Rights Respecting

On the Third Sunday of Advent, the children of Rome are encouraged to bring the baby Jesus (Bambinelli) from each of their Nativity sets to St. Peter’s Square. Following the Sunday Angelus address, the Pope blesses the figurines. This is known as Bambinelli Sunday. Our children made some of their own Bambinellis which were blessed this morning by Father Marc. We …

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 …

We are so proud of our Y5 and Y6 pupils who have represented our school at the sportshall athletics today. The children took part in track and field events and came 4th overall which is a fantastic achievement. Well done!   Here are some action shots caught on camera by Miss Scarr!

This week is Anti-Bullying Week. This has always been an important week in our school calander to explore the issue of bullying and the different ways bullying can present itself.  Today we wore odd socks to celebrate our differences. Throughout the week classes will be exploring this year’s theme of kindness.   A reminder of what Articles 2, 12 and …

11th November 1918 marked the end of WW1. We pay our respects each year on this day. A reminder of what Articles 38 means: Time to think: Rights Respecting Tasks to carry out at school or at home:   Videos and resources to support the activities: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/assemblies-ks1-ks2-remembrance-day-pupil-perspectives/z4wnxbk   We will remember them …

Year 5 and Year 6 visited Seaham Park Cenotaph today to take part in a liturgy before observing a 2 minutes silence, remembering the significance of today. They reflected on the soldiers in WW1 who lost their lives as well as reflecting on service men and women who have since fought bravely and gave their lives for our country. We …

We are so proud of the children in Y6 who received their first Holy Communion on Saturday surrounded by friends, staff and family. They celebrated receiving their sacrament in school on Monday with their friends. Our children receiving their first Holy Communion. Saturday 6th November 2021.   Celebrating with friends, party food, music and a special cake.

In Tuesday’s club, we explored LINE. How can we create different lines? Thin or thick? Straight or wavy or spiky? Solid or dotted or dashed?  We enjoyed creating these autumnal zentangles with sharpies then filling them with watercolour to make them look more 3D.

We are so proud to say we have recently achieved our gold rights respecting award. This has been an ongoing journey for both staff and children in school since receiving our silver award in 2018. This is the highest accolade awarded by UNICEF UK. We will continue to teach our children about their rights and continue campaigning.   If you …

At the start of the year our JRSO’s Katy, Lydia and Ella met with two firemen who wanted to speak to children and parents at the end of the school day to educate them on keeping safe on the roads. The project was called ‘EDWARD’ (Every day without a road death). The children took part in Road Safety Week and …

Doing things you enjoy is very good for your mental health  

We enjoyed spending some time with our buddies on mental health awareness day. Seeing our buddies makes us happy. We took part in an outdoor scavenger hunt.

Year 6 demonstrated excellent debating skills when exploring scenarios around God’s unconditional and everlasting love based on the parable of the Prodigal Son.  

We all enjoy coming to school and receiving an education. All duty bearers ensure our talents and abilities are developed further each and every day. A reminder of what Articles 28 & 29 mean: Time to think: Rights Respecting Tasks to carry out at school or at home: Videos and resources to support the activities:   Reflection: Remember to send …

After all that hard work harvesting earlier in the week, we cleaned and prepared our vegetables and added them to some soup (after having a little taste of course!)  We tried it both smooth and blended – well done to everyone who had a try. Some of us even surprised ourselves and loved it! Article 29: We have the right …

Reception Class have been trying really hard to learn the names of all of their friends in their new class. We talked about how important it is to have a name and how sad we would feel if we didn’t have a name. This week a new girl joined class who didn’t have a name. We passed around our fox …

From Plot to Pot Year 5 loved getting into the allotment today. We cleared some weeds and had a tidy but more impressively, we have harvested leeks, potatoes, chives, blackberries, beans and lavender. A big thank you to Kath for coming to help us! We’re going to dry the lavender ready for some Christmas crafts and we’re really looking forward …

This week’s articles are article 12 & article 13. We are excited about these articles as it has been a long time since we have been able to meet together as groups without the restriction of “bubbles.” Article 12 – Respect for the Views of the Child Article 13 – Freedom of Expression. Last week in school, Pupil voice was …

How lovely to be all back together this week for whole school assemblies!

Reception Class were so excited to meet their buddies today. Our Year 6 buddies will help our Reception Class to settle into their new school.