St John's Chapel and Wearhead Primary School This morning, we had lots of fun jumping and running through the puddles in our playground. We talked about the rain making puddles and pouring into the burn. We enjoyed playing 'follow the leader game' where we took turns to follow each other around the playground.

Hamsterley Primary School Well done to our special certificate winners this week!

Woodland Primary School This afternoon Year 5 & 6 Owls have been experimenting with different filming techniques. We explored and discussed wide angle/long, mid-range and close-up shots as well as high and low angles and more obscure framing techniques such as the Dutch angle and worm's-eye shot.

Woodland Primary School This afternoon Year 3 & 4 Owls have been learning about stop-frame animation and having a go themselves. Did you know that films like Wallace and Gromit, have a frame rate of 25 frames per second! That's 1,500 frames in a minute and 90,000 in an hour!

Butterknowle This afternoon, Dragonflies took part in the ECO2 Smart Schools International Conference relating to COP 30. The children asked some fantastic questions about climate change and deforestation, with one being answered by the Scientists and experts on the panel.

Here is this week's Wake Up Wednesday. This week is able about AI generated videos.

Hamsterley Primary School In Forest School yesterday afternoon, we made clay and stick poppies to remember those who served. We finished with a tasty poppy biscuit! A lovely afternoon of reflection and creativity. #RemembranceDay #ForestSchool #LestWeForget

St John's Chapel and Wearhead Primary School Forest School fun this afternoon! The children had a fantastic time making bird feeders using apples, seeds, and Cheeriosthen watching eagerly to see which birds came to visit. They also loved playing in the crunchy autumn leaves, laughing and exploring nature together. A perfect mix of creativity, wildlife spotting, and seasonal joy!

Butterknowle Primary This morning to commemorate those that had lost their lives in conflict. The whole school walked to the village war memorial. The children placed their remembrance day art work on the war memorial and children in year 6 read poems and the list of men who had lost their lives in war. We were joined by members of the community and held a minutes silence at 11oclock.

Bees class wore odd socks on Monday to mark the start of Antibullying week.

St John's Chapel Primary - Chapel Tots Update Unfortunately, Chapel Tots will not be running this week. We're sorry for any inconvenience and hope to be back up and running next week. Thank you for your understanding

Hamsterley Primary School Our EYFS children went on a Nocturnal Animal Trail this afternoon! With clipboards in hand, they hunted around to find nocturnal animals and ticked them off one by one.

St John's Chapel & Wearhead Odd Socks Day at School! Today we proudly joined in with Odd Socks Day to kick off Anti-Bullying Week a fun and meaningful way to celebrate what makes us all unique! The children wore their brightest, silliest, most mismatched socks to show that it's okay to be different and that kindness and respect matter every day. It was a brilliant reminder that being yourself is something to be proud of.

This afternoon all the children had a visit from the fire brigade who came and talked to us about fire safety. The children enjoyed asking questions and finding out more about the job of a firefighter. We then looked at all the equipment that they have on a fire engine and experienced the blue lights and loud siren along with the EXTRA loud horn !!!! Thank you to White Watch from Bishop Auckland fire station for coming to visit.

Woodland Primary School The Owls had an exciting visit from Durham Constabulary learning all about the role of our local police in ensuring community safety through a Mini-Police workshop.