9H had a lovely day yesterday celebrating the Queens jubilee! We listened to lots of 1950s songs, decorated cupcakes. We made a cake as a class for the competition and 9H won🥇. We coloured in some great pictures, did some creative writing for the time capsule and had lots of fun taking part in the…
We have welcomed back Lewis @durhamspraypaints to create another masterpiece for the outdoor gym. Lewis has turned some weathered panels and a wall into an inspiring, motivating and uplifting sport silhouettes whilst incorporating the Croft logo colours. Pupils say……… “I think it looks futuristic” “It looks very retro” “I like the colours and the detail”…
The Vocational group have been working extremely hard during the spring and summer term germinating seeds indoors, planting, creating raised / planting areas whilst preparing the soil before sowing the potatoes. Hopefully, we will have some tasty crops growing soon. Mr. Harrison
More links within the local community. Another huge thank you to Harelaw Sawmill LTD for supplying the school with some extremely useful timber to enrich the whole school curriculum. Mr. Harrison
Recently, we have had a relaunch of the Croft Garden where parents, carers, family and people from the local community came into school to help pupils work in the garden. Secondary Vocational pupils helped with the relaunch by designing and creating 6 bird tables for the garden. I would personally like to thank everyone that…
Our Vocational pupils have been very busy! They have measured, marked and cut the sleepers into position and bolted them together to make 3 raised beds. In the images below, you will see the pupils preparing the beds ready for crops to be planted. More to follow with exciting developments happening in Vocational. Mr. Harrison.…
Updates and further developments from the Vocational Department. A HUGE thank must go to Bridie and Travis Perkins who have kindly gifted the school and Vocational over ÂŁ1500 pounds worth of equipment which included sleepers, 600 bricks, hose, water butt, gravel and building sand to support the development and enrich the learning opportunities for the…
Updates and further developments from the Vocational Department. A HUGE thank must go to Bridie and Travis Perkins who have kindly gifted the school and Vocational Studies over ÂŁ1500 pounds worth of equipment which included a shed, sleepers, hose, 600 bricks, gravel, sand and a water butt to support the development and enrich the…
We have all been very busy in Bricklaying this term. Pupils have been using new tools, ratios for cement and how to mix cement, techniques when using certain equipment, laying foundations, laying bricks in the correct formation and the importance of keeping a clean work area and cleaning down of tools. Keep your eyes and…
Durham born, community mural artist, Lewis came into school on Tuesday to finish his first art piece. Lewis and a couple of pupils worked on the art in the Vocational area. We are delighted with the end product and looking forward to some VERY exciting projects coming this year with Lewis. If you would like…