Well done to A Y2 who ran 2 miles and E Reception Class who ran 1 mile at "Vitality Move" a family fun day of running at Chatsworth House.

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They also met Jessica Ennis!

Congratulations to:

J, who  received a Blue Peter badge for her acrostic poem.

O, who received a Silver Blue Peter badge for making a Blue Peter badge!

C, who received a Blue Peter badge for her acrostic poem.

D, who received a Blue Peter badge for his letter about a visit to Leeds Armouries and a Green Blue Peter badge for his diagram of a waterfall which he drew after a visit to High Force in Teesdale.

J Y6 and E Y4 have both won rosettes from Cote Hill Pony Club. They competed in three events namely dressage, show jumping and cross country. J came first on her horse "Ringo Star" and E came second on her horse "Harry Potter".

Well done girls!

M from Reception Class persevered to win this medal for her gymnastics. She explained that another child usually wins, but despite this she continued to try very hard and this has now paid off and she has her medal to prove it.

Well done M for winning the medal AND for persevering until you achieved what you wanted!

Finchale Pupils Rise to the Blue Peter Challenge!

At our Easter Assembly Mrs Whitton explained to us how proud she was of J in Y5 who had been awarded three Blue Peter Badges. A blue one for writing a poem about school, a purple one for writing a review of a Blue Peter programme and a green one for making snowflakes and recycling the cut off paper into a collage of a face. Mrs Whitton encouraged our pupils to get involved and J offered to help them with the process.

O and F in Y4 rose to the challenge! O achieved her blue badge for looking after her pets, a cat, chickens and a goldfish. F was awarded a blue one for making a giant model of a Blue Peter badge with an acrostic poem written on the back, a purple one for completing a show review on-line and a green recycling one for making an ice sculpture of a waste milk carton with an accompanying acrostic poem.

WELL DONE!

Well done to J who has achieved not one, but two Blue Peter badges and stickers!

He reviewed an episode of Blue Peter and was awarded a purple badge for his contribution. He wrote a fantastic poem about school and was awarded his second blue coloured Blue Peter Badge as well as a membership card allowing him access to lots of free activities until he is 16 years old. He wrote another poem and received stickers.

He has just sent in three of his own jokes to the "Comedy Classroom" which is part of Blue Peter's Red Nose Day activities.

If you are interested in getting involved in Blue Peter activities please ask J about them he said he is more than happy to help you.

We celebrated with I from Reception Class for achieving her Level 2 Swimming Award. Well done I!

We celebrated with our pupils who did a fantastic run, from left to right:

J Y2; F Y4; W Y3; P Y3; H Y3; O Y3; P Y1; J Y5. 

S has achieved his Stage 1 Swimming Certificate and C was the fastest kicker at a summer fair. Well done boys who are both from Reception Class! 

Our Student Worldwide Awareness Group (SWAG) organised a talent show in school as part of our Unicef Day for Change. They raised money by asking pupils to dress as teachers and teachers to dress as pupils! For the talent show, pupils auditioned in their classes and the best 2 performed at the School Talent Show where they were judged by a panel of staff and visitors. As well as selecting a winner from each class, the judges also selected an overall winner from Key Stage 1 and from Key Stage 2. Thank you to our SWAG team of R, N, S, H, A and J for organising such a great event and helping to raise over £150 for Unicef.  

Look at the fantastic Chinese Dragon that visited Finchale to celebrate Chinese New Year!

The Dragon was made by D (Reception) and I (Year 3) with a little help from their Dad. Reception Class had been learning about this special event and Mrs Morton told the class about the celebrations taking place in Newcastle. D and I went along, loved the Chinese Dragon and were inspired to make one of their own. What a fabulous model they made, we celebrated this artistic achievement during a school assembly when D and I brought the Dragon to life. The whole school (teachers and children) were thrilled to see it.

WELL DONE you obviously put in a lot of effort to produce such an amazing Dragon and THANK YOU for sharing it with us.

P and H celebrated achieving their certificate for Dancing (Modern and Tap) from the North East Society of Performing Arts. 

G celebrated achieving her Stage 3 Swimming Award.