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Flourishing is not a solo endeavour!
Parents describe a ‘warm and welcoming atmosphere’ which promotes a strong sense of belonging.
SIAMS 2018
🚀🌟 A Truly Out-of-This-World Experience at Waberthwaite CofE School! 🌟🚀
Well it's not very often you can say you've met an astronaut, and today we met two in Waberthwaite!
Today, our children had the incredible opportunity to meet Dr Mike Barratt, NASA astronaut and physician specialising in aerospace medicine and adaptive physiology.
During an exciting question-and-answer session, the children asked lots of fascinating questions about life in space, astronaut training, living aboard the International Space Station, and what it is really like to explore beyond Earth. Dr Barratt shared his experiences and inspired everyone with stories from his remarkable career.
The children were fully engaged throughout and thoroughly enjoyed learning from someone who has literally reached for the stars!
This was a very exciting and memorable occasion for our school community, and a true once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that our children and staff will never forget.
A huge thank you to Dr Barratt for taking the time to speak with us and inspire the next generation of explorers, scientists and dreamers. 🌍✨🚀
Mark Hannaford who joined Dr Barratt for his talk said, "It really was our pleasure - the children's energy and brilliant questions were so energising!"
We, as always, are so proud of our children.
"We believe that everyone is an individual, created in the image of God, who should be encouraged, nurtured and challenged in order to flourish; hold high-aspirations and achieve their full potential. "
"We believe that everyone is an individual, created in the image of God, who should be encouraged, nurtured and challenged in order to flourish; hold high-aspirations and achieve their full potential. "
We are thrilled that after consideration of our evidence submission, our wonderful Year 6 pupils have achieved The Cumbrian Award!
This fantastic award means that these pupils are able to benefit from a UCAS points reduction scheme to study at some higher education institutes such as the University of Cumbria should this be their chosen future path! What superstars! 💫✨
'Listen up and speak out. Flourishing is not a solo endeavour.'
Welcome to the children's Waberthwaite newsletter. A chance for our children to be heard by a wider audience. They can write and share their thoughts and learning with their parents.
Look out for the next issue coming soon!
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"We seek to broaden our understanding of the world, participate in enriching and challenging experiences and reflect on how our actions impact on the world around us. "
"We seek to broaden our understanding of the world, participate in enriching and challenging experiences and reflect on how our actions impact on the world around us. "
We shared the news this morning in collective worship that you all raised an incredible amount of money for St Marys Hospice at the Elf Dash last Friday! This total is before gift aid .....
Pretty impressive for a school of 55 pupils... Just shows what an amazing community we have! 🥰
Thank-you so much to everyone who donated and helped out. Especially Angie Fox for donating the cakes that she made and sold on the refreshments stall.
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Makaton
This morning we had a "sing and sign" assembly with local Makaton tutor, Karen Baxter. We learnt that Makaton includes symbols, signs and speech to enable people to communicate. We were able to sing and sign: 'The Big Ship Sails' and 'A Sky Full of Stars'.
"We encourage everyone to 'listen up and speak out'; celebrate their own worth and that of others."
"We encourage everyone to 'listen up and speak out'; celebrate their own worth and that of others."
Skills Blox
Years 2-6 have been working with the Primary Business Partnership on Skills Blox. This is a programme developed to raise aspirations of children and to increase self-awareness of their own talents, skills and interests and how these can be harnessed into their future careers. The children have worked in face-to face workshops with adults from a wide range of professions through the year including: police, police dog handlers, local councilors, physiotherapists, fire service, butchers, entrepreneurs, scientists, computer programmers, project managers and Sellafield nuclear police... the list goes on! The children have reflected on their learning at each step and their own skills and professions they may wish to explore.
We have been delighted to have been offered the opportunity to talk live to professionals including Asher Best from NASA, Environment and sustainability managers and specialists from Sellafield, Sadia Samas (Graduate mechanical engineer), Terri Hargreaves (Diversity and inclusion adviser), Phoebe Skillen (Plant engineer), Leon Towers (dog behaviouralist) and Lucy Dunn (education and marketing co-ordinator). This has really helped us in thinking about possible careers for us to aspire to!
If you have any further queries, you can contact our school administrator, Mrs Yvonne Hey, in a number of ways.
Our postal address:Waberthwaite CE SchoolWaberthwaiteMillomCumbriaLA19 5YJ Telephone:01229717664 Email:admin@waberthwaite.cumbria.sch.ukPlease direct any queries relating to Special Educational Needs to: Mirs Natalie Faulkner (SENDCO)
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