Class 2 and Class 3 children really enjoyed their visit to the Egyptian Gallery in the Great North Museum. They all had lots of fun finding out about Egyptian artefacts and life in Ancient Egypt, especially when they got to see a real preserved mummy.

After lunch they enjoyed a visit to the fossil hall and seeing the T Rex skeleton.

The children raised £41 in donations to the museum and will have a permanent record of their donation with a blue butterfly with our school name displayed in the butterfly hall.

We have added some photographs for you to enjoy.

We are very proud to announce that we have been awarded the Young Carers Charter at Tow Law Millennium Primary School.

We are committed to finding ways of listening to and supporting any young person in school who may have a caring role or responsibilities for others at home. We hope that we can ultimately improve the educational experiences and achievements of these pupils and also empower them to seek help and support when necessary. There is an understanding that many young carers shoulder responsibilities well beyond their years, and our school continues to work hard to support these pupils to become the best that they can be, despite the pressures they face.

 

We have a winner. When Scoop from the Green dog campaign visited our school he challenged the buddies to design a poster encouraging responsible dog ownership. He was pleased to return to school to present Chantel with her winners certificate for an excellent poster reminding dog owners to, “Clean it up! Bag it. Bin it.” Thank you to all the Buddies for their inspiring posters and congratulations Chantel.

Lots of fun was had by all at our Christmas parties, with lots of games such as the old favourite – pass the parcel and a new invention – “Reindeer reins,” a race with strawberry laces. There were some fantastic moves in the dance contests but the children were really tested when it came to musical statues! A great way to end the year.

Well done to our fantastic performers in EYFS and KS1! They performed their nativity to a hall full of people on Wednesday 16th December, singing songs beautifully and saying their words clearly. Everyone in the hall was mesmerised by the performance, it was brilliant! A big thank you to parents of the children who helped them learn their words virtually overnight! Well done EYFS and KS1 children!

The children were treated to a Christmas themed concert by musicianns from Durham County’s music service. The music teachers introduced the children to the features of all the different wind instruments and entertained them with a variety of songs from traditional Christmas Carols through to the very popular Frozen. The children enjoyed singing along and a few couldn’t resist dancing. At the end they all gave an enthusiastic, “thank you,” to the performers

On the 10th December Class 3 ended their Design Technology Project on Bread by making four different types of bread. Each group had experimented with both sweet and savoury ingredients before deciding to make sweet or savoury bread rolls. The four types of bread made were Cheese and Italian Herbs, Chilli Flatbread, Cinnanmon and Sultana and Chocolate and Orange.

On Wednesday 9th December, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 went on visits to Burnhill nature reserve. It was a very blustery day to be walking down to the cabin but everyone persevered against the wind and arrived to find a surprise visitor – Santa! Santa read a story to the children and then they drew a picture of him. They decorated gingerbread men and ate them with some tasty hot chocolate. Thank you to Mr Bell and Santa for giving the children such a memorable morning/afternoon visit.

On Monday 7th December the school councillors held a very important meeting with the ‘eXtreme Group’. This group involves young people with special needs giving advice on how schools can work with them to fulfil their ambitions. Our school councillors showed the young people around our school and they gave us suggestions on how accessibility in our school could be improved. Many thanks to the young people involved in the eXtreme Group for attending the meeting and also to ‘The Pantry’ in Tow Law for donating the buffet.

In the run up to Christmas, different groups across the whole school have been involved in this project organised by ‘Europe Direct’. The school council group have coordinated the project within school. KS1 children created the decorations during art lessons and KS2 children created an information booklet about English Christmas customs during IT lessons. Throughout December, parcels have been arriving in school and the children have loved opening them to find out about Christmas traditions across Europe. Thank you to all the schools across Europe who have sent us beautiful decorations which have been put together on our ‘European’ Christmas tree in the entrance hall.