Find out what's happening in school:

• Careers Fair and MP visit

  Fri 30 Jun 2023 Mr B

  Today we held our careers fair. We were lucky to be visited by a range of people with different jobs, including police officers, a local cafe owner, a physiotherapist, a speech therapist, representatives from Unilever and Tesco, an actor, a project manager in construction and pharmacist.

  All the children from Years 1 - 6 visited the hall to chat to our visitors. They had lots of interesting questions and found out lots about some different careers. They were curious and respectful and our visitors had a great time. We are very grateful to them for giving up their time to visit us.

  In the afternoon, we were visited by our local MP Alec Shelbrooke. He was given a tour of the school by our school council leaders, and then met a selection of children from right across school who had prepared some questions. It was brilliant for the children to be able to meet their local representative and learn a little about how government works in our country. Again, we were grateful to Mr Shelbrooke for taking the time to visit our school.

  

• Y6 residential

  Fri 30 Jun 2023 Mr B

  We returned to the Weardale Adventure Centre last weekend for our Year 6 residential. The children took part in rock climbing, archery tag, raft building and a river walk, as well as an evening camp fire and scavenger hunt. There was also lots of time for playing ball games in the big fields and spending time with their friends. We had a brilliant time and the children were exemplary, as ever. 

  

• KS1 Choir visit to St Armand's Court

  Mon 19 Jun 2023 Mr B

  It was lovely to be able to take some of our Key Stage 1 choir members to St Armand's Court today. The children have been working really hard on Wednesday lunchtimes to learn the songs. It was an extra challenge for them because they had to perform the songs acapella. They did a brilliant job. The residents (and staff!) all loved having the children along to sing for them and there were plenty of smiling faces. Afterwards, the children took a few minutes to read their books to the residents. It was a great experience for the children and we were so proud of them. One of the residents said: 'Aren't these children wonderful' and we couldn't agree more!