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  World Mental Health Day is 10th October. We are having a non-uniform day on Friday 8th October to celebrate our differences and diversity. The children will be looking at the differences between uniformity and diversity and will get the opportunity to take part in lots of activities and exercises throughout the day. Mental Health can affect anyone, it is …

Year 6 demonstrated excellent debating skills when exploring scenarios around God’s unconditional and everlasting love based on the parable of the Prodigal Son.  

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This week we have been so busy. We have been looking at different sounds each day. On the letter k day we made kites and then tested them outside. On letter b day we had to sort out Mrs Groark’s button box. We were also set a challenge to make and create something out of a cardboard box. Friday was …

We all enjoy coming to school and receiving an education. All duty bearers ensure our talents and abilities are developed further each and every day. A reminder of what Articles 28 & 29 mean: Time to think: Rights Respecting Tasks to carry out at school or at home: Videos and resources to support the activities:   Reflection: Remember to send …

Both of our teams were in action tonight against Seaview Primary School. The A-Team were held to a 1-1 draw with our goal coming from Oscar. Man of the Match was given to Thomas for making some excellent saves. The B-team played an exciting match but were just beaten at the end, a respectable score line of 4-3 made for …

Our Y4 children have been baking biscuits again this afternoon. They were able to weigh out ingredients, prepare and roll out the dough and then cut and shape their biscuits. They added some delicious chocolate chips to the mixture too. The biscuits smelled beautiful while they were baking and will be cooled and wrapped for the children to collect in …

During our Science lesson, the children in Year 1 identified their 5 senses. They went for a walk around the school to find different things they could see, hear and touch. We all had lots of fun trying to find the different things on our checklist.

After all that hard work harvesting earlier in the week, we cleaned and prepared our vegetables and added them to some soup (after having a little taste of course!)  We tried it both smooth and blended – well done to everyone who had a try. Some of us even surprised ourselves and loved it! Article 29: We have the right …

Reception Class have been trying really hard to learn the names of all of their friends in their new class. We talked about how important it is to have a name and how sad we would feel if we didn’t have a name. This week a new girl joined class who didn’t have a name. We passed around our fox …

Reception Class were very excited this week. It was letter, “i” day and we were looking for insects. We decided to go over to the allotment for the first time to see what we could find. Instead of finding lots of insects the children were amazed to find lots of fruit, flowers and vegetables especially beans which they enjoyed collecting …

We have been learning all about materials and their properties in Year 2. Today we used our knowledge and the vocabulary we have been learning to guess what was in the box. We used lots of appropriate vocabulary to ask questions and had lots of fun.  

Our footballers were in action tonight against Ropery Walk for a league fixture at St. Cuthbert’s. The A Team played first and were on spectacular form. The match finished 6-0 to St. Cuthbert’s with goals coming from Kane, River and Oscar and Jack completed the win with a hat trick! There was also some excellent defending from Freddie and Ben …

The children in Year 1 compared objects using the language greater than, less than and equal to and the symbols <,> and =. The Year 1 classroom had different objects on each table and the children had to make their way around each table and compare the objects.

From Plot to Pot Year 5 loved getting into the allotment today. We cleared some weeds and had a tidy but more impressively, we have harvested leeks, potatoes, chives, blackberries, beans and lavender. A big thank you to Kath for coming to help us! We’re going to dry the lavender ready for some Christmas crafts and we’re really looking forward …

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Our PE lesson today was SAQ (speed, agility, quickness). We had 4 stations set up outside, worked in groups and spent time at each station. We used a ladder which helps us to improve agility by moving through it in different ways e.g. side step, two feet together, hopscotch etc.  The cones were set up in different ways to work …

Please see the football fixtures for the A and B team for this half of the season.  After the October half term, matches are not played as it is too dark after school. The second half of the season begins after February half term. These fixtures will be made at a later date. [gview file=”https://www.stcuthbertsprimary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Fixtures-2122.docx”]

On Monday, Y4 began their cookery DT topic with some biscuit tasting. We discussed the different tastes, textures, ingredients and packaging that the biscuits came in. The first group had the opportunity to make some biscuits. They did very well with weighing and measuring ingredients, using techniques such as the rubbing method and the creaming method and cutting their shapes. …

The children in Year 1 used the zoom function on Google Maps to find the UK, Seaham and their school. We looked at the things that could be seen from an Ariel view, such as the car park, playground and the Year 1 classroom and decking area. The children then used materials around the room to make a messy map …