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Yesterday, Becky from Easington Sports partnership came to deliver leadership training to 20 year 4/5 children. The children, come September, will take on their new roles as playground leaders, delivering games and supporting the children with imaginative play through OPAL. They left the session full of new ideas and keen to share them with others.  

Day 1 Monday was canoeing and rock climbing. The children loved both activities from rowing up the river at Durham and playing games on the water to scaling the climbing wall, pushing themselves a little more each time. They all showed remarkable resilience! Canoeing Rock Climbing  

Yesterday, Year 2 had a fantastic morning learning how to play the magical game of quidditch. The children worked together in their team, passing the quaffle whilst trying to avoid being hit by the bludger. Thank goodness they were still muggles by the end of the session! Well done Year 2!

Year 3 really enjoyed working with Becky today and finding out how to play a game of Quidditch. We had all heard of this game from reading Harry Potter books. Thank goodness this game today did not involve us learning how to ride on a broomstick! We all had lots of fun and enjoyed learning the rules to a new …

On Thursday, 36 KS2 children were given an amazing opportunity from Easington Sports Partnership to engage in a soft archery session in school. For some, this was their first time however with each shot their skills improved, gaining points when the target was hit. All children thoroughly enjoyed putting their precision and accuracy skills to the test. Well done!  

What a wonderful way to end a very successful week coming into school dressed as what we want to be when we are older. Everyone made such an effort and it was clear that we had been inspired by the week. KS2 ended the afternoon with a visit from Michael Cook, local solicitor, who told us about the different paths …

As you know, we had an Ofsted inspection on 22nd and 23rd May and I am delighted to attach our Ofsted report. Ofsted Report 2024

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 have had a lovely afternoon taking part in role play. We had a wide range of jobs to choose from and really enjoyed dressing up and using different props. We then thought about which NHS hero was our favourite.

This morning, two of our school governors visited to speak in our assembly about their roles as a governors. We had all heard of them before but we weren’t really sure of their actual roles. We learnt about what they do for our school, how they help Mrs Noble and what other jobs they may also have because we learnt …

Today we had a visit from our local Firefighters, who came into every class and spoke about the skills, qualities and training needed to be a firefighter. Two of the four visitors spoke in class and we had the chance to ask lots of questions. It was really good for our Y5 and Y6 pupils to learn about fire safety …

Another successful careers carousel this afternoon. It was another fantastic opportunity for our children to explore a different range of professions.   We would like to thank our volunteers for their time today: Sophie, who is a paediatric nurse at Sunderland Hospital, who talked about common reasons children come to A&E and the children had fun role playing injuries and …

Today, our children enjoyed playing with new playground equipment donated by the Friends of St Cuthberts. After speaking with Miss Scarr, the group went away and bought items which they felt the children would enjoy using during playtimes and lunchtimes. Throwing and catching games, frisbees, ribbons, kites and so much more have been a huge hit with the children. Thank …

Today we held our first careers carousel and what a success it was! We would like to thank: Natalie, Craig and Sam from Durham Constabularies Road Collision unit who talked to us about road safety and road traffic accidents. Sam brought in his motorbike. Dave and Emma from Northumbrian water who showed us how our water is cleaned. Natalie from …

On Thursday, our mixed cricket team went to Blackhall Cricket Club to compete against other schools within Easington Sports Partnership. The team showed many sporting values throughout the whole event along with being excellent sporting ambassadors of St Cuthberts. Well done!  

St Cuthbert’s Primary School would like to say a huge thank you to Green Lane Nurseries for their very generous donation of bedding plants for our prayer garden.

The children have had a visit from the police this afternoon. They really enjoyed learning all about the job, asking questions and joining in with a police fitness test.  

Our lovely kitchen staff will be offering a special themed school lunch on 6th June to honour the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings. Please see the picture below for menu choices. If your child usually has a school dinner, they will automatically be given this choice. If your child usually has a packed lunch but would like to enjoy …

We have had a lovely first day exploring the local area. We have skipped stones along the River Swale and then enjoyed an ice cream in the village of Reeth. After tea, we completed some map work and then spent some time playing games. .  .   

Year 3 braved the weather on their visit to Castle Eden Dene. We were visiting the dene as part of our geography work on rivers. We spent some time looking at the different features of rivers and used our nets to see what creatures we could find. Due to weather warnings we completed our visit back at school where our …