Butterknowle, Bishop Auckland, Co Durham, DL13 5PB
From January Mrs Carr, our new headteacher, will be in school each week on:
If you would like a meeting with Mrs Carr, please contact the school office to arrange a suitable time. Mrs Carr can also be contacted at Woodland on 01388 718271 or Frosterley on 01388 528358.
We endeavour to keep the school open during adverse weather conditions. In the event of school closure, please look on our school website for up to date advice and information.
The Friends of Butterknowle also have a closed Facebook page, which has updated information about school. For access to this closed group message Kimberley Batey. Most parents and carers are part of this group which is run by the Friends, not school.
Michelle and her team pulled off another amazing feast on Wednesday. We had 100 very hungry children, staff, parents, family and friends, as well as some VIPs (the Bishop of Durham and his parliamentary assistant Lori), all keen to tuck into a tradition Christmas meal, and they were not disappointed! The Bishop of Durham opened proceedings with grace, followed by revealing the winning design for his official annual Christmas card. During the dinner, our enterprising children ran two stalls in aid of our Tanzanian Fundraising Project. Bertie made and sold pom-poms and Esme made and sold Tanzanian accessories including bags, ties and hair bobbles.
We are delighted to announce that the Bishop of Durham joined us for our Christmas Dinner today and brought with him the winning design for his annual Christmas card. We can announce that Ella’s design was chosen, with Bertie and Jack’s designs chosen to be on the back of the card.
Every family has received £20 worth of tickets to sell. Please could ticket stubs and unsold tickets be returned to the school office, with any monies, by Wednesday 12th December.
Our raffle prizes are growing in number and we would like to thank you for your contributions so far. Don’t forget that prizes can be donated any time up to the day of the raffle on Friday 14th December.
Today we enjoy a wonderful Christingle service at Lynesack Church. Many thanks to everyone who came along and joined in the service.
On Monday, Reverend Brian Whitley visited school to tell us about an exciting Christmas tradition called the’ Posada.’ The Posada is a Mexican tradition where young people dress up as Mary and Joseph then travel from house to house asking for a room for the night. Modern day Posada uses nativity figures that travel from home to home where the host celebrates with their visitors that night.
Our Posada figures of Mary and Joseph, an advent calendar, some candles and a small book to record the visit are travelling around Butterknowle. Each night one of our pupils takes the Posada home with them.
So far, the Posada has visited Mason’s house where they had tea then watched a bit of TV before continuing on their journey. At Ethan’s house, Mary and Joseph met Arthur the dog, had pasta for tea, and then played with Jingles the Elf. I wonder who will be the next host …?
MESSAGE TO PARENTS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
We would appreciate it if you could take the time to complete a survey which go towards a project the Academy are working on.
The project is to secure funding to refurbish and fully equip one of our larger classrooms with gym equipment. This would then become a Community Gym which will be used by our students and the public. The Community Gym would be led by a group of volunteers including members of the Academy.
This questionnaire has been designed to secure vital information around its potential use, price ranges and interest in being part of the group to lead/volunteer within the gym.
Please go to the following link to complete the questionnaire. We would appreciate it if you could share this link with any friends and family who live in the area. The more responses we get the better chance we have of securing the funding.
Every family has been given £20 worth of tickets to sell. Please could ticket stubs and unsold tickets be returned to the school office, with any monies, by Wednesday 12th December.
Our raffle prizes are growing in number and we would like to thank you for your contributions so far. Don’t forget that prizes can be donated any time up to the day of the raffle on Friday 14th December.
