Hamsterley Primary School Class 1 have had another very busy day! This morning's Forest School session had a Remembrance theme. The children rolled and flattened clay before collecting red leaves and berries to press into their creations, creating beautiful remembrance-inspired pieces. They also searched for red, or as close to red as they could find, natural materials to work together to create a large land art poppy. The children enjoyed toasting crumpets over the fire and spreading them with strawberry jam before taking part in a peaceful and reflective two-minute forest bathing activity to end the session. This afternoon, the children continued their creative learning by completing some Pudsey-themed artwork and decorating Children in Need biscuits.

🌟Well done to our wonderful stars of the week 🌟

St John's Chapel & Wearhead 🌟Well done to this week's award winners! 🌟

St John's Chapel & Wearhead 🍂🔥 Today in Forest School, Class 2 had a wonderful time learning how to do a square lashing and proudly used their new skills to create their very own photo frames! 🪵🖼 There was lots of teamwork, problem-solving and creativity on display as the children worked together outdoors. To top off a fantastic session, everyone enjoyed toasting marshmallows over the fire and sharing plenty of smiles and laughter. 😊

Butterknowle Primary School Water, spray and play! Our Early Years children had lots of fun strengthening their hands by painting the fences with water, spraying targets, spray cleaning toys and practising writing their names outside. A fantastic way to build fine motor skills while enjoying the fresh air! 💦🖌

🪐 This week, our Year 5 and 6 scientists explored the planets of our solar system! 🔭 Using their research skills, they compared each planet with Earth. 🌍 What a stellar week of discovery! 🚀

💛🐻 Children in Need – Challenge Yourself! 🐻💛 Hamsterley Primary School Class 2 had a fantastic afternoon taking part in some fun Children in Need activities, all based around this year's theme of 'Challenge Yourself!' First up was a Pudsey drawing challenge! The children attempted to draw Pudsey using their non-writing hand before taking on the even trickier challenge of drawing him without looking at their paper! There were certainly some interesting results! 😂 🏗 Next came the 'Impossible Tower' challenge! Working in teams, the children had to design and build the tallest tower possible using just 10 sheets of paper – no sticky tape or glue allowed! This really put their teamwork, creativity and problem-solving skills to the test! Finally, it was time to take to the skies! The children designed and built their very best paper aeroplanes before putting them to the test in an end-of-day flying competition! 🏆 A huge well done to our competition winners and to everyone in Class 2 for showing such brilliant determination, teamwork and perseverance throughout the afternoon! A fantastic afternoon of challenging ourselves, having fun and supporting a wonderful cause! 💛 #ChildrenInNeed #ChallengeYourself #Teamwork #Perseverance #Class2

Children in Need celebrations at Woodland 🦉 🐿 Fun activities for all ! Thank you all for your contributions 🐻

Butterknowle On Remembrance day, we walked to the war memorial to hold our silence. Year 6 children read poems and prayers beautifully as we showed our respect.

Butterknowle Class 1 had a fantastic day on our school trip to Beamish. We enjoyed exploring the pit village and town, riding on an old fashioned bus and tram and our Victorian school lesson workshop. The children took on the role well as we went back in time: sitting in boys and girls, standing whenever they answered a question and writing using slate. We were immensely proud of their behaviour and the way they represented our school!

St.Johns Chapel We were all very proud of our children on the 11th. They were all well behaved and respectful whilst we stood for our 2 minute silence. Thank you to everyone who joined us.

A huge congratulations to all of the children who received a certificate in Celebration Assembly this week ! We are incredibly proud of your hard work , determination and positive attitude towards your learning.

Children In Need 🎉🏃 This week the school council invited the whole school to join our Children In Need challenge: how many laps of the playground could we run in one week? 🥁 Drum roll, please... we completed an incredible 986 laps, roughly 49 miles! 🌟 What an amazing achievement. Well done to everyone who took part! 👏

Hamsterley Primary School Class 1 Trip to Beamish Museum What a busy and exciting day we have had at Beamish Museum! When we arrived, we travelled by bus to the 1900s Town, where we explored a variety of buildings and shops, including the dentist, printers and sweet shop. The children enjoyed spotting differences between life then and now and learning about how people lived and worked over 100 years ago. After lunch in the Masonic Hall, we visited the chemist and bakery before heading to the 1950s Town. Here, we explored Norman Cornish's House and enjoyed looking at the toys in the traditional toy shop. We then made our way to the Pit Village, where the children took part in a fascinating 'Life in the Infant Classroom' workshop. They experienced what school was like 100 years ago by completing writing, reading and arithmetic activities in silence and standing to address the teacher. The children had thoughtful discussions about the differences between schools past and present. Afterwards, they enjoyed playing traditional Victorian playground games in the yard. Before leaving the Pit Village, we visited the Silver Band Hall and then finished our visit with a ride on a tram back to the main entrance. The children were a credit to the school throughout the day. They showed great enthusiasm, curiosity and excellent behaviour while learning about local history and life in the past.

Woodland Primary What a fantastic trip to Beamish! We visited many interesting places and learned a lot about life in the past. We took part in a workshop to find out what it was like to go to school in the Victorian times. The teacher was very strict and we all agreed we prefer the teachers in modern times.