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.
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Jarrow Hall (part 2)
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.
Read More »Jarrow Hall (part 1)
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 …
Read More »Story and Art Club
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 …
Read More »European Theme Day School Lunch
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 …
Read More »International Day of Peace
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.
Read More »Meet our Playleaders
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 …
Read More »Colour Run Year 2
Year 2 had a lovely time at the colour run. Thank you to the sports partnership for a lovely afternoon.
Read More »Living life as an Ancient Greek
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 …
Read More »Year 2 Art
In Year 2, we have been drawing spirals. We used our hands, our arms and our whole bodies to move when we were creating our art. We looked at art by Molly Hausland, who draws huge circles outdoors. We really loved drawing spirals on our yard.
Read More »Year 1 Colour Run
Year 1 had a wonderful time last week doing their colour run. Thank you to the Sports Partnership for putting on a great event for all.
Read More »Story and Craft Club
Over the last two weeks, children have been using different media types to create artwork linking to the stories they read. Firstly, the children read The Leaf Thief then created their own autumnal leaves using chalk, learning how to blend. This week, children read Leaf Man and found that leaves go wherever the wind blows. Children then rolled up …
Read More »Stars Of The Week
Well done to all of our children who have received awards this week. Keep up the good work.
Read More »Year 5 Colour Run 2024
Wow! What a way to start our Year 5 journey! A fabulous afternoon of paint throwing and colour bombing. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and went home with colours in their hair and big smiles. A huge thank you to our Year 5 families for your generous sponsorships and to Easington Sports Partnership, these events don’t run without you.
Read More »Fun in the colour run
Year 4 had lots of fun in their colour run and helped raised lots of money for our school. Well done everyone and a big thank you to the Sports Partnership for organising another fun event.
Read More »Y3 First Access Violin Lesson
Today our Year 3 children had their first First Access Violin lesson with Mrs Sellers from Durham Music Service. It was a great success! They will continue their lessons every Thursday throughout the school year.
Read More »Year 3 Homes
As part of our RE this half term, we have been exploring homes. The children in year 3 enjoyed creating their own homes and beginning to think more deeply about why being at home makes us happy – favourite food, toys and family were among the top 3 reasons!
Read More »Gardening Club
Tonight was the first gardening club for year 3 and 4. It was a lovely afternoon. We were in our prayer garden, weeding, gathering up leaves, moving mini-beasts we came across to somewhere safe and planted daffodil and tulip bulbs in the pots. We finished by giving the pots a water and tidying up. By spring, we will see how …
Read More »Y1 & Y2 Board Games Club
Our first session of Board Games Club was a huge success. We played a variety of games such as; Snakes and Ladders, Gone Fishing and Rocking Robot. We also had a go at completing some jigsaw puzzles, building a domino rally and playing some matching games.
Read More »Stars of St. Cuthbert’s
Well done to our latest Stars Of The Week. Children are already earning house group points and awards for wonderful work, demonstrating Gospel values and excellent behaviour.
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