior 1,2,3 & 4 11 Whole School Events

AUSTIN 15 /16 02 NEW STARTERS 13 1st FORM 19 WHOLE SCHOOL EVENTS - SENIOR 03 PRE-SCHOOL 14 2nd FORM 21 HOUSE REPORTS 04 KINDERGARTEN 15 3rd FORM 24 MUSIC AND THE ARTS 05 TRANSITION 16 4th FORM 26 SPORTS REPORTS 06 PREPARATORY 17 5th FORM 32 PRIZEGIVING 07 JUNIOR 1,2,3 & 4 18 VI FORM 33 SPEECH DAY 11 WHOLE SCHOOL EVENTS - JUNIOR 34 CHAPLAINCY REPORT 35 VI FORM LEAVERS DESTINATIONS LOVE • WELL- BEING • HUMILITY • STUDY & WISDOM • FREEDOM • COMMUNITY • COMMON GOOD • HUMBLE & GENEROUS SERVICE • FRIENDSHIP • PRAYER NEW STARTERS CLARE LINCOLN STAFFORD HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE Pre-School Isabel Quine Lincoln Liberty Bull Ella Brooks Lincoln George Heaps Isabel Milbourn Stafford Charlotte Hore Joshua Pasa Stafford Emma Stedman Oscar Roberts Stafford Finley Waning Ben Tiffen Stafford Mathilde Zayer Lucy Ullyart Stafford Gina Green Poppy Hutchinson 2nd Form Alexa-Rose Jackson John Formby Clare Poppy Lakin Skye Lakin 3rd Form Bobby Liddle Emma-Louise Barker Clare Samuel McKerlie Karsten Dever Clare Finley Slater Abby Cowperthwaite Clare Isabella Walby Harrison Carruthers Lincoln Annabelle Harrison Edward Kelly Lincoln Morgan Allan Lincoln Kindergarten Ava-Jane Charnick 4th Form Emilia Meakin Solomon Cowan Clare Luca Pagan Russell Hall Clare Francesca Wright Hugo Hendry-Pickup Clare William Thornley Lincoln Transition Aaron Wilkinson Stafford Alexander Bell Sam Woolaghan Stafford Preparatory 5th Form Annie Harrison Matthew Atkinson Clare Drew Harrison Frank Rao Clare Olivia Palmer Alex Liang Stafford Olivia Williams-Woods Mark Lu Stafford Leo Wilson-Johal L6th Junior 1 Shirley Chen Clare Paige Little Adam Harrison Clare Henry Nicholson Sophie Kenmare Clare Harry Laidlaw Clare Junior 2 Helen Tu Clare Thomas Dawson Yvette Wang Clare Ruby Dean Brad Liu Lincoln Amelie Turner Leo Liu Stafford Maddison Williams-Woods May Percival Lincoln Kevin Tan Stafford Junior 3 Tony Geng Stafford Anona Vasey Robbie Yan Stafford Xander Vasey Oliver Whillock U6th James Green Lincoln Junior 4 Josie Wright Elliot Goode Recent Former Pupil Destinations Ana-Maria Ciobanu Lahari Nagodavithana Campbell Hodgson Anastasia Palmer York St John - Religion, Philosophy and Ethics 1st Form Ruth Atkinson Clare Reuben Russell Rosa Butterworth Clare Bath - Mathematics Mahdy El Dib Clare Zeina El Dib Clare Taran Vear Jessica Melrose Clare Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Folk and Traditional Music Elliott Addison Lincoln Alex Briggs Lincoln Haris Chaudry Lincoln Olivia Bell Macdonald Eleanor Fulton Lincoln Sheffield Hallam - Nutrition, Diet and Lifestyles 02 PRE-SCHOOL Robots and Bee Bots This year, the children made robots. They drew their robots in their diaries first, concentrating on how they wanted them to look. They then used this design and chose some recycled materials to have a go at creating the robot they had drawn. We also explored some small toy robots called ‘Bee Bots’. Opposites Attract The children were shown how the Bee Bots operate and encouraged to use vocabulary such as forwards, During our topic of ‘Opposites’ backwards, left and right when talking about them. this year, the children drew black & white animals for a wall display. Once the children investigated the Bee Bots on their They had a choice of a zebra, a own, they navigated them around different obstacle panda or a penguin. courses. We encouraged the children to look at photographs of the animals to help them draw them out themselves Spring Flowers and Gardening before adding the black and white colouring. In the same topic, we also In the Lent term, we had a go at some observational drawings of Spring flowers using focused on measuring. The children coloured chalk on black paper. ordered objects according to their size and quantity. We lay on the floor We moved the seeds we planted inside last term into the Pre-School beds outside, plant some and measured each other, and our potatoes, and make milkshakes with Summer fruits. In the Summer term, we monitored how hands, using non-standard methods well the fruit and vegetables seeds we planted were getting on. such as cubes or ‘how many hands’. Spring flowers and gardening 03 KINDERGARTEN Teddy Bear’s Picnic Walby Farm Park Despite the rain meaning we had to picnic indoors Kindergarten had a fantastic trip to Walby Farm Park this year, Kindergarten enjoyed being joined by this year. Pre-School for a teddy bears picnic. We had a wonderful time learning about the baby animals that The children brought in their favourite bears from home to take are growing up so quickly in the barn. We also enjoyed spending part with them in the Amphitheatre and Kindergarten classroom. some time in the soft play area, including the dreaded slides! We read and acted out the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’, before singing some teddy bear songs with Mrs Mott. We had a delicious picnic which included teddy bear crisps and sweeties. Finally we ended our picnic with the story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. Maryport Aquarium Kindergarten enjoyed a brilliant trip to Maryport Aquarium. The weather was fantastic and we enjoyed playing and eating ice creams in the park! We learned so much about lots of sea creatures and we saw so many different types of fish! A special thank you to our helpers who came on the trip with us! 04 Maryport Aquarium TRANSITION Toys from the Past Transition spent a wonderful fun-filled Later in the workshop, the children were divided morning at Tullie House enjoying a into groups to work at 4 different activity stations workshop about toys from the past. where they had the opportunity to explore and play with a wide range of toys from the past. They began the morning looking at a variety of toys from different decades, right back to a There was an outside toy section, a moving Noah’s Ark set from 1850! They discussed the toy section, a dress-up section and a crafting kinds of materials the old toys were made of section. The children all thoroughly enjoyed and compared them to newer toys. their visit. Carlisle Cathedral Class Baptism Transition went to Carlisle Cathedral in Transition learnt about the sacrament of Baptism this year and they held their November to learn about the Augustinian own baptism service in class, with all the children taking part in the different black cannons who used to live in the roles of parents, godparents, the priest and someone to hand over the candle. Cathedral when it was first built. The children enjoyed the ceremony and were able to learn about the sacrament of We looked at how the Cathedral has changed in baptism in a practical way. “My favourite bit was the Baptism”, said Hattie Spedding. both its structure, and its use, over the years. “I liked all of it”, said Oliver Hutchinson. Afterwards, we had a celebration tea and cake The children were in awe of the beautiful blue to show ways that families celebrate the sacrament of Baptism. starry ceiling and took a particular interest in the stained glass windows inside the cathedral as these linked to our topic of light and dark and gave us inspiration for our own stained glass windows which we made later in the term. As it was Remembrance Day when we visited, we took a two minute silence to remember all those who died during the wars. Thank you to Sue Suter for her time and expertise while showing us around the Cathedral and its grounds. 03 Carlisle Cathedral 05 PREPARATORY Carlisle Castle Preparatory visited Carlisle Castle as part of our History topic on castles, and how they are defended. We enjoyed a lovely sunny day exploring the castle walls, learning about the cannons and life inside the keep. Our highlights included spending time in the dungeons and finding the licking stones, as well as handling the huge key which locked the keep! Dove Cottage Samye Ling Buddhist Temple Preparatory visited Dove Cottage in Grasmere. We had great fun handling and exploring artefacts and Preparatory visited Samye Ling Buddhist trying to guess what they were. The pupils enjoyed a Temple at Eskdalemuir to experience tour of Dove Cottage, creeping slowly through time, other religions and cultures. and finding inspiration for some descriptive poetry work. In the afternoon, we all got to dress up in traditional We were able to sit and meditate inside the costume, very much the highlight of a lovely sunny day! temple, learning all the about Buddhist prayers and the Buddhist way of life. We loved seeing all the statues, decorations, and witnessing a prayer session with Buddhist monks and nuns. We visited the wishing tree in the garden, tying a ribbon onto the branches and sending a wish around the world. Finally, we saw the Buddhist medicine garden and enjoyed a traditional vegetarian Buddhist lunch, cooked for us on site. Delicious! 06 Samye Ling Buddhist Temple Vindolanda J1 had a great day out at the Roman Army museum and Vindolanda. JUNIOR 1 At the museum we were able to watch a 3D film about life as a soldier and, afterwards, a Roman soldier told us all about the army and how we could join! We were able to look at lots of Roman clothing, armour, swords and shields which was very exciting. In the afternoon we visited Vindolanda where we explored the remains of a Roman village and fort. We were very lucky to be able to speak to an archaeologist who showed us some of the artefacts they have found so far. It was a very fun day and everyone enjoyed themselves. Viking Runes and Thor’s Hammer J1 went to Tullie House on a history trip. We have been learning about the Vikings and a historian had lots of interesting things to show us.

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