Celebrating Achievement

SNOW-DAY HOME ACTIVITIES, MARCH 2018

Certificates of achievement will be awarded at school next week for pupils who participate in snow-day home activities. Here are some suggestions

Most Imaginative:

Poem

Story

News Article

Piece of written work

Most Creative:

Maths activity

Science activity

Most Fascinating:

Picture

Photo (which you do need to print at home please)

Piece of art

I am looking forward to seeing your work!

Mrs Whitton

Chief Constable’s Christmas Card Competition, December 2017

Well done to Tomas from Year 5 who did a fantastic drawing to win a competition for the Chief Constable’s Christmas Card. His art work, on the front of the card, will be sent out across the country. He also won some fantastic prizes, a framed copy of his own picture, a mountain bike, selection box and a “PawsUp Bob” cuddly toy (normally sold in aid of the Durham Retired Police Dogs Benevolent Fund). Deputy Chief Constable Jo Farrell visited with her colleagues and Jet the police dog to congratulate Tomas and to remind us all to stay safe this Christmas!

MP Christmas Card Competition, December 2017

Two Winners for Finchale!

I am very proud to let you know that we had two winners in school this year. Roberta Blackman-Woods, MP for Durham City, ran a competition for pupils to draw a picture for her Christmas Card. Yinuo Y5 (who has just returned to China) won and her picture is on the front of the card. Emma Y1 was third and her picture is on the back of the card. The pictures are amazing and congratulations on your success!

We hope you enjoyed the festive items we made this year in Enterprise Club, the children certainly had fun making them! However in true entrepreneurial fashion we also spent time looking at packaging, marketing and pricing our products. We made £220, of which £170 was profit for the PTA who funded the enterprise. The PTA pay for many fun and educational things in school.

Isabelle is celebrating winning her swimming medals:

Gold - Fly

Gold - Free style

Gold - Individual Medley

Silver - 50 metres back stroke

Cup - For receiving the most points in the 9 year old girls age group

Well done Isabelle, keep up the excellent swimming!  

Exert from the web site explaining about running for "Mens Health"

THE POWER OF MORUNNING

The power of MoRunning brings out the best in all of us!

Whether it makes you run fast, run in style, run in pride or run together, it has the ability to make us all smile, whilst at the same time help raise massive awareness and funds for Men's Health through the Movember Foundation charity.

2017 is set to be even better than ever. One of the most exciting additions to this year is the introduction of Mini MoRunning. A 1.5km mini MoRun. Remember MoRunners, you're part of a community, a family, a team. When you step up to that start line, remember that you're helping men live longer, healthier lives.

We'll clap for you, we'll shout at you, we'll support you, maybe even laugh at you (all in good humour of course) but mainly we will praise you for your commitment to making a difference. Run hard, run fast, have fun and enjoy being part of something special.

Join the hunt for Safe City Bear!

​If you go down to the city this summer….you may come across a teddy bear!
The summer hunt for Durham's 'Safe City Bear' was launched in the Market Place in Durham city. Safe City Bear was joined by police, civic dignatories and local families who helped with the launch. A total of 115 teddy bears were hiding in shop and cafe windows across the city centre, each wearing a blue, red, green or yellow sash representing a key safety warning.

Red means “Say No to Strangers”
Yellow means “Keep it Hidden, Keep it Safe”
Blue means “Stay Safe around Rivers and Ponds”
Green means “Keep Durham City Tidy”.

To help us make Durham the safest city in the country, the idea was that children, would get involved to hunt for the teddy bears and when found would be reminded of the safety message that particular bear represented.

The winner is….

The bear hunt ended on Sunday, 30th August and the winner announced on Wednesday, 2nd September, is Isa, Year 3 from Finchale Primary School.

We all wore our jeans to school on Friday 22/9/17 to support Jeans for Genes Day. We raised a fantastic £162.40 for this worthy charity. Well done and thank you to all involved including Fergus in Year 5 who suggested the event to Mrs Whitton. 

The difference you make

A huge well done to our Great North Run participants:

Year 1: Chloe, Emily and Freya.

Year 2: Phoebe, Imogen, Chirag and Isabella.

Year 3: Josh, Jenna, Holly, William, Ross and Patrick.

Year 5: Fergus.

A huge well done to our pupils who took part in the Reading Agency and Libraries

"Animal Agents - Summer Reading Challenge 2017". Supported by the Arts Council England. 

Picture in Centre

Front row (left to right): Charley Y2, Lucy Y2, Harriet Y2

Back row (left to right): Ruby Y2, Izzy Y2 and Dominic Y2

Picture on Right

Rose Y1