News


Keep up to date with all the latest news from our school by clicking on the news articles below or check out our calendar page for whats on.

05 July 2011   Fireman visit
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02 May 2011   Story Giants in the May Day Parade
Children in Yr5 and 6 took part in story telling with Giants today in the May Day celebrations in Penrith. Parents and children enjoyed a lovely sunny day and listened to stories performed by the children using the Giant puppets created for the event. In the afternoon everyone took part in the parade through the center of Penrith it was an awesome sight as all the Giant puppets paraded together.  More...

24 March 2011   Comic Relief
To raise money for Comic Relief the children and the community took part in a large 'Wake up and Shake up' activity on the playground. They danced to Kyle, YMCA and many more fun songs. Everyone enjoyed themselves, especially the parents! During the afternoon the children took part in a 'Sing a song', 'Do a Dance' or 'Tell a joke' event. The laughter from the start to the finish raised the roof off the school!Thank you everybody who took part, it was a brilliant day and we raised lots of money.  More...

11 March 2011   You can now order your school uniform online
Check out the letters to parents page for information on ordering school uniform. The uniform is now available to order online at www.stparent.co.uk and in school. If you would like to see samples of the uniform or need further information ask at the school office.  More...

03 March 2011   New School Lunch Menu
Our new lunch menu is available on the letters to parents page  More...

03 March 2011   Check out our latest school newsletter
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16 February 2011   Community Cohesion Day - 'Great Pictures!'
Children from our Key Stage 2 spent a day with other KS2 children from 4 other schools. The day was to promote Community Cohesion within the local area, thus allowing children to interact and learn about each other. During the day the children had the opportunity to experience activities such as toasting marshmellows on a fire, blindfolded walks, nature trails, sporting activities and art. at the end of the day the children sahred their experiences with the rest of the group, the overwhelming response was 'I have made new friends' and 'It was great to meet new people from other schools and learn about them and their schools'.  More...

15 December 2010   Christmas Performance 2010
"The best performance I have ever seen"  More...

10 December 2010   Snowy Pictures
Here are a few pictures of our playground in the snow  More...

25 October 2010   Class 4 trip to Beamish
Check out the photographs of our trip to Beamish. You can find them on the Class 4 page. We had lots of fun  More...

29 June 2010   Kirkby Thore Pre - School Ofsted Report
Pre-School's excellent Ofsted Report is now available on the Pre-School page.  More...

28 June 2010   Kingswood Residential 2010
Class 4 have been to Kingswood on their residential. They had lots of fun and enjoyed doing lots of different activities. Have a look at the photographs to see what they got up to.  More...

11 June 2010   World Cup 2010 School Launch
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11 June 2010   Class 2 Beebot Workshop
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04 May 2010   Kirkby Thore School's Ofsted report March 2010
We are very pleased with our new Ofsted report it is available to view on our welcome page.Have a look its great.  More...

03 May 2010   Friends of Kirkby Thore School Newsletter
See our newsletter page for the latest news from the Friends of Kirkby Thore. There are lots of things going on this term so don't miss it.  More...

23 March 2010   Animation Day
The children spent the day working in team to create an animation. The children had to use key skills in teamwork, leadership, arts and crafts, literacy and ICT to create the animations. They created settings and a story line and use digital photographer to take pictures which they put together to make a film. A special thanks to Sharon Thompson (ICT Leading Teacher) for all her help in teaching and supporting the children during the day.  More...

23 March 2010   Sport Relief
Kirkby Thore School and Kirkby Thore Pre-School children ran 1 mile around the school field to raise money for 'Sport Relief'. Before completing the run the children and adults warmed up to JLS, which was really fun! The children had a great time and we raised £92, which was a great achievementm, thank you everyone.  More...

09 December 2009   Cumbria County Council 'My School Lunch'
www.myschoollunch.co.uk/cumbria  More...

07 December 2009   New face at Kirkby Thore
Alan Scott Extended Services Adviser based at Kirkby Thore  More...


07 April 2011
   KS1/KS2 Maths Mat

07 April 2011
   Ideas on how to use a 100 number square

07 April 2011
   Ideas on how to use playing cards to support Numeracy

07 April 2011
   Number recognition games

07 April 2011
   Shape and Space booklet

07 April 2011
   How to solve mathematical word problems

07 April 2011
   Fraction Wall

07 April 2011
   Multiplication ideas

07 April 2011
   Useful websites (2)

07 April 2011
   Year 1 Maths Mat

07 April 2011
   Year 2 Maths Mat

07 April 2011
   KS2 Maths Mat

07 April 2011
   KS2 Maths Mat (2)

07 April 2011
   Rapid Recall Calculations

07 April 2011
   Useful websites (1)

07 April 2011
   Activities for understanding time

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