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Super Sandwiches A big well done to Year 2 for their chopping, grating, spreading and sprinkling skills this afternoon. We made a DELIcious range of sandwiches from wraps to pitta pockets to hearty doorstops. We hope families enjoy their taste testing tonight!

We have enjoyed making a range of sculptures in Year 2 and learning about different artists. We thought about the work of Barbara Hepworth and how the spaces in her work encourage us to look through at the space behind and around. We made pieces out of salt dough using different tools for patterns and spaces and then glued them …

Our lovely kitchen staff are preparing a St. George’s Day themed school lunch on Tuesday 23rd April. Please see the picture below to view the menu. If your child has a school lunch, they will automatically be offered this choice. If your child normally has a packed lunch but would like to enjoy this special menu, please contact the office …

You can download a copy of our summer dates here. Please keep them handy – we have lots going on! [gview file=”https://www.stcuthbertsprimary.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Updated-Summer-Dates.pdf”]

Maths Rockstar Day We will be holding a Maths Rockstars Day on Thursday 2nd May and inviting all our pupils and staff to dress as rockstars for the day while we have some maths fun.  Please see the letter below for details and the video explaining our TTRockstars programme for pupils from Y2 to Y6. [gview file=”https://www.stcuthbertsprimary.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/TT-Rockstarz-Letter.pdf”]  

We had such a fabulous day at the Locomotion museum. We learnt all about George Stephenson’s life and his inventions. We saw his Locomotion and acted out the first steam train journey from Shildon to Stockton. We also looked inside a train engine.

PE Timetable from April until May half term   

Today our children from Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 Dance Club took part in the Sports Partnerships Dance Festival at Murton Glebe Centre. This was a chance to show other schools what they have been working so hard on over this year. We are all extremely proud of you! You have all shown great commitment to Dance Club and …

Applications for club places for the first half term of summer are now open. Please click here to find the forms

On Friday, Year 6 were treated to a visit from local author, Adam Bushnell. We had a go at describing a rainforest and using some ambitious vocabulary. Adam brought his pet tortoise, Jet, and we used him to help us make descriptions of different animals. We wrote clues about the animals and read them out having a go at guessing …

This afternoon, Year 5 have been doing a scientific experiment to find out which materials made good thermal insulators. We tried three different materials and checked the temperature of the water after 3, 6 and 9 minutes. We really enjoyed learning how to read the thermometers and predicting which material would keep the water the warmest.

This week we had a visit from author Adam Bushnell. We’ve been learning about Meerkats in class and with Adam we found out some interesting facts. Then we wrote our own storyboard about a meerkat. We had lots of fun and can’t wait to see Adam again.

We had a lovely day on Wednesday celebrating St Cuthbert’s Day. We went to church and found out some interesting facts about St Cuthbert. On the afternoon, we enjoyed eating ice cream with our friends.

This afternoon we have had a visit from the author Adam Bushnell. Adam worked with us to plan a story using pictures all about a visit to space. We designed our own rocket. We then planned our story with a beginning, middle and end. Next week we are going to use our story plan to write our very own space …

Reception class have been learning all about night and day. We have now moved owe have been learning all about shadows. This morning, we went to the big yard and we drew around our friend’s shadow. Then after lunch we went back to the yard to see if our shadows looked the same. We noticed thatthey had changed. We talked …

As we are in the season of Lent, Reception class have been busy making and carrying out their Lenten promises. Yesterday we visited church to look and the stations of the cross. We listened to the story of Good Friday and said prayers as we visited each station. Mrs Wilkinson thought we were very good at reflecting and praying.

Well done to all of our children who received certificates, awards and house points this week.

Just a reminder to all parents that school finishes at 1:30pm on Thursday 28th March for the Easter holidays. We return to school on Monday 15th April.

Year 2 had a lovely day celebrating St Cuthbert’s Day. We went to church, then we found out some facts about St Cuthbert and on the afternoon we all enjoyed an ice cream.

In Year 2 we have been looking at micro habitats for our science topic . We went over to our allotment to have a look under logs and flowers to see what we could find.