All classes worked with Tracey from Hoopstarz - we had a brilliant day!
Class 3 have learned how to add shading and texture into their sketching!
KS2 took part in Orienteering sessions - it was great fun!
Class Dinosaur Art
Class 4 and Class 6 took part in a team building challenge with Durham SSP - we needed good listening skills and resilience as it was quite tricky!
KS1 and KS2 took part in "Worry Wizard" workshops and thought about how we can deal with difficult feelings
DT moving pictures with pivots and levers!
KS1 and KS2 learned how to play Boccia and found out how sports can be adapted for people with disabilities
We had fun during Maths Day
As part of our ongoing e-safety work, we completed the Google "Be Internet Legends" challenge with our families
We have designed and sewn our very own Christmas stockings...
We enjoyed our Christmas lunch - thank you to Mrs Jones and the kitchen team!
Santa popped in for a zoom "Punctuation Show" to help us with our GPS skills!
The Polar Bear and the Snow Cloud
Our KS2 musicians have been working hard this term
Let it snow...
Class 6 took part in a Come Dance with me morning with Gemma from Durham SSP
How do Jews celebrate Hanukkah? Trying sufganiyot 🍩 and playing dreidel.
Christingle
Santa Fun Run with Durham SSP
Christmas in Class 2
Class 6 developed sequences in gymnastics with Andrew from Durham SSP
We made the Solar System out of paper and card!
Games and Gymnastics
The Hanukkah Story
Three members of our Collective Worship group have been chosen to take part in a national event with the Archbishop of York - we are very proud of them
Remembrance
Class 6 wrote remembrance poems
A virtual visit from Liz Million and the Durham Ox
We experimented with watercolour paints!
We have been learning about the Solar System
World Mental Health Day: learning relaxation and mindfulness techniques
We acted out the movement of the Earth and moon in space.
Class 6 are learning to play Pop Lacrosse - it is not as easy as it looks!
Investigating shadows as part of our Science lesson
Class 6 explored the work of local artist, Norman Cornish
The Nursery children have had lots of fun this term....
....Exploring in the Forest
....Baking
....Making Marks
....Developing our Balancing and Gross Motor Skills
....and Celebrating Christmas
2020 - 2021
We created these super self portraits for our home learning art challenge this week
As part of our home learning work, we created these beautiful rainbows
Our SNAG group met with Taylor Shaw to discuss our current lunch system. They also had a taster session to try out our new menu
Some of our Y5/6 children had a brilliant time at RobinWood
We all enjoyed Sport Relief day
Barking Up The Right Tree Theatre Company performed Robin Hood for us - it was brilliant!
We celebrated World Book Day with a range of different activities
All classes took part in a yoga session as part of our ongoing mental health and well-being work
During our Ash Eucharist, Reverend Tom and Reverend Abbie told us, "Jesus loves you, follow Him."
Year 6 found out more about discrimination and prejudice during a workshop day with the Anne Frank Trust
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Well done to all of our half term stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️
The theme for Spring 2020 Safer Internet Day was “Together for a Better Internet”
We chose “Golden Time” activities for our Dojo Treat this half term and enjoyed ice lollies thanks to Tesco 🍦
Y4, Y5 and Y6 worked with Show Racism the Red Card
Key Stage Two worked with Lloyds Bank to find out more about digital money and online safety
Key Stage two completed lifesaving “Restart a Heart” first aid training with NUFC
Reverend Tom came in for our Christmas Eucharist, “ Heaven touches Earth”
We held a Spelling Bee. Well done to everyone who took part and congratulations to our winners!
We all enjoyed our Christmas parties!
We chose different activities for our Dojo treat this half term. We had great fun!
Well done to all of our amazing Nativity stars - Light, Camel, Action!
Well done to our fabulous musicians!
We enjoyed our Christmas Dinner 🍽 🎅🏻🎄
🌟Well done to all of our stars of this half term 🌟
School Council held a drawing competition for Children In Need and presented the winners with their prizes
Take Away Theatre came back into school to perform Cinderella. It was brilliant!
The theme of anti-bullying week this term is "Change Starts with You." Each class shared their work in assembly.
We explored "light" during Faith Day this term
Each class found out about the importance of Remembrance Day
We held a rockstars and robots day! Each class completed challenges on Numbots and Times Tables Rock Stars
Well done to all of our half term stars!
We had great fun at the Dojo Party!
We took part in "Jump Rope for Heart" day and raised money for the British Heart Foundation
We held our School Council elections - well done to everyone who took part
We learned about lots of important issues this half term including Mental Health, Road Safety and Racism
We held our Harvest Festivals at St Giles' Church - thanks for all of your donations for the Food Bank
Year 6 hosted a MacMillan Coffee Afternoon - thanks to everyone who came to support this fantastic charity
Each class enjoyed another fantastic Hoopstarz session!
Thanks to everyone who came to our annual "Meet the Teacher" event
Top
Cookies
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
Our cookies ensure you get the best experience on our website.
Please make your choice!
Cookies
Some cookies are necessary in order to make this website function correctly. These are set
by default and whilst you can block or delete them by changing your browser settings, some
functionality such as being able to log in to the website will not work if you do this.
The necessary cookies set on this website are as follows:
Website CMS
A 'sessionid' token is required for logging in to the website and a 'crfstoken' token is
used to prevent cross site request forgery.
An 'alertDismissed' token is used to prevent certain alerts from re-appearing if they have
been dismissed.
An 'awsUploads' object is used to facilitate file uploads.
Matomo
We use
Matomo cookies
to improve the website performance by capturing information such as browser and device
types. The data from this cookie is anonymised.
reCaptcha
Cookies are used to help distinguish between humans and bots on contact forms on this
website.
Cookie notice
A cookie is used to store your cookie preferences for this website.
Cookies that are not necessary to make the website work, but which enable additional
functionality, can also be set. By default these cookies are disabled, but you can choose to
enable them below: