Year 3 News

We were lucky today when Adam Bushnell an author came to work with us. He showed us how we could plan an exciting Egyptian story. We started by creating an Egyptian monster who was made up of different animals. Adam used some of our ideas to show us how to draw our creatures. It was then our turn to draw …

Today Kev and Heather came to visit us in school. Kev had received a worrying  message from our Sergeant Major telling us that he had been captured and we needed to complete some challenges in order for him to be released. We had lots of different tasks. We had to work together as a team and rewards were given for …

You can download a copy of our summer dates here. Please keep them handy – we have lots going on!

Maths Rockstar Day We will be holding a Maths Rockstars Day on Thursday 2nd May and inviting all our pupils and staff to dress as rockstars for the day while we have some maths fun.  Please see the letter below for details and the video explaining our TTRockstars programme for pupils from Y2 to Y6.  

PE Timetable from April until May half term   

Today our children from Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 Dance Club took part in the Sports Partnerships Dance Festival at Murton Glebe Centre. This was a chance to show other schools what they have been working so hard on over this year. We are all extremely proud of you! You have all shown great commitment to Dance Club and …

Year 3 really enjoyed celebrating St Cuthberts Day. The day started with a lovely celebration in church. We then enjoyed a surprise visit from the ice cream man in the afternoon .

Y3 have enjoyed Comic Relief today by taking part in some fun activities. This morning, we discussed the importance of supporting our global neighbours and sharing what we have with people who are not as fortunate. We shared some jokes and made each other laugh while completing some funny challenges. This afternoon, we completed our walk for Lent in a …

Year 3 had lots of fun in the colour run which was part of their, “Big Lent Walk”. Well done to everyone who took part and their grown ups who had to clean them up!

We had lots of fun in Year 3. We came dressed as our favourite book characters and brought in books to show our classmates what we enjoyed reading. We took part in a live lesson where different authors explained the difference between fiction and non-fiction and set us timed activities to complete. We also created a plate showing a favourite …

Kirsty from the SENDIASS Team at Durham is coming into school for a parent drop in session where parents can find out more about Special Educational Needs in County Durham. Your child does not need to have a diagnosed need to attend – Kirsty can also give advice around seeking initial support for learning, mental wellbeing, communication and behaviour.  It’s …

Spring Term 2024

We were so proud of Year 3 who showed us all how hard they had been working with Mrs Sellars. They entertained us during their violin concert.Well done Year Three.  

What a great day we had in school today. We enjoyed a delicious Christmas dinner cooked by Jan. Afterwards we had an exciting visit from a someone who made time in his busy schedule to drop in to see us to find out what we would like for Christmas. Santa also checked if we were all on his good list!!

In Science we have been looking at the importance of our skeleton and muscles. We were set two tasks. One was to create a working model showing how the muscles in our arms work. The second one was to show how strong the bones in our legs are by creating a structure that would stand and hold a weight on …

As part of our DT work we were set the task of making a fruit crumble. We started by tasting different seasonal fruits and spices. After deciding what flavour we wanted our crumble to be we set about making it. We learnt new skills like how to rub in butter and flour to make our crumble topping We also discovered …

Year 2 had a wonderful time doing the Santa Dash yesterday. A huge thank you to the young sports leaders and staff from the Easington Sports Partnership for organising it.        

Year 3 had fun at their Santa dash this afternoon – a big thank you to the young sports leaders and staff at Easington School Sports Partnership for running this for everyone in school!

Some of our Year 3 & 4  children attended the Sportshall Athletics competition today competing in both track and field events. They all performed extremely well and demonstrated excellent sportsmanship. We are very proud of you all and well done for being great representatives of our school.