High Crags discover the wonders of outdoor play

High Crags discover the wonders of outdoor play

High Crags Leadership Academy has reinvented break and lunchtimes at the school with the help of local businesses and creative members of staff, replacing the traditional play activities with a range of enriching new experiences.  Recognising the decreasing...
Statement: Her Majesty The Queen

Statement: Her Majesty The Queen

Sir Mufti Hamid Patel CBE: “The Star family is extremely saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We wish to express our deepest sympathies to the Royal Family and to the nation as a whole. “By any measure, Her Majesty’s dedication to the UK...
High Crags discover the wonders of outdoor play

High Crags JUMP-ing into fitness

High Crags Primary Leadership Academy has been encouraging families to get more physically active by hosting a series of alternative fitness workshops. The school has joined the JU:MP initiative, which stands for ‘Join Us Move Play’. The programme encourages children...
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

On Thursday 26th May pupils and staff celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Children made their own crowns and wore them for the day; we had an afternoon tea party an we were all able to go on the bouncy castles. Here are some pictures from the day including...
Children celebrate the wonder of words for World Book Day

Children celebrate the wonder of words for World Book Day

Pupils and teachers at High Crags Primary Leadership Academy dressed up as their favourite literary characters to highlight the joys of reading as they celebrated World Book Day on 3 March. Held annually on the first Thursday of March in the UK, World Book Day is a...
Bookworms complete 25 reading challenges

Bookworms complete 25 reading challenges

More than 60 pupils at High Crags Primary Leadership Academy completed a sponsored reading challenge during the autumn term. The fun literary competition involved completing 25 different reading challenges. From reading a page in a funny accent to reading a story to...