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Friday 9th July 2010

The whole school enjoyed a great day at Flamingo Land, the weather was hot  and we all had great fun on the rides with most of us getting rather wet on some. We did see some of the animals in the zoo but we all thought we should have stayed longer.

Friday 2nd July 2010

All the children visited Throssle Hole Abbey at Allenheads today. They took part in a Buddist ceremony and did some meditating as well a having a good look around the Abbey and grounds.

Many Thanks to everyone who collected vouchers we have today received a KickFlick for the KS1 outside play area.

Friday 18th June 2010

We all travelled to Hamsterley Forest for a fun day exploring. KS2 children went mountain biking while KS1 had a teddy bears picnic in the playpark before going for a walk along the beck side through the forest.

Thursday 27th June 2010

Today set off really badly when Mr Watt didn't turn up for school after going for a bike ride up above Joshua & Rachel's house. A full scale search was mounted when Miss Bland called the Mountain Rescue team to help the children search for Mr Watt. He was eventually found after falling from his bike and hurting his ankle. He was returned to school on a stretcher in the back of a Land Rover before making a miraculous recovery. The children learned a great deal from the whole day and wrote their own newspaper reports about the incident. We did of course tell them that we staged the whole event and their parents were in on it too.

May 2010

Thank you to everyone who collected Box Tops for school, we have just received our free books today. We managed to get enough vouchers for 2 Dictionaries, 2 Encyclopedias and a book about Castles and Knights.

Please keep collecting ready for next time.

Week commencing 11th June 2010

Malcolm Green has been in school telling and writing stories with the children as well as heading out for a story walk. We set off towards Ettersgill, Molking Caves and around to Valance Lodge.

Tuesday 25th May 2010

The whole school visited Cow Green Reservoir and looked at the watershed and surrounding areas before heading off down to Bowlees to investigate the river and beck to study how fast and slow it was flowing in pools and riffles.

Wednesday 28th April 2010 and Friday 7th May 2010

Both KS1 & KS2 made visits to Tofts Farm to look at, and photograph the surrounding areas with the help of Gordon Jones, School Govenor. He helped the children look at different aspects of taking photographs and some great images were made. We hope to gain some entries for the Langdon Beck Show later this year.

Tuesday 30th & Wednesday 31st March 2010

The whole school set off for a camping trip to Richmond, we stayed overnight in Mr & Mrs Atkinson's camping barn at East Applegarth Farm. Upon arrival at the barn the children set up their beds with sleeping bags before having a picnic lunch and a tent competion. We then travelled into Richmond to the swimming baths before tea at the Fish & Chip shop followed by a trip to the cinema to watch Alice In Wonderland. We then returned to the barn for hot chocolate and bed. The next morning started with full English breakfast followed by a walk to nearby Easby Abbey for a photo hunt and hide and seek. After a packed lunch we returned to school very tired.

Thursday 18th March 2010

KS2 children were taken to Tofts Farm, Mickleton to take part in a demostration by Wayne Walton on mole catching. They learned how to track the runs the moles use and how to set the traps as well as tips on using gloves and making air holes so the moles could be caught. They also managed to catch some moles from traps set earlier. After a tea of pizza and jelly & ice cream the children went out to build dens and shelters.

Wednesday 3rd March 2010

KS2 children enjoyed a visit to Staindrop Comprehensive School to take part in the inter schools cross country event. They thoroughly enjoyed the morning and competed very well against all the other schools.

Monday 1st February 2010                                                                                  

Our KS2 children took part in the first of their moutain biking sessions on Monday of last week. They looked at different control, pedalling and breaking techniques suitable for use on off road tracks. They really seemed to enjoy themselves and are looking forward to trying some more advanced skills over the next couple of weeks.

Week Beginning 1st February 2010

This week we have bee doing various aspects of RE, we visited all the churches in Middleton to look at the buildings, Rev Pearce came into school on Tuesday and conducted a Christening and a Wedding.

In after school club we have been working with Gemma making masks.

Week beginning 4th January 2010

After returning to school following our Christmas holidays we had a very eventful week of SNOW. The school unfortunately had to close on Tuesday & Wednesday and only had 5 pupils in on Thursday although a great time was had by all sledging at break time.

December 2009

The children wish to thank S & A Fabrications for all the equipment, wood planks, chain, ropes etc that they donated for our outdoor play area. 

On Saturday 28th November the children joined Middleton School in singing at the switching on of the Lights at Middleton. On Saturday 12th December they entertained the old people at Upper Teesdale Social Group party and on Monday 14th December held a Carol Service at Forest Chapel which was very well attended by both parents and locals.

Friday 11th December 2009                                                                               

The children enjoyed their visit to Darlington to see Aladdin at the Civic Theatre. We all had plenty of laughs and enjoyed ice creams during the interval.

Tuesday 17th November 2009

Today Forest School went back in time for a Victorian Day with the children and teachers dressing up in Victorian Clothes for the occasion. The morning lessons started off with learning our times tables followed by PT out in the playground and then an object lesson where the younger children looked at a doll and the older children looked at a giraffe.

We then all sat down to a fine victorian lunch of All in One Stew with homemade bread rolls followed by suet pudding and custard.

Afternoon lessons began with the children performing a play with extracts from the school log and then  they were split up with the boys doing DT and the girls trying their hands at  sewing.

A good day was had by all.

Many thanks to all parents for the wonderful efforts they made for their childrens costumes, they certainly added greatly to the days events.

November 2009

Many thank to everyone for collecting the Lets Grow vouchers. We currently have 2100 vouchers and will be hopefully be placing our order for garden equipment next week beginning Nov 16th, if anyone still has vouchers please let us have them as soon as possible.

We are currently about 270 vouchers short in order for us to order a wormery and outdoor storage box, if anyone knows anyone with any spare vouchers or has any lurking in purses etc please let us have them by Monday 23rd Novemeber at the latest.

Many thanks again for all your contributions. 

Thursday 5th November 2009

Some of the crew of HMS Bulwark visited school today, they talked to the children about life onboard ship , what they had been doing since their last visit and also presented us with a cheque to buy new equipment for outside play area for Early Years. They also helped out digging the vegetable garden and making a digging area in the playground, they built us a boat using old wood and furniture before making a bonfire for us to light.

October 2009

The children have been lokking at and building bridges of various designs and constructions as part of the Design Technology this term. We went to the Railway Museum at York and saw lots of different bridges and took part in a work shop while we were there. At school we have also been designing and constructing our own bridges.

Tuesday 13th October 2009

The whole school enjoyed a trip to York today to visit the Railway Museum. We travelled to Darlington and caught the train to York where KS1 dressed in Victorian clothes and went on a pretend trip to the seaside and KS2 looked at science, including bridge building and forces.  

Sunday 11th October 2009                                                                                       The children attended the Harvest Festival Service at St James the Less, Forest Church and gave a wonderful performance of songs.

Tuesday 22nd September 2009

The whole school enjoyed a trip to Beamish Museum . We took part in a Victorian Lesson at the school and got a great insight into what school was like then and how different it is now.

Thursday 9th July 2009

We all enjoyed an afternoon of musical entertainment at Middleton Village Hall performing our singing and brass playing.

Wednesday 1st July 2009

We all joined Middleton School for their annual sports day and even got some good weather. KS 2 joined in with a variety of events from running, shot put, javelin and discus with KS1 children enjoying the tradition running, egg & spoon, bean bag balance and skipping events, with some good results from both sections.

Monday 29 June 2009

Mr Watt took the KS2 children mountain biking in Hamsterley Forest after school. They had a great time and great weather and got good and wet and dirty in the river sections.