💛🍎 Frosterley Harvest Celebration! 💛🍎 Thank you to all our parents and carers who joined us for our Harvest Celebration at Frosterley Primary. It was wonderful to see so many families come together to support the children and celebrate this special time of year. A big thank you to Mrs Millar from Durham Music Service for leading our young musicians and helping to make the event such a memorable occasion. 🎶🎻 We would also like to extend our thanks to Vicar Graeme for joining us and helping us reflect on the importance of harvest 🍁

🍂🌾 Harvest at Hamsterley Primary! 🌾🍂 A huge thank you to all of our parents and carers who joined us for our Harvest Festival. It was wonderful to see so many families supporting the children and celebrating together. A special thank you goes to Mrs Unwin from Durham Music Service for leading our talented musicians and helping to make the event so enjoyable. We particularly loved seeing the grown-ups getting involved and singing along to "Big Red Combine Harvester"! 🚜🎶

Butterknowle Primary School Class 2 have done some amazing work making clay moulds and casting plaster of Paris with some fantastic results.

🎃🕸 A Spooktacular Time at Butterknowle Primary! 🕸🎃 Our children had a fantastic time at this year's Halloween Disco! 👻🦇 They enjoyed taking part in lots of fun games, showing off their best dance moves, and dancing along to some spooky music. 🎶🕷

Butterknowle Primary Congratulations to all our children who received certificates in assembly this week . We are super proud of you all. Well done!🎉

Here are our Woodland stars 🌟 of the week . Well done everyone 👏

St John's Chapel & Wearhead Primaries 🎃🪩 What a fantastic afternoon we had at our Halloween Disco! 🪩🎃 The children had an amazing time dancing the afternoon away, taking part in games, showing off their fantastic costumes and enjoying the Halloween fun with their friends. There were plenty of smiles, laughter and spooky moves on the dance floor!

Our Halloween disco at Woodland was spooktacular ! We all had fun enjoying dancing and games as well as dressing up for the occasion . 🎃 💀 🧙 👻 Happy Halloween 👻, everyone !

Our Harvest celebration at Woodland was a joy . All children of all ages participated sharing readings , songs , music and prayers. A bit thank you to Reverend Lloyd who supported our service. It was lovely to see so many parents who joined in and shared in their child's achievements. 🦉 🐿 🙏

The children in woodworking club at Frosterley have loved making some spooky Halloween wood models, using recycled wood offcuts. 👻

Hamsterley Primary School Class 1 have been enjoying making potions inside pumpkins this week as part of their autumn-themed learning. The children had great fun exploring what happens when bicarbonate of soda, vinegar, food colouring and glitter are mixed together. There were lots of excited reactions as their pumpkin potions fizzed, bubbled and overflowed with colourful sparkling foam. It was a fantastic hands-on activity that encouraged curiosity, creativity and scientific exploration!

Hamsterley Primary School This term, Key Stage 2 pupils have been exploring the fascinating art and culture of Ancient China. They learned about the taotie, a mythical creature from Chinese mythology known as the "legendary voracious beast" because it was said to be endlessly hungry! The children studied intricate taotie designs found on ancient Chinese bronze vessels from the Shang Dynasty, discovering how artists used symmetry to create striking faces with large eyes, fangs, horns and decorative patterns. Inspired by these ancient artefacts, pupils investigated the traditional process of piece-mould casting, the remarkable technique used by Shang Dynasty craftspeople to create beautifully decorated bronze objects. They explored how moulds are made and experimented with their own casting techniques using cardboard, clay and plaster of Paris to create relief designs. The finished pieces beautifully combine art, design and history, bringing an ancient civilisation to life through hands-on learning.

Wearhead Primary School Today in our music lesson the children were learning more about rhythm which will help them to progress their skills when playing the recorder. We are already looking forward to our next recorder session after half term. 🪈🎼🎵

Butterknowle EYFS had a fantastic morning setting up a friendship cafe. They helped each other to set the table, took orders,made jam sandwiches and served each other. oh and don't forget the washing up! What a wonderful time they had!

📢 We're recruiting @ Frosterley Primary 📢 🏫 Frosterley Primary School is looking for a part-time School Administrator (18.5 hours per week, term time only) to join our friendly team. Play a key role in supporting the smooth running of our school and make a real difference to our pupils, families and wider community. 💷 £27,274–£29,542 pro rata 🕒 18.5 hours per week 📅 Closing date: 5 November 2026 https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/School_Administrator/303566