Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities. It should also help you learn to live peacefully and respect other people.

Year 6 have worked with Durham Enterprise Team this worked. They had the opportunity to become managers, accountants, buyers, sellers or members of the production team. Over a series of trading ‘days’, the teams made and sold origami ducks by following different instructions! The purpose of the day was to make as much money as they could and learn about important business and life skills. We found out about different aspects of careers. Each team started with a start-up fund and by the end of the day, each of our little business groups had made a profit. The Y6 team and the visitors saw some fabulous negotiations, examples of teamwork and more importantly, resilience! Well done Y6!

As a Gold Rights Respecting school, we are proud to be working towards becoming recognised as an Educate and Celebrate best practice school. We aim to make our school a safe and inclusive environment for all and to ensure equality and respect for the LGBT+ community. The pages are currently under development but watch out in the Pupil Section for an update and regular posts to showcase this. Take a sneak peek for information regarding this.

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Educate and Celebrate

Article 31: Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.

What a brilliant day! All pupils and staff enjoyed a well-earned trip to Saltburn beach. Games were played, children relaxed and chatted, sandcastles were built and even a dip into the North sea for those who braved it. It was an amazing way to end a very busy half term.

The Town Mayor, Cllr Michael Siddle attended the Jubilee Party at Cockton Hill Junior School as a start of the Mayor’s Jubilee activities. After opening the celebration Mayor Siddle said “It has been lovely to see the children participating in such a lovely celebration, it has been such a shame that the weather let things down, but lots of fun has still been had.  This Jubilee really is a once in a lifetime event, it has been great to be here today as part of the overall celebrations of the Town. 

 The school have also taken part in the Jubilee Jog, which the Town Council have supported though the Angel Trust to help ensure that the children receive a memento to remember this special event, and the jog has had over 3,000 participants which is amazing.  It has been wonderful to the celebrations today, a really good way to start the countdown to the other Town Council activities taking place over the bank holiday weekend.”

A huge thankyou to all who attended and we hope you had a fabulous afternoon!

As part of our Jubilee celebrations, all pupils took part in an eventful jubilee jog. Funds were also raised for The Angel Trust who very kindly donated crowns for all children to wear.

“I quite enjoyed the jog as it celebrated the Queen’s 70th year on the throne and we also helped a charity.” Jayden

“The Jubilee Jog was fun as we could run and walk and do different things like walk like a guard!” Riley

“Our jog made me feel really happy because we raised so much money for the Angel Trust.” Hallie

School pupils have been taking part in a patriotic project to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Youngsters across County Durham and Darlington have been making their own flags, which will be stitched together and put on display. The finished designs, featuring original artwork by the children, will be shown at the No. 42 gallery in Bishop Auckland Market Place for six weeks. The project has been organised by the Angel Trust, which provides charity support and service to groups and individuals experiencing financial hardship.

This Our Jubilee event is almost here-Thursday 26th May. Hopefully the sun stays out! Tickets will be coming home with children today so please look out for these and keep them safe as these will be required for entry. Children of those families who are attending the event are to be collected at 12:45 from the main yard as they would at normal home time. Families can then move together onto the school field via the grey gate on the black path. Children will not be able to re enter school after this time and parents and families will be responsible for their children during the event.

Those children who do not have an adult collecting them will still be able to attend and enjoy the event with us. These children can only attend the event with other parents if the office have been informed prior to Thursday.

Active Families aims to help families to be more active together. Over 6 sessions families will have the opportunity to try different, fun activities together, which can then be replicated at home. The activities we have planned include gardening, yoga and creative games. After each session the families will be given a recipe bag containing the ingredients for a healthy meal which they can cook together at home. The sessions are designed to promote the fun aspects of physical activity whilst also providing new healthy recipe ideas that everyone can enjoy. At the end of the 6 weeks families are given an activity pack with lots more ideas to try, to hopefully encourage them to stay active together in the future.