The October half term has arrived! Where does the time go to? We wish all our children, parents and staff a restful and enjoyable half term holiday. School re-opens on Monday 31st October – this will be spooky writing day and the children are asked to dress in spooky costumes for the day. The KS1 and KS2 halloween disco will take place at the end of the school day (KS1 – 3pm-4pm / KS2 – 4:30pm – 6pm).

Our Head Boy and Head Girl made the first dig to mark the start of works for our new school building. Diggers  moved onto the school site to begin the earth works in preparation for our two new classrooms and sports hall. We will photograph various stages of the build, as it progresses, and these can be viewed within our ‘Whole School Events’ section.

Thank you to all parents who joined us in school to celebrate our Year 4 assembly on the topic of ‘The Vikings’. The children did a fabulous job showcasing the work they have covered this half term.

Well done to our girls netball team who took part in some fantastic netball competitions at St. Bede’s Comprehensive School. They certainly did our school proud! Well done girls!

Don’t worry there really wasn’t a real fire in school! Our Key Stage 1 children had a fabulous afternoon with our local firemen who taught them lots of fire safety tips. The children were taken outside to see a real fire engine and all had the opportunity to use the fire engine water hose!  Thank you Durham Fire Service for making time in your busy schedule to spend time with our children. It will surely be a visit they won’t forget!

Ragnor the Viking invaded school today and turned our Year 4 children into scary Vikings! The children learned lots of information about Viking life and made some real Viking jewellery and crafts. The day certainly brought the topic of ‘The Vikings’ to life.

To recognise the importance of World Food Day the children celebrated a ‘Food for Thought’ day in school today and enjoyed thinking and learning all about where our food comes from, what food is healthy and where hunger exists around the world. Thank you to all the children and parents for the many donations of food cans we received into school during our ‘Food for Thought’ day. You certainly excelled, once again, with your generosity and support. All the cans of food will be donated to local food banks which will be a great help to those in our community who need a little help.

Thank you to Year 5 who did a fabulous job presenting their class assembly on the topic of WW2. It was lovely to learn about many interesting facts about WW2 and to see what the children have been covering in their curriculum topic work this term. Thank you also to parents who were able to attend – I hope you enjoyed the assembly as much as we did.