News

As an end or term treat, our wonderful kitchen staff are providing a special school lunch. Please see the picture below for the menu choices. If your child already has a school dinner, they will automatically be offered this choice. If your child has a packed lunch but would like to enjoy this treat, please contact the school office as …

The sun certainly shone for today’s shorts and shades day. Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed their time outdoors and contributed wonderfully to our OPAL fundraiser. Together, they gave some excellent ideas to Miss Scarr with how they’d like to spend the money raised; some included: skateboards, water pistols, sand pits and space hoppers. We were delighted to find we had raised …

As part of our DT work this term we were set the challenge of creating our own pasta sauce and comparing it to a shop bought sauce. Firstly, we tried the shop sauce which lots of us enjoyed. We then created our own. We decided to include carrots,onions,courgettes and garlic. We used the skills we learnt last year to prepare …

We always look forward to skipping school with Gail. This year we showed just how much our skills have improved. Well done Year 4 keep practising we look forward to seeing you again next year Gail we always enjoy your sessions – thank you.

After learning all about pilgrimages to special places, our wonderful Year 3 class decided to plan their very own pilgrimage- to St Cuthberts Church! They dedicated their journey to Our Lady, thoughtfully planning the prayers and hymns they wanted to include. Together, they prayed a decade of the Rosary and each child had a special moment to offer their own …

Today, Year 6 finally got to experience their activity day that had been cancelled before due to bad weather. We had a go at some activities on the beach. We found some interesting rocks, shells and creatures and examined them under a microscope to see all of the individual parts and layers. We made some beach art and made up …

The sun shone for today’s skipping session with Gail. The children upped their game from last year, trying brand new, more difficult skills. Working together in pairs, the children created a butterfly with the skips before jumping the big rope with Miss Scarr and Gail. As always, the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and we can’t wait to see the new …

This morning, Year 2 shared a Celebration of the Word about St Peter and St Paul with their parents. They all did an amazing job and we were so impressed. Some children stood up and read the lines for children who were absent – a very brave thing to do. After that, with the help of parents, we created a …

With the sun shining, OPAL play has been in full swing. The children have thoroughly enjoyed dressing up, drawing with the chalks and digging in the dinosaur world tuff trays. The children’s imaginations have been running wild and as staff, love to see the children flourish in creativity and independence.  

Year 4 walked down to Seaham beach today to look at the formation of the cliffs and features of the beach. We have been studying the topic of coasts as part of our Geography topic. We were quite lucky with the weather and found some caves and groynes as well as lots of different rocks and pebbles that had been …

Year 2 Singing Club have been singing songs from the musicals. This week, we did a rendition of  Castle In The Clouds from Les Miserables.

Year 6 had a treat on Friday as they got to hold our new chicks. The chicks were very well behaved and were happy to fall asleep on our hands. We noticed that some of them were already starting to develop feathers on their wings and we are looking forward to watching them grow over the next few days.

Year 3 have been practising the violin for their music concert on Thursday 26th June in Horden. They have been rehearsing the music they will perform and have thoroughly enjoyed learning to play a musical instrument.

Many congratulations to our Year 4 and Year 5 pupils who received the Sacrament of the Eucharist for the first time today. What a lovely morning we all had celebrating with you! Thank to to everyone in our school community who helped make today so special: Fr Marc and Deacon Peter; parishioners who helped prepare the church; families who came …

Some of Year 4 got the chance to hold the chicks today. We had to be very careful as some of them were getting very brave and trying to run away! They have really changed in such a short time and we could see their wings starting to develop.  

RSE Parental Consultation At St Cuthbert’s, we aim to promote personal wellbeing and development through a comprehensive programme of Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Education that gives children and young people the knowledge, understanding, attitudes and practical skills to live healthy, safe, productive and fulfilled lives. The Department for Education have made Relationships and Health Education (Primary) and Relationships …

This morning, year 5 invited their grown-ups into school to pray with them and join them in their celebration of the word. The children chose to talk about The Creation Story and how thankful we are for the world God created. They worked really hard to create interactive prayer stations for grow-ups to respond to. A huge thank you to …

Today, KS1 and KS2 had water safety assembly with David Bullen from Durham County Council. David shared important information with the children on how to stay safe when visiting the beach. We are very fortunate to have a wonderful beach so close and with the hot weather approaching, Davids’ message came at an important time. The children asked some amazing …

Today, year 5 had a visit from Maureen and Alfie, volunteers from the RNLI, who explained the important factors when around water. They shared some incredible stories with us about the amazing workers who head out onto the water daily to save lives. They showed us some videos which explained how we can save ourselves if we get into danger …

Year 3 had a brilliant time on Wednesday morning on their cricket trip! The sun was out and everyone got stuck in with big smiles and great enthusiasm. They really showed off their skills and teamwork. It was fantastic to see them cheering each other on and having so much fun. They were also absolute stars when it came to …