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Autumn Term 2024

Inset:         Monday 2nd September 2024

Starts:       Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Half term: Monday 21st October 2024 – Friday 1st November 2024
Ends:          Friday 20th December 2024

Spring Term 2025

Inset:         Monday 6th January 2025

Starts:       Tuesday 7th January 2025
Half term: Monday 17th February 2025 – Friday 21st February 2025
Ends:         Friday 4th April 2025

Summer Term 2025

Starts:       Tuesday the 22nd April 2025
May day:   Monday 5th of May 2025
Half term: Monday26th May 2025 – Friday 30th May 2025

Inset: Monday the 2nd of June 2025

End:            Friday 25th July 2025                                                      

Inset days: 3 + 2 over twilight sessions

 

Term Dates 2025 / 2026  

Autumn Term 2025

Inset:                 Monday 1st September 2025 and Tuesday 2nd September 2025

Starts:       Wednesday 3rd September 2025
Half term: Monday 27th October 2025 – Friday 7th November 2025
Ends:          Friday 19th December 2025      

Spring Term 2026

Inset:                 Monday 5th January 2026       

Starts:       Tuesday 6th January 2026
Half term: Monday 16th February 2026 – Friday 20th February 2026
Ends:          Friday 27th March 2026   

Summer Term 2026


Inset:                 Monday 13th April 2026

Starts:      Tuesday 14th April 2026
May Day:  Monday 4th May 2026
Half term: Monday 25th May 2026 – Friday 29th May 2026
Ends:         Friday 24th July 2026

1 inset twilight session to be confirmed. 

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Animal care Lancaster-29.01.25

A message from our host Steph: It was a pleasure to welcome you and your class to Animal Care yesterday! We hope you, the staff, and the children enjoyed the visit. Thank you for your generous donation of £20. Please extend our thanks to Maya, James, Stephen, Obe, Aidan, Brogan, Jensen, and Noah for their […]

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Bleasdale Class Trip: Walk Through Holme Wood to Nicky Nook  4/2/25

On our class trip, Bleasdale Class embarked on an exciting journey through Holme Wood to the summit of Nicky Nook. This was a fantastic opportunity for the children to apply their geography skills in a real-world setting while experiencing the beauty of the natural landscape. Before setting off, the children used a map to carefully […]

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Scrumdiddlyumptious-Pizza making. 05.02.25

Fairsnape had a fantastic visit to the Pig and Whistle as part of our Scrumdiddlyumptioustopic. The children got hands-on experience making their own pizzas—rolling out the dough,selecting fresh ingredients, and adding their favourite toppings. Once prepared, the pizzaswere baked in the oven, and they turned out delicious! Afterwards, everyone enjoyed makingtheir own ice cream, choosing […]

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Hoghton Bottoms River Trip

21st January 2025 Our river trip walk to Hoghton Bottoms was a great success. The Brilliant Bleasdale explored rivers and learnt about meandering rivers, how rocks are pushed down the river and their impact on the riverbed. They also identified both natural and human geography features along the river.  The children followed a stream to […]

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Bug hotel materials search at Beacon Fell. 28.01.25

Oakenclough Class enjoyed a trip to Beacon Fell where they collected natural materials for creating their bug hotel over the coming weeks. The children also spent their time recognising signs of the season, demonstrating their understanding and knowledge of physical features of the environment. They ended their day at the park; what a fun-filled day!

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Scrumdiddlyumptious at Morrisons, 16.01.25

As part of our Scrumdiddlyumptious topic, we are learning about all things food! Fairsnapevisited Morrisons to investigate fruits and vegetables and found out where they are importedfrom. The children learnt that many of the fruits and vegetables that they eat everyday areimported from other countries and learnt the reasons for this. We also made a […]

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Science at the garden centre. 15.01.25

Today, Nicky Nook went to a garden centre to explore plants, which is part of our science topic this term. We also used this opportunity to purchase our own plants for our science experiment later in the term. When at the garden centre we discussed what plants need to survive to help us keep our […]

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Bleasdale class Roman Trip to Lancaster City Museum 09/12/2024

Bleasdale class visited the Lancaster City Museum, and it was an amazing day full of Roman history! The highlight of the trip was Marcus’s incredible presentation about Roman life. He really brought the past to life for us. Marcus showed us lots of Roman artefacts, including weapons, armor, and even a Roman walking pack. It […]

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Professional pizza making

Bleasdale had a fantastic time at the Pig and Whistle learning to make pizza’s to help us with our instructional writing. Each student got their own station with dough, flour, and all the ingredients needed to create their pizzas from scratch. They learned to knead and stretch the dough (which was quite a workout!), spread […]

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Fun with woodcraft and joinery

All pupils have access to our woodland area with well equipped joinery workshop. Pupils can get hands on; contructing thought out dens, learning wookshop safety and woodcraft skills. Pupils take great pride in contructing bespoke pieces.

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Animal nutrition at Farmer Parrs

Fairsnape had a fantastic visit to Farmer Parrs for Cultural Capital this week as part of our Animal nutrition topic in Science. The children were introduced to herbivores, omnivores and carnivores on the farm and discussed what their diet consisted of. The children also learned about the differences between feeding animals in captivity compared to […]

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Bleasdale Class went on an awesome school trip to Beacon Fell

Bleasdale Class went on an awesome school trip to Beacon Fell, and it was all about stepping back in time to ancient Rome! The whole day was filled with fun, learning, and a lot of imagination. As soon as we arrived, we got into character—some of us were senators, others were centurions, soldiers, and even […]

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