This morning, it was Year 3’s turn to attend our school chapel for Pause for Thought. This week’s theme is, ‘Valuing others as we would like to be valued’, with the Bible quotation linked to Matthew 7:12 reading “Do to others as you would have them do to you”. We...
This morning, the whole school came together for a special worship, to welcome 9 Year 4 children into communion. Reverend Dorothy welcomed us into the service, which was also her first holy communion service at our school. The whole school sang ‘This is Amazing Grace’...
This morning, Year 6 visited Durham Cathedral along with other primary schools from across the Diocese of Durham to take part in a leavers’ service of songs, Bible readings and prayer. The children enjoyed taking part in a number of prayer stations around the...
Yesterday afternoon, Reception class visited St. Chad’s Church in Bensham as part of their RE topic; ‘Special Places’. Over the last couple of weeks, the children have been talking about their own special places and why they are special to them. We have also learnt...
This morning, it was Year 5’s turn to visit the chapel with Reverend Yvonne. Yvonne spoke to the children about candle mass being a feast of the church, as Christmas time ends. Some of the children spoke about how candles are brought forward to be blessed and how...
This morning, Year 5 visited a Jewish Synagogue in Newcastle as part of their learning of; Judaism in RE. We met Jonathan and Helen Brady who were our speakers for the day and who lead their progressive synagogue. First, we learnt that the lectern that was in...