Hamsterley Primary School We have had an amazing day raising funds for Comic Relief today. With the slogan this year being, "Funny is Power!" our Student Council took control with our fundraising ideas. They decided that we were going to 'Go Red for Red Nose Day' and it was fab to see everyone dressed in red today. They also decided to celebrate Comic Relief's 40th birthday with the 'Big 40th Birthday Bake!' Children and parents created some delicious baked goods which our Class 2 Student Council children sold during the day and at home time to parents! Thank you all for your amazing efforts! We have raised a whopping £106.57 for this amazing cause! Thank you so much everyone!

Yesterday the children in EYFS had great fun in the sunshine

Exciting News! Last week, Miss Mawson (Hamsterley), Mrs Eastwood (Wearhead), and Miss Jackson (St John's Chapel) successfully completed their Bikeability training . Today, we received our brand-new balance bikes! Starting next term, we're thrilled to offer a Bikeability after-school club. This program will help our children develop the skills and confidence they need to safely cycle on today's roads. Let's get pedalling!

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

Please see this week's Wake Up Wednesday. There is a free guide all about livestreaming that can be downloaded.

St John's Chapel Primary Yesterday, the children in class 1 enjoyed a sunny Forest School session. They have planted some vegetable seeds and they enjoyed toasting marshmallows on the fire.

Wearhead Primary School This afternoon, we enjoyed the beautiful weather by cooking chocolate bananas on the fire, drawing shadow pictures and planting seeds.

Hamsterley Primary School In Forest School, Class 2 started building bird boxes! In groups, they measured and cut the wood timber so in the following weeks they can assemble and decorate their bird boxes. We can't wait to see the end product! To finish the session we enjoyed eating our popcorn!

Hamsterley Primary School Well done to all of the star award winners and the Science Ambassadors who received their certificates and badges this morning!

St John's Chapel & Wearhead British Science Week! This year, Dr Lorraine Coghill (from Durham University) helped our new Science Ambassadors plan and deliver sessions to the younger children to celebrate British Science Week. They did a fantastic job, explaining everything clearly and making sure everyone was safe.

A big shoutout to the winners of our World Book Day 'Create a Potato Book Character' competition! This week, they picked out their well-deserved book prizescongratulations to all!

St John's Chapel & Wearhead A huge congratulations to this week's certified winners! Keep up the hard work!

Hamsterley Primary School This afternoon, our wonderful Science Ambassadors from Year 5/6 and Dr Lorraine worked with the other children to show them some of their favourite experiments from the training day yesterday. Class 1 observed the changes in Skittles when they are dropped into water, made origami fortune tellers and then made rockets. The Science Ambassadors were extremely helpful with the younger children and we were very impressed with how confidently they explained the tasks. Class 2 used felt tips and coffee filters to make pen chromatography and then also did the origami and rockets. Class 2 enjoyed watching the different dyes in each pen separate during the chromatography experiment! Well done to all of the Science Ambassadors, you all did an excellent job leading and explaining activities. You should be very proud! #ScienceAmbassadors #BritishScienceWeek2025

Exciting News! We're thrilled to announce that we're partnering with DurhamLearn to bring Reading and Maths Cafes to our schools for parents and carers! These cafes are a fantastic opportunity to join your children in school, enjoy fun games and activities together, and discover ways to support their development and help them with their homework. The dates for our Maths and English Cafes are as follows: Hamsterley Primary Wednesday 21 May - Maths Café Key Stage 1: 9am-11am Key Stage 2: 1pm-3pm Friday 6 June - English Café Key Stage 1: 9am-11am Key Stage 2: 1pm-3pm St John's Chapel & Wearhead Primary Schools (at St John's Chapel Primary) Friday, 9th May 2025 - Maths Cafe Key Stage 1: 9am-11am Key Stage 2: 1pm-3pm Thursday 19 June 2025 - English Café Key Stage 1: 9am-11am Key Stage 2: 1pm-3pm We'll send out reminders closer to the time and hope to see you there!