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.

St John's Chapel In after school club, the children have been creating their own animals.

St John's Chapel Primary This afternoon, Class 1 merged their Forest School session with their first Art session. Our Autumn topic is 'Street View' so we went on a walk around the village to explore the local landscape and buildings. We identified that most of the buildings in the village are made from stone and talked about some common features, such as chimneys, doors and windows. We also observed some less common features such as solar panels and conservatories. We noticed that some of the houses looked old, some of them looked new and some of them have been converted. When we got back to school, we talked about the different types of houses we spotted, including detached, semi-detached, terraced and bungalows.

Hamsterley Primary School We had a great but windy afternoon back at Forest School! Class 2 went on an Autumn leaf hunt this afternoon to spot the different trees we have in our woodland area Then, they were challenged to make a letter using twigs and leaves to spell out 'Forest School'. After that, they used the leaves that they had found and collected to make 'fall' name banners. To finish the session, they had their favourite forest school food - s'mores

Hamsterley Class 1 Class 1 have started their new PE invasion games topic - 'football skills'. Today, they practised developing their ball skills and keeping the ball under control.

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

Hamsterley Primary School "Look a spiders web!", "How many conkers have we found?" "Blackberries!", "I can find lots of pine cones." This morning in Science, EYFS have been on a fun woodland walk looking for signs of Autumn. We have found conkers, spider webs, blackberries, crispy leaves, pine cones and seeds

St John's Chapel and Wearhead This morning, the children in EYFS spent some time in the garden, looking for signs of Autumn. We found conkers, fallen leaves and lots of spider webs We even heard different birds chirping We had so much fun identifying what we had found using our Autumn checklist!

Hamsterley Primary - Class 1 Class 1 have had a brilliant start to the new term! They've practised counting and writing numbers, practised their letter formation, made playdough hedgehogs and played with their friends in the provision.

St John's Chapel Primary School - Chapel Tots Our first Chapel Tots session of this academic year will start next Wednesday (11th September). We hope to see you there!

We look forward to welcoming all of our pupils back to school tomorrow for the start of the new academic year!

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!

Rookhope 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!