Today we had the pleasure of seeing “prickles” the young female hedgehog which we rescued before the winter back in school along with her adopted baby “spikey”  Dawn from the Hedgehog Preservation Society has been caring for them both over the winter and felt they were ready to be released back into their home in the school grounds.  It was lovely to see them both looking so lively and healthy.

Daniel who originally spotted the poorly hedgehog helped Dawn to find a safe place for both prickles and spikey to live together.

We are very pleased to announce that we have once again received the Investing In Children Award.  This is an award that is very close to our hearts as it is really all about the children and their views and opinions and what they want to do in their school.  We are very proud of the work they do in school and how hard they work in making their school the best it can be and a fantastic place to learn.  Well done Kids!       

Craig and Councillor Liddle came to talk to us about joining the Mini Police. They showed us other work what other schools had done, for example, attending royal visits, meetings at police headquarters and attending special events in our area. They also showed us the great police uniform, provided for us to wear at these events.

The Sports Crew organised team games in order to raise money for Sports Relief.

Blue Team wanted to do Sports Day games, Green Team and Yellow Team wanted to play dodge-ball and Red Team wanted to learn skipping skills.

Everyone enjoyed raising money for this charity and had great fun!

By Ana Lee

We are all very proud of Poppy who took her Primary ballet exam on the 15th March.  She did really well, especially given the fact that she was working with older dancers.

This is what she had to say about it:                                   My ballet exam was good.  I enjoyed it because I had three friends with me. It was great fun.  My number was two.  I used to wear a pink ballet uniform but now I wear blue. My examiner was called Miss di Mauro and I liked her but my Mam couldn’t come in neither could my ballet teacher Miss Catherine. “It was great!” I had a bun in my hair and a special ballet uniform and my team went second.        

Thank-you to everyone coming to our fair to celebrate ‘Fairtrade Fortnight.’ We raised £136.51.

Can you guess some of our famous book characters?

Class 4 were fabulous detectives in solving the mystery at Pockerley Old Hall, Beamish. The Squire was dead in bed and no one knew why. We had to ask the Physician, the Quack Doctor and the Wise Woman questions and search the house for possible clues as to possible causes of death.

Durham County Council held a competition for Harry Potter day. Children had to create a spell and colour a Harry Potter picture. Kay Smith, one of the managers of cultural and leisure facilities came to award three of our children book token prizes. Well done to Ana, Rachel and Connor who won prizes and to all of the children for their fabulous efforts.

We are so proud of our Hapkido Champions who participated in championships at the weekend.