Wearhead, County Durham, DL13 1BN
The whole school travelled to Newcastle on Friday 8th November to spend the day at The Discovery Museum. The theme of the day was Bridge Building. As well as looking round the museum the school took part in a project to see how to build the most stable bridge. Please view the photographs.
The school was selected as one of two schools to receive a fully funded whole school workshop called The Little Read from the New Writers North East in association with Durham Book festival. The workshop took place on the morning of 25th October. In the afternoon the school travelled to Killhope Leadmining museum to watch a dress rehearsal of a play called Rose and Robin. Please view the photographs from the events.
The school held their Harvest Assembly on Monday 21st October. The infants performed the story of The Little Red Hen whilst the Juniors sang and recited. For the preparation of the play the infants had also made bread. Refreshments and a raffle took place which raised an amazing £78 for UTASS. The UTASS representative said that she had thoroughly enjoyed visiting our school. Please view the photographs.
Mr Hopper joined the school on 30th September and 14th October. The theme being looking at the history of how people lived in the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. Please view the photographs.
Many congratulations to all who took part in the matches played over 4 weeks – the commitment, sharing of matches and sporting achievement is something to be very proud of. Many thanks to all the parents for kit washing!
KS2 are studying Stone Age to Iron Age Britain in their DT lesson. In teams they are making geodesic domes out of newspaper, covering them and using mud to paint art work for the interior and scratch art using twigs. Please view the photographs.
We had a big day on Wednesday 11th September when we were joined by Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant, Mrs Sue Snowdon along with her consort, Katie Corrigan, the Chair of Durham County Council and her consort along with several other adults who all joined us in taking part in a workshop to help create ‘The Tree of Friendship,’ a fantastic light sculpture that will be part of this year’s Lumiere Festival in Durham (More details later). The children were brilliant as usual and were not fazed by the additional nine adults in the room. Mrs Snowdon posted the following lovely comment on her official Facebook page:
I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Wearhead School today… The school’s motto is, “The small school with the big heart.” “El Colegio mas pequeno con el corazon mas grande.” It most certainly is. A happy school, providing a rich learning environment for all in their care, engaging confident children, who were delightful and in no way in awe of their visitors.”
This project involves schools from right around the world so it is a real honour to be asked to be part of it.
KS2 had the opportunity to spend the weekend at Lockerbie Manor which is an outdoor pursuit centre. Please view the photos from the fantastic time that they all had – including the teachers! Although tired and weary upon their return they all said that they can’t wait to go back again in 2020. Please view the photos of the weekend.
KS1 spent a fantastic day at Bowlees on the 16th July. Part of the Cold Blooded and Spineless Project. Please view the photos.
KS1 visited the local café in St John’s Chapel on Friday morning. All had a marvelous time.
