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Our SEND and WEll-Being Parent Drop in Session is on Monday 30th March from 2:30 until 4PM. We have visitors in school with information about services in our local area and the cognition team are delivering a sleep workshop. There will also be refreshments available and a free raffle. EVERYONE IS WELCOME

A huge well done to all of our the children who have received certificates today. We love to celebrate our children’s hard work and talents. Congratulations to our violin players from Years 4, 5 and 6 who have been awarded certificates from Durham Music Service.

Yesterday, Year 3 were using Micro:bits in our computing lesson. We found out how to set up the Micro:bits and then used Purple Mash to code them. We were able to make the Micro:bits show text, flash images and even play music. We had lots of fun and thoroughly enjopyed using our knowledge of coding to help us complete the …

The Family Hub are hosting an event in our local area. Everyone is welcome. See the picture below for more details.

Tonight was the final Dance club session before next weeks dance festival at the Glebe Centre. Each week, the children have shown great enthusiasm and commitment as they explored different dance moves and styles. They have thoroughly enjoyed learning a formation dance, practising positions, timing and coordination. The children have been a great support to one another, demonstrated excellent listening …

Did you know our local Best Start Family Hub has many programmes to support families?  You can find details of those running from April to August 2026 below. Families can register themselves for courses and groups or staff in school would be happy to support with this. Don’t forget that on Monday, you can call into school from 2:30 and …

Tonight, after a quick warm-up to Just Dance on the big screen, Ks1 had their first experience of playing Dodgeball. They worked so hard learning new rules, perfecting their throwing technique and aiming skills. By the end of the session, heart rates were up and faces were red! Well done everyone!

On Monday, 3 of our Ks1 children had a wonderful time with Miss Todd and Mrs Stubbs practising their bike riding skills. They started with bike safety; checking the brakes, the seat and ensuring their helmet fit correctly. After, they played some balancing games before riding around the track of cones. Well done!

Today, we had a visit from our local PCSOs to talk to us about anti-social behaviour. They explained what can be classed as anti-social behaviour and what might happen to people who do it. We also found out how anti-social behaviour can affect people in our community and what we should do if we see or experience it.

We have had a lovely time in computer club. We have been looking at coding and using the microbits to try out different elements of the code. We made the microbits do lots of different things such as; read out text, play music and display images we had designed. We were very proud of ourselves when we used our debugging …

On Friday 20th March, we celebrate the feast day of St. Cuthbert. Our Year 5 and Year 6 classes began the day by attending mass in church and singing to celebrate the saint our school is named after. In the afternoon, we all enjoyed a visit from the ice cream man.  

On Wednesday afternoon, we had a visit from Sean Gaffney (Powerlifter), who helped us complete our sponsored circuit of activities. It was a fun packed, active afternoon and everyone enjoyed the experience. Sponsor money can still be brought into the school office until Wednesday.

Reminder, our SEND and Well-Being Parent Drop In Session is on next Monday, 30th March from 2:30 until 4PM. We have visitors coming from local services and the Cognition and Learning Team will be delivering a sleep workshop. There will also be a chance to make a dreamcatcher with your child. Refreshments and a free raffle are also available. The …

Wow!! What a donation to our outdoor area! We would like to send a huge thank you to Billy and the team at Seaham Marina for the kind donation of Jenny, our new Opal boat. Opal allows the children to explore, learn and let their imagination run wild and we know Jenny will be the perfect addition to our imaginative …

Wow, what an afternoon! Year 6 had a wonderfully exhausting session with para-athlete Sean Gaffney. They absolutely worked their socks off before ending the circuit session with their buddies. They then listened to Sean’s truly inspiring story in an assembly before having the opportunity to answer questions. A huge thank you to athlete Sean and sports activator Chris for an …

Tonight, the children in fun fitness made the most of the sunshine and enjoyed a session outside. They started with a warm-up game before challenging themselves to the obstacle course. Well done everyone!

With just 2 days to go, we can’t wait to have Sean join us for our sponsored afternoon of activities. The children have been practising hard, ready to impress! Don’t forget you can sponsor us on the link below or on our paper sponsor form. The latest date to sponsor us is Monday 23rd March. All money raised will go …

This week, art club made wonderful bouquets of flowers to take home. They picked the colours which they thought would match the best before putting them into their handmade vase. I think you’ll agree, they look fabulous! Well done art club.  

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What a wonderful couple of weeks we’ve had, getting ourselves into the swing of our new afterschool routine. The children have thoroughly enjoyed using the new toys, games and even making their own tea! Some children even tried jam tarts for the first time! We still have spaces on all our after school wraparound provision, pop to the office to …