Article 26: Governments must provide extra money for the children of families in need.

The children had a great time on their Reindeer Run on behalf of the Angel Trust charity. Thank you for your kind donations. We have raised £66.75 for the trust as well as having lots of fun in the process.

Article 30: Every child has the right to learn and use the language, customs and religion of their family, regardless of whether these are shared by the majority of the people in the country where they live.

Today we performed our Christmas service. Year 5 took the lead on readings whilst the whole school sang their hearts out. We performed traditional Christmas carols as well as some more upbeat Christmas songs. Look out for the link to watch the service from the comfort of your homes.

Article 28: You have the right to an education.

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

The whole of school spent the day working with The Happy Puzzle Company on Wednesday this week on different Maths challenges. We worked in teams to try and solve as many of the puzzles as we could including a maze marble run, a fishing game where we were blindfolded and a balancing task. We worked on our logical thinking and resilience as some of the challenges took perseverance and determination. A great day was had by all; each year group was praised for their maths skills, thinking skills and positive attitudes when trying new challenges.

Article 28: You have the right to an education.

Article 30: Every child has the right to learn and use the language, customs and religion of their family, regardless of whether these are shared by the majority of the people in the country where they live.

Year 4 made Advent Wreaths. These include the five important candles that are lit in the build up to the birth of Jesus: Hope, Joy, Preparation, Love and the white candle which represents Jesus. This candle is lit on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

Article 17: You have the right to an education.

Article 28: You have the right to an education.

Recently many children had chance to complete in the Bebras challenge in school. The Bebras challenge is a computational thinking challenge arranged in conjunction with Oxford university.

Many children got great scores but our best achievers in school were: Lacie Mae, Kayden N and Joshua in 5C and Kahlan in 6H. Not only that, but Kahlan received a special gold award for achieving in the top 10% of people in the country. We are very proud of them all.

Article 30: Every child has the right to learn and use the language, customs and religion of their family.

School have been fortunate to take part in a foreign Christmas decoration exchange project. Many countries and school take part.

We were in a group of 30 and had to send decorations to 29 schools across 15 European countries. 3H made the decorations which were based on our school badge and the Angel of the North. 5H made some lovely cards which we sent along with the decorations. The children in 3H have had great fun opening the parcels as they arrived and decorating our tree today.

Take a look at some of the fantastic decorations we have received.

Article 3: The best interests of the child must be a top priority in all decisions and actions that affect children.

Thank you so much for your generous donations to an amazing charity. As a school, we have raised an impressive £201.20! The children looked amazing and I know lots of classes took part in a range of Children in Need activities.

Article 17: You have the right to information.

Please see the flier from the Global Educational Trust which are offering free books, CDs and DVDs. Please make use of this wonderful resource! All welcome to browse and take a book of their choice. We have so many books in school donated by this wonderful trust. A huge thankyou!

Article 29: You have the right to develop your own talents.

Results from this week:

CHJS 0-1 Woodhouse

The boys were really unlucky to lose the first game as we had most of the possession. Woodhouse had only one chance in the whole game which they capitalised from.

CHJS 3-0 Stanley Crook

Here the boys learnt from the first game and they took their chances well, which is evident from the score line.

CHJS 2-0 Thornhill

The boys knew our final game against Thornhill would be difficult with Thornhill sitting top of the table after week 1. They played extremely well in this final game, special mention to Bradley for putting in some excellent tackles to keep the clean sheet for us, and Jack for his superb strike into the top left corner to make it 2-0 and seal the victory.