Another huge thank you from DSNE
You may remember, on the 24th March we participated in Dress up for Down's Syndrome Day as part of celebrating Down's Syndrome Day, raising nearly £300 for Down's Syndrome North East. Down's Syndrome North East and Matthew's family would like to pass on their thanks...
Reception Class New Starter Welcome Meeting
Please find attached a PDF copy of the parent information power point from the Reception New Starter Welcome meeting. Reception Class new starter induction powerpoint for parents 2023 In the PDF there is information about the transition days in July and the transition...
Windy Nook Sports Day
Today we hosted our annual sports day for children in Reception all the way through to year 6. The children took part in 6 different activities as part of a carousel. They were: sprints, vortex howler throw, egg and spoon race, standing long jump, obstacle relay and...
Crank it Up 2023!
This term, Year 5 have been hard at work on their ‘Crank it up challenge’. We began by thinking about the criteria and brief of the crane. We then got to grips with the K’nex pieces. As a class, we got together and planned our designs. Then the hardwork began. We had...
Final Forecasts in Year 5!
In Spring term, Year 5 children learnt and presented a weather forecast for France in front of a green screen with Kevin Owens, Creative Director of Your Film. He worked his magic behind the scenes and the final forecasts look outstanding! We are thrilled with how...
Kingswood 2023!
What an amazing time we have all had at Kingswood this year! The children have really pushed themselves to the limit and had a fantastic time as well. Here are the photos, apologies but some are duplicated and also n no particular order. Thanks for Mr. Hawdon, Mrs....
KS1 Visit St Alban’s
KS1 have been learning about Christian churches and their role in the community. Today we visited St Alban's church. Reverend Danie told us all about her job and the children learned about the parts of the church. They sang and danced and some of the children even...
LKS2 Quad Kids
Yesterday, 20 children from years 3 and 4 participated in a quad kids athletics event. All children participated in four events: the 50m sprint, howler throw, 400m run and the standing long jump. One of our teams came 5th out of 21 teams. The children showed fantastic...
Cricket Taster Sessions
Before half term children across KS1 and KS2 got the opportuni9ty to take part in crocket tasters with Mr Mawson who came on behalf of Durham Cricket Club. He did a range of cricket activities to give them an idea of what clubs outside of school may be like. Felling...
A visit from Professor Brainstorm
Throughout science week, all of the children had a visit from Professor Brainstorm. He explained and demonstrated lots of different investigations focusing on various scientific areas. Professor Brainstorm was very knowledgeable and the children learned some new...
A fantastic visit from Angela’s Ark
Throughout science week, the children enjoyed an exotic animal workshop with our expert visitor Angela from 'Angela's Ark'. Angela introduced the children to all of her different animals these included skinny pigs, snakes, bearded dragons and rabbits to name just a...
Inclusive PE Staff Training
This week all teaching staff and some support staff took part in Inclusion in PE training. The co-head teacher at Cedars Primary came in to talk to us about a range of resources and gave some advice on individual scenarios. He then set up some practical activities to...