These last few weeks have been full of Christmas activities and fundraising.
Our Christmas festivities began at the beginning of November, with M&M theatre productions coming into school to perform Peter Pan to the children. The children and staff joined in, and thoroughly enjoyed the show.
This was followed by our own performances from all our children. Well done to all our Nursery and Reception children (and staff!) for putting on a super show, ‘Wriggly Nativity.’ The children were very brave standing and singing in front of all the adults who came to see them.
Children in Years 1 to 6 read and sang beautifully at our Christmas concert in church. It was fantastic to see so many people supporting this lovely event.
Congratulations to all who took part in the performing arts club pantomime ‘Aladdin Trouble.’ It was an excellent performance and was enjoyed by everyone who came to see it. Well done!
All children in Y1-6 went to the Gala theatre to see the pantomime, ‘Cinderella.’ The behaviour of the children was excellent and this was commented on by the Gala staff, which makes us extremely proud.
Bullying is something that we, as a school try to do something about. Thank you to so many of you for the fabulous work that you did at home for our anti-bullying display. I know that many of you saw it on Target Setting day in the hall. The boards are still up in the corridor for visitors to see.
Thank you to everyone who came dressed as a hero or as a Superhero for Children In Need. We raised £227.31 for a very worthy cause.
Thanks also to all of you who brought in £1 on Christmas Jumper Day to help raise money for ‘Save the Children’. There were some super, sparkly jumpers from both the staff and children so thank you for your generosity.
For the Cross Country season this year, our aim is to see more children competing in the Chester-Le-Street Cross Country League with the first fixture being held at Bullion Lane on Saturday 16th January. In 2014 we had 9 children competing, in 2015 18 children competed. In 2016 we would like to be the largest competing school with over 20 children racing.
This half term Y5/6 children had the opportunity to take part in cross country club. A group of 4 gifted and talented children from Y4 were also invited to attend. There has been a welcome increase attending this year with 34 runners taking part.
Happy New Year to you all!
