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We had such a fabulous day at the Locomotion museum. We learnt all about George Stephenson’s life and his inventions. We saw his Locomotion and acted out the first steam train journey from Shildon to Stockton. We also looked inside a train engine.

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On Friday, Year 6 were treated to a visit from local author, Adam Bushnell. We had a go at describing a rainforest and using some ambitious vocabulary. Adam brought his pet tortoise, Jet, and we used him to help us make descriptions of different animals. We wrote clues about the animals and read them out having a go at guessing …

This afternoon, Year 5 have been doing a scientific experiment to find out which materials made good thermal insulators. We tried three different materials and checked the temperature of the water after 3, 6 and 9 minutes. We really enjoyed learning how to read the thermometers and predicting which material would keep the water the warmest.

We had a lovely day on Wednesday celebrating St Cuthbert’s Day. We went to church and found out some interesting facts about St Cuthbert. On the afternoon, we enjoyed eating ice cream with our friends.

Reception class have been learning all about night and day. We have now moved owe have been learning all about shadows. This morning, we went to the big yard and we drew around our friend’s shadow. Then after lunch we went back to the yard to see if our shadows looked the same. We noticed thatthey had changed. We talked …

Well done to all of our children who received certificates, awards and house points this week.

Just a reminder to all parents that school finishes at 1:30pm on Thursday 28th March for the Easter holidays. We return to school on Monday 15th April.

Year 2 had a lovely day celebrating St Cuthbert’s Day. We went to church, then we found out some facts about St Cuthbert and on the afternoon we all enjoyed an ice cream.

We had lots of fun in Year 1 on Friday. We came to school dressed in bright colours to raise money for comic relief. We spent time talking about our Catholic Social Teaching animals and focused on Shristi the Sun Bear. Shristi teaches us all about solidarity. We thought about the different ways we can show solidarity. We also spent …

Wow! What a day for Lyra (y4) and Ava (y6). After qualifying back in October for County Finals, the girls both went on Friday to represent the Easington District in cross country. The girls have done us proud finishing in the top 20 in the county! Ava placed 9th overall and Lyra placed 18th overall. Amazing achievements for both girls. …

On Thursday, children from years 4 and 6 headed off to East Durham College to participate in a basketball skills session and a competition. As always our children were true ambassadors of St.Cuthbert’s and represented our school, showing excellent sportsmanship, resilience and teamwork. The competition was high for our year 6 competitors, however they pushed through and came 4th overall …

It’s been all fun and games in Year 2 today. We came to school dressed in bright colours and spent the day finding out about how this year, the event is focusing on supporting those in need during the current living crisis. We spent some time talking about our Catholic Social Teaching animals and their principles, with an emphasis on …

Y5 had lots of fun today. We enjoyed completing some puzzles, dressing in our funny and bright clothing and completing some funny team games as part of PE. We also talked about what Comic Relief does with the money that we raise and why the projects it supports are important. We were looking at our Catholic Social Teaching animals, particularly …

Reception class had a lovely day celebrating World Book Day. We had a lovely start to To the day sharing our costumes and enjoyed sharing some lovely books with our friends. Mrs Wilkinson gave us a paper plate and we had to decorate it to show our favourite book. We had some fabulous ideas! We listened to lots of stories …

Our new RE topic is all about Lent and new life. This week we went to our allotment to see if we could spot any signs of Spring. We found lots of daffodils and buds on the trees. We also found some tulips, crocus and even some rhubarb! Charlotte was most excited to spot a hedgehog hibernating in our hedgehog …

We have had a great day celebrating World Book Day today. We have listened to lots of different stories and made our very own paper plate characters.

Last week year 6 enjoyed their session learning some First Aid. They learnt about hazards in the home, common issues like bruises and nose bleeds as well as learning how to give CPR and what to do in the event of choking using Flat Stan. They were all very good at using DR ABC when assessing Flat Stan.

Our wonderful kitchen staff are going all out to get involved with World Book Day. They are serving a special menu on Thursday 7th March and have decorated the food service area with book characters. If your child already has school meals, they will automatically be offered this special menu choice. If your child has packed lunch but would like …