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Good morning, rise and shine! We are all up, dressed and full of breakfast ready for our day ahead. Another beautiful morning and we have some exciting outdoor activities planned.

A wonderful evening to start our retreat. Our tummies are full and we’ve enjoyed a snack from the tuck shop. Our first activity was to create something that could fly, float and look good that we would use throughout the stay. We finished the night with an inspirational talk from one of the team and an evening prayer, keeping those …

The sun is shining and we have arrived at the Emmaus Youth Village. The children have unpacked, had some free time and ready for their first activity of the night.

In a fantastic match, the B-Team’s place in the Turns Family Cup final was secured in a thrilling semi-final victory against Ryhope Juniors. Demonstrating their determination and teamwork, the B-Team played their hearts out, culminating in a 3-1 win. The game had been an intense affair, but the B-Team’s resolve was unshakable. They started strong and maintained control throughout, despite …

This year, our Year 5 students had the incredible opportunity to take part in the exciting Net Zero Island competition (in partnership with Northern Gas Networks), where they explored the future of energy and sustainability. Their mission? To design an island that could achieve net-zero carbon emissions while comparing renewable energy sources to traditional fossil fuels. Throughout the project, students …

Well done to the children who have received a certificate in the last two weeks. We love to celebrate the wonderful things our children do. Certificates were awarded for hard work, positive behaviour and overcoming challenges. Well done to all.  

Remaining Football Fixtures The school football season is soon to conclude. Below are the remaining confirmed fixtures we still have to play (these have also been given in hard copy to children playing): Date Opponent Venue Other Information Tuesday 18th March Turns Family Cup Seaview Primary School Children selected have been told by Mr Atkinson and will receive a text …

This week, our classrooms have been buzzing with excitement as we celebrated British Science Week! From hands-on experiments to engaging activities, our students have been learning all about renewable energy, the importance of sustainability, and how science and geography work together to help protect our planet. Year 5 & 6 tackled a thrilling renewable energy escape room, solving puzzles and …

Before half term, we had the wonderful Lucy Turner lead an upbeat exercise session for the whole school. The children took part in a range of different activities and asked their grown-ups at home to sponsor them. We are delighted to share that, as a school, we raised an incredible £3,063 which will go towards new sports/exercise equipment. The children …

Y6 have been working on algebra in maths. We used some cubes to help us show different formulae and were able to solve equations and make our own formulae to challenge each other.

A fabulous first session for some of our reception children who stayed back tonight after school with coach John. Over the coming weeks, the children will work on a variety of skills; this week was basketball skills. Coach John was super impressed with the independence, listening and co-ordination skills of all children. An extra thank you to Sam and Unique …

This week in art club, the children put their patience to the test as they followed step by step tutorials to create different pencil drawings. They each chose their own theme and researched different artist videos to watch and follow. Having patience definitely paid off as they all created wonderful sketches.

Wow! What an afternoon! The children and staff have worked their socks off this afternoon, taking part in a sponsored event with Lucy. Together, we participated in a variety of heart elevating activities cheered on by our friends in other classes. Following this, we listened to an inspiring assembly from Lucy, telling us of her journey as an athlete before …

Yesterday, children from yr 5/6 attended East Durham College to participate in a brand new gymnastics competition. RISE, was launched in October 2024 and the children have worked hard since the release date to perfect the skills they performed on the bench and floor. The children represented the school wonderfully and we were delighted to come away with 15 bronze, …

For our DT project this half term, Year 2 have been making a patchwork quilt. We used a desert theme to inspire us with our designs. After that, we had to cut out all of the individual simple shapes of fabric and then we stitched them together to make a patchwork square. Finally, we collated them all together to make …

This week in art we have been creating our very own animals out of different recyclable materials. After creating our animals we then papier-mâché ready to decorate next week.

With just a week to go, the children have been practising their exercise skills in preparation for Lucy coming to visit school. A little more about Lucy Tuner: Growing up in Hebburn, Lucy’s love for sports was ignited at summer camps where she tried and loved nearly every activity. Lucy was selected to represent Team GB in 2017. Despite doubting …

Year 1 took part in a multiskills event this afternoon. We tried lots of different activities such as beanbag, hurdles, ball rolling and many more. Thank you to the Sports Partnership for putting on a fantastic afternoon for us all, we all had such a wonderful time.

Today, Debbie from Dance City came to host a dance workshop for Yr 5. The children explored various techniques linking to different dance styles. Towards the end, the children were given the opportunity to create their own contemporary choreography and perform to the group.

Last week was Children’s Mental Health Week. This year, the theme is ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself’. Children took part in a variety of activities to help raise awareness of mental health. KS2 took part in a live assembly provided by Picture News and KS1 had some class discussions about getting to know themselves and how they can recognise and understand …