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Year 6 have enjoyed their Christmas party and other Christmas activities. Whilst it is easy to be down-hearted with reports on the news about Christmas not being the same, the enjoyment and fun that the children had at their party is a reminder that sometimes it’s the little things that can actually

This week, Reception have been busy making a special film of our Nativity play, ‘A Wriggly Nativity’.  Despite the short amount of time we have had to put it together, the children have done a marvellous job learning the songs and learning their lines for the production.  This year, as we were una

This week, Year 3 have been looking forward to Christmas. Monday began with a bang – their Christmas party! The boys and girls had loads of fun playing games and showing off their dance moves. They also enjoyed watching the Northern Stage’s first ever virtual Christmas show, ‘The Emperor’s New Cloth

The government have announced extra help for those in need over the winter.  This is part of their Winter Grant Scheme and it will run from now until the end of March, next year. As part of the scheme, the Council will be giving additional help to vulnerable households and families on a low income

Over the last week, Year 6 have been doing some D.T work. They had to design and make a working Morse Code transmitter. The children could all instantly remember how to create a circuit using their knowledge from Science. However, when it came to design, we all learnt a few valuable lessons: think a

We enjoyed a day of painting making our Christmas cards and calendars and then the Emperor’s New Clothes from Northern Stage and the start of Rotten Chops from the Durham Gala Theatre.  Then it was time to party!  That consisted of making a huge amount of noise and dancing to our top Christmas son

Never one to miss out on this lesson, back from isolation, Year 4A jumped straight into the challenge of creating an electrical circuit using a cell, bulb and wires.  They were even given the buzzers to try too.  Not only that – the children were so good we also added a switch and created buzzing,

We didn’t want any child missing out on Christmas Dinner this year – so we were delighted the kitchen rolled their sleeves up and created round two!  For the children isolating last week in the classes or individually, there was still a chance to enjoy a festive favourite. We played Christmas songs

Today was party day in Year 5! The children arrived at school dressed in a lovely range of party clothes, and there was definitely a buzz in the air! Both classes enjoyed time in the hall with the disco lights, Christmas songs and a range of classic party games. During the festivities of the day, ea

Tuesday 15th December 2020 Dear parent/carer, RE: End of Autumn Term 2020 Moving towards the end of term is always a good time to reflect on how things have been, but this is probably even more the case in our current pandemic context.  Evaluating what we have achieved as a school community whilst