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Teaching Staff – Monday & Tuesday – Mrs McCloy / Wednesday – Friday Mrs Hall
Support Staff – Mrs Gordon and Miss Kettle
- EYFS enjoying our sponsored ‘Great Alban’s Run’!
A great effort this morning. All of our EYFS tried their best and we had some super running. Excellent work,… Read more: EYFS enjoying our sponsored ‘Great Alban’s Run’! - EY share their thoughts on the Holy Spirit and what it gifts us with.
Today we heard the story of Pentecost. We made flames to represent the Holy Spirit and discussed how the Holy… Read more: EY share their thoughts on the Holy Spirit and what it gifts us with. - Sharing our ‘good news’ to start our new RE topic
We started our new topic of Pentecost in our RE lesson today. The theme was Good News and we listened… Read more: Sharing our ‘good news’ to start our new RE topic - Nursery taking part in their CAFOD Big Lent Walk
A fantastic effort made by our youngest children in school, raising money for CAFOD this Lent. Well done Nursery. - EYFS learn about Good Friday and make hot cross buns
This week have been learning about Good Friday and how Jesus died on the cross for us. We talked about… Read more: EYFS learn about Good Friday and make hot cross buns - EYFS learning about all things that ‘grow’.
This week in Reception and Nursery we have been discussing lots of things that grow. The children offered lots of… Read more: EYFS learning about all things that ‘grow’. - Nourish Foods workshop for Reception and Year 1
We had the pleasure of welcoming Nourish Foods into our school this week, working with parents and children in Reception… Read more: Nourish Foods workshop for Reception and Year 1 - World Book Day
The whole school enjoyed World Book Day today, everyone made a fantastic effort with their costumes. Children enjoyed a day… Read more: World Book Day - EY carefully place our Catholic Social Teaching characters around the setting
Catholic Social Teaching: today we took another look at our CST characters and the message their own personal stories portray.… Read more: EY carefully place our Catholic Social Teaching characters around the setting - Friday Rosary
Once again, a group of children from KS2 gathered to pray a decade of The Rosary together. What a lovely… Read more: Friday Rosary - Reception make crafts to support their RE learning.
We have been looking at scripture Mark 10:14. The children enjoyed making a craft to support the meaning behind the… Read more: Reception make crafts to support their RE learning. - Learning about gathering and Mass in EYFS
We learnt Mass is a special time for Catholics to gather and celebrate together. We learnt that during Mass, people… Read more: Learning about gathering and Mass in EYFS - EYFS visit our church to identify special objects used during worship
The children remembered what the font was and were easily able to spot it, after learning all about baptism at… Read more: EYFS visit our church to identify special objects used during worship - EYFS have been learning how to stay safe at school and at home
This half term, during our RHE lessons, we have been looking at how we can stay safe. Today’s focus talked… Read more: EYFS have been learning how to stay safe at school and at home - Advent service
On Wednesday, Key Stage Two shared a reflective Advent service with families. The service was filled with specially chosen readings,… Read more: Advent service - Movie night
The whole school enjoyed a festive movie night , served with hot dogs, sweets and juice. It was just like… Read more: Movie night - EYFS visit Santa at West Boldon Lodge
We’ve had a wonderful morning at West Boldon Lodge visiting Santa, roasting marshmallows and exploring the magical forest. The children… Read more: EYFS visit Santa at West Boldon Lodge - Christmas dinner
The whole school enjoyed Christmas jumper and Christmas dinner day. A huge thank you to our amazing kitchen staff for… Read more: Christmas dinner - Christmas Fayre
A huge thank you to FOSTA for organising a fantastic Christmas Fayre. Thank you to our families for your support… Read more: Christmas Fayre - Early Years make Advent preparations
In preparation for Advent, we have been working together to create our new prayer space. We talked about the change… Read more: Early Years make Advent preparations - EYFS ball skills
This week in PE, our EYFS children have been working on sending and receiving the ball. We looked at rolling… Read more: EYFS ball skills - EYFS Numbersense workshop
It was wonderful to welcome parents of Nursery and Reception into school today to hear how we deliver our Mastering… Read more: EYFS Numbersense workshop - Children in Need
A massive thank you to everyone for participating in fundraising for Children in Need. The school raised a fantastic £183.70!… Read more: Children in Need - Caring for animals in Early Years
Early years have been learning how to care for animals and enjoyed our role play area this afternoon. There were… Read more: Caring for animals in Early Years - Judaism week in Early Years
We’ve had a wonderful day learning all about Judaism and how Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah. We have crafted our own… Read more: Judaism week in Early Years - Early Years marble art
EYFS children enjoyed some relaxing marble art this week. They watched as the primary colours mixed together as the marbles… Read more: Early Years marble art - Early Years join for class prayer
Today we added a class prayer to our prayer table and offered some prayers to God. We were so impressed… Read more: Early Years join for class prayer - Welcome back Early Years!
A fantastic first week with our Reception and Nursery pupils! Well done boys and girls. We look forward to welcoming… Read more: Welcome back Early Years! - Pilgrimage of Hope
Early Years children and their Y6 buddies journeyed together to celebrate a day of Hope. - A visit from a real Author
Naomi Barley is a new local author who brought her debut book to share with the children in our school.… Read more: A visit from a real Author - Pancake Day!
Early Years children have enjoyed lots of pancake fun this week, thinking about Shrove Tuesday and the start of Lent. - We love World Book Day!
Early Years children had a fantastic day celebrating our love of books and our favourite characters! - World Book Day 2025
The whole school enjoyed dressing up and joining in with lots of reading activities to celebrate World Book Day. Every… Read more: World Book Day 2025 - Say NO to dog poo!
Our fantastic school council have started campaigning to clean up our streets. Dog poo is a real problem in our… Read more: Say NO to dog poo! - Children’s Mental Health Week
Early Years children have explored their feelings and emotions this week in lots of ways. We explored things that make… Read more: Children’s Mental Health Week - Christmas at Pelaw library
Early Years and the school choir visited Pelaw library to sing some Christmas songs to families and visitors. The school… Read more: Christmas at Pelaw library - A special story
Early Years children shared the Nativity with their families. - Nativity Stable competition
Well done to all our entries to our nativity stable completion. We were blown away by the effort and creativity… Read more: Nativity Stable competition - Christmas Dinner
Staff and children thoroughly enjoyed a traditional Christmas dinner today prepared and served by our amazing kitchen and dinner staff.… Read more: Christmas Dinner - Library Lovers!
Nursery children enjoy a visit to Pelaw Library to share stories and songs! - In November, we remember….
In Early Years we made poppies and a poppy wreath to remember all those who fought for our freedom. - Welcome to God’s family!
Our Early Years children have been exploring Baptism as part of our RE topic. - Healthy smiles!
In Early Years, our Nursery children have been learning about the importance of keeping our teeth clean and healthy! - Autumn Explorers
Early Years children are celebrating the changing seasons! - Exploring our senses in Nursery!
Nursery children have been working hard exploring all of their senses. Can you guess which senses we are using in… Read more: Exploring our senses in Nursery! - Magnificent Model Makers!
Nursery children have been working on their joining, cutting, folding and decorating skills to create fantastic models made from junk… Read more: Magnificent Model Makers!
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Celtic knotwork
This half term, Year 5 have been looking at the Lindisfarne Gospels and Celtic knotwork. Children designed their own St Cuthbert’s cross and included a range of clay textures and patterns. Children then evaluated their design to see if it met their original brief.
Published: May 19, 2026
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