Pupil Voice meeting

The Pupil Voice steering group met last week to discuss the exciting opportunity to join the Extreme Group. Selected pupils from Pupil Voice were voted for and will join the group to represent Croft Community School in County Durham. Pupils also gathered to discuss the County Youth Parliament and the secondary election that will take…

Stop motion

To link our science and art, P2 made Plasticine models of different animals they thought they would see in a rainforest. We studied slow motion footage to see how the different animals would move then attempted to recreate this using stop motion technology. IMG_0479 IMG_0480 IMG_0481 MG_1001 IMG_1002

Postcards of Kindness

Today children in P2 have sent their Postcards to a care home near Kingston Park. The residents at the home have signed up to take part in the Postcards of Kindness scheme. The hope is that the residents receive the cards and these stimulate conversation and memory recall. Each week the children are wanting to…

PSHE in P4

The children in P4 thought about the qualities of being a good friend. They discussed their friends in school and what it means to be a good friend. The children then made posters to remind people how to be a good friend. These will be displayed around school.  

Table Top Cricket in P4

P4 have been lucky enough to have coaching from Durham Cricket Club to learn how to play Table Top Cricket. It was great fun and we quickly worked out how good we all were at playing. There was lots of team encouragement. We have been invited to a tournament, where we will play competitively against…

Outdoor Learning P4

P4 love taking their learning outside. It was a chilly day, but that didn’t stop their learning. The children needed to find 10 natural objects and sort these using any criteria. The children explained how they sorted the objects using good spoken language skills. The children then discovered a letter from Willy Wonka, who wanted…

A Wonka Surprise in P4

P4 have started to read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in English, to link with their topic. Everyone was amazed as one student brought in a Wonka Bar. The classroom was filled with excitement and nervous tension as the chocolate bar was being opened. Suddenly, a glint of gold was spotted and there it was…a…