Years 5/6 have written plays based on scenes from Alice in Wonderland. The children have rehearsed and refined their scripts before combining them all into whole class performances.

The children have also researched information for a biography of Lewis Carroll which they have included in a theatre programme for a production of the plays they have written.

Years 5 and 6 have been learning how to ride a bike safely on the road and keep their bikes in good working order with Durham County Council’s bikeability scheme.  They have achieved level 1 and are working hard to progress to level 2.

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Every child has the right to join in, play and take part in a wide range of activities.

Bikeability training

Class 1 enjoyed their time at Dobbies Garden Centre in Birtley with Meg and Christine. They had lots of fun planting beans, meeting the snakes and designing a cup cake! Big thanks to the staff at Dobbies for making us feel welcome and making our afternoon wonderful! The children were so well behaved and cant wait to have another visit soon!

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Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.  

Class 1 planting beans!

We were very brave!

We are working very hard in First Aid. This week we have learnt how to put people in the recovery poistion.

 Article 31

All children have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of activties.

Ellie demonstrating the recovery position.

On Monday 23rd February the whole school took part in Destination Judo.

Class 1 children

We all had lots of fun working with Glyn and learnt lots of new Judo moves!

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All children have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of activties.

The Paws Up Police and our donation cheque.

As part of our Pupil Improvement Plan, Green Team and Devin wanted to donate some of the money that we raised to a charity called Paws Up, which is for retired police dogs.

The police came to collect £20 donated from the Rights Respecting Council Funds with two of their dogs Louie and Lilly.  Many Thanks for your continuous help in raising money for charities.

UNCRC Article 12
Every child has the right to have a say in all matters affecting them, and to have their views taken seriously

Speaker School Award – we made a difference!

We are thrilled to receive this latest award which applauds the way our children work hard to make a difference to school and the community.  Class 1 were nominated by Jamie Ivory (Our Rights Respecting Council Chair) for the House of Commons Speaker Council Award make a difference competition, for their work in asking the council for new road markings outside of school in order to make the road safer and slow down traffic. Unfortunately we did not come first but were successful in gaining this badge to use on our website along with a lovely certificate and letter from the Speaker John Bercow.

Sharing a story!

In class 1 we enjoyed our stay and play on 6th February. We had so much fun showing our adults around our classroom and showing off all the hard work we have completed this half term. We also showed off our production of Jack and the Beanstalk. Thanks to Sammi from Northumbria University for helping us! Thanks for coming!

Mrs Lawrie with class 1 children.

In French this week class 1 had a visit from our chair of govenors Mrs Lawrie, who taught us a variety of French vocacbulary.

We used lots of different words and learnt how to say hello, my name is, our age and tell a friend how we were feeling.

We had lots of fun!

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Every child has the right to learn and use the language, customs and religion of their family.

Sports Leaders and Buddies being presented with their awards.

Well done and congratulations to our new Sports Leaders and Buddies who were awarded their Young Sports Leaders t-shirts and ID badges today by Mr Beveridge and England Women’s Rugby Captain Katy Mclean.

UNCRC Article 12

Children have the right to say what happens when organisations are making decisions that affect them.