The Durham Dales Federation is a federation of small rural primary schools, which was formed in September 2023. Staff from all schools work together to share expertise and to plan and deliver the curriculum. Our subject leaders co-ordinate their subjects across all the schools within our federation, which ensures that we can offer the same high-quality experiences to all pupils in our schools.
The Upper Dales schools of Wearhead and St John’s Chapel work together on a regular basis each week. At the start of the week, each school works in their own building and on Thursdays and Fridays, the schools come together on the St John’s Chapel Primary School site. On Federation days, we take advantage of the opportunities to work in larger groups with other children of the same age, and we often arrange visits and visitors for these days so that everyone can participate.
Rookhope and St John's Chapel Primary In DT lessons this half term, Class 1 have worked hard on designing, building and decorating their own beach hut. We are very proud of our finished huts, we think they look amazing!
View this PostRookhope and St John's Chapel Primary If you go down in the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise... We celebrated the end of the school year by having a teddy bears' picnic yesterday. We enjoyed snacks, danced with our teddies and played party games. What fun we had!
View this PostHamsterley Primary School A great time was had at our Summer Fair yesterday afternoon. It was great to celebrate the end of the year with all of the children and parents. Thank you to everybody who donated to our stalls. Lots of money was raised for the school fund. The Tombola also raised a great deal of money in aid of the 'Bring Back A Smile' charity. We hope everybody has an amazing summer!!
View this PostHamsterley Primary School We had a great afternoon in the sunshine for Sports Day on Friday. Thank you for coming!
View this PostRookhope, St John's Chapel & Wearhead Primary Schools Over the past couple of weeks, the children have been busy creating their entries for the 'Produce & Handicraft' category of the Weardale Show. Look out for these if you're visiting the show over the summer holidays. We hope we have some winners!
View this PostRookhope, St John's Chapel & Wearhead Primary Schools Last week we had a visit from two leaders from the 1st Stanhope Scout Group. They showed us why Scouting is an excellent hobby, giving the young people a chance to develop their #SkillsForLife with their friends.
View this PostHamsterley Primary School Thank you to all of the parents/carers who came along to our celebration assembly this afternoon. It was lovely to celebrate our pupils' achievements with you all, and to say goodbye and good luck to our Year 6 children who are leaving us for pastures new.
View this Post*Hamsterley Primary School* The children had such a fun afternoon. As a celebration for all of their hard work, we had a water fight. They particularly loved soaking their teachers!
View this PostPlease have a look at this week's Wake Up Wednesday. This week is all about how to deal with worry and anxiety.
View this PostChapel Tots is on today at St John's Chapel Primary School from 1.30pm - 3.00pm. This will be the last session of the academic year before school breaks up for the summer holidays. It is open for all children aged 0 - 3 years old and is FREE! Refreshments will be available for all. We hope to see you there!
View this PostSt John's Chapel & Rookhope A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our end of term celebration this afternoon. It was lovely to hear all the things the children have learnt about and enjoyed this year. We also said goodbye to our Year 6 pupils and wished them good luck for their next adventure.
View this PostRookhope and St John's Chapel Friends enjoying the sunshine before the rain this afternoon
View this PostWe had a fantastic end of year celebration assembly for all of the children at Wearhead Primary School! We had many certificates presented and celebrated our pupils' work and achievements this year. The Year 6 children's leavers' service was an emotional roller coaster (as you can imagine)! We celebrated their time at Wearhead Primary and wished them 'all the best' as they move on to the next step on their journey.
View this PostCongratulations to some of our pupils who have completed their taekwondo KUP grading this weekend with Chungdokwan TKD! What a brilliant achievement! We're hoping to be able to continue our taekwondo after-school club in the autumn term
View this PostSt. John's Chapel, Rookhope and Wearhead Primary Schools We have enjoyed competing in Sports Day this afternoon. It was lovely to see so many parents, grandparents and carers supporting the children in their track and field events. Thank you to everyone who came along.
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