We would like to say a huge thank you to the staff at Tesco, Gilesgate who responded to the plea made by our reading council to support our new project. The brilliant team there had a cake sale and a staff barbecue and raised £260 to help us fill our new reading hut when it arrives. WOW!
Off to a flying start!
Reception pupils are spending the first six weeks of term working alongside Durham SSP to master the art of cycling. They will start off on balance bikes and progress to riding their own without stabilisers. The progress so far has been phenomenal!
First Day Memories
What a confident and happy bunch of children we had joining us for their first day of school in September! They all looked incredibly smart in their brand new uniforms and shiny school shoes.
Beginnings and Endings…
The end of the summer term brings about endings and beginnings. We welcomed our new Reception children through our nursery graduation in the final week of term. This was a lovely occasion to share with friends and family as we celebrated the individual personalities who will be joining us in September.
On the last day of term we said a tearful farewell to our fantastic Y6’s. They leave us with superb SATs results and a fun-filled, action-packed seven years full of experiences behind them. We could not be more proud of the brilliant young people you are becoming and we know you will continue to impress at secondary school.
Mosaic Making
We are ending our heritage project on the 100th anniversary of the suffragette movement by creating a new piece of artwork to hang in our dining room. We have been inspired by the ambition and passion to be boundary-breakers and trailblazers that the suffragettes possessed, and so, have created a design in tiles to remind us that one person can make a huge difference to the world. Every pupil, and many family members, have added tiles to the picture making it a true collaborative piece of work. One that will hopefully inspire and remind us every day that we can aim high and be the source of something new and exciting.
Happy 70th Birthday NHS
We ended our food technology unit once again this year with a picnic for our families and friends. This year, we took inspiration from the 70th birthday of the NHS to create our health-themed food. We were, once again, very well supported by local businesses; Homer Hill Farm Shop, The Italian Farmhouse and The Three Horse Shoes all donated beautiful treats for us all to enjoy. We had another glorious sunny day to celebrate a very special occasion and to say thank you to all of our families for their support this academic year.
Unicorn Makeover Experience!
Our very lucky Year 6’s had a fantastic morning making very special memories before they leave us for secondary school. Ellie, the pony, came in to school for a unicorn makeover with hair chalks. She was very well behaved and loved being pampered by her stylists. A special memento of a unicorn rosette was given to each participant at the end of the session. What a fab experience to take away from our final weeks in primary!
Edinburgh 2018
27 pupils from Years 5 and 6 spent a gloriously sunny weekend in the Scottish capital in June 2018. An early train from Durham meant we were in Edinburgh in plenty of time to see all of the sights. We saw the Royal Mile, Edinburgh Castle, Greyfriar’s Bobby, The Museum of Scotland, The Camera Obscura and took an open-top bus tour all on day one!
After a Nando’s tea and a good night’s sleep, we headed to Edinburgh zoo and saw the pandas, meerkats, monkeys and penguins amongst many other animals. Back in Prince’s Street Gardens, we saw a pipe band contest before catching the train home. What a fantastic weekend we all had!
Gymnastics tournament 2018
We were thrilled to be able to hold our very first intra-school gymnastics tournament in summer 2018. Our gymnastics club has been going strong since early spring and the standard of all of the competitors was incredibly high, demonstrating moves such as a one-handed cartwheel, splits, straddle and bridge.
Thank you so much to our coach, Cheryl, who has been brilliant all year in getting the children to such a high standard. Well done to all of our gymnasts- you were fabulous!
Sports’ Day 2018
Well done to all of our competitors in this year’s sports’ day. It was a gloriously sunny day and the event could not have been closer between all four houses. It was lovely to see how many of our supporters bought house scarves to cheer on their favourite team and we were thrilled when the adults joined in with the tug of war.
After a mammoth display of strength in the children’s tug of war, Kepier came out as overall winners for sports’ day 2018. The house of the year for house points in 2018 goes to Hallgarth. Well done to everyone!
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