St. John's Chapel and Wearhead Primary Schools Forest School Club The children have had a fantastic time building and improving their dens and they have toasted toffee apple slices over the fire.

Hamsterley Primary School Well done to all of the star award winners this week

Hamsterley Primary School Class 2 is back in Forest School! We had a great time whittling sticks for our journey sticks, building muddy dens, finding bugs for our bug hotel, and finishing with tasty s'mores around the fire

Children in Key Stage 1 at Butterknowle were so excited to receive a video call on Teams from their friends at Woodland and Frosterley schools. They asked each other questions such as 'What did you have for lunch?' and 'What are your teachers called?' The children have been learning about methods of communication, both past and present, and it was great to experience this first hand.

St John's Chapel and Wearhead Primary Cookery Club Tonight, the children made chocolate pastries! They tasted delicious!

St John's Chapel Primary School Music Magic Our KS1 and KS2 pupils have been stepping into the wonderful world of ABBA! We started off with some fun rhythm and pitch games to warm up, then sang Mamma Mia all of the way though with great energy. To finish, the children played glockenspiels during the instrumental adding a creative touch to the performance. It was great to see their enthusiasm and love for music shine!

Wearhead Primary School Today in Music the children in Y2 - Y6 have been learning all about the musical notation of crotchets, quavers, minims and rests to play a beat on a glockenspiel.

Butterknowle Primary - Maths in Action! This week, children in Y5/6 have been exploring numbers up to 1,000,000. Using place value charts, they've been deepening their understanding of how each column follows a consistent pattern: ones tens hundreds thousands ten thousands hundred thousands millions.

Butterknowle Primary - Early Years Art Adventures! Our little artists in EYFS have been having a blast exploring printing with body parts from fingers and hands to elbows and feet!

St. John's chapel and Wearhead Primary The children in Class 1 have had great fun this week settling back into school and exploring the new classroom layout. The class also welcomed new children into our nursery, showing them how to play nicely and care for each other.

Hamsterley Primary School

St John's Chapel and Wearhead Primary Schools As part of our Science topic 'Animal Nutrition and the Skeletal System', Year 3 & 4 have been learning all about the importance of a balanced diet. We showed fantastic teamwork as we worked in groups to sort different foods into their correct food groups and the discussions were brilliant! It was especially impressive to hear the children's thoughtful reasoning around foods that could belong to more than one group. Their curiosity, collaboration and critical thinking really shone through. Super work, everyone!

Woodland Primary School The Squirrels have been learning about Claude Monet, an important Impressionist painter, in Art and Design. Impressionists were inspired by how light and colour changed throughout the day and year. We learnt how to create tints, by adding white, and shades, by adding black, then attempted our own water lily paintings inspired by Monet. Please take a look at our masterpieces.

Wearhead and St. John's Chapel Primary School This morning, we have celebrated the achievements of our pupils. The new reception children have had a brilliant start to the year and all received a certificate for settling in so well. We have also had some reading awards and 'Good to be Green' certificates. Well done, everyone!

St John's Chapel & Wearhead Bright Minds in Years 5 & 6! This morning, our curious scientists in Years 5 & 6 have been exploring the fascinating topic of how light travels. From investigating shadows to experimenting with mirrors and torches, they've been discovering that light travels in straight linesand how it reflects and illuminates the world around us! The classroom has been buzzing with hands-on activities, thoughtful questions, and plenty of "lightbulb moments" as pupils tested their ideas and deepened their understanding of this key scientific concept.