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A huge congratulations to our Yellow Team who not only won in the Easter Egg competition but also overall across this term!  The points will be reset for the start of next term.

Two firefighters visited to teach us about arson. We learned that arson is deliberate fire starting which is dangerous because it causes property damage; the fire can spread and it produces dangerous smoke. Zack – “I learned that even 3 breaths of smoke from a wheelie...

Each class had a fabulous time in the hall this afternoon raising money for Comic Relief.  Each class came up with their own table top game which included golf, skittles and 'Pin the Nose on Mr Smith'!  The total we've raised was a massive £333.05!  Thank you to Miss...

Wolsingham Primary spent Thursday celebrating World Book Day!  The children brought in a potato which they had decorated linked to their favourite books.  They also brought in a spare book for a 'Book Swap'.  View the Class Learning Pages to see a collection of photos...

To end the term, we had another one of our House Team events.  This half term it was based on Internet Safety.  Each team split into three groups for an 'Apprentice' style task where one group had to create a logo on the computer, another group created a mascot and...

Class 5 have been working hard to create an informative assembly linked to Internet Safety Day (7th February 2023).  They all did a fabulous job and the parents did fantastic at the end of assembly quiz too! Well done, Class 5 and thank you to all the parents and...

We are Hedgehog Heroes! A massive well done to the children in Class 3 who have worked so hard over the last year on our hedgehog project. They had to complete various tasks in order to become hedgehog heroes and create a hedgehog friendly campus in and around our...

This week, it was the start of our after school clubs.  In sketching, the group chose something they were interested in sketching, so we could think about what we wanted to do in future session.  They produced some fantastic work! [gallery...

Key Stage 1 children had a fabulous time at their Christmas party on Wednesday. Everyone looked spectacular in their party clothes and lots of fun was had playing games and dancing. A lovely end to a busy half term. [gallery...

Key Stage 1 told the story of Santa’s Hat for their Christmas performance this year. They have worked so hard this half term to perfect their words and actions and they performed brilliantly on Thursday!  Well done to all involved! [gallery...

Our newest Pupil Voice group is linked to promoting equality and diversity as we aim to receive the silver award in the Educate and Celebrate program. This week, our Class 5 and 6 were tasked with coming up with a logo for our newly formed group named 'Pride Not...

24 children from KS2 attended a cross country event at Staindrop Academy. Wolsingham pupils were very determined and competed with a great spirit. Our Y3/4 boys’ team finished 1st overall and Y3/4 girls’ team finished 2nd overall. Each race had over 200 pupils in, so...

It was great to get back into our pupil voice groups this week and the Eco Group were raring to go. Our first meeting gave us the opportunity to discuss the kinds of things we would like to do over the next year and we decided who would be our litter pickers for...

The gardening team got off to a good start on Tuesday in their after school club as they worked their magic in the school wildlife garden. We noticed that over the summer holidays a lot of plants had grown over the footpaths, so we set off tidying those up and cutting...

Last week, we were lucky to have a special visitor in our assembly to show us how the keyboard worked and to do some performances on it.  The whole school even got to sing to 'Green Green Grass' by George Ezra as it was played on the keyboard.  All KS2 children should...

Parents whose children are due to start primary school next year can start applying for a place now. Durham County Council will be accepting applications for the 2023/24 school year from Monday, 5 September 2022. The deadline for applications for primary schools is...

Our latest sightings! Year 2 have been monitoring what goes on in our wildlife garden this week as part of our Hedgehog Heroes project. Despite creating a hedgehog feeding station we don’t seem to be spotting any hedgehogs, but we have had a few other visitors! Can...

After all the learning we have been doing in school about hedgehogs, we were lucky enough to see a baby hedgehog thanks to Iyla’s mam (Year 1). She came into school on Monday to show us one of the hedgehogs that is being cared for at the local hedgehog sanctuary...

How to look after hedgehogs Year 2 have been doing a lot of research on how to look after hedgehogs. They have created posters which are displayed in school to tell people how to care for them in the wild. Please take some time to look at Olivia’s poster which has...

As part of our strive to become hedgehog heroes, Year 2 approached the workers who come into school to cut our grass to ask them if we could put some of our special stickers onto their machinery. The stickers from the British Hedgehog Preservation Society are bright...

Have a look at some more photos from our Pride Parade below!

Wolsingham Primary have had a lovely week celebrating Pride.  All classes have produced some fantastic work which will soon be up in our entrance corridor about what makes us proud to be who we are.  In class, children have done poems, created artwork and made...