St. Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School Seaham

The Sacrament of Marriage In Year 5 we have been learning about sacraments and focusing especially on the sacrament of marriage. We thought about the symbols and the steps in the ceremony we might see and we planned some readings and hymns for a marriage. Father Marc came into school today to help us understand this when he performed a …

Year 5 shared with us a great collective prayer about the feast of Christ the King *please note this collective prayer was edited removing the gather and final hymn  in order to share it with you all. The full video is available upon request*

Year 1 have been learning about Baptism in their Belonging topic in RE. We have had lots of opportunities to role play a Baptism in class, but today we visited church to watch Deacon Peter baptise baby Mary. We had a chance to see all of the different symbols we have been talking about in class; the font, the candle, …

As part of our RE topic we have been talking about Baptism. We have been looking at photographs of our own special day and noticing what all of the photographs had in common. We noticed that the outfit the baby wore was white, holy water was poured on the babies head and a special candle was given. Deacon Peter kindly …

As part of anti bullying week the children came to school in odd socks. Reception Class enjoyed designing some odd socks with their buddies earlier in the week and then coming to school wearing odd socks to show it is ok to be different.

Congratulations to our Stars Of The Week for this week. Children in KS1 and KS2 were awarded certificates for some amazing things this week. Keep up the good work!   Children were also awarded certificates and a special pencil for being Reader Of The Week. It was lovely to hear about children enjoying and promoting reading to their friends. A …

This weeks science club were exploring magnetism and investigating materials which were magnetic. First we looked at what happened when we put the different poles together and then what happened when we put the same poles together. Next we had a challenge to see who could pick up the most paper clips with their magnet Then we completed some mazes …

This week in story club our work was based on the story, “Owl Babies” by Martin Waddell. After listening to the story the children tried to make their own set of owl babies by folding and decorating paper plates and circles of different sizes.

Year 6 delivered a wonderful collective prayer to the whole school and their families on Friday, reminding us why November 11th is remembrance day, what we remember and why we remember, reading from John’s Gospel and observing a quiet meditation and 2 minute silence. “Go home and tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow we gave our today.” …

Meet our 2022-2023 Mini Vinnies ‘Mini Vinnies’ are children in our school from Year 3 to Year 6 who are encouraged to embark on their first steps as possible ‘Vincentians for life’ by supporting our local community and those in need. As Mini Vinnies, the youngsters have their own ‘treasured’ Prayer, Pledge and Badge and meet together regularly to think of ways they …

Congratulations to our Stars Of The Week for this week. Children in KS1 and KS2 were awarded certificates for some amazing things this week. Keep up the good work! Children were also awarded certificates and a special pencil for being Reader Of The Week. It was lovely to hear about children enjoying and promoting reading to their friends. A big …

These ambassadors will help ensure: Children learn about rights Children can exercise their rights There is a culture of respect across the school There is pupil engagement and a shared sense of community and belonging Help children’s voices to be heard and valued Encourage others to take their right to an education seriously Take part in Global citizenship so children …

This week in science club we were learning about static electricity. We designed our own charactered then charged up the atoms in our balloons by rubbing them on our jumper. When we held the balloon next to our characters they floated or stuck to the balloon. Then to end our club we looked at the effects of static electricity when …

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Reception Class enjoyed their first after school story club. The story we were looking at this week was Elmer. We watched an Elmer story and were then set the task of making our own Elmer with a new coat. Everyone worked so well designing a new coat for Elmer.Lots of interesting Elmers went home.

Congratulations to our latest Stars Of The Week. A new award was introduced today, Reader Of The Week. We are encouraging children to read more often and read for pleasure both in school and at home.

Year 1 and Year 2 had a great time in science club learning about and investigating chromatography,  

Year 6 took part in an outreach workshop with Naomi from the D.L.I and 3 of her veteran volunteers. The children learnt about WW1, handled primary and secondary sources of evidence and explored the ways different groups of people were affected by the war in our local area with the help of some role play. Chronology task Analysing sources of …

We are very proud of our Year 5 and Year 6 children who represented our school at the tag rugby competition on Wednesday. The A team came 4th and the B team came 7th overall which is an amazing achievement.