On Thursday we came to school in our Christmas jumpers and outfits. Our kitchen team made us a delicious Christmas lunch which we all enjoyed. Thank you to the kitchen team!
Nursery and Reception welcomed parents and family into school for an afternoon of singing and Christmas crafts. We sang some festive favourites and then made Christmas tree decorations and wreaths. It was a lovely afternoon getting into the festive spirit.
Nursery and Reception were visited today by Animal Stories who told us the story of The Nativity with the addition of a few different animal characters. We met animals such as a tree frog, a giant land snail, a lizard, a hedgehog, a tortoise and an owl.
We had the chance to interact with the anim...
Reception visited Crawcrook library today. We met Kyle, who read us Christmas themed stories and set us the challenge of completing a Christmas jumper trail. We designed and made our own Christmas jumpers and finally we took "Elfie Selfies" and sang some Christmas songs. We all had a great...
Today, Reception class visited St. John's Church in our village. We wanted to find out why the church is an important place in our community and why it is special to lots of people.
We met Rev. Tom and he told us about the church and Christians who worship there. Cath was also there...
Last week, was anti-bullying week in school. All of our children focused on the theme "Choose Respect" which of course, is one of our school values.
We explored the meaning of bullying and different scenarios where this can occur. This was alongside considering what respect is and how w...
Today, Reception class visited The Discovery Museum in Newcastle. We participated in a workshop based around the story "Lost in the Toy Museum".
We enjoyed listening to the story and then followed clues to find the missing toys in the museum. We handled lots of toys from the past and ta...
Today, everyone has been involved in raising money for Children in Need. The children had great fun laying out their money to create a giant Pudsey head! We raised an amazing £250.58 which has been sent to Children in Need.
Well done everyone and thank you for your generosity...
As part of anti-bullying week, our whole school has participated in Odd Socks Day. We came to school today in odd socks as a way of celebrating differences and diversity across our school and community. We have read stories and had discussions about similarities and differences and have enjoyed...
Today we demonstrated our school value of respect. We all made our own poppy and created a Remembrance garden. We all visited to have some time for reflection and think about the bravery of all those who have and still continue to keep us safe.
Our Year 5 and 6 children also visited The Cenotaph...
This week, we have used our phonic knowledge to help us write a letter home. We talked about the things we enjoy in school and shared this with our family. We talked about our home address and stuck a label and stamp on to our envelopes once the letters were inside. We walked down to the villag...
Today, Reception class we welcomed parents and family to school to take part in a Halloween themed craft session. We used recyclable materials and talked about how this helps to look after our environment. We created bat hanging decorations and trick or treat bags. We had lots of fun together. The c...