Following his first visit, over 18 months ago, Gobi Ranganathan from the Charity Shine came

back to pay us a visit.

After a very long journey Gobi eventually made it to Jarrow in time for assembly where he told the children about his sporting life playing badminton and about his charity work for Shine.

The children enjoyed seeing the medals from the World, European and British championships and Gobi’s national shirt.  With the news that badminton has been recently classified as a Paralympics sport, we hope to see Gobi competing in Tokyo in 2020!

This morning, the four houses competed for the second house trophy of the year, The house Multiplication Tables Trophy!

Each team consisted of one child from each year group from 3 – 6.  They then competed in a series of mathematical, multiplication based challenges, racing against each other.  Things were very close after the third round and got closer still when Miss Lenney added on the infant scores.  To gain points for their house, each infant child was given a mathematical challenge to complete at home, if they brought it back in they were awarded a point for their team.

Tensions ran high.  The crowd were silent.  The anticipation could be felt, pulsating in the air…

Miss Lenney (not milking the crowd at all!) announced the places in the traditional reverse order…

Finally, the hall exploded as Durham were announced as champions!  Durham’s house captain came to congratulate his team and fellow house captain before the trophy was proudly pinned to their house board.

A massive thank you to all of the children for taking part, and to Miss Lenney for organising the event.

Stay tuned for the next competition in the new year, who will win that one..?

The children in Reception had a great day with their Year 6 buddies helping the farmer to feed the baby lambs, brush the donkeys and wash the pigs.

Thank you to all our parent volunteers, without you the day would not have been possible.

The last week of Spring term may not have brought ‘spring like’ weather, but there were happy faces all around as Bede Burn held the fourth ‘house competition’ of the year.  Building on the knowledge that our parents can become very competitive (see October’s pumpkin contest!) we knew that the standard would be very high and we were not disappointed!  There were four ‘winners’ in each class and the judging was easily most difficult decision I’ve had to make this year!

From Angry Birds to farm animals, Storm Troopers to ‘egg pods’ the plethora of egg based puns was second to none!

In the end Aydon house emerged triumphant.

A huge amount of thanks to all of the parents, carers, Grans Grandads and other adults who put in so much time and effort creating the eggcellent creations.

Recently most of our Year 6 children returned from their residential trip to Thurston. Nestled in the foothills around Coniston Waters, the setting was idyllic and ideal for a wide range of outdoor pursuits. From caving to canoeing, ghyl-scrambling to mountaineering, everyone thoroughly enjoyed the activities.  The children had fantastic ‘can do’ attitudes, throwing themselves (sometimes literally) into whatever they’d been challenged with.  Laughter resounded around ‘The Barn’ in the evenings as everyone unwound after each busy day. The behaviour was exemplary; the smiles constant.  Parents might also be interested to know that all of the children made their own beds everyday!   Everyone who went learned a lot and gained memories that will last a lifetime.