Wearhead Primary School We have had an exciting morning watching a fabulous performance of 'Save our Sandwich' by the Mad Alice Theatre Company which has been funded by the Weardale Action Partnership. This afternoon, both classes took part in a drama workshop where they played games and sang songs and rhymes while performing actions. Class 2 also created their own musical notation using pieces of fruit! Weardale Action Partnership (AAP)

Hamsterley Primary School Well done to all of the star award winners and those who finished their good to be green sticker charts!

Our topic this term in Early Years is, Dangerous Dinosaurs We are learning all about different animals that roamed Earth millions of year ago. This morning the children had a great time playing in the dinosaur swamp

Wearhead Primary School Today, Class 2 were learning to accompany the song "Hit the Road Jack" on the ukulele with Mrs Millar from the Durham Music Service

Hamsterley Primary School Save Our Sandwich! Class 1 and 2 have had a fantastic day taking part in a healthy eating workshop! They watched a fabulous performance this morning all about healthy eating and sharing. Then, the children played different games and completed different healthy eating themed activities. The children now all have a good understanding of what we can do to keep our bodies healthy. Thank you so much to Mad Alice Theatre Company for a fantastic day!

Hamsterley Primary School This afternoon in Jigsaw (PSHE), KS1 were set the goal of making a jam sandwich. They needed to follow different steps and try different things in order to achieve the end goal.

Hamsterley Primary School Today in Class 2, the children used their knowledge of Inuit Art to carve a soap sculpture in the shape of an Arctic animal.

St John's Chapel & Wearhead This term, the children in year 5 & 6 are learning about electricity. This morning, the children learnt what the different circuit symbols are.

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

Hamsterley Primary School Tonight, in cookery club, Class 1 have made Scottish oat cakes

Hamsterley Primary School In computing, EYFS had lots of fun tinkering with computing equipment. We have learnt new vocabulary such as 'motherboard' and 'usb'. This helped with our fine motor skills by using the screwdriver to look inside the equipment. We then used the magnifying glasses to get a closer look. Great job reception

Wearhead Primary School Today the children in Class 2 used soap carving skills to create a sculpture of an Arctic animal, in the style of the Inuit indigenous people. The photos of their final outcomes will be published next week when all are complete but here is a taster of what they were doing.

St John's Chapel Primary In Art this afternoon, Class 1 used hard and soft pencils to make different lines and shapes

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