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 £1500 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 £1500 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…
Today the Animal Care group had a visit from the wonderful veterinary nurses from Vets On The Meowve. They demonstrated how to do a health check on an animal and how to restrain them in a way that keeps you and the animal safe. The children were even able to ask questions about getting into…
In Maple class we absolutely love PE. On Monday 23/05/2022 we have been working on our balancing and using equipment that they may have not used before. We began by balancing a ball on the tennis racket to see if we could do this while walking slowly. We then tried to control the ball…
We are super excited about the Fun and Food Platinum Jubilee Celebrations. There are lots of fabulous Fun and Food projects taking place over May half Term! We are still adding activities to our webpage so please keep checking to see what’s on over the holidays www.durham.gov.uk/funandfood Also remember to join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/funandfoodcountydurham
A big congratulations to Craig (Year 4) for his amazing writing during Read Write Inc. Over the last few weeks Craig has listened to instructions about figurative writing and what elements are needed to improve his writing. This is what he has produced.
Students in Year 7 to Year 10 have been loving Football Enrichment on a Friday afternoon, especially when we can go out into the sunshine and have a kick about. Today we went through some football drills and then played a full match. Well done to Callum for securing the weekly Man of the Match…
Today Year 11 had Donna from ASK Apprentices in to talk about all the different options they have when they leave school. We found out more about the types of apprenticeships offered and also learned about T Levels 😊
Year 11 have been working so hard in their GCSE Art lessons. We have been looking at the artist Keith Haring and today some students got to create a life-size poster based on his art work! Watch this space to see how this poster turns out! Very proud of you all 🌟 🎨
During PE this half term Primary classes Beech and Birch have been working together in groups in practicing bat and ball skills and learning the skills, rules and techniques of cricket and rounders. The pupils have used this opportunity to share knowledge and experience of their own skills and supported others which were new to…