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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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!

The children had a visit from Scoop the dog to tell them all about Durham County Council’s friendly campaign to tackle dog fouling issues in our local community. Scoop, and his handler Chris, explained about the problems fouling can cause. The children also learned about the benefits of micro chipping pets and were keen to spread the word about the free micro chipping being offered by the Council. For more details visit www.durham.gov.uk/civicpride or call into Tow Law Community Centre on Tuesday 22nd September 2015 11am until 3pm.