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Up until the 9th December, our Mini Vinnies’ are appealing for items on the Love Amelia wish list. Items such as toiletries, new toys, gifts sets and board games etc are greatly appreciated. These can be brought into school with your child or dropped at the main office.

Year 5 have enjoyed exploring cube numbers in maths today although we quickly ran out of cubes!

Year 1 could not wait to go and play in the snow today. We’ve had so much fun making snowmen and building snow towers.

Our Year 3 children had an amazing time in After-School Science Club this week as they explored mixtures and created their very own mini volcano eruptions! The session began with a hands-on investigation into how different materials can be combined to form mixtures. The children showed brilliant curiosity as they predicted, tested, and observed what would happen when everyday ingredients …

We’ve all thoroughly enjoyed the snow today – expect some wet coats and gloves coming home this afternoon!

We are incredibly proud to announce that Isla, one of our pupils, has won 1st place in the Seaham Town Council Scarecrow Competition for the 6–11 age category! Isla’s fantastic creativity, hard work, and imaginative design truly stood out among all the entries. This brilliant achievement is a testament to her dedication and artistic talent. Her award was presented by …

We celebrated Anti-Bullying Week by enjoying lots of different activities. We wore our odd socks to remind us to celebrate our differences and took part in lots of activities to help us to understand what bullying is and how we can help to stop it. We also used Purple Mash to complete some online activities to help us to understand …

In art this term, Y5 have been looking at eyes. We completed some observational drawing of human and animal eyes and tried different media and techniques to add colour. For our final piece, we used clay to create dragon eyes. Using clay tools, we designed and made some scales and features to add to the eye shape. We got very …

Yesterday, a small selection of year 3 and 4 children were taken to East Durham College to compete in an athletics competition. For some children, this was their first time competing for school and we couldn’t be prouder with how they performed. Children took part in team relay races, chest push and a range of jumping activities. As always, the …

We’re excited to share that our school is joining WOW – the walk to school challenge, an inspiring national initiative delivered by Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking. This project aims to help more children and families enjoy the benefits of walking or wheeling to school. How WOW Works The challenge is pupil-led. Each day, children self-report how …

A huge congratulations to all children who received a certificate last Friday. This week, children were rewarded for their efforts and showing things such as improved handwriting, presentation and resilience during Maths. Well done!  

Our wonderful kitchen staff are offering a special school dinner on Friday 14th November to celebrate Children In Need. Please see the picture below for menu choices. If your child has a school dinner, they will automatically be offered this choice. If your child has a packed lunch but would like to enjoy this delicious treat, please contact the office …

Today is the first day of Anti-Bullying Week and everyone wore their odd socks to remind us that it is important to celebrate our differences. During this week, children will be taking part in a variety of  activities in PSHE lessons to help them to understand what bullying is and how they can help to stop it. Keep and eye …

Next week is Anti-Bullying Week. We will be learning all about what bullying is and what to do if it happens to you. As part of Anti-Bullying Week, we are asking children to come to school on Monday 1oth November wearing odd socks to help us to celebrate our differences. We are NOT asking for any donations for this. Children …

There are a couple of changes to the Autumn 2 PE timetable as coach John will be coming into school to support some year groups.  As we are moving into the rainier months, PE will be inside and a combination of gymnastics, dance, multiskills and sportshall athletics.

Stuck for a half term activity, well get yourself over to Locomotion Railway Museum in Shildon for a hands on Celebration of Science. Details: Free Event Date: Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 October 2025 Time: 10.00–16.00 Location: Main Hall From the Locomotion website: Calling all young scientists! Locomotion is the next stop for the annual festival to celebrate science. Get …

A huge well done to St. Cuthbert’s B-Team, who put in an great performance in the final of the Ian Gustard Cup. Despite a 4-2 loss, the match was end-to-end and full of determination, teamwork, and effort from every player. The team have shown incredible progress this season, working hard to reach the final after a fantastic semi-final group stage. …

The final week of OPAL club brought out the creative side of the children when they had to design their own creature. Inspired by Adam Bushnall, year 6 showed the others how to use natural resources from outdoors to create hair, skin tone and even bloodshot eyes. The children had a wonderful last session despite a little rain fall. Well …

For our final week, gymnastics club continued their work on the benches, building their jumping and balancing skills. They had lots of fun doing their bunny hops along the bench at the end of the session. Also, a huge thank you to our Yr 6 sports leaders who have committed each week to support the children afterschool. Well done gymnastics …

Yesterday afternoon Year 1 went on a trip to Church Street to have a look at how the high street has changed from the 1950’s to now. We had a lot of fun as we got on the bus to take us down we were all very excited for the journey. Thank you to our grown ups who helped us.