St John's Chapel Primary Class 1 have had a busy Forest School afternoon! We used natural resources to create our own weather symbol art, before toasting marshmallows on the fire to make s'mores

St John's Chapel Primary In English, KS1 worked in pairs to identify the features of a postcard

Hamsterley Primary School In Forest School, Class 2 stocked up the squirrel feed box that will help us record any sightings of red squirrels. Then we took part in our own 'Big Garden Birdwatch'. We searched our school garden areas to watch and record which birds are in our ground. We saw lots of wood pigeons

Wearhead Primary School In our Forest School session this afternoon, we played 'Jailbreak' then class 1 created weather symbols linked to their art lessons while class 2 created polar animals to link with their 'Frozen Kingdoms' topic. Afterwards, we had hot chocolate and biscuits.

In KS1, we are learning about landmarks as part of our new topic 'Bright Lights, Big City'. This morning, we visited a local landmark, the Town Hall. We looked at plaques, photographs and used the internet to research the history of the building. We talked about how it provides a service for the community and the different things it is used for

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

St John's Chapel Primary This morning, the EYFS children have been outside exploring the snow and ice. We had lots of fun stomping through the crunchy snow and saw some long, slippery icicles We even spotted some animal tracks in the snow! We talked about how they are different to our footprints and guessed what animals they were from.

St John's Chapel and Wearhead Well done to this week's special certificate winners!

St John's Chapel Class 3's Fraction Fun with Numicon! Our Class 3 pupils are mastering adding fractions with Numicon and Numicon pegs. Great job, everyone!

St John's Chapel - Winter Wonderland Fun with Class 2 & 3! Our Class 2 & 3 pupils had a blast playing in the snow and building amazing sculptures during Forest School. Creativity and fun were in full swing!

Snow Day at Wearhead Primary School! We had lots of fun in the snow today! We made snow angles and practised our sledging and snowboarding skills!

Hamsterley Primary School What fun Class 1 has had playing in the snow in Forest School today! Followed by a cup of hot chocolate and a story

Chapel Tots Update Unfortunately, Chapel Tots will not be held at St John's Primary School this week due to the bad weather. Stay warm and safe, and we'll hopefully see you next week!

Hamsterley Primary School This afternoon in PE, class 2 started doing Gymnastics! The children all practiced different poses and balances in pairs and individually.

**Can you help at St John's Chapel & Wearhead Primary Schools?** We have managed to dig pathways to the entrances of both schools. As the snow is likely to stay with us for a few days with the low temperatures predicted, do we have any parents/ carers with machinery to assist in the clearance of some of the snow tomorrow (at either or both of the schools)? If you are able to help, please get in touch with us. Thank you.