Dear Parents/Carers,

I have been informed today that our school will be inspected tomorrow (1st November). I have attached a letter from the Lead Inspector outlining information for all parents of pupils within school (please click the link below). A hard copy of this letter will be sent out with your child tonight.

Pupil Questionnaire –

Ofsted is inspecting your school and, would like to hear your views. You can do this by completing an online pupil questionnaire at the following link:

ofsted.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Pupil/10032055

Your views are really important to us and, will help inspectors understand your experience of school. The questionnaire will close at 11am on 1st November 2017 to give the inspector time to look at the results. The questionnaires work in Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer 11, and on mobiles and tablets when you copy and paste the link into the browser. We do not ask you your name, so you will not be identified from the responses you make.

Kind Regards,

Mr L J Duncan

Letter to parents

I would like to wish all of our staff, children and  families a fun filled and restful half term holiday. School will re-open on Monday 30th October 2017.

Mr L J Duncan

The school cross for our new school building has started. The children are helping a local artist to create a colourful mosaic image of Christ. Hannah from Year4 laid the first piece of tile and what a great job she did! The cross is expected to be completed by half term and hopefully in place by the time the children return from their half term holiday.

Thank you to all who joined us this morning for a coffee and cake. It was lovely to catch up with some parents at our McMillan Coffee morning. We raised a very impressive £626 for the McMillan charity. If you didn’t get a chance to buy a cake then there will be an opportunity to do so when you pick up your child from school this afternoon. Cakes will be offered for sale outside Reception class and at the front of school.

Winner of tallest Cake Competition:      A. Lamb (91cm) – please collect your school winnings from the school office.

Winning raffle tickets from this morning were:
Vicky Dobson                      Baily Riddell (Yr3)
Fraser Wright (Redacre)     Jack Barrow (Y5)
Jill Spence                           Millie Mai Thompson (Yr3)
Jacob Mellenthin (Rec)        L. Hare (Rec)

Could winners please select a winning raffle prize from the school office.

Thank you
Mr L J Duncan

The Mayor of Seaham visited the children to talk about all the fabulous things that Seaham has to offer. Councillor Sonia Foster answered lots of pupil questions and even allowed some lucky children to wear the Mayor’s gold chains. It was a lovely afternoon and who knows – we might even have a future mayor in school!

The children had a great day learning all about different European countries. There were lots of  different languages being spoken, exotic foods being tasted and even Year 1 Turkish belly dancing in the school hall! The children showcased what they had learnt throughout the day in a fun filled whole school assembly. Well done boys and girls from Vatican City, Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Croatia.

We have had a number of cases of head lice in school. Could I ask parents to be extra vigilant when combing or brushing your child’s hair. A letter will go out today with information on how to spot and treat Head Lice (a copy is available in our ‘Parent Letters’ section of our school website.) A head lice comb is best for catching head lice.
Because head lice are passed on through hair to hair contact, could I also remind parents that pupils with long hair should have their hair tied back with a bobble or clip.
If you require any further information please check out the NHS website,

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Head-lice/Pages/Treatment.aspx

Mr L J Duncan

I hope you all had a lovely summer break and enjoyed some quality family time together. It was lovely to see so many happy smiling faces return back to school. This term is a busy one filled with lots of events and learning opportunities for our children. Do take some time to read our Autumn 1 newsletter and to check out key dates on our school calendar.

Mr L J Duncan

Thank you to our Year 11 student helpers this week. It was lovely to see some past pupils – thank you for all your hard work.