Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school!

• Jubilee Celebrations

  Fri 27 May 2022

  The children have spent the last few days preparing to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. They made cheesecakes and muffins with Phunky Foods for today’s celebrations.

   

  This morning we had art with Andi from NISCU making individual tree pictures and one large collaborative piece. The theme being Plant a tree for the Jubilee.

   

  Over the afternoon they were joined by family and the local community for traditional sports and an afternoon tea. Lots of fun was had including 3 legged racing, tug of war and welly wanging. They also performed a song Here’s to the Queen.

   

  

• Comic Art Workshop

  Thu 26 May 2022

  Everyone had a wonderful morning creating our own Asby comic with Kev F Comic Artist. He has worked on the Beano and Marvel comics as well as his own versions of Shakespeare and the Old Testament.

   

  We learned how to draw in comic style to make our own parts of our own comic: Spider-Man vs Peppa Pig. Everyone had their own section of the comic with their own drawings and characters.

   

  We also had our very own unique portrait drawn by Kev. He really captured us all in his own special style. Can you see the resemblance?

  

• Bright Stars!

  Thu 26 May 2022 Michelle Clark

  Over the coming weeks Class 2 are working with DiffAbility on a business celebrating the local community.

   

  Follow their progress by clicking here!

• Making a bug hotel!

  Tue 24 May 2022

  Class 1 have been learning all about habitats this week in science.  The children have made their very own bug hotel.  We shall look forward to seeing if any insects or other minibeasts choose to stay in the ‘hotel!’

  

• Wheelchair Basketball

  Mon 23 May 2022

  The children have really enjoyed their wheelchair basketball sessions with Nat. Today they started off outside playing Grandmother’s Footsteps.

   

  A sudden downpour forced us to move into the village hall. There is was time to practice our hoop shooting skills followed by a highly competitive basketball match.

  

• Multi-learning platform!

  Wed 18 May 2022

  Love that our children have their own laptops and iPads!  Look at this lesson on using multi-platforms - Teams, Kahoot and Showbie!

  

• Capacity - making cocktails!

  Wed 18 May 2022 Michelle Clark

  This morning Class 1 have been creating their own cocktails as part of our Maths lesson on capacity.

  

• NISCU Vision and Prayer Week

  Fri 06 May 2022 Michelle Clark

  On Friday, 6th May we joined Andi Taylor, from NISCU, to celebrate the Vision and Prayer week.  We held a prayers at St. Peter’s lynchgate, before walking with Andi for approximately 30 minutes.

   

  We left Andi to continue her walk with Denise Frisby, a school governor, towards Crosby Ravensworth. 

  

• Gorge Walking

  Thu 05 May 2022

  The school had a trip with Wilderness Outdoor Education to go gorge walking in Middleton in Teesdale. We were taken to a river near to an old lead mine.

   

  After being kitted out in safety gear and wet suits we all had to get into the water. Of course it wasn't just a case of stepping in... Rob held on to our buoyancy aids at the front and tilted us backwards until we could fall into the river on our backs! As you can see from the photos we made some very big splashes.

   

  Once we were all wet, it was time to start walking down the river. This wasn't an easy task as not only were there plenty of rocks on the river bed, there was also plenty of slippery algae. Most of us ended up falling over at some point.

   

  When we reached a small waterfall it was time for the next challenge. We had to sit on the top and slide down to the bottom. It wasn't very high but for some it was quite scary.

   

  Finally, we came to a much higher waterfall and Rob told us we were going to slide down it on a rope! Several children (and some of the adults) didn't think that they would be able to do this. However, once most of the children had successfully slid down and swum to the shore the rest of us followed.  When you got to the bottom of the waterfall, the water was so deep even the adults couldn't stand up!

   

  We finished off by jumping in off the sides of the river and swimming around in the pool. It was then time to walk back up the road to the minibus and get into our warm, dry clothes and eat a belated lunch.

  

• Year 1 & 2 Inter School Cross Country Race

  Tue 03 May 2022

  Class 1 took part in the Hunter Hall Cross Country Race today.  They had a wonderful afternoon and luckily the weather stayed dry!  They all did really well and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.  They were competing against 17 other schools, and over 200 runners took on the challenge.