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Last week, we were generously donated a wooden climbing teepee, EYFS picnic table and a mud kitchen. These are a fabulous addition to our OPAL play and we cant wait to let the children explore come September!

During our last week in Year 2 we have had so much fun. We had Hoopstars come in and teaching us trick using a hula hoop. We also had a lot of fun on our Summer Splash run.

This half term, children from year 4 and 5 have looked at many artists who base their artwork around our natural world. Together, they decided to create mixed media pieces showcasing all of the beautiful things in our world. The children used watercolours, pencils, acrylics, and pens to create most of their artwork then used materials and fine liners to …

What a way to end our final full day at school! Thank goodness the weather was on our side and we dried out quick! Thank you to the staff at Easington Sports Partnerships and their young leaders for a wonderful afternoon of getting wet!

Today was the day we got wet, very wet !!! It was our first Summer Splash Run and Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed taking part. Thank goodness it was a warm day, we all had lots of fun .

And that’s a wrap. Three shows in one day – a big well done to our Year 6 pupils for a brilliant show and to their Year 5 friends who supported fantastically with singing in choir. You entertained everyone brilliantly – we are so proud of you all.

We have had a lovely afternoon taking part in sports day activities. The sun was shining and we had lots of smily faces.

Year 1 had lots of fun yesterday at hoop stars. We tried out lots of new tricks and we will definitely be trying these out during break times.

Our Y5&6 Sewing Club have worked patiently to design and make patterns, pieces and then sew together their drawstring shoe bags – we love their individual designs. Well done!

Hoopstarz Fun We had a great start to our day in Y3 with Traci from Hoopstarz!  We’ve got some great new skill to practise using our OPAL equipment at breaktimes.  

Our Year 1 and 2 Dance Club have been working hard this term to learn a routine to Barbie Dreams. They have had so much fun learning different dance moves and the boys enjoying adding some rock and roll into the routine. Well done Year 1 and 2 we are so proud of you all and the dedication you have …

Last week we were lucky enough to have the sun shine for our shorts and shades day. Children were asked to make a donation towards our OPAL equipment and we are delighted to share that we raised over £150 and received some Exciting new wheeled items for the yard. Thank you to our families for your continued support. Here’s a …

Huge congratulations to Gary Adey and his team at Easington Sports Partnership for a phenomenal performance at the county athletics finals and bagging gold. Representatives from schools across the Easington area were selected to perform and we couldn’t be prouder to share that after placing 1st in shot put at the year 5/6 athletics competition, Jack went on to place …

Wow! We would like to send out huge congratulations to all 32 of our children who attended the athletics competition last week at Peterlee Pavillion. The children were excellent sporting ambassadors of St Cuthberts and many placed first in their events. A little shout out to our year 1/2 girls team who placed 2nd, the year 3/4 girls team who …

Our lovely kitchen staff are providing a special school dinner on Thursday 4th July. The theme is, Taste of America. Please see the picture below for menu choices. If your child normally has a school dinner, they will automatically be offered this choice. If your child normally has a packed lunch but would like to enjoy this, please contact the …

On Monday, our Year 6 children completed their Faith in Action Award – Pin Level. Mrs Balls from St.Bede’s came to moderate, Mrs Lowery our RE governor and Mrs Noble joined us in our final Celebration of the Word in the prayer garden to finish off our award. Then back in school, Mrs Lowery and Mrs Balls had the honour …

On Friday, children transitioning to St Bedes in September were invited to Maiden castle to attend an American Sports Festival. The children tried many new sports including: kin ball, baseball, soccer and American football. The whole day was packed with actives and the children even got a chance to visit the photo booth. A huge thank to to Easington Sports …

Today, Y3 had a wonderful time storytelling using the coding program, Scratch. They had to choose  suitable backgrounds, select some sprites as characters and then add speech bubbles to tell the story. The challenge came when they things didn’t work how they wanted, they were using their skills and knowledge of the program to debug the code and find solutions …

Our A Team played their final football match for St. Cuthbert’s tonight. As they finished runners up in the Seaham and District Primary Schools Football League, they played a presentation match against the winners, Ryhope Juniors. It was an excellent match filled with great shots and great saves. Ryhope went 2-0 in the first half but our boys were able …

Year 1 had a lovely time at our silent disco last week. We had a boogie to our favourite songs and joined in with actions.