Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Tag Rugby Festival

  Wed 18 Oct 2023

  These Y4 children represented our school at a Tag Rugby festival today at St Thomas More Catholic Academy.  They showed excellent sportsmanship playing each game with smiles on their faces.  They won 3 games  and drew the last one meaning they came 1st overall.  A fantastic achievement, well done to them all!

  

• The Life of a Miner

  Fri 13 Oct 2023

  Today we were visited by Pat from the Durham Mining and Heritage Project. 

  She came to help us to get an insight into life as a Miner so that we will be better equipped to interpret and understand the artworks of The Pitman Painters whose work we will explore in next week's collapsed curriculum 'Big Art' week.

  We learned about a miners working life and handled artefacts from that time period.  We got to dress as miners, collect our Pit Token, Pit Lamp and experience going down the mine through a range of drama activities.

  We thoroughly enjoyed and learned lots in our workshops and are looking forward to our Big Art week

  

• Harvest

  Fri 13 Oct 2023 J. MacDonald

  We have once again been overwhelmed by the kindness and generosity of our school community through the Harvest donations. Our Mini Vinnies have sorted and organised them before leading the school in a Celebration of the Word, giving thanks to God for all we have. The Mini Vinnies helped Mr Blackwell take all of our donation to the Bay Foodbank

  

• Green Fingers!

  Wed 11 Oct 2023 J. MacDonald

  The children in Years 1 & 2 spent lots of time this afternoon planting in our Key Stage 1 yard. They are looking forward to brightening the space with lots of flowers and will be watching the bulbs grow over the coming months

  

• Year 1 explore Seasonal Change

  Tue 10 Oct 2023 J. MacDonald

  Year 1 enjoyed learning about seasonal changes in the environment during their trip to the Rising Sun Country Park

  

• Year 3 History Trip

  Mon 09 Oct 2023 J MacDonald

  Year 3 went on a fantastic trip to the Rising Sun to learn all about life in the Stone Age and Iron Age. They learned how to make their own bread and cook it outdoors on a fire and learned about artefacts and what they were used for as well as building their own den to survive in. 

  

• Year 5 visit Jarrow Hall

  Fri 06 Oct 2023 J MacDonald

  Year 5 went on a fantastic trip to Jarrow Hall to delve deeper into their learning about the Anglo Saxons. The children experienced what it would be like living on an Anglo Saxon farm. We met animals and even visited a reconstructed hut! The children spoke about crime and punishment, looked at various battle artefacts and finished the day with a battle!

  

• Competition Winners

  Fri 06 Oct 2023 J. MacDonald

  We were delighted to hear that some of our children won prizes in the Sarah’s Star Art Competition. Sarah came into school to share the prizes with the winners and their artwork will be displayed in the Sarah’s Star offices. 

  

• A visit from Florence Nightingale

  Mon 02 Oct 2023 J MacDonald

  Year 2 enjoyed a visit from Florence Nightingale to bring their unit of work to a close. Florence was very impressed with all the6 had learnt.