St John's Chapel Primary- KS1 In Maths today, our KS1 children were developing their understanding of numbers 11-15. We used different practical resources including, tens frames and counters, base 10, Numicon and Rekenreks to help us see the full ten and part of the next ten.

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

St John's Chapel In English, the children in year 5&6 have been matching powerful words from our class text with their definitions.

Wearhead and St. John's Chapel Primary Schools Class 1 have been looking at and identifying plants in their science lessons. They have been practising football skills in PE lessons.

Class 2 thoroughly enjoyed making series circuits this week. They experimented to see what happened when a component was changed or added.

Hamsterley Primary Class 1 loved their first 'Little Fingers' music lesson with Mrs Unwin from the Durham Music Service. Mrs Unwin also talked to the Class 2 children about music tuition. If you would like to sign your child up, or find out further information, follow this link https://www.durhammusic.org.uk/sign-up

St John's Chapel and Wearhead Today, our EYFS children listened to the story 'Leaf Man' by Lois Ehlert. Then, we went outside and made our own leaf crowns to become leaf children!

St John's Chapel and Wearhead Today in Science, the children in year 5 & 6 have been exploring the link between weight and mass. They used force meters to investigate the weight and mass of classroom objects.

Hamsterley Primary In Class One, our Art topic this term is Street View. Today, we have explored our village by looking at the different features of the buildings. The children enjoyed discussing what was the same/different between the buildings.

St John's Chapel & Wearhead Well done to this week's special certificate winners! What a super start to the new term! We even had some winners from our entries to the Weardale Show.

Hamsterley Primary School Cookery Club: Back by popular demand... we made lava cakes in a cup tonight. All of the children made the perfect gooey, chocolatey and scrummy cakes! They have all brought the recipe to enjoy at home.

Hamsterley Primary School Tonight in Art Club, the children made hanging spiral autumn decorations.

Wearhead Primary School The children in KS1 have been learning about the history of our school this week and have also been taking some photos around the village for their art topic. KS2 children demonstrated some good mapwork skills on our walk, EYFS have enjoyed exploring the outdoor area between the hailstone showers!

St John's Chapel Primary- Class 1 In our Topic lesson today, we have been learning about the history of our school. We looked at old photographs, logbooks, newspaper clippings, artefacts and first hand accounts to identify when the school was constructed and other events in the school's history. After, we worked as a class to make timeline cards for each event, before placing them in chronological order.

Please see this week's Wake Up Wednesday. This week is about supporting children to manage conflict.