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

• Flying High for Attendance

  Fri 24 Apr 2026

  We are excited to introduce our new weekly attendance reward! Each week, the class with the highest attendance will be presented with their class flag in assembly, which will then be proudly flown on our school flagpole for the week. We hope this adds a sense of pride and friendly competition across school and encourages everyone to aim for excellent attendance every day.

  Our very first winners were Year 2. As you can see by their smiling faces - they were delighted to receive the trophy and the flag today!

  

• Come and join us!

  Tue 21 Apr 2026

  We have spaces for September 2026 in our amazing Early Years provision!

  

• Nissan Engagement Day

  Mon 20 Apr 2026

  Today we enjoyed a visit from Lesley from Nissan. She started the day by leading a whole school assembly where she told us more about the company and the factory in Washington. She explained to us the steps involved in building a car, from building the body to adding the engine, electronics and final touches. We also learned some interesting facts about Nissan’s history and how the company has grown and created new technology over time.

  After that, each year group took part in engaging workshops where we designed and built our own cars out of LEGO. This helped taught us how tricky it can be to design a car, just like engineers do.

  

• Year 5 visit to Royal Grammar School

  Mon 20 Apr 2026

  We had a fantastic morning at the Royal Grammar School working with Matt Moore on Lego robotics. To begin, Matt gave us a short tour of the historic part of the building as it celebrates its 500th year, including a visit to the impressive hall where assemblies and concerts are held. The children then explored what computer science really is, learning that it is all about solving problems, giving clear instructions and thinking logically. They worked in teams to programme Lego robots to complete specific tasks, quickly realising that instructions need to be precise and often need refining. Throughout the session, the children showed great resilience and perseverance, testing, debugging and improving their code when things didn’t quite go to plan. They thoroughly enjoyed the hands-on experience, were highly engaged throughout and left feeling proud of what they had achieved, with a deeper understanding of how computer scientists work in the real world.

  

• Easter Eggstravaganza

  Thu 02 Apr 2026

  What a creative crew we have here at Cheviot! Thank you to everyone who took part in our annual Easter Eggstravaganza competitions! We were blown away by all of the entries and found it very difficult to pick the winners! 

  Congratulations to everyone!

  

• Easter Church Visits and assembly

  Mon 30 Mar 2026

  Our Year 2, 3 and 4 pupils have recently enjoyed special visits to our local church, St Wilfred's, as part of their study of Easter. During their time there, the children explored the Easter story in greater depth, learning about its meaning and significance within the Christian faith. They had the opportunity to look around the church, ask thoughtful questions and take part in engaging activities that brought the story to life. The visits were a wonderful way to enrich their understanding and we were very proud of their curiosity, respect and excellent behaviour throughout. A big thank you to Reverend Ruth for welcoming all three classes.

  On Monday this week Revered Ruth came into school to lead a whole school assembly. We really do appreciate the partnership we have with Reverend Ruth.

  

• World Maths Day celebrations

  Mon 30 Mar 2026

  As part of our World Maths Day celebrations, children across the school took part in two exciting challenges set by Callerton Academy, alongside three other local primary schools.

  The first challenge asked children to design a maths-themed T-shirt, which they completed in class. Each teacher selected the two best designs from their class before Mrs Maitland and Mr Mottram chose the winner and runner-up in each class.

  The second challenge was to create a maths board game at home, and we received some fantastic entries. Miss Hunter and Miss Thackray carefully tested all of the games before selecting an Early Years & KS1 champion and a KS2 champion.

  Prizes for both competitions were handed out during assembly today. Thank you to everyone who took part and shared their brilliant ideas ➕📐🎲

  

• Coming soon ... Sports Week

  Sun 29 Mar 2026

  Sports week

  Every year we dedicate one week in the Summer term to ‘sports week’ and a dedicated amount of the school budget is set aside to spend on valuable enrichment activities for the whole school to enjoy. In the past we hired inflatables for one day of the week but last year we decided to spend the money on workshops throughout the week in frisbee, golf and fencing.

  This year we decided to ask our pupils whether they would like us to spend the money on the inflatables or on multiple workshops. Here are their votes:

  Option 1 (inflatables) – 14.7%

  Option 2 (workshops) = 85.3%

  Mr Mottram and Mrs Love have got the message and are currently looking into what exciting activities they can book!

  Sports week this year will be week beginning Monday 15^th June.

• World of possibilities visitor - Leah

  Fri 27 Mar 2026

  On Tuesday of this week we welcomed another world of possibilities visitor. Leah works for Tyne Tees News as a producer. She told us all about how her love of writing as a child led her her career as a journalist. As always, our pupils listened with respect and asked brilliant questions.

  

• Red Sky Sponsored Event

  Fri 20 Mar 2026

   

  Recently all children completed 'step-ups' in school to “climb” a chosen mountain or landmark, with their total steps added together to represent the height reached. This was a fun physical challenge to raise money for the Red Sky Foundation, a local charity supporting heart health and CPR education.

  Children and parents supported this in an overwhelming way by raising an incredible £2630!