Hunting for Stomata

Today P2 were wondering how can plants breath when they don’t have a mouth like us… or so we thought. We used a microscope and found that they DO! They have tiny holes in the leaves called Stomata which they use to take in Carbon Dioxide and release Oxygen for us to breath. We all…

Bubble fun

Today the children in primary had a fun filled visit from Crazy Colin the Bubbleologist. We had an amazing time watching the wonderful variety of bubbles he was able to create. Our favourite was the millions of bubbles Crazy Colin used to give Jane a new hairdo. The white bubble bombs were magical, we all…

P6 Durham Oriental Museum

Our year 7 textile work is inspired by Chinese New Year, so pupils went to see some Oriental artefacts for inspiration. Pupils were fascinated by the age of some of these ancient objects and enjoyed the interactive elements of the gallery. We also found 3 objects which the BBC had used in the making of…

P3’s Active 10!!

County Durham have introduced ‘The Active 30 Durham Campaign’ it aims to help schools in County Durham to support every pupil to participate in 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity activity everyday at school – as recommended by the Chief Medical Officer (CMO). P3 have started with their own ‘Active 10 Campaign’ where they…

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…