Coronavirus: A Book for Children

Axel Scheffler has illustrated a digital book for primary school age children, free for anyone to read on screen or print out, about the coronavirus and the measures taken to control it.

Please us the link below;

https://nosycrow.com/free-resources/

Netball Tournament

After a few weeks of coaching, the Year 5 and 6 pupils took part in a netball tournament on Wednesday at Newton Aycliffe which involved several other local schools.

We had two teams – 5 apiece, who all worked brilliantly together to put into practise all their new found skills. After a very exciting final game against Woodland, Butterknowle were delighted to win the overall trophy.

Ben Butterfield commented, “I still can’t believe we won. We were talking about new strategies just before our final game and it worked!”

As you can see from the photo, the trophy is something we are very proud of. Well done to all!!

Trip to Durham Palace Green Library

Robins class had a fabulous visit to this historic building on Thursday. We looked at the original sketch books of Norman Cornish and studied his techniques. Afterwards, we practised creating our own pictures using a variety of graphic pens, pencils and charcoals. In the afternoon, we were treated to a tour of the building itself and we took part in a treasure trail, searching for artefacts from different historical periods.

School of rocks

On Tuesday the whole school had an assembly by The School of Rocks. In Robins class we then had lots of amazing activities to explore. We had our own pet stones to look at, we found out where they came from and how they were made. They told us that when the magma in the core of the earth raises it cools off and sinks back down to create the layers of the earth. Then we played a game where we had to find different rocks and identify where they came from. Robins very much enjoyed that afternoon. By Will

A drum roll please………………. We are pleased to announce that we are officially an Opal Gold Award school. Thank you for all your help and support with developing the school grounds so that we are able to provide a safe place for children to play and explore. `It was a pleasure to observe such a wonderful playtime available every day to the children of your school today` Ingrid Wilkinson OPAL assessor

Thank you to everyone who attended the Halloween disco. Lots of fun was had by all. Thank you to Scott for providing the music and lights. The friends raised   £128.48. Thank you for your support.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Harvest festival and Macmillan coffee morning we raised the magnificent amount of £181.83. We have this week received a thank you card from the food bank for our harvest donations. Many thanks again for all your support.

Owls class and Reception from Blackbirds enjoyed a lovely day at Bowes Museum. They read books and listened to stories by Nick Sharatt , before they created their own pirate hats.

On Tuesday 9 th July  Esme, Mason , Jack and Monique were delighted to receive  their sports award from Staindrop Academy . These were in recognition of their contribution to sporting events throughout the year. Congratulations to all the children and well done to everyone who has taken part in  sporting events this  year.

Father’s Day Breakfast 2019

Thank you to all who came along and joined in. The bacon and sausage sandwiches were enjoyed by all and the Quizzes provided plenty of discussion!