Reception Blog

We have had a busy time in Reception class this week. In Maths we had to design a fruit kebab making sure it followed a repeated pattern. In Literacy, we had to listen and follow instructions to make a jam sandwich. On Friday we completed our week by bringing our favourite teddy into school. We then enjoyed a teddy bears …

This morning we all went to church to crown Mary. We have been learning that May is the month of Mary. Our First Holy Communion children have been leading the rosary at parish mass each Saturday afternoon and today they led us in a decade of the Rosary before we crowned Mary. Well done also to our graceful dancers who …

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Our year 6 children had a special visit from their buddies last week during their SATs and they gave them a good luck card and Mrs Groark gave a lovely speech about how she has watched Y6 grow over the years.

Parent Appointments We will be holding face to face parent appointments after the Easter holiday on Thursday 28th April. If you would like to make an appointment, please select your child’s class below and complete the attached form. Please make a note of the time you select as this will not be sent out to you separately. Reception Class Year …

In Science, Reception class enjoyed making rockets. They were investigating forces as part of their Science topic. They had great fun trying to see who’s rocket would travel the furthest. We tested them inside and outside to see how that made the rockets move.

A big thank you to all of our families who have been so generous in their donations this week for our Ukraine appeal – as you can see we collected a lot in a very short space of time. Mrs Kharko and some of our children sorted everything and it was collected on Friday. As a Rights Respecting School we …

It was Pancake Day today and we decided to make our own pancakes in school. We listened to a song to help us remember the ingredients we needed and what we had to do. We each helped to add the ingredients and mix them together. The best part was when we were given some pancakes to eat.  

Reception Class have enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year in class this week. They have made dragon masks and dancing dragons. In Maths they enjoyed playing games with the special red envelopes and weighing the different animals who took part in the race to see which one was the heaviest.  At the end of the week we completed our celebrations by …

This week the children have made their own Owls using paper plates and using their cutting skills. Once they had made their big owl, they were set the challenge to make a baby owl. Well done everyone!

This week our work was based on The Hungry Caterpillar. We enjoyed watching a video to remind us of the story. We then made our own hungry caterpillars by making a green paper chain with a red head.

Government guidelines on isolation change on Monday 17th January. Please see the most up to day guidelines below.   If you have any questions about a specific case out of school hours, please contact Mrs Noble or Mrs Parlett:  n.noble@stcuthbertsprimary.com e.parlett@stcuthbertsprimary.com [gview file=”https://www.stcuthbertsprimary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Jan-2022-flowchart.pdf”] Latest COVID updates from government Information for Parents and Carers from Department for Education

Happy New Year to all our children and families! We are looking forward to welcoming the children back to school tomorrow and beginning our spring term. Amid the increasing numbers of COVID cases, we would like to reassure you that we will continue to follow Local Authority, Trust and governmental guidance and will continually assess the ever-changing situation. At St. …

We are so proud of Reception class and the way they have acted out their Nativity Play. They were so enthusiastic in their speaking, acting and especially their singing. They certainly made lots of people smile. Well done Reception Class.  

Today was party day. We had lots of fun playing games and dancing with our friends .

Year 6 enjoyed taking part in Christmas Jumper Day and having their picture taken with their buddies around our beautiful tree.  

As you may have seen recently, many refugees have been uprooted and relocated from Afghanistan to the North East of England. The SVP society at St Cuthbert’s House are collecting donations for these families. Our Mini Vinnies group in school are appealing for toiletries, games, toys, scarves, hats and gloves for adults and children.  Mrs Strong and our Mini Vinnies children …

The children looked at the artist Kandinsky and they made their own Kandinsky circles.

This week in art club we have been making our own Poppy.

We have been outside this week looking at the different colours we can see. We found lots of different coloured leaves. We collected them into different colored groups. Back in class we made some leaf pictures after reading the story , “Leaf Man ” by Louis Ehlert.