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.
European Christmas Tree Decoration Project
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.
Pantomime ‘Robin Hood’
On Wednesday 25th November, the pantomime of ‘Robin Hood’ was performed brilliantly in school. The children from Nursery up to Year 6 went into the hall to watch it and absolutely everyone thoroughly enjoyed it!
Christingle Service 2015
On Friday 27th November, the whole school went to St Phillip and St James Church for our Christingle service. The children said their words in the service very clearly and everyone sang beautifully. The highlight of the service was the lighting of the christingles and the children holding them while singing ‘Hope of Heaven’. Thank you to the adults who volunteered to make the christingles before the service and also to the parents who attended the service.
Diwali Celebrations November 2015
On 12th and 13th November, every class in school learnt about the Hindu festival Diwali. They learnt the story of Rama and Sita, cooked traditional Diwali food and made Diwali crafts such as Diva lamps and rangoli patterns.
Accelerated Reader Competition Winners Trip
Last academic year 2014-2015, Class 4 won the accelerated reader competition. The children from Class 4 are now in the current years 2 and 3. These children received their reward on Wednesday 4th November 2015. They went on a trip to Seven Stories in Newcastle where they learnt about Nursery rhymes from around the world. They learnt songs, games and looked around the exhibition. After lunch, they really enjoyed their winners treat of a quick stop at the park! Well done to all of Class 4 (current years 2 and 3) for winning the accelerated reader competition last year!
Remembrance Day Poppies
On Friday 18th September, Clair from Tesco (Genesis Walk, Consett) came into school to paint some poppies with the children from Class 4. This was part of Tesco’s community work and the children thoroughly enjoyed it. Our poppies, along with other schools, will be made into a piece of artwork. This will be installed outside Tesco at Consett and some children from our school will be going to view them.
Harvest Festival
On Friday 2nd October we held our Harvest Festival service at St Phillip and St John’s Church. The children had learnt songs linked to harvest within their classes and also as a full school. The children sang beautifully in the church and said their words really clearly.
Rosh Hashanah – Jewish New Year Festival
The whole school learnt about the Jewish New Year festival: Rosh Hashanah. Children from reception to year 6 explored the symbolism, cultures and traditions of the festival. At the end of the two day exploration of this religious festival, all classes in school presented their work in family assembly on Friday afternoon. Have a look at the pictures below to see some of the work that the children completed!
Flower Festival September 2015
The school council went to St Phillip and St James Church to see the final flower festival on Tuesday 15th September. The flower festival is in celebration of The Great London Musicals and features arrangements such as: Singing in the Rain, Jesus Christ Superstar and Oliver. Thank you to the church for inviting us to help to make flower arrangements for the pew ends!