Rights Respecting

These ambassadors will help ensure: Children learn about rights Children can exercise their rights There is a culture of respect across the school There is pupil engagement and a shared sense of community and belonging Help children’s voices to be heard and valued Encourage others to take their right to an education seriously Take part in Global citizenship so children …

This week in science club we were learning about static electricity. We designed our own charactered then charged up the atoms in our balloons by rubbing them on our jumper. When we held the balloon next to our characters they floated or stuck to the balloon. Then to end our club we looked at the effects of static electricity when …

Year 1 and Year 2 had a great time in science club learning about and investigating chromatography,  

Well done to our latest stars of the week.

Our Rights Respecting articles of the week are back and this week we are exploring article 16 – the right to privacy! We have been learning a lot about this as part of our RSE lessons this half term so we know how important this is. A reminder of what Articles 16 means: Time to think Rights Respecting Tasks to …

We are very proud of our girls football team who performed very well on Wednesday in the Bishop Cup tournament.  

At the end of Mass on Monday our Year 6 Mini-Vinnies invited families and parishioners to join us on Tuesday 18th October to pray the Rosary for the ACN International – “A million children pray the Rosary” campaign where the focus of our prayers go towards peace and unity in the world.

It was lovely to gather together with friends, family, parishioners, Father Marc and Deacon Peter to mark the start of our new school year. Zara in Reception class brought forward a Crucifix representing the prayer life of the school. Isabelle in Y1 class took forward a Bible and placed it on the altar representing listening to the word of the …

Well done to our stars this week! It was wonderful to celebrate your achievements  in this week’s assembly!

Year 5 Tag Rugby Year 5 are enjoying their Wednesday afternoon Tag Rugby sessions with John Appleby. Some great passing and tagging happening so far! If any of your children are interested, then there are some great rugby clubs in our area that welcome new members. https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/seaham https://www.facebook.com/SeahamRUFC/ Article 15: We have the right to join groups Article 29: Education …

Thank You, Your Majesty: Art Club Tribute to HRH Queen Elizabeth II Our Year 5 and 6 art club spent their first session creating some stunning portraits of our late queen to display in our entrance way along with some of the prayers of our children. Article 15: We have the right to join groups Article 29: Education should develop …

House Point Winners – George House Group! Well done to George House Group who earned the most points overall for their amazing behaviour around school this half term. As it was such a hot day on Tuesday, we decided to have some fun in the shade and cool down!  

Today Jack from year 6 and Corbin from year 2 chose to spend their own time collecting litter from around the school grounds. Jack, who has been part of the Eco Council this year, is very passionate about caring for our common home and we are so proud of these 2 boys and their dedication not only to looking after …

Year 6 have been working all year towards their faith in action award. This award encourages the children to experience their faith and reflect carefully throughout. They created some great online prayer journals outlining how they were experiencing their faith, how it brought them closer to God and how they acted moving forward. They explored themes like God’s love and …

Year 6 had an amazing day at the Primary Youth Festival ran by the amazing staff at the YMT. We sung, danced, laughed, shook our pom-poms all before reflecting more carefully on this years theme of “stepping into the unknown.” We all took part in a liturgy at the end of the day and Oscar and Lydia (our head boy …

We would like to give Freddie, in year 6, a huge congratulations for making to the athletics county finals for shotput and achieving third place overall! This is a fantastic achievement! Well done 🙂

We have had 2 more fantastic days thanks to Adventure Access but this time we were at the Marina in Seaham. A perfect site right on our doorstep. The weather was ideal for 2 days at the beach and we were all glad to be able to go into the sea to cool down.  We would all like to give …

Another amazing day thanks to Adventure Access. Today we were along the beautiful Durham Riverside where we took part in canoeing and rock climbing. Canoeing Along the riverside we worked in teams canoe up the river where we stopped to play some games. We all got very competitive playing battleships and tested our balance when playing the fruit game which …

Year 5 Residential: Tuesday Another lovely sunny day and most of us made it around our long walk with smiles… most of us! There were some tired children by teatime. Today we found out all about the moors and how they were once used for lead mining. Can you spot us in the old lead mine and chimney?  These days …