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Our Early Years classroom has been filled with excitement as we celebrated Lunar New Year together. The children were eager to learn about this special festival and the traditions that make it so meaningful for many families around the world. We began by listening to the traditional story of the great animal race, where the animals hurried across the river to earn their place in the zodiac. The children loved discovering how each animal earned its year and were especially excited to learn...

Year 5 had a fantastic trip to Beamish Museum recently. This trip brought our Industrial Revolution History unit to life and we experienced lots of aspects of Victorian life. The children took part in a workshop where they had to approach different businesses and persuade them to donate money to improve conditions in the workhouses. They visited the solicitors, a shop owner, a maid and a free mason to tell them how awful the conditions were in the workhouses and how a donation could help make...

As part of our school residential programme, year three pupils visited The Sill in Northumberland for our annual Advent Retreat. However,...