Poster Competition
A few weeks ago, Councillor Savory asked us to hold a competition for her. The children were tasked with creating a poster reminding people to pick up after their dogs. She joined us this afternoon in our Star of the Week assembly to let us know whose posters were the...
Family Friday – Mental Health Awareness Week
A big thank you to all of the children who came to school today dressed in green to mark Mental Health Awareness Week. This morning, some of our family members joined us to learn more about the strategies that we can use to deal with our emotions as well as maintain...
OAA Festival
Class 5 enjoyed a wonderful morning outdoors at Hamsterley Forest. They took part in team-building activities, developing their communication skills and making sure everyone was included before moving on to some survival challenges. The children worked together to...
Soil Experiments
Over the last few years, we have been participating in a program led by Durham University into soils. Today’s session was all about careers linked to soils. The children had the chance to explore how different people work with soils in a range of careers including,...
Vikings
This term, Class 5 will be exploring the exciting world of the Vikings! In our first lesson, children did some research into the background of the Vikings so that they could see how similar or different they are to the Anglo-Saxons. We will be delving into the history...
Congratulations Ruby!
Ruby recently attended the Cheer Youth Summit 2026 in Florida! The team did an incredible job and 'Hit Zero' (meaning no deductions). They placed 17th in the world in their category! They missed out on a place into the finals by 0.03, the top 16 went through out of 34...
Congratulations Freya!
Congratulations to Freya who plays for the under 8 Durham and Cleveland Tennis Team. She recently took part in the County Cup Tennis Tournament and her team came third. A huge well done!
Performing The Highwayman
In English, Class 5 have been studying the narrative poem ‘The Highwayman’. We have looked at the features, done reading comprehensions based on it and next week we will be aiming to rewrite the ending. To help us learn the poem, we performed it in pairs, coming up...
A Visit from Adam Bushnell
Class 3 were thrilled to welcome author Adam Bushnell for an engaging and inspiring writing session. They explored how to “show, not tell” by describing characters’ facial expressions and body language to bring their ideas to life. The visit sparked lots of...
Separating Materials
Today in science, we were investigating how to separate different mixtures of solids and liquids. We saw if we could separate salt and water, pasta and salt, rice and paper clips and sand and water. To do the pasta and salt, you just needed to have a bowl with a sieve...