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We have been learning all about position in maths. Yesterday we focused on left, right and between. We danced to the ‘cha cha slide’ and practised stepping left and right on the playground. Then we collected some natural materials and followed Mrs Wilkinson’s instructions to position them with a friend.  

Year 6 had great fun on the water canoeing, playing games and the thing they wanted to do the most in the heat – jump in! (Pictures were more tricky to get with the amount of splashing going on!)   The children were also able to take part in a caving activity. 18 metres of caving system for them to …

Last week, some of our Y6 children took part in an athletics competition. Although it was very hot, the children still gave 100%  across 9 different track and field events. These events included; shot put, howler throw, long jump and triple jump. The track events included sprints, long distance, hurdles and relay races. Throughout the afternoon, the children had many …

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Year 1 really enjoyed their trip to the Billingham Forum Theatre to watch The Tiger Who Came to Tea. We had lots of fun singing along, joining in with the characters and watching the Tiger be silly on stage. A big thank you to the grown ups who came along and helped.

We had a really good day at the beach today. We met Hannah from Playology who set us some challenges. We had to firstly spot any risks so we could keep safe on the beach. We enjoyed exploring the beach and finding some treasures to put into our treasure bag. We then had to work in groups to create a …

This week in our liturgical prayer, the children decided to pray in our prayer garder. This week’s focus was the most Holy Trinity. We listened to John’s Gospel and for this week’s mission, the children were asked by Olivia to think of one way that they were going to care for God’s world this week.

Year 6 really enjoyed ending their Friday afternoon with a glow party with Sophie from the sports partnership.  

We have had two very busy days this week, the girls and the mixed cricket teams have been playing at competitions held at Blackhall and Castle Eden cricket clubs. The girls team came 3rd out of 12 teams and were awarded a bronze medal. The mixed team came 5th out of 15 teams and just missed out on the semi-finals. …

Year 6 enjoyed their second lesson of our raising aspirations programme all about skills. They enjoyed using their skills to complete a series of challenges – tongue twisters, guess the voice and playdough models. Then they applied their own skills to designing a game for their friends to play. Next week … CV writing!

It has been another excellent week to celebrate the success and acheivemnets of our children. Well done to everyone who received a certificate or earned house group points this week.

Wow! What amazing projects from year 3. Year 3 were tasked to complete a project about Ancient Egypt for their homework and they didn’t disappoint. We had so many different pieces from models to powerpoints, from writing facts to bringing in costumes. We were amazed by the amount of work children put into their homework. We had a celebration of …

Year 5 enjoyed their heritage walk before half term, learning about some of the buildings we can still find from the past and how and why the Londonderry family developed the harbour and coal mines. Thank you to the family members who joined us and also to Bell’s Fish Shop who explained their heritage theme to us and even prepared …

Y5 Pretzel Making Year 5 enjoyed their DT topic before half term where they learned about the Pretzel Story, how bread rises using yeast, about altering flavours and most importantly making our very own pretzels. A huge thank you to Jan in the kitchen for helping us with this! We are following this up with a careers webinar with a …

This week in Year 5 we have been learning how to debate, even when we don’t fully agree with a viewpoint. So far, we have discussed whether teenagers should be sent to prison linking to our new class text ‘Holes’, we have debated whether Sundays should be kept as a day of rest linking to our Freedom & Responsibility topic …

We had a great time at Football Club tonight. We played some games to warm us up and practised some basic football skills such as dribbling and passing. We finished off with a game where everyone got stuck in and applied the skills we had been practising.

Vacancy – School Crossing Patrol Durham County Council Road Safety Team are keen to appoint a School Crossing Patrol to a vacancy to work on the Traffic Island, Stockton Road, Seaham. The hours of duty to be worked each week [term-time only] are:-8.05 – 8.50 am2.55 – 3.40 pm Monday to Friday[1hr 30 mins daily  / 7 hrs 30 min weekly]. …