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We had a brilliant time keeping active with Candy Cane and his elves from the Easington School Sports Partnership!  Thank you to the staff and fantastic sports leaders from Seaham High School who came to make sure we all had lots of fun!

Congratulations to our Stars Of The Week. We love to celebrate the hard work and achievement of the children. Our Readers Of The Week also received certificates for progress and enthusiasm in reading. Well done to everyone.

Last week Year 1 made their own Advent Wreaths. We talked about how the Advent Wreath helps us wait for Christmas. We also talked about the candles representing the 4 weeks of waiting during Advent and how each week we light another candle until Christmas.

Year 6 had fun this week exploring Charles Darwin’s Finch Theory. They used different instruments which represented the Finches beaks and different size items which represented the types of food available on the Galapagos Islands. They had 20 seconds to see how many of each item they could get with their beaks to then compare which foods are best suited …

This Advent, our travelling cribs will be available for children to take home and share with their families. Inside includes a leaflet about celebrating Advent, a copy of the Nativity story, a model Nativity scene to set up in your own home and a class book so something can be added about your experience of Advent. This will be available …

It was wonderful to see so many young scientists take part in this half terms science club. We ended our club recapping our learning, talking about our favourite parts and giving feedback for what they would like to learn next time. Then we explored some already famous scientists and began looking at how scientists are portrayed in books and on …

Well done to all of our Stars this week. Lots of great reasons to get certificates including; working independently, resilience and being an excellent role model.   A special mention too for our Readers Of The Week. Well done to you all for reading more and promoting the joy of reading to others.

Some of our Y6 children at St Cuthbert’s talked to Fr Marc Lyden Smith and the Youth Ministry Team about waiting during advent to help prepare the Wait a Minute reflection for the second Monday of advent.  Well done to our thoughtful and reverent pupils for reminding us of the importance of preparing ourselves during this advent season.

Soft Archery Some Y5 and Y6 pupils had a chance to try some soft archery in school on Friday with Mrs Herron. It was great to try something new and everyone did brilliantly when listening to advice to improve their techniques.  

During October, we began exploring inspirational people for Black History Month. Using a project inspired by Gomersal Primary School, we made posters about some of the amazing men and women we learned about.

This week in science club our scientists were learning about floating and sinking. We were exploring the properties of materials needed to make an object float or sink. First we explored objects to see if they floated or not. To make it a fair test, we did this 3 times. Pine cones – float Stones – sink Conkers – this …

Today we read A Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr. We had lots of fun making two different tigers.

Year 6 enjoyed a visit from Father Marc where they learnt all about the sacrament of ordination and Father Marc’s own personal experience. Year 6 used this to write the key events of an ordination service and made links throughout using the information Father Marc shared.

Father Marc visited Year 4 last week to help them learn about the funeral process. They explored signs and symbols and significant events involved in the funeral process. Year 4 enjoyed asking Father Marc questions and reflecting on their own experience of loss.  

In year 6 we have been developing confidence in our own ability and taking pride in our work. To help develop our self-esteem we are now doing a weekly show and tell. Any child who is proud of something they have done that week can share it with others. Their friends can either give a compliment or ask a question.  …

In science club this week we were exploring circuits. We learnt about what batteries are and what they do before using our battery and wires to try and make the bulb light up. At first it was tricky while we were working out why our bulbs were not lighting. However, we were so happy when our bulb eventually lit up. …

Congratulations to our Stars Of The Week for this week. Children in KS1 and KS2 were awarded certificates for some amazing things this week. Keep up it up! Children were also awarded certificates and a special pencil for being Reader Of The Week. It was lovely to hear about children enjoying and promoting reading to their friends. A big well …