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June 2022 Newsletter

We have been reading ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ in Year two. As part of our English lesson last week, we created our own fantasy settings using lots of different craft materials. Today, we have enjoyed sharing our settings with our friends and thinking of some good nouns phrases to describe them. Mrs. Wilkinson can’t wait to read our descriptions …

Our B Team finished second in their league this year! We have had an excellent season and really enjoyed the league matches and tournaments. Tonight, after a friendly exhibition match with the league winners, the team collected their well deserved individual trophies and the League Runners Up trophy to keep in school. Well done boys. You have done yourselves and …

Year 6 had an amazing day at the Primary Youth Festival ran by the amazing staff at the YMT. We sung, danced, laughed, shook our pom-poms all before reflecting more carefully on this years theme of “stepping into the unknown.” We all took part in a liturgy at the end of the day and Oscar and Lydia (our head boy …

We would like to give Freddie, in year 6, a huge congratulations for making to the athletics county finals for shotput and achieving third place overall! This is a fantastic achievement! Well done 🙂

To celebrate 4th July, American Independence Day, we are offering a special school lunch for children. See the poster below for the menu choices. If your child currently has a school dinner on this day, they will automatically get this menu choice. IF YOUR CHILD HAS PACKED LUNCH BUT WOULD LIKE THIS SPECIAL DINNER, PLEASE INFORM THE OFFICE NO LATER …

Year 5 Residential – Thursday Our last full day here and we’ve had another lovely warm day.  This morning we tested our map reading skills on an orienteering race around the grounds before enjoying an afternoon exploring The Forbidden Corner.  Some fun and games, larking about in the beck, a quiz and some bingo tonight.  A lot of sleepy children …

We have had 2 more fantastic days thanks to Adventure Access but this time we were at the Marina in Seaham. A perfect site right on our doorstep. The weather was ideal for 2 days at the beach and we were all glad to be able to go into the sea to cool down.  We would all like to give …

Year 5 Residential – Wednesday A scorcher today and we did our hardest walk yet, up the hill called Fremington Edge. We were back at the Youth Hostel by 3pm just in time to cool off in Cogden Beck while we did some fieldwork to find out how clean the water is.  After another lovely meal, we made the most …

Another amazing day thanks to Adventure Access. Today we were along the beautiful Durham Riverside where we took part in canoeing and rock climbing. Canoeing Along the riverside we worked in teams canoe up the river where we stopped to play some games. We all got very competitive playing battleships and tested our balance when playing the fruit game which …

Year 5 Residential: Tuesday Another lovely sunny day and most of us made it around our long walk with smiles… most of us! There were some tired children by teatime. Today we found out all about the moors and how they were once used for lead mining. Can you spot us in the old lead mine and chimney?  These days …

As part of our Installation Art topic, Y4 had a go at yarn bombing today. Yarn bombing is a form of street art where people decorate objects in public places using yarn or fabric. The idea is that it can brighten up our surroundings. Firstly, we went outside to sketch places and objects we thought we could decorate with yarn. …

Please see the attached information about when COVID vaccinations for children are available in the local community.

Year 5 Residential: Monday A lovely, sunny first day exploring the countryside and the nearby village of Reeth.  Everyone is settled into their rooms and enjoying themselves!

Year 6 had a fantastic time on day 1 of their residential at Brancepeth. Bushcraft During our bushcraft session, the children had to forage for natural resources and made their own shelters. We tried tasting some sorrow which we found which the children decided was either unpleasant or tasted like apples. This was followed by creating our own fires and …

Year 5 Residential: We Have Arrived! We have arrived safely and are enjoying our first walk to the nearby village of Reeth. Lovely blue skies, a bit of plodging and stone throwing and then we will get a well deserved ice-cream when we reach the village. Signal permitting, we will share some more pictures this evening.

After winning their group stage, our Y5 New Age Kurling team took part in a thrilling final. They played brilliantly and came first winning a gold medal each! Well done boys!

On Thursday 16th June, some of our Y5 and Y6 children took part in an athletics competition. They competed in track and field events along with 20 other schools. It was a tough competition but our children were as amazing as ever and many of them won their heats or made it to the final. As a team, the children …

The children, who will be going to St.Bede’s Catholic School in September, were invited to lead a liturgy in the Chapel at the school. They were joined by Mrs Cessford (Headteacher), Mrs Ord (Head of RE) and Mrs Balls (Chaplin) as well as Mrs Noble and Miss Huntley. The children lead the liturgy and hymns exceptionally and it was a …

Year 6 spent a morning in Church with Deacon Peter taking part in an exposition. As we are in the Year of the Eucharist and leading up to the feast of Corpus Christi it seemed like a good way to reflect more closely on the significance of the Eucharist. We spent time in silent reflection, combined with words from Deacon …