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As part of our Jubilee celebrations, the children had a fantastic street party style lunch. Our kitchen staff treated us to sandwiches, sausage rolls and crisps followed by specially decorated Jubilee cakes and biscuits. We want to say a massive THANK YOU to Jan and all of the kitchen staff. We had a feast that was fit for a Queen!

Today, we celebrated the Queen’s Jubilee in school. Children came to school dressed in red, white and blue and took part in a range of activities. We started the day by gathering together in the school hall to sing the National Anthem and other songs we had been learning all week. Some of the activities the children took part in …

This was our first week of gardening club. We spent a lot of time weeding and getting our pots and beds ready for planting. Mrs Watson joined us to show us how to plant some leeks. Well done everyone for your hard work.

Year 6 are really enjoying learning about medicine through the ages. Today we looked at the role of plague doctors and why they dressed in such peculiar outfits. Kane came dressed for the part! Very practical although slightly alarming!

This morning we all went to church to crown Mary. We have been learning that May is the month of Mary. Our First Holy Communion children have been leading the rosary at parish mass each Saturday afternoon and today they led us in a decade of the Rosary before we crowned Mary. Well done also to our graceful dancers who …

In Year 2, we have been learning all about measuring length. We enjoyed some outdoor maths this week using our metre sticks to measure various things around the school grounds.

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Our Mayor, Councillor Sue Morris came to our school today for a special visit. Councillor Morris talked to all of our children about the upcoming Queen’s Jubilee and presented all of our children with a special medal in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. It was lovely to see her.

A massive shout out to our Year 6 sports leaders that attended the Year 2 outdoor adventure day yesterday at Shotton Hall! They demonstrated excellent leadership skills and were excellent ambassadors of our school. All children led the activities that they  were responsible for with great confidence and they had so many positive comments from not only the sports partnership, …

Year 2 had a fabulous day yesterday at Shotton Hall. They all participated in lots of fun activities and had a lovely time. Their behaviour was fantastic.  

Jubilee Ready! We have been getting ourselves ready for our Jubilee celebrations after half term with some art to make our new entrance feel patriotic and party-ready! Thank you to all our classes for your beautiful portraits and drawings.

On Thursday 19th May our Dance Club took part in the Sports Partnership Dance Showcase at Blackhall Community Centre where selected schools had been chosen to showcase their dances. Our Dance Club did such a wonderful performance again. We are so proud of what they have achieved, having the courage to get up on stage in front of over 250 …

Y4 were given the opportunity to attend a tennis festival. Four children took part in a competition against other schools playing actual tennis matches. Ten children had a go at some skills to try to beat their own scores as they challenged themselves. The skills included throwing things at targets, passing a tennis ball around a circle using only the …

Last week, our A and B football teams played their last league matches for this season. We came up against two very strong teams from St. Mary Magdalene Primary School and the heat made if even more difficult to play. Our B Team played first. As we were short of players, Jude stepped in at the last minute to help …

Last Thursday was Outdoor Classroom day and our children used our fantastic school grounds to enjoy some outdoor learning. Some of the activities that took place were scavenger hunts, potion making, orienteering, mini-beast hunts, active games and making symmetrical patterns. Luckily, the weather was kind to us and it was a great day for everyone involved.

Year 6 had great fun today learning about prehistoric medicine and the role of medicine men in tribes. We foraged for our own ingredients to make remedies to treat our patients. The remedies are rather revolting but apparently effective… Tribe 1 – impaled by a wild boar’s tusk while out hunting Tribe 2 – a flint spear was removed from …

Our year 6 children had a special visit from their buddies last week during their SATs and they gave them a good luck card and Mrs Groark gave a lovely speech about how she has watched Y6 grow over the years.

Year 6 have fun in Science today creating a life-sized circulatory system. Thank you to Jude, Jack E, Rosa and Jacob for being our human templates.

A reminder of upcoming diary dates for the summer term.

St. Cuthbert’s girls football team played in their first tournament tonight. They came top in their group stage after winning all of their games, scoring 11 goals and keeping a clean sheet. In the final, they were very unlucky and lost 1 – 0. It was a very close match and could have gone either way. They all received a …