Autumn Term Mon 3 September 2007 to Fri 21 December 2007
Half Term Mon 22 to Fri 26 October 2007

Spring Term Mon 7 January 2008 to Fri 4 April 2008
Half Term Mon 18 to Fri 22 February 2008

Summer Term Mon 21 April 2008 to Fri 18 July 2008
Half Term Mon 26 to Fri 30 May 2008

Additional Days

Easter Weekend - Good Friday (21/3/08) and Easter Monday (24/3/08)
May Day Bank Holiday - Mon 5 May 2008
One additional INSET day (To be Agreed)
One Occasional Day (To be Agreed)

Posted by V Hogarth at 10:10 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Children from Year 5 have been involved in an event aimed at encouraging Fair Trade products. Players from the Newcastle Falcons also attended the event, much to the delight of the children.

One child has written a report to explain exactly what happened.

First of all, Year 5 School Councillors travelled to St. Peters School. When we got there, we put on Fair Trade t-shirts and then read out message cards about Fair Trade. We had to read them out to the whole of St. Peters School! When we had finished, we went up to the rugby players and they awarded every school a certificate and signed everyone's t-shirts.

Afterwards, we went outside to play rugby. We played bulldog and one of us won (out of 45 other children)! Finally, we returned to school with our certificate, signed t-shirts and some Fair Trade biscuits for the teachers.

Reading the Fair Trade messages to St. Peters School

Our Year 5 School Councillors with the framed certificate

Anyone for Rugby?

The framed certificate is now available to see in school and, needless to say, the biscuits were very much appreciated in the staffroom!

Many thanks go to Gary Haley, School Governor, for arranging and escorting the children to this worthwhile event.

Posted by K.Ellerbrook at 9:26 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Year 6 have just returned from a fantastic three days at the Robinwood Centre, Alston. They have been challenged, encouraged, covered in mud and wet, but have thoroughly enjoyed every single minute! A huge thanks must go to all the staff at the centre, they were friendly, kind, helpful and ensured that the safety of every child was paramount.





It's no good you can't avoid the mud!!!

The children had the opportunity to take part in the following activities:

Climbing, Ropes course, Zip wire, Piranha pool, Caving,
Orienteering, Night Line, Trapeze, Orienteering, Problem solving,
Archery, Obstacle course, Giant swing, Team challenge.

The most important aspect of all of the activities was that of teamwork, they supported and encouraged each other tremendously. They were a credit to our school, their behaviour was superb during the entire visit, they certainly are a group to be proud of.

Posted by M.Maitland at 3:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

We are now exactly half way through the school year with children in all year groups working hard, being well taught and learning lots, and crucially, happy. That’s certainly the conclusion I drew from time spent in every class last week.
Teachers constantly assess the progress of all children. You’ll shortly have another opportunity for an update on your child’s progress with parent consultations scheduled for week beginning 12th March.
The typical child’s response to the parental “what did you do at school today?� question is “nothing�. I’m sure evidence in their books and displays will contradict this.

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Posted by V Hogarth at 4:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

We are now exactly half way through the school year with children in all year groups working hard, being well taught and learning lots, and crucially, happy. That’s certainly the conclusion I drew from time spent in every class last week.
Teachers constantly assess the progress of all children. You’ll shortly have another opportunity for an update on your child’s progress with parent consultations scheduled for week beginning 12th March.
The typical child’s response to the parental “what did you do at school today?� question is “nothing�. I’m sure evidence in their books and displays will contradict this.

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