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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.

Year 1 had a wonderful day doing Glow Fit dancing,  we all got dressed with bright accessories and danced to some of our favourite songs. Thank you to The Sports Partnership for putting on a wonderful experience for us.

Well done to our latest Dance Club Stars of the Week. The girls were awarded this because they showed great resilience and determination.

Year 5 have been invited to take part in the Mini Police Project run by Durham Police. The project is all about teaching us what the police do in the community and how we can keep ourselves and others safe. On Friday, we had our first of three sessions. We learnt all about the roles of the police and we …

Year 2 had a great time dancing with Sophie today. The hall was lit with fluorescent lights, which created a really exciting party atmosphere. We had the best time dancing to our favourite songs. Thank you Sophie for such a wonderful experience!

Year 5 had a fantastic time doing Glow Fit with Sophie from Easington Schools Sport Partnership. We all got dressed with bright accessories and then danced around to our favourite songs. The glow sticks and flashing lights helped with the party atmosphere. We had a fabulous workout.  

This afternoon, Year 6 had a wonderful afternoon dancing their socks off in the dark. They had some time with their buddies before putting on their dancing shoes and showing Sophie their best moves. A fabulous way to end our Friday afternoon! A huge thank you to Sophie from ESSP for being our in house DJ and host!

Well done to our latest Stars of the Week. We love to celebrate the wonderful achievements of our children.  

This week in Lego club, the children were challenged to build animals or something from their own imagination. We had water parks, pizza restaurants as well as many other fabulous ideas.

It was a wet and rainy after school club this week. The children enjoyed making clay sculptures using clay and natural materials they gathered from outdoors. They also had a try at making little habitats for a selection of different animals.

This week is National Storytelling Week so Reception Class have enjoyed story time this morning with their Year six buddies. It was lovely to see the children so engaged and enjoying listening to a range of different stories. Thank you Year six.  

Year 1 began their RE topic on the Eucharist by thinking about the special meals we enjoy with family and friends. We talked about why these moments matter and how sharing food brings people together. To celebrate, we enjoyed our own special snack time, helping us understand the joy of sharing.

Year 2 explored the weather through dance, using pictures as inspiration to create actions for freezing, excited, bored, snowball fighting, building a snowman, sledging and snow angels.

After a successful event last year with Lucy Turner, we are delighted to be hosting another Great Athletes Event on Wednesday 18th March. We are yet to find out who our athlete is however with the weeks flying by, we will be sure to find out soon! The fundraising event was a huge success and with the funds, we were …

Reception class are taking part in the RSPB big bird watch. This week, we talked about how we could attract more birds to our school area. The children thought about worms so we decided that food would be a good idea. We spent the afternoon making some bird feeders. We used lard and bird seed and cardboard to create our …

This half term, Dance Club are working hard to showcase their skills and create a fantastic dance to perform for their grown-ups at the end of term. A special well done to the Stars Of The Week.