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Today marks the beginning of the seven days of Sukkot which is an important week in the Jewish calendar.  All around the world, Jews remember the 40 years the Israelites spent in the desert after being freed from Egypt by Moses.  During this time, they lived in tents made of palms so families and communities spend time in tents that …

This evening, our school football teams showcased their skills on the pitch with some thrilling matches against Ryhope Juniors! The A Team faced a tough challenge and unfortunately lost 2-1. Despite the setback, the team showed great determination and came very close to securing a draw. The next game saw the B Team celebrate an impressive victory, winning 4-0! A …

For our final week of club, year 1 and 2 watched the story of The Very Last Leaf followed by the story of Stick Man. Together, sticks and leaves make trees so they started by drawing around their hand and arm to create a tree trunk. After, they used sponges to create autumnal leaves.

In English, we have been looking at Traditional Tales. Last week, we looked at the story of The Gingerbread Man. We followed a set of instruction on how the Gingerbread Man was made. Then, we made our very own Gingerbread Man using a step by step method. We had a lot of fun making, decorating and eating our Gingerbread Men. …

Congratulations to our latest Stars Of The Week. There have been lots of great reasons to celebrate our gifts and talents this week. A huge well done to anyone who earned House Group Points this week too.

Today, we had a visit from Graham from Sunderland Tennis Centre. Y6 had lots of fun learning how to control the ball on their racket and trying out some skills. Some of the tricks we had a go at were harder than they looked but we enjoyed the challenge.  

What a busy night we had! Stories, songs and lots of crafts. Year 1/2 listened to Julia Donaldson’s story The Scarecrows’ Wedding then went off to create their very own to take home. Each scarecrow had their own unique hat and name. The finished off the session with signing and dancing to ‘Dingle Dangle Scarecrow’

“Wow” said the owl was this weeks story. The children listened to the story, looked at all the wonderful colours he saw on his journey and then went off to make their own paper plate owl. They carefully had to fold the plate to create wings and a head before colouring it in with their own design. “Wow” said Miss …

As part of World Animal Day, Year 5 took part in a workshop with Jess from Seaham Vets. The children engaged in a range of hands on activities such as applying bandages, trying on gowns and looking at animals skulls. This session gave the children an opportunity to ask Jess questions about their own pets and how they can help …

Today we had visitors from a vets in Seaham in school. We talked about the role of a vet and took part in different activities. We had lots of fun and asked lots of questions.

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

Today, 35 children from years 1-6 attended cross country at EDC. The children were amazing ambassadors of St Cuthberts, showing excellent sportsmanship towards each other and runners from other schools. We are incredibly proud of the resilience shown today from all runners. Well done!

Our kitchen staff are providing a special themed school dinner on Thursday 3rd October. The theme is Taste of America. Please see the picture below for menu choices. If your child 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 special meal, please contact …

It was Stone Age day today in Year 3. We arrived to find a visitor in our classroom who showed us what life was like in Stone Age times. We learnt how to use a bow and arrow so we could catch animals to eat. Cave paintings showed us what life was like. We tried to create our own cave …

Year 3 are making excellent progress in their weekly violin lessons with Mrs Sellars.

The weather was perfect for gardening club this week. We planted some bulbs in planters which will bloom in the spring and we will be able to transfer in our prayer garden. We all remembered from week 1 which way to plant the bulbs. Then we looked at the small garden behind Reception Class and designed a new garden. We …

Yesterday in forest schools we got our suits and wellies on and visited the allotment where we collected blackberries. We then used some tools to turn our blackberries into blackberry ink. It was just like purple paint! We then used our ink to paint a picture. We used brushes and some of us even tried using a stick. We had …

We finished our afternoon off with two workshops. The first was burial and the second battles. Both required the children to be heavily involved by acting, chanting and dressing up. The children have thoroughly enjoyed themselves and brought back to school lots of new facts on the Anglo-Saxons.

What a fabulous way to finish our morning. Village walks, animal visits and finishing with the story Beowulf around the fire. We are full from lunch and ready for an afternoon of Anglo-Saxon workshops.

Year 5 have safely arrived at Jarrow Hall, the sun is shining and they have a jam packed day ahead of them! They have started the morning with a visit to the museum and a story from today’s lead Sarah. Backpacks have been dropped off in the classroom and they are off for a visit to the farm and the …