Year 6 have arrived in Keswick! They are all very excited! The first activity for Group 1 is walking and the first activity for Group 2 is canoeing. It's been a great first day!  We have paddled, hiked and even made our own beds! Tea was a hit with a choice of chicken fajit...

Year 6 have started their first English unit, based upon the book 'Wonder' by R. J. Pallacio.

Today, Year 6 were visited by John Roxburgh from Durham University who delivered a fun and fascinating session based on the local history of Greenside. John provided the children with maps dating from the 1800s and early 1900s and asked them to identify similarities and differences between them. The...

On Wednesday, Year 5 and Year 6 were visited by Professor Neil Beattie from Northumbria University. Professor Beattie is Professor of Energy Innovation and the Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy Northeast Universities. He spoke to the children about careers in sus...

During our School Council elections, one of our candidates stated that they would like to set up a group of Anti-Bullying Ambassadors. It was lovely to see their idea develop when we set up our very own team of Anti-Bullying Ambassadors during Anti-Bullying Week. The children all wrote about why the...

In the Autumn term, children from Years 5 and 6 took part in a book club with a science twist to it. The children were reviewing a range of books which we had been given to judge in the Royal Society’s Children’s Book Prize. Over the term, the children read all of the books and awarded t...