Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Everyone Active Week

  Fri 13 Jun 2025

  We had an incredible week for Everyone Active Week! All children have enjoyed fencing, golf, hyrox, clubbercise, jump challenge, competition days, ultimate frisbee and sports day! Phew! No wonder we have so many exhausted children (and grown ups)! 

  Click the link below to watch a video of some of the many highlights from the week. Big thank you to Mr Mottram for all of his hard work planning it all for us. 

  Everyone Active Week 2025 Made with Clipchamp

• Fond Farewell to our feathered friends!

  Fri 23 May 2025

  The whole school had a wonderful time watching the duck eggs hatch and the fluffy ducklings grow day by day. Everyone was filled with excitement as they saw tiny cracks appear on the eggs and the ducklings slowly peck their way out. It was fascinating to watch them grow bigger and stronger, especially when they had their first swim in the water tray! The children loved helping to care for them, gently holding them and making sure their bedding was clean and cosy each day. Staff even took the ducklings home over the weekends to make sure they were well looked after. Although we were all sad to see them go, it was a special experience that brought lots of joy and learning to the whole school. Mrs Rutherford has put together this amazing video so you can all see how much we enjoyed having them.

  Ducklings 2025 Made with Clipchamp

   

   

   

• Would you like to know all about Newbiggin Hall? Let our Reception guides tell you.....!

  Tue 20 May 2025

  Last week our Early Years children went on a local walk to find out all about Newbiggin Hall. Then they came back to school and discussed everything they had seen. Click the link below to watch a video which showcases Reception's brilliant Oracy skills as they present their findings.

  Reception tour guides

• VE day

  Fri 09 May 2025

  VE Day marks the end of World War II in Europe on May 8, 1945, when people across the UK celebrated peace after years of conflict. We celebrated VE Day 2025 with a special assembly, period costume dress-up, and a fun street party lunch! In our assembly, pupils learned about the importance of this day and the bravery of those who lived through the war. We enjoyed singing songs together, dressing up in red, white and blue and sharing lunch together, just like the street parties held 80 years ago! Click the link below to watch a video showing some of the best bits of the day!

  VE day

• The ducklings now have names!

  Fri 09 May 2025

  Thank you to everyone who suggested such brilliant names. Here are the chosen names for each of our 11 feathered friends....

  

• Reception Ducklings

  Fri 02 May 2025

  Early Years have been hatching ducklings! We received eggs in an incubator and have cared for them soooo well that we now have 11 ducklings!

  Sadly, we now have 11 ducklings without names! We would like your help!

  Here are our 11 ducklings - Can you think of any great names?

  If you have any good suggestions, write the number of the duckling and your chosen name and place it in the box provided in your classroom. Reception will then look through all of the names and decide on a name for each one of our feathered friends. 

  

• Easter assembly

  Fri 11 Apr 2025

  We have enjoyed a lovely Easter assembly this morning with the vicar from St. Wilfred's - Reverend Ruth. She reminded us of the Easter story and told us how Christians celebrate. Those of us who had made Easter bonnets wore them for the assembly and we enjoyed a performance by Year 5 of 'Hot Cross Buns' on their recorders. Well done Year 5!

  

• Easter Competitions

  Fri 11 Apr 2025

  We have rolled out the winners of the most egg-citing competitions of the year! Our Easter egg, Easter bonnet and Spring colouring winners have been decided! Well done to everyone who entered - your imaginative contributions have really demonstrated how creative you all are!

  

• Eat Smart food waste project

  Wed 02 Apr 2025

  Now our 6 week 'Eat Smart' project has come to an end, Ruby (Year 6) has kindly given us a detailed evaluation of the findings of both audits.

   

  In Audit 1, the most food wasted out of all of the bins was Year 5 and Year 6 lunchtime with 23 kilograms of waste. That means if every child wasted an equal amount of food, they would have wasted 0.55kg.

   

  In Audit 2 the most amount of food waste came from the kitchen with 24kg. Most of that was salad. This week there was quite a large reduction. The total amount of food wasted in week 2 was 77kg - that’s equivalent to 292 meals! But, when compared to Audit 1, it is 16kg less food waste which is the equivalent weight to 1 Reception child in the bin! The money saved this week was £128. If we kept saving that much all year we would have saved £5,000!

   

  The whole school action plan is pictured - we will all need to work together to achieve our next steps.

  

• Black and White Day 28th March

  Fri 28 Mar 2025

  Feel free to wear Black and White again to celebrate the NUFC Carabao Cup Winners Parade!