Choir children had a fantastic morning at The Glasshouse in Gateshead where we participated in The Big Sing. We sang and danced together with children from schools all over the north east. We all had a great time!
Our children enjoyed an inspirational sports visit from Ben Holden, who led each class in an ‘Around the World in Sporty Ways’ workshop. Children got to experience sports such as, Gaelic Football, American Football and Kabaddi. We also enjoyed an inspirational assembly where Ben shared important messages about resilience.
We are all unique and we celebrated this by wearing something that makes us feel good.
To help us celebrate World Music Day, we invited Fanuel into our school. In assembly, we all enjoyed singing songs, playing games and dancing. Year 6 then enjoyed taking part in a drumming workshop.
Our annual Sponsor Event took place a couple of weeks ago and we were delighted to welcome Paralympian Anna Nicholson into our school to guide our children through their sponsored circuit.
Anna Nicholson reached her first Paralympic podium at Paris 2024 with a brilliant bronze medal in the F35 shot put. There are few people who can say they have competed for Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the international stage, graduated with a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, and enjoy a career in the car production industry by the age of 25, but that’s exactly what Anna Nicholson has achieved.
We all had an amazing, albeit very tiring, afternoon and were fascinated to learn more about Anna’s life and career in the inspirational assembly that followed.
Thank you to all of our parents and carers for your very generous sponsors and to all of our wonderful children who worked so hard throughout the afternoon.
Year 3 had a fantastic day at Durham Oriental Museum where we found out lots more about the ancient Egyptians. We completed a gallery trail to help us answer questions about life in ancient Egypt and we handled artefacts and considered what they were and how they may have been used. In the afternoon, we saw a real mummy in a sarcophagus and we also enjoyed performing a weighing of the heart ceremony to help us decide what would happen to the pharaoh in the afterlife. We all had a great day!
Year 3 had a fantastic time learning more about the Ancient Egyptians with ‘That History Bloke’. We found out more about pharaohs and the clothes they wore. We then enjoyed learning about mumification and practised wrapping each other in bandages. We then wrote our names using hieroglyphics and played an Ancient Egyptian game.
