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!

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Butterknowle Primary School Adventure awaits in Class 2! 🐒👑 Today, our hard-working authors have been busy crafting their very own adventure stories featuring Kai and the Monkey King! 📖 For the last few weeks, the children have been mastering the art of expanded noun phrases and fronted adverbials. It was absolutely lovely to watch them independently bring these tools to life, turning ordinary sentences into extraordinary adventures. We definitely have some future best-selling authors in our midst at Butterknowle Primary School! Watch out, J.K. Rowling! 🌟

Woodland Children in Key Stage 1 have been looking after plants and exploring trees on the school grounds. We planted a plant and have looked after it for a few weeks. Today, we observed it to see if any changes had occurred. Some of them had grown more leaves, some had more flowers and some had produced some seeds. We also went outside and made diagrams of trees and bark rubbings.

Hamsterley Primary School In Art, Class 1 have been learning about the work of artist James Rizzi and discussing how he created form by using layers to produce a 3D effect. Inspired by his techniques, the children used a cardboard layering method to create their own three-dimensional artwork. They carefully built up different layers to add depth and detail, producing vibrant pieces in the style of Rizzi.

Congratulations to our stars this week

In RE this week Class 3 learn't about th 'Fall' from the book of Genesis. They wrote a newspaper article to show their understanding of the key events.

Butterknowle We have had a busy week in Class 1. Take a look at some of the maths we have been doing. We used counters to help us find the missing parts.