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This Lent we are giving to CAFOD’s Walk against Hunger campaign. Too many children around the world go without food and nourishment. CAFOD are aiming to get schools to walk 40,000 km (collectively) which is the distance around the world. At St.Cuthbert’s we have set a personal target of 200km but we are hoping to exceed this by walking everyday …

We  all had a lovely time on Friday afternoon sharing our homework all about meerkats. It was lovely to hear all of the interesting facts we had all found out and we all enjoyed reading each other’s facts. This will really help us this week in class when we will be writing our own non-chronological reports all about meerkats.   …

A big thank you to all of our families who have been so generous in their donations this week for our Ukraine appeal – as you can see we collected a lot in a very short space of time. Mrs Kharko and some of our children sorted everything and it was collected on Friday. As a Rights Respecting School we …

Our A Team had their first game tonight after the long winter break. We played in a tournament against three other schools. The boys played brilliantly and worked together to achieve second place in the group. Unfortunately, only the first place team goes through to the final. We were unlucky this time but we will keep our heads up and …

These are our school holiday dates for the 2022/23 school year.

Some children in Y5 and Y6 enjoyed their first experience of fencing yesterday. The qualified coach showed them a range of skills and they were able to try them out while wearing the protective clothing. They learnt the names of the swords and even had a try of using them. We look forward to see what the coming weeks will …

We had a lovely day in school yesterday celebrating World Book Day. We came dressed as a word this year and it was lovely to see everyone in their fabulous and well thought out costumes. We took part in lots of different reading activities throughout the day and all enjoyed turning a wooden spoon into a book character.  

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday and we had a visit from Fr. Marc and Deacon Peter. They blessed us with ashes on our forehead in the shape of a cross. The ashes have come from the burnt palms from last year’s Palm Sunday and are a sign of repentance. The cross symbolises the cross that Jesus died on to cleanse the …

It was Pancake Day today and we decided to make our own pancakes in school. We listened to a song to help us remember the ingredients we needed and what we had to do. We each helped to add the ingredients and mix them together. The best part was when we were given some pancakes to eat.  

Carrying on from Children’s Mental Health Week, we thought we would share this wonderful calendar to help promote a positive sense of well-being. There is a positive affirmation to say each day throughout the whole of the month of March. 31 days of telling yourself how wonderful you are! Give it a try.

Preparations are underway for the special World Book Day school dinner available on Thursday. Our lovely cook, Jan, has decorated the serving area to help us celebrate our love of reading. The children are looking forward to eating their special treats and admiring the excellent decorations.

As homework, Y4 were asked to complete a project about The Romans. They could present this in any way they wanted and they did not disappoint! We had models, swords, shields, posters, information booklets and even a Colosseum! The children presented their projects to the class then enjoyed exploring and discovering each other’s work.

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We had had lots of fun on Tuesday afternoon with the author Adam Bushnell. We went outside and collected natural materials to make our very own Stick Man, Stick Pet and Stick Monster. We have been working really hard to start and write our very own story with our new characters. Also, we got to say hello to Adam’s tortoise. …

On Tuesday, we had a visit from the author Adam Bushnell.  We met Adam’s superhero tortoise Jet and talked about his super powers. We then had a lovely time illustrating and creating our own superhero meerkat characters. We have spent the rest of this week writing our very own superhero meerkat stories. Mrs Wilkinson is very proud of us!  

We have enjoyed some reading time with our friends today and enjoyed sharing books from our class library.  

Adam Bushnell visited year 6 to help write a descriptive piece about the Blitz in WW2. Along with rare footage of London, he brought along some exciting artefacts including a Tommy Gun, gas masks for children and babies and some replica smells of the time. The quality of the descriptions were fantastic given the short time frame to write.  

KS2 enjoyed their assembly delivered by Adam Bushnell on Monday. He retold a Brother’s Grimm story of the Evil Unicorn. Everyone who acted out the story took their role very seriously and were excellent. It was great fun to watch!  

Today we worked with Adam Bushnell to create and describe a witchy character after exploring the local legend of Peg Powler, the grindylow who hides in the River Tees.  We read a description of the witch’s cottage and then created our own character using natural resources in our school grounds for inspiration – including mud!! We wrote some descriptive words …

Last week was Children’s Mental Health Week. At St. Cuthbert’s, we feel it is very important to raise awareness and promote positive mental health. This year, the theme of the week is “Growing Together” and each class planted some cress seeds and talked about what we need to help us to grow physically and emotionally. Classes will now look after …