St John's Chapel & Wearhead In Computing, the children in year 3 & 4 are learning about databases. Today, we looked at whether sorting and filtering information was quicker using a computer or a paper-based database. They had to race the computer and decided that the computer was much quicker.

St John's Chapel & Wearhead Well done to this week's special award winners!

If you are free this Friday, come along and support these young musicians.

Hamsterley Primary School Despite the cold, Class 1 had fun collecting leaves to put onto 'Spike the Hedgehog's' house before winter. We also made clay hedgehogs

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

Congratulations to Our Certificate Winners at St John's Chapel & Wearhead! We also had some 'Good to Be Green' certificates for some children have shown super behaviour this week. Keep it up!

Wearhead and St John's Chapel schools Children in Need - Class 1 We came to school in colourful clothes and had a fabulous time completing some Children in Need activities. We particularly enjoyed decorating and eating biscuits!

Hamsterley Primary School The children all had a fantastic day for Children in Need! The children enjoyed doing different Children in Need themed activities and wearing bright colours to show their support. Thank you for all the donations.

Hamsterley Primary School EYFS have done fantastic writing and sound blending. We are so proud of ourselves

St John's Chapel & Wearhead Our KS2 pupils had an incredible time during the Stone Age workshop! They explored ancient artefacts, participated in interactive activities, and learned so much about early human history. From handling tools to engaging in role-play, it was a morning full of discovery and fun. A huge thank you to the workshop leader for bringing history to life! #stoneage #historyComeAlive #learningisfun

Cookery Club Fun at Hamsterley Primary School! Tonight in cookery club, Class 1 made some delicious raspberry cheesecake. Well done, everyone! #HamsterleyPrimary #CookeryClub

Hamsterley Primary School What a fantastic day EYFS and KS1 from all schools in our federation have had at Beamish Museum! First we explored the farm, had a ride on the bus and the open topped tram. After, we then had an opportunity to take part in a Victorian lesson in the infant class. All children had to sit in silence and complete a reading, writing and arithmetic lesson. After that we had a little look at The Cooperative toy shop within the Museum town.

EYFS and KS1 have had a lovely day at Beamish Museum. All schools had the opportunity to explore different parts of the museum before coming together to take part in a Victorian lesson in the infant classroom. The teacher was very strict and she introduced the children to how reading, English and maths would have been taught in Victorian times.

Wearhead Primary School In DT, class 1 have been selecting appropriate tools to prepare food. They then described the food by its appearance, taste and texture.

St John's Chapel Primary- Class 1 In Design & Technology, we have started a new topic called 'Chop, Slice and Mash'. We investigated sources of food by sorting food into two groups: plant sources or animal sources. We recorded our groupings in a table.