Calder Lodge School
Oakenclough
Preston
Lancashire
PR3 1UL
01995 676565
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Calder Class go farming at Greenlands
Calder Class had a fabulous time when they visited Greenlands Farm. This venue was chosen because this term’s topic is about farming. The pupils had…
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Castles with Oakenclough Class.
Oakenclough Class have been learning all about castles and towers throughout their topic lessons. They have visited Liverpool Castle at Rivington, which is a ruin…
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Social Learning with Nicky Nook Class
Nicky Nook enjoyed a nature walk at Brockholes Nature Reserve where we did some bird watching and spotted lots of wildlife such as herons and…
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Parlick Class here to save the day.
Parlick class went to Catterall park as part of our memorable experience for our new topic, ‘Superheroes.’ The children dressed up into their favourite superheroes…
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Fairsnape Class- River and water flow
As part of our Culture Capital trip, Fairsnape class spent the day visiting Scorton by going to discuss our current ‘Topic’ subject which is ‘Flow’….
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South Lakes Safari Park
Calder Class, and a discerning visitor from Nicky Nook, had a fabulous time when they visited South Lakes Zoo. It was their first experience at…
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Forest fun at Leighton Hall
NickyNook class visited Leighton Hall and the Larksfoot Forest School as part of their Predator topic. It was a grey and damp day so we…
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Exploring the animal kingdom
Nicky Nook class are exploring the animal kingdom in lessons this half term. What better way to bring learning to life than a school trip…
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Calder Lodge supports local charity with food donation.
Today we had Andy Baker, Director from Lancaster football club visit us at school. Following many generous donations from the school staff and pupils we…
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Christmas begins at Calder Lodge!
This morning we went to a local farm, Calderside, which supplies Christmas trees. We selected the best one we could find and took it back…
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Children in need at Calder Lodge
Led by Bleasdale class, pupils from across the school took turns in cycling for Children in need. Over the course of the day an impressive…
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Signing the book of rememberance.
Calder Lodge School pupils leaving flowers at Dalton square, Lancaster. This was followed by signing of the book of condolence at the Town Hall.
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Calder Class Trip to South Lakes Zoo – March 22nd 2023
Calder Class, and a discerning visitor from Nicky Nook, had a fabulous time when they visited South Lakes Zoo. It was their first experience at this up close and personal zoo. Walking amongst the animals in their enclosures was all part of the experience.
Unfortunately, the penguins weren’t interested in being fed a bucketful of sprats, much to the children’s disappointment. However, whilst we were waiting for the penguins to be tempted by the exasperated zookeeper, the howler monkeys gave us a front row ‘whooping’ contest. There was even a monkey pirouetting on top of a high pole. This kept everyone very amused.
All of the pupils had the opportunity to hand feed a group of ravenous lemurs. They listened extremely carefully to the zookeeper’s advice regarding safety around the lemurs. Initially, it seemed that the lemurs were also not interested in accepting a free meal from Calder Lodge pupils. The zookeeper disappeared for a few minutes attempting to call the lemurs from the nearby treetops. Before too long, a conspiracy (collective noun) of hungry lemurs gathered on the enclosure fences ready to be fed. The children were extremely sensible and happily offered fruit to the wide-eyed animals.
As they reluctantly boarded the minibus ready for the ride back to school, most of the pupils were requesting a return visit. Mrs Mott and Ms Jameson resisted the temptation to sneak a baby prairie dog in their pockets. Or did they?!
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