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

• 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! 

  

• Story sacks

  Thu 19 Mar 2026

  Our Reception and Year 5 children have been enjoying using Story Sacks as part of our reading for pleasure activities. Each story sack contains a book along with props and resources linked to the story. The children work in pairs, with our Year 5 pupils supporting the younger Reception children as they explore the story together. They use the props to retell events, act out characters and talk about what is happening in the book. This shared experience helps to build confidence, develop language and communication skills and most importantly encourages a love of reading. By making stories interactive and fun, the children are able to experience the joy and excitement that books can bring.

  

• Science Week

  Fri 13 Mar 2026

  During the week beginning 9th March, our school enjoyed a fantastic Science Week, packed with exciting experiments and investigations across all classes.

  This year’s theme focused on curiosity – encouraging children to ask questions about the world around them and to explore why things work, how they work, and what happens when we test our ideas. It was wonderful to see pupils thinking like scientists: predicting, observing, discussing and discovering together.

  The video below shows a montage of some of the highlights from the week, with children fully engaged in a range of hands-on scientific activities.

  A big thank you to Mrs Rutherford for organising the week and planning such engaging experiments for every class.

  Click the link to watch a video showing some of our young scientists in action! Science Week 2026

   

• World Book Day

  Thu 05 Mar 2026

  Today was World Book Day. We had a wonderful time celebrating this year with our special theme inspired by the much-loved Mr. Men and Little Miss books. Children were invited to come dressed as any character of their choice, and it was a joy to see such a wide range of creative costumes across the school.

   

  Many pupils (and staff too) embraced the theme by dressing as familiar favourites or even inventing brand-new characters of their own.

   

  The day was filled with stories, laughter and a shared love of reading, reminding us all of the magic that books bring to our school community.

  

• World of Possibilities Visitors

  Fri 27 Feb 2026

  This week we have enjoyed two assemblies in which our visitors talk to us about their current job. As always our children asked brilliant questions such as ‘what skills are necessary to do your job?’ and ‘what is the funniest thing that’s happened to you while you were at work?’

  Our first assembly was with Daryl and Lee from Newcastle Building Society and the second was with Anna, Hana and Charlie who work for a building company and as town planners. They also led a workshop with our Year 6 class in which they were asked to pretend they were a small construction company designing and building housing estates.

  

• Newcastle Eagles

  Wed 25 Feb 2026

  This afternoon we were fortunate to welcome four players from the Newcastle Eagles, who spent the entire afternoon working with our Year 5 and 6 pupils. They began by introducing themselves and sharing where they were from, which immediately had the children hooked – especially as they were all desperate to find out exactly how tall each player was! The classes were then split into three groups and rotated around a carousel of activities. In the hall, pupils tested their reaction speed against their peers before taking part in a fast-paced shooting relay, focusing carefully on controlled dribbling and accurate shooting. In the classroom sessions, the players led thoughtful discussions around healthy eating, exploring food groups, sugar content in everyday snacks and what we should be mindful of in our diets. They also spoke openly about mental wellbeing, sharing practical ways to look after our mental health and emphasising the importance of good-quality sleep. It was an inspiring, energetic and informative afternoon that balanced physical challenge with valuable life lessons.

  

• No Outsiders

  Fri 13 Feb 2026

  We have now begun our 'No Outsiders' programme and will focus on one book each half term as part of our class assemblies. No Outsiders promotes our British Values of democracy, rule of law, mutual respect, tolerance and individual liberty, and we have been looking at these values every Monday in our whole school assemblies. The books we share in classes look at the importance of inclusion and belonging, and celebrate our uniqueness and how special we all are. For more information on this, please look at the Curriculum section of our website, where you will soon also be able to see a list of the books we are looking at in our classes. As always, feel free to catch a member of staff if you'd like more information on this. Mrs Sands is our No Outsiders lead.

  

• Goats came to School!

  Wed 11 Feb 2026

  Early Years had some goat visitors, today. One of our stories this half term has been 'Three Billy Goat's Gruff'. We have shared the story, acted out the story. Reception has also used different construction materials, to build their own bridges for the goats to cross. We looked at the bridges within our community and talked about what things cross them. To add to the excitement of the story, we invited some goats in from Stony Pastures. We got to, feed the goats, including a ginger biscuit. After that, we brushed the goats, to make them all nice and shiny. Our morning was wonderful