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Kung Fu Panda was on the screen tonight as film club cosied up in the hall. They had blankets, cushions and were super comfy. What a way to spend a Friday after a busy day in school! Hollie and Freya then put their cookery skills to the test as they made their tea before snuggling back up to watch the …

On Wednesday, Ks1 had their first fitness session with Miss Scarr and Miss Todd. They started off warming up to Danny Go before a game of duck, duck goose. After, they played human hungry hippos, sliding on their tummy to catch as many balls as possible. To finish, they played team games, scoring as many points as possible to be …

Congratulations to our latest Stars of the Week. We love to celebrate the wonderful things our children do.

Today, we launched our 2026 Great Athlete event with a short video message from our guest athlete – Sean Gaffney! Sean has competed in both the Invictus Games and the Commonwealth Games. Over the years he has made some incredible achievements including: holding 13 national titles as a Para-powerlifter and indoor rower, gained over 30 world records for indoor rowing …

Huge well done to our Ks2 children who stayed back for multi-skills club tonight. They had so much fun trialling out the new fitness equipment, working on co-ordination and agility skills.

Our wonderful kitchen staff are offering a special school dinner on Thursday 5th March to celebrate World Book Day. Please see the image below for menu choices. If your child has a school dinner, they will automatically be offered this choice. If your child has a packed lunch and would like to enjoy this special dinner, please contact the school …

We are delighted to share we have completed our 30 day challenge set by the team at Easington Sports Partnership. Everyday, for 30 days, the children have taken part in two different exercises, 30 seconds each. Fitter, healthier & happier.

Year 5 had their final session of the Mini Police Project today. We learnt all about anti-social behaviour and what we can do to avoid it. We also found out about the consequences for committing crimes and how we, at the age of ten, can be held accountable. A discussion around crimes in the community helped us to play a …

Congratulations to our final Stars of the Week of the half term. Children received awards for wonderful work, fantastic behaviour and for being great role models. Well done to everyone who received house group points. Oswald House was the winning house group this half term.

This year is ‘The Year of Reading’ and  the children will be taking part in lots of different activities to promote reading for pleasure and to support their love of reading.  One of these is our weekly ‘DEAR’ session. At some point over each week, when the children hear the signal, they must drop everything and read. It was lovely …

Last week, we celebrated Children’s Mental Health Week. The theme this year was “This is my place”. We have enjoyed lots of activities and really thought about how we can feel like we belong and how we can help others to belong. We also looked at the 5 Ways to Well-Being and tried different techniques to help give us a …

Today, 12 Year 6 children attended East Durham College to perform the floor routines they had been perfecting over the last half-term in PE. The children performed superbly and showed great enthusiasm throughout; as always, excellent sporting ambassadors of St Cuthberts. Huge thank you to ESSP for hosting a wonderful event. Well Done!

Reception class have loved learning about Chinese New Year this week. They have played in their new role play area as well as cooking a Chinese stir fry. They have used their fine motor skills whilst practising their cutting and folding skills to make a dancing dragon and a Chinese lantern.

Year 2 have had a fantastic time at soft play today! The children climbed, balanced, slid and explored. It was great to see their smiling faces. A fun-filled morning for everyone!

To celebrate Chinese New Year, our wonderful kitchen staff are providing a special school dinner on 17th February. As it is also Shrove Tuesday, there will be pancakes for dessert. If your child usually has a school dinner, they will automatically be offered this special menu. If your child usually has a packed lunch but would like to enjoy this …

Year 5 had their second session with the Durham Police for the Mini Police Project today. We learnt all about the air response and discussed the job of the police helicopter and drones. We were very interested to hear about the dog unit and all of the special training the dogs need. We had a go at guessing all of …

Congratulations to our latest Stars of the Week. Children in KS1 and KS2 received awards for wonderful achievements this week.  

Yesterday afternoon, Year 1 visited East Durham College for a fun multi-skills session. The children enjoyed all the fun activities, showing great enthusiasm through out. Their behaviour was superb; they listened carefully and represented our school brilliantly. We are very proud of them for such a fantastic afternoon.

Today, Year 5 took part in a workshop delivered by Durham County Council. We discussed littering and found out about the cost of disposing of litter in our local area. We learnt all about the punishments for committing littering offences and how we can all recycle more. Finally, we took part in a quiz to see what we could remember. …

Year 5 had the opportunity to take part in a street dance workshop yesterday. We really enjoyed having a go at some of the tricky break dancing moves and making our own routines up.