Year 2 have been looking at sculptures by Antony Gormley. We had fun using our bodies to make sculptures. We made boats, bananas, The Angel of the North, numbers and much more. Can you guess what our sculptures are?  

Today, Reception class have been learning about our solar system with their friends in Year 5 using augmented reality.

Year 5 performed their dance sequence based on an old fashioned circus show where things go wrong. We’ve enjoyed composing and bringing out different themes. Can you spot the hall of mirrors and the creepy dolls? Who is a strong man, a singer, a dog man or a sword fighter? Video 1 Video 2

Happy Valentines Day love from Reception Class!

This week in Art Club we have been looking at Valentines Day as a theme.  We are working on making Valentine’s garlands with our family photos to show how much we love and care for each other.

Today we found our first Geocache! What is Geocaching? Geocaching is a treasure hunting game, where participants retrieve GPS coordinates from the internet and navigate to the outdoor location using a GPS device (Garmin, TomTom, smart phone).The basic idea is to locate hidden outdoor containers, called geocaches and then share your experiences online. Those of us with techie kids, should have …

Last art CPD session tonight at St Cuthbert’s for teachers with staff from Newcastle Art Galleries. Tonight’s session was about drawing techniques and sketchbooks with Hazel from The Hatton Gallery.

Our DT topic is all about structures at the park. We had fun using lots of different construction toys to make structures that we might see at the park.

Year 4 would just like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.  We have enjoyed preparing for Christmas in Year 4.  Mrs Fitzpatrick, Mrs Eadsforth and Mrs Donnelly would like to thank everyone for their wonderful gifts and wish you all a Happy New Year!

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Year 5 have been exploring seasonality by learning to make vegetable soup. Well done to all our children for their amazing attitude to veggies and trying new tastes and textures.  

Our gymnastics squad today took part in the Key Steps team competition. A huge congratulations to all of the children. They have made such brilliant progress in the quality of their performances this term but they also worked well as a team and their conduct and sportsmanship were exceptional! Very well done to our youngest team of Y1 and 2 …

National Energy Topic Award Winners: St Cuthbert’s RCVA Primary School “The children have pledged to continue their mission.” Having recently joined the Eco-Schools family, St Cuthbert’s discovered (through their Environmental Review) that their school’s energy use and energy bills were increasing. This had to be one of the first issues their Eco-Committee decided to tackle! After discussing how to raise …

A beautiful liturgy in Year 5 celebrating commitment, fidelity and our mission to follow Christ.  

We launched a competition during Anti Bullying Week.  The children had to design a poster to be displayed around school.  The poster had to include the slogan ‘Change Starts With Us’, what to do if they see or experience bullying and an anti bullying message.  The competition was judged by Mrs McGann who is our Anti Bullying Governor. Here are …

Year 4 visited Castle Eden Dene recently to explore habitats

Congratulations to the girls who represented our school at the tier 1 netball competition this morning at Shotton Hall. They won 2 games and drew one taking them through to the final which they won 5-2! Excellent netball and sportsmanship! We are very proud of you all.

Year 1 have enjoyed making fruit salad this afternoon.