Spring Term 2026

We have enjoyed several educational visits this term. Children in years 3,4,5 and 6 visited The Roman Army Museum and Vindolanda where they furthered their knowledge about Britain as part of The Roman Empire. They took part in workshops and observed real Roman 'finds' that have been discovered, as well as viewing the ancient ruins that have been uncovered. Children in these years also journeyed to London for a residential visit and activities there included visiting: The Natural History Museum, The Tower of London, The London Eye, St Paul's Cathedral, a tour on The River Thames and The Lyceum Theatre to watch 'The Lion King' production. They also played in St James's Park, went on a walking tour and enjoyed meals out at The Great British Fish and Chip shop and Pizza Hut. 

Year 5 and 6 children visited the local farm that is adjacent to the forest we use for our forest learning. They were able to learn about milk production and took part in cheese and gelato making. They also learned about the trees at the farm and planted a cherry tree.  

Our Infant children have had sessions of kinder cricket tuition and years 3,4 and 5 have had some multi- sport sessions from specialist trainers. We have taken part in hockey and dodgeball tournaments and year 3 and 4 children did an amazing 'Space' dance performance as part of the U Dance festival in Carlisle.

Our school council organised activities for World Book Day and children came to school wearing pyjamas, brought a favourite book to school and took part in shared reading activities.

Year 1 and 2 children have had forest school learning sessions and they have listened for sounds in the forest including the stream, have identified animal footprints, observed emerging signs of Spring and experimented in the mud kitchen, as well as playing team games. Year 5 and 6 forest sessions have included creating drums, building a wood store and improving their dens, as well as identifying different types of wood. 

Children have led Worship time this term where they always begin with meditation and reflection time in our Sensory garden. Year 5 and 6 children led theirs on the theme of 'Friendship' and Reception, year 1 and 2 children focused on 'Thankfulness.' 

Our 'Friends of Plumbland School' fundraising group organised St Valentine's day events which culminated in a whole school display on 'loving our school.' They also organised Easter bingo which was really well attended.

We ended the term with an Easter service at St Cuthbert's Church, Plumbland and year 6 children served refreshments to members of the community. Year 3 and 4 children gave out inspirational Easter messages to the congregation.

'May the miracle of Easter bring you perfect peace and renewed hope for the future.'

Autumn Term 2025

Our school year began with the introduction of our eight new starters: Fiachra, Abel, Aubrey, Archie, Evelyn, Brody, Robbie, Noah and also Arlo in year three. All of the children settled in well, with the help of the other children in school, making them feel very welcome.

We have bright new learning areas as our classrooms and school hall were all painted during the school holidays.

Year 5 and 6 completed their cycle training with the team at Cyclewise. They have also been completing their forest school sessions this term. They built dens, used tools for mining and were working together to build a bridge over the small stream.

All children enjoyed whole school football training and our new after school football club provided by Greenwich Leisure Ltd. Children in years 3,4,5 and 6 participated well in the Keswick cluster schools cross country tournament at Fitz Park.

Our annual harvest festival took place at St Cuthbert's Church, Plumbland and our theme was Water. The children sang songs, read stories from the bible, showed off their Autumn artwork, read a poem about 'The Water Cycle' and facts about water. After the service our year 6 children served refreshments for members of our community and did a brilliant job. We raised £101.00 for the North Lakes Foodbank.

We had a whole school Geography themed morning with a focus on countries in Europe, their capital cities and the physical and human features within each place. We also looked at mountain ranges and famous buildings and loved baking German cake. 

Our Infant children took part in a road safety workshop led by the 'Pyjama drama' team and were fascinated with the Christmas journey they joined in with at Bassenfell Manor. Some children within this year group also participated in a football tournament at St Herbert's School, Keswick where they played well as a team. All of our children in Reception, Year 1 and 2 have also been developing their multi-skills from tuition provided by the Allerdale School's partnership team.

Children in years 1,2,3 and 4 visited The Nelson Thomlinson School, Wigton where they joined in with activities in Science, Technology and Engineering alongside other primary schools. Year 6 children have developed their enterprise skills by planning and organising a fundraising 'polar express film evening' for the school including providing refreshments. A big thank you to Mrs Watson for mentoring the children with this project.

We enjoyed a whole school visit to Theatre by the Lake to see 'The Wizard of Oz' which inspired us when we performed our annual Christmas concert which this year was 'Christmas around the world.' This told the story of how celebrations in Poland, Malawi, USA, Australia, Eire and China take place every year, all with the same message of hope for children everywhere. We were so impressed with our youngsters as they sung, danced and acted the story out brilliantly with lots of enthusiasm. 

We held our joint school/ community Carol Service at St Cuthbert's Church, Plumbland and year 6 again were as helpful as ever serving refreshments to members of the community. 

Other festive activities included a Christmas craft morning, Christmas dinner, Christmas jumper day raising money for Save the Children and Christmas parties.

Earlier in the term our Fops  (Friends of Plumbland School) team organised a 'Pies, Peas and Pud' evening which was a huge success and raised £1037.00 which went towards our new fixed playground apparatus. The team also organised craft activities for the children to make at Christmas and stalls after our Christmas concert. We are always very grateful to our members of Fops who give up their time to organise and run fundraising activities. 

Summer Term 2025

Our Infant children enjoyed exploring the forest and observing the changes there since their last visit. Our year 6 children had two further sessions in the forest, one where they hosted the afternoon as year six children from St Mathew's CE School, Westnewton and St Michael's CE School, Bothel came for a visit. They also had a final farewell session where they cooked and played some of their favourite games in the woodland environment. 

Lots of sporting events have taken place this term including events from the Orienteering League at various locations around the Lake District. Our school finished second overall in the small school's section of the league. Children in Years 3,4,5 and 6 also took part in the mountain festival duathlon at Crow Park, Keswick. Infant and Junior children have taken part in multi-skills festivals at Keswick School. This year we organised a hobby horse after school club and some of the children who attended took part in a hobby horse competition at Lakeland Livery yard, Dearham, where they competed brilliantly. Our children also enjoyed cricket tuition sessions in school followed by an after school club. Our year 6 children showed what brilliant captains they were in our annual Sport's Day. 

We had a whole school visit to the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre at Glasgow where we observed first-hand a Jewish Synagogue and learned about the Jewish faith. We also found out about the lives of some of the Jewish children who came to Scotland in the 1930s as evacuees, fleeing from persecution by the Nazi party. 

Year 1 and 2 children had a history visit to Silloth where they were learning about seasides from the past and the growth of Silloth as a town in the 1800s. Year 5 and 6 children also had a history trip, but this was to Aspatria as part of a local study where they compared features of a town to a village, visited St Kentigurn's Church and observed historical features eg the railway bridge. Year 3 and 4 children have been learning about the history of our school and archivists from Carlisle came to deliver a workshop about our school and Plumbland in the past. Year six children attended the annual Leaver's service at Carlisle Cathedral. 

Other events this term have included a visit from structural engineers from William Hare to do a design and building activity with Year 4,5 and 6 children. Our Infant class have had regular African drumming sessions led by ZoZo which they always enjoy.

Our fundraising team, Fops organised a whole school walk up to the summit of Binsey. We made it to the top despite the wind and the rain.

We said goodbye to our wonderful Year 6s in our Leaver's Service and we wish them well for the next chapter in their education.