St John's Chapel Our topic this term is Groundbreaking Greeks. Today, the children worked in teams to research artefacts and create a timeline.

Hamsterley Primary School Yesterday afternoon in Forest School, Class 1 had fun in the sun. The theme was Jack and the Beanstalk. First they listened to the the story, then went on a hunt for golden eggs. Then they made their own beanstalk, drew on magic beans amd made the Giants castle. We had so much fun in the sun

St John's Chapel - Forest School After School Club! Today was our first Forst School After School Club and the children really enjoyed themselves. We toasted marshmallows and made s'mores and used our knot tying skills to make a picture frame using a clove hitch knot and a square lashing. The children showed fantastic resilience and worked really well together.

St John's Chapel Class 1 enjoyed the sunny weather this afternoon in Forest School. Today was a Jack and the Beanstalk theme. They cooked beans on the fire to have with some bread, completed a scavenger hunt using compass directions and made the giant some dinner using natural resources. The children also enjoyed making dens, fairy houses and minibeast homes.

Wearhead Primary School We have had a very enjoyable afternoon in the glorious sunshine. We toasted marshmallows and made s'mores and have been working very hard in our garden. We planted sunflowers and broad bean plants which we grew from seeds in our last session. We continued clearing weeds and tidying up.

Wearhead Primary School Today Class 2 have been finding out more about the author of their new class novel, linked to this term's topic "Groundbreaking Greeks"

St John's Chapel & Wearhead Thank you to everyone who attended our Easter Service this afternoon. The children did a wonderful job. We hope you all have a lovely Easter Holiday.

Hamsterley Primary School Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Easter Service this afternoon! We think the children all did a fabulous job and we hope you all have a lovely Easter holiday.

Hamsterley Primary School The children all enjoyed having an Easter egg hunt this afternoon as a special treat for all the hard work they have done this term!

Hamsterley Primary School Meet our ducks - Fluffy, Tiger, Fluffball, Tinker and Sweetie Some children loved holding the ducks and some other children wanted to look. We can't wait to see them grow

St John's Chapel and Wearhead Primary Schools Congratulations to our GREEN all term award winners! We are delighted to recognise the pupils who have earned the 'Green All Term' award for their outstanding behaviour throughout the term. It's great to see that lots of our children are following our federation rules and setting a good example to others! We hope to see even more children achieve this award next term. Keep up the fantastic work!

St John's Chapel and Wearhead Primary Schools Well done to our young musicians who have received special music certificates from Ms Millar and Mrs Unwin. Durham Music Service

Hamsterley Primary School Over the course of this half term, class 2 have been doing the DT topic 'Engineer'. They have looked at different types of bridges and the different shapes that bridges use to make them strong. Their end task was to create a strong bridge using paper, masking tape and art straws.

St John's Chapel and Wearhead Primary Schools Well done to this week's special certificate winners!

Wearhead Primary School We have had so much fun this afternoon doing an Easter Egg hunt followed by Easter crafts. Our grown ups seemed to have had lots of fun too