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Children and staff would like to say a huge thank you to the Friends of St. Cuthbert’s group, who organised the wonderful Christmas show that the children visited this week. Everyone had a fantastic time laughing and singing songs; it really got us all in a festive mood.  

We enjoyed our last day with some hot chocolate and a Christmas film. Well done Year 3 you have worked so well this term we hope you have a very Happy Christmas and New Year.  

After learning about Sir Isaac Newton’s theory on colour and how we see colours, year 6 enjoyed exploring this further with some child-led investigations using coloured filters. They were amazed to see how the colour filters could be used to block out colours to reveal secret messages.

Year 6 have enjoyed their science topic about light this half term, exploring how we see and the phenomenons created by light. The year 6 children planned, delivered and concluded their own findings to this science investigation into the shadows cast by objects. Their initial question was, “what happens to the size of a shadow as the distance from the …

Year 6 enjoyed ending the term with a christmas breakfast before their movie and hot chocolate. It is their last christmas as pupils of St.Cuthbert’s and it was important for us all to make the most of it. Most children in Year 6 were even brave enough to try “Buddy the Elf’s breakfast” recreated from the one he makes in …

Father Marc came after Mass on Monday to bless our Bambinellis. Year 6 gave him his own Bambinelli. To learn more about Bambinelli Sunday, see the video below:

Year 6 enjoyed a christmas themed spanish lesson this week. They learnt some new vocabulary, read a story about a little tree who was helped by Santa before creating their own christmas cards for their families and writing inside in spanish whilst singing along to “feliz navidad.”  

Margaret and David from the adult SVP in our Parish came and collected what we had for the local food bank. The food bank, at Eastlea, were overwhelmed with the generosity from our school community and we know it will make a difference to the lives of others this Advent. The toy donations were delivered by Margaret and David to …

We were so proud of Year 3 who showed us all how hard they had been working with Mrs Sellars. They entertained us during their violin concert.Well done Year Three.  

We had so much fun at school today. In the morning we enjoyed our Christmas party where we danced and played lots of party games. In the afternoon it was off to the Town Hall where we enjoyed a super Christmas show lead by two elves where we sang and danced even more! A big thank you to the Friends …

Today we have had a very exciting day. This morning we went over to Seaham Town Hall to watch a Christmas performance called Merry Tinsel Toes. Then on the afternoon we had our Christmas party. We danced, played games and even managed to time for some party food.

Y5 had a wonderful time getting into the festive spirit by taking part in the Santa Dash. They really enjoyed the activities and getting covered in snow at the end.

Y4 have had a lovely last few days of term. We have taken part in the Santa Dash, enjoyed our Christmas party, had a visit from Santa and finished off with a fabulous Christmas show at Seaham Town Hall.  

What a great day we had in school today. We enjoyed a delicious Christmas dinner cooked by Jan. Afterwards we had an exciting visit from a someone who made time in his busy schedule to drop in to see us to find out what we would like for Christmas. Santa also checked if we were all on his good list!!

In Science we have been looking at the importance of our skeleton and muscles. We were set two tasks. One was to create a working model showing how the muscles in our arms work. The second one was to show how strong the bones in our legs are by creating a structure that would stand and hold a weight on …

As part of our DT work we were set the task of making a fruit crumble. We started by tasting different seasonal fruits and spices. After deciding what flavour we wanted our crumble to be we set about making it. We learnt new skills like how to rub in butter and flour to make our crumble topping We also discovered …

We had a lovely surprise today when Santa came to visit us. We told Santa what we would like for Christmas and even sang him a song. He was very impressed. He even told us we are all on the good list.

A huge thank you to Jan our cook for a wonderful Christmas lunch. It was delicious!  

Year 2 had a wonderful time doing the Santa Dash yesterday. A huge thank you to the young sports leaders and staff from the Easington Sports Partnership for organising it.        

Year 6 had a wonderful time doing the Santa Dash. They dodged in and out of candy canes, decorated trees and even had a snowball fight. A great time was had by all.