Our annual Easter Maths Trail went down a storm again this year. The timed event was highly competitive and eagerly-awaited results will be announced at our Easter Assembly.
Young scientists at STEM workshops in Beamish
Children from Castleside spent an exciting day at Beamish exploring Victorian methods of making medicinal potions and pills. They also witnessed Victorian sweet-making and sampled some of the delights.
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Rainbow Day at Castleside ❤️?????
Love is love: love has no race, love has no gender, love has no religion. ❤️?????
Bake Off – Educate and Celebrate!
We baked and we only went and WON! All of the children worked brilliantly as part of a team. Special mention to Alf and James for writing a wonderful speech, too. Thanks for an amazing day Educate and Celebrate ?
Here are the baking highlights if you missed them in our newsfeed. What a day! ? ?️??
Deeds not Words
On a cold, snowy night in January, a group of children took to the stage at Queen’s Hall Theatre in Hexham. Kristin, from the Abbott Dance Theatre Company, invited a group of our older children to perform the Curtain Opener. What an amazing show they gave us!
The School Choir hit the high notes
Our choir have been hard at work this term. They sang carols at local supermarkets and raised funds for a desperately needed music system. They also contributed to community events in the build-up to Christmas. They finished on a high when they performed in a regional competition at the majestic Ushaw Hall. Unfortunately they didn’t make it through to the next round but impressed everyone present with their stunning performance. Not a dry eye in the house!
Dukeshouse Wood Outward Bounds Residential
Our Year 5 children visited Dukeshouse Wood Camp in November. They had a fantastic time! This is a wonderful annual event which provides the children with opportunities to really discover themselves, as well as challenging them to develop teamwork, leadership and resilience strategies.
Beamish Agricultural Show
Classes 3 and 4 visited the Beamish Agricultural Show. Children thoroughly enjoyed the day and quickly became enthusiastic proggy mat makers.
As usual they returned to school with an impressive array of certificates for their competition entries.
Nativity
This year’s Nativity, “The Inn Crowd”, was a great success and hugely enjoyed by all. We have lots of stars in the making!
Our School App
As we endeavour to make our communication with you easier, quicker and more efficient, I am pleased to inform you that we have introduced a new app service to the school.
OurSchoolsApp is a personalised app for our school and will allow us to keep you all updated with school information, news, calendar events and contact information. It provides you with access to what’s going on in school at the touch of a button.
If you have a smartphone (Android or iPhone) you can download OurSchoolsApp from Google Play, Android or the Apple Store for FREE. Access is also available on a tablet and iPad by following the same download process.
When we update OurSchoolsApp with new information or news about the school, a push message notification will automatically be sent to your device to inform you of this update. You can then view the notification which will then take you directly to our app.
If you have any problems or concerns, do let me know.
Mr J. Robson
Computing Lead
