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What a busy night we had! Stories, songs and lots of crafts. Year 1/2 listened to Julia Donaldson’s story The Scarecrows’ Wedding then went off to create their very own to take home. Each scarecrow had their own unique hat and name. The finished off the session with signing and dancing to ‘Dingle Dangle Scarecrow’

“Wow” said the owl was this weeks story. The children listened to the story, looked at all the wonderful colours he saw on his journey and then went off to make their own paper plate owl. They carefully had to fold the plate to create wings and a head before colouring it in with their own design. “Wow” said Miss …

As part of World Animal Day, Year 5 took part in a workshop with Jess from Seaham Vets. The children engaged in a range of hands on activities such as applying bandages, trying on gowns and looking at animals skulls. This session gave the children an opportunity to ask Jess questions about their own pets and how they can help …

Today we had visitors from a vets in Seaham in school. We talked about the role of a vet and took part in different activities. We had lots of fun and asked lots of questions.

Well done to our latest Stars of The Week. We love to celebrate the fantastic achievements of our wonderful children.

Today, 35 children from years 1-6 attended cross country at EDC. The children were amazing ambassadors of St Cuthberts, showing excellent sportsmanship towards each other and runners from other schools. We are incredibly proud of the resilience shown today from all runners. Well done!

Our kitchen staff are providing a special themed school dinner on Thursday 3rd October. The theme is Taste of America. Please see the picture below for menu choices. If your child has a school dinner, they will automatically be offered this choice. If your child normally has a packed lunch but would like to enjoy this special meal, please contact …

It was Stone Age day today in Year 3. We arrived to find a visitor in our classroom who showed us what life was like in Stone Age times. We learnt how to use a bow and arrow so we could catch animals to eat. Cave paintings showed us what life was like. We tried to create our own cave …

Year 3 are making excellent progress in their weekly violin lessons with Mrs Sellars.

The weather was perfect for gardening club this week. We planted some bulbs in planters which will bloom in the spring and we will be able to transfer in our prayer garden. We all remembered from week 1 which way to plant the bulbs. Then we looked at the small garden behind Reception Class and designed a new garden. We …

Yesterday in forest schools we got our suits and wellies on and visited the allotment where we collected blackberries. We then used some tools to turn our blackberries into blackberry ink. It was just like purple paint! We then used our ink to paint a picture. We used brushes and some of us even tried using a stick. We had …

We finished our afternoon off with two workshops. The first was burial and the second battles. Both required the children to be heavily involved by acting, chanting and dressing up. The children have thoroughly enjoyed themselves and brought back to school lots of new facts on the Anglo-Saxons.

What a fabulous way to finish our morning. Village walks, animal visits and finishing with the story Beowulf around the fire. We are full from lunch and ready for an afternoon of Anglo-Saxon workshops.

Year 5 have safely arrived at Jarrow Hall, the sun is shining and they have a jam packed day ahead of them! They have started the morning with a visit to the museum and a story from today’s lead Sarah. Backpacks have been dropped off in the classroom and they are off for a visit to the farm and the …

This week, year 1 and 2 listened to the story of The Happy Pumpkin then went off to create their very own pumpkin. They created one to take home and another to use on our autumnal project. Once complete, we cut out our pumpkins and created wreaths using our artwork from the previous two weeks. The wreath is now being …

Our kitchen staff are providing a special dinner for children on Thursday 26th September. It is European Day of Languages and we have some dishes inspired by European cuisine. See the picture below for menu choices. If your child has school dinners, they will automatically be offered this choice. If your child has packed lunches but would like this special …

Today we have been finding out about International Peace Day. We explored how we can bring peace to our school, our community and ourselves. By talking about and recognising the International Day of Peace, we are working towards our Live Simply goal. We also made peace doves to display in our class.

Since returning to school, our Playleaders have jumped straight into their new roles, supporting and engaging younger children during play times. Prior to the summer holidays, the children received some training from ESSP and have shown all they were taught through their organisational and leadership skills, enthusiasm and confidence. Over the next half term, the children will meet regularly with …

Year 2 had a lovely time at the colour run. Thank you to the sports partnership for a lovely afternoon.

Today a special visitor from Ancient Greece arrived. Adam the Ancient Greek set us lots of different activities. We found out about the life of a hoplite soldier and about the relationship between the Athenians and the Spartans. The Battle Formations and Tactics session was the highlight of the day, where the children got their very own spear and shield …