We had a special visit from Sparkle the unicorn today as a special treat for the last day of term.

Photos to follow

We today had our school Sports Day today and the weather was just right!

Children took part in a variety of races and everyone had fun.

Photos to follow

On Monday 9th July we held our School Presentation at Hamsterley Village Hall.

Achievement Awards for Class 1 were presented to Ellie and Samuel.

Achievement Awards for Class 2 were presented to  Poppy and Alfie.

100% Attendance Awards were presented to Charlie, Matthew, Ava Sm, Luke & James.

Class 2 performed “Pirates and Mermaids”, the children have worked hard preparing for the performance and making their own props.

Well done to everyone for all the hard work and we wish our Year 6 children good luck at their new schools.

Photos to follow shortly.

Well done to Maisy and Samuel who took part in the Rainbow Dash on Sunday 24th June at Hamsterley Forest raising funds for Butterwick.

Maisy raised £114.13 by holding a cake sale, selling some of her toys and sponsorship for the Rainbow Dash.  She prepared for the race by training with her Mum and completed the Rainbow Dash with her brother, Charlie who is 3 years old.

Well done Samuel, Maisy and Charlie!

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Six of our Year 5/6 pupils attended the Athletics Trials at Shildon on Friday 22nd June 2018.

Year 6 pupils were Poppy, Matthew H, Charlie – Year 5 pupils were Evie, Courtney, Jack – they took part in various events.

Following on from the trials, Poppy, Evie and Courtney made it through to the finals which was held on Friday 30th June 2018.

Poppy took part in the girls 80 mtrs, 100mtr relay and javelin.

Evie took part in the girls 100mtr relay and 600gr shot put.

Courtney took part in the girls 60m hurdles.

We are waiting for the results from the day.

Well done to everyone who took part!

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Thank you to everyone who attended the Family Fundraising Event yesterday, Thursday 21st June and to everyone who purchased raffle tickets, donated raffle prizes and tombola prizes.

It was a fun evening and we raised £310.00 which will go towards school outdoor play equipment/outdoor shelter area.

Thank you again!

Well done to Sam for achieving the Headteachers Award last week!

School will be taking part in National Drowning Prevention Week – 15th June to 25th June.

Durham County Council is once again teaming up with The Royal Lifesaving Society.

The aim of this vitally important campaign is to raise awareness of the dangers of being in and around water and show pupils how to be safe and have fun in, near and around water through education and awareness. This is an important campaign that our school will be taking part in during the 15^th and 25^th June.

Cookery Club is still a favourite with pupils – look what they made this week:

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SPICE-BAKED FRUIT SALAD

INGREDIENTS

2 Bosc pears, cored (we used conference pears)

2 Cortland apples, cored (we used Braeburn apples)

1 pineapple, skin removed and cored

2 bananas, peeled

2 cup seedless grapes

1 tsp ground star anise

1 Tbsp ground allspice

½ cup sugar

¼ cup butter, melted

1 cup mixed berries

Juice of 1 lemon or lime

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
2. Cut pears, apples, pineapple and bananas into equal sized chunks. Toss with the spices, sugar and butter. Bake in a 9″ by 13″ baking dish until the fruit is soft and caramelized, about 30 minutes. Gently fold in the berries, grapes and citrus juice.

Year 6 pupils had a meeting with Mrs Gaughey, Primary Liaison/Transition Co-ordinator from Wolsingham Comprehensive School.

They were given information, advice and support about their move to Year 7.