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Animal Visits in Early Years
This half term, the children in Early Years have enjoyed visits from the school chicks and Mrs Sore’s mum’s pet tortoise. They have been...
Jul 17, 20251 min read


Year 5 Wonderdome
On Thursday 23rd January, as part of our Space topic in Science, Year 5 enjoyed an amazing visit from Wonderdome – an inflatable...
Apr 11, 20251 min read


Lego League
During the 2nd spring half term, two small groups of children from Year 5 and 6 worked tirelessly of their First Lego League project in...
Apr 11, 20251 min read


Jubilee Year: Pilgrims of Hope
In honour of Pope Francis’ Jubilee Year of Hope, St. Stephen’s School launched the year with a special service, where children and staff...
Apr 11, 20251 min read


Spring Sing 2025
The St. Stephen's Choir wowed the audience at this year’s Spring Sing with an unforgettable performance. Our talented group of children...
Apr 11, 20251 min read


Prayer, Song and Soup
This year, our Lenten appeal focused on making a difference to those less fortunate in our global community through the wonderful work of...
Apr 11, 20251 min read


Phunky Foods Workshops
We have been lucky enough to have the support of an organisation called Phunky Foods to support our school curriculum in delivering...
Apr 10, 20251 min read


Year 2 Visit to Seven Stories
As part of our learning in English this half term, Year 2 have been exploring the traditional tale of Little Red Riding Hood. In order to...
Apr 10, 20251 min read


Year 5 Trip to Beamish Museum
Year 5 had a fantastic trip to Beamish Museum. This trip brought our Industrial Revolution History unit to life and we experienced lots...
Apr 10, 20251 min read


World Book Week 2025
At St. Stephen’s we like to pull out all of the stops for World Book Week, and this year was no different! Last year’s theme, ‘Magic and...
Apr 9, 20252 min read


KS2 Careers Week 2025
KS2 Careers Week took place just before February half term in the week of 17th – 20th February. This is always a much-anticipated event...
Feb 20, 20254 min read


Year 5 Spiritual Retreat at St Mary's Catholic School
On the 3rd February, Year 5 were invited to St Mary’s to partake in a ‘Mini Spiritual Retreat.’ When we first arrived, a few students...
Feb 19, 20251 min read


Marvellous Minibeasts in Early Years
Early Years enjoyed a visit from Stef and her wonderful collection of minibeasts. Children held the snail, cockroach, stick insect and...
Feb 17, 20251 min read


Lunar New Year Stay and Play
At the beginning of the Spring half term, parents joined us for a ‘Lunar New Year’ celebratory ‘Stay and Play.’ To celebrate the year of...
Feb 17, 20251 min read


Wow Walk To School Challenge
At the beginning of the Spring Term, Sam from Living Streets came into school to explain the WOW Walk to School Challenge that St...
Feb 11, 20252 min read


The Sill
As part of our school residential programme, year three pupils visited The Sill in Northumberland for our annual Advent Retreat. However,...
Dec 20, 20241 min read


Advent Celebration of the Word
The children in KS2 led us in a special Advent celebration of the Word services each week, focusing on a different theme of hope, joy,...
Dec 20, 20241 min read


Early Years Christmas Sing-a-long & KS1 Nativity
Our hearts were full as the children of EYFS and KS1 took to the stage to retell one of the most important story in history—the birth of...
Dec 20, 20241 min read


KS2 Carol Service
The children in KS2 worked incredibly hard with their teachers putting together our annual carol service, which was held at St. Aidan's...
Dec 20, 20241 min read


Christmas!
At St. Stephen's, we really know how to do Christmas! From visits to Santa's grotto, breakfast with Santa to the Christmas panto and...
Dec 20, 20241 min read
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