Year 3-6 have been coding and debugging using microbits.

Year 1 and 2 have been practising their DT skills to strengthen, score and join card.

Nursery and Reception children have been doing some excellent writing this week. Nursery have been practising their names and Reception wrote some questions about sea creatures and found the answers in a non-fiction text.

Hamsterley, St John's Chapel and Wearhead We have finished our final activities and are having lunch before heading ack to school. The children have had a fantastic time. More photos will follow once we are back.

Hamsterley, St John's Chapel & Wearhead Team Challenge was a huge success! Lots of fun and laughter from everyone, even the teachers!

St John's Chapel, Hamsterley and Wearhead The children have loved archery, zip line and climbing.

Hamsterley, St John's Chapel & Wearhead Here are some more photos of our residential. The children are showing great teamwork and resilience.

Hamsterley, St John's Chapel and Wearhead Primaries We have had another wonderful day and the children have loved all the activities!

Butterknowle Primary School Today, our EYFS and KS1 pupils became brilliant designers and builders as they created their very own beach huts for small world figures! Using a range of craft and recycled materials, the children explored how to join materials together with glue and sticky tape. They showed great creativity and problem-solving as they built their structures. We learnt some important DT skills, including: Strengthening materials to make models more stable Scoring to help fold and shape materials Joining techniques to keep everything securely in place The children were inspired by photos of real beach huts, noticing their colours, shapes, and features. They then experimented with these ideas in their own designs, producing some wonderful beach huts.

Residential update This morning the children have been in the famous Robinwood piranha pool, on the trapeze, canoeing and using their problem solving skills in Quest. They've all eaten lunch and are now at their first afternoon activity.

St John's Chapel, Hamsterley and Wearhead Primaries The children are all up and excited for a fun day of activities!

Residential update: Hamsterley, St John's Chapel and Wearhead A few more photos from today, although signal is very patchy here at Robinwood. We will try and post when we can, but please bear with us.

Hamsterley, St John's Chapel and Wearhead Primaries We've had a fantastic afternoon at Robinwood! The children have thrown themselves into archery, challenge course, nightline, trapeze, zip line, climbing, and even the dungeon. Their confidence, teamwork, and smiles have been brilliant to see. Here's a small selection of photos more to follow later!

St. John's Chapel and Wearhead Primary HULLABALOO IN THE CLASSROOM! After reading and learning the wonderful poem Hullabalooall about a very noisy farmour little learners brought the story to life! They used our toy farm to recreate all the loud, chaotic energy of the poem. There was plenty of oinking, mooing, and clucking as they practised their rhyming words and developed their communication skills through messy, imaginative play. Some of the older children had a go at reading the words, phrases and sentences written on the tuff tray too! Ask your child tonight what noisy animal they chose to be!