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Teaching Staff – Monday & Tuesday – Mrs McCloy / Wednesday – Friday Mrs Hall
Support Staff – Mrs Gordon, Miss Kettle and Miss Tait
- 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 - Super adjective work in Reception
Some fantastic work this morning. We have been making our own Stick Men and working in groups to think of… Read more: Super adjective work in Reception - 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 - YR & Y6 join for buddy prayer to share pledges
This week, the focus of our creative prayer was to share pledges for the year and exchange our Angels of… Read more: YR & Y6 join for buddy prayer to share pledges - 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 - Reception and Y6 join in creative prayer for Remembrance Sunday
This morning, Reception children enjoyed crafting some collage poppies with some beautiful Autumn leaves as part of their creative prayer… Read more: Reception and Y6 join in creative prayer for Remembrance Sunday - 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 - Posting letters to our pen pals
This morning we replied to some lovely letters from our pen pals at St Oswald’s school. We talked about having… Read more: Posting letters to our pen pals - 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 - Reception are sorting experts!
Today in Reception we talked about sorting objects. We sorted ourselves into different groups, such as by hair colour, shoe… Read more: Reception are sorting experts! - 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! - Fun at the farm!
Reception class had a fantastic day at Hall Hill Farm, learning about the different farm animals and how to care… Read more: Fun at the farm! - 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 - An alien author!
This week in school, we had a visit from author Naomi Barley. She read her book The Zig and the… Read more: An alien author! - VE Day celebrations!
Reception class celebrated this special day with lots of activities - Floating fun!
Early Years children used their design and construction skills to build a boat, inspired by our work based on Mrs… Read more: Floating fun! - Let’s get moving!
Reception children love to develop their physical skills outside, exploring different ways of moving and having lots of fun too! - 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 - Supertato!
This week in Reception Class, our Literacy learning is based on the book Supertato! We used our design and fine… Read more: Supertato! - Back to school!
Reception children are enjoying being busy with their friends, with lots of wonderful learning taking place! - 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 - A busy week in Reception class!
The children have been working their socks off this week! Looking at composition in our Maths work. Team work in… Read more: A busy week in Reception class! - 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. - Pumpkin carving competition
Well done to all our pumpkin competition entries and class winners 🎃 - Spooky Sports Fun with Little Movers
Reception Class, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 had great fun taking part in a spooky sports event with… Read more: Spooky Sports Fun with Little Movers - Autumn Explorers
Early Years children are celebrating the changing seasons!
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Advent service
On Wednesday, Key Stage Two shared a reflective Advent service with families. The service was filled with specially chosen readings, songs and liturgical dance offerings which helped everyone to pause and think about the true meaning behind Advent and Christmas.
Published: December 18, 2025
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