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CHICK UPDATE Nine of the cutest little chicks safely in the brooding box 🐣 ⁦@PeleTrust⁩ ⁦@PeleTrustCEO⁩

Nine and counting! The levels of excitement in school are real … Nursery children are naming the 🐣today …@PeleTrust @PeleTrustCEO

We have news! And how apt that this happened during our Mothers’ Day celebrations! 👶 🐣 @PeleTrust @PeleTrustCEO

We are so excited to be taking part in The Living Eggs project in nursery over the next couple of weeks. The eggs are in the incubator and our eagle eyed children are watching for signs of them hatching by the minute! Watch this space! 🥚 🐣 @PeleTrustCEO @PeleTrust

Week 3 of #year5 forest school and the weather was fantastic ! Lots of den building, tree climbing and stick whittling - skills for life ! ⁦@PeleTrust⁩ ⁦@PeleTrustCEO⁩

In #year6 gymnastics we have been practising a series of rolls, bridges and cartwheels and have been perfecting our routines 🤸‍♂️⁦@PeleTrust⁩ ⁦@PeleTrustCEO⁩

In #year4 art, we have been printing! Following on with creating art in the style of Kenojuak Ashevak, we sketched out ideas, practised getting the right pressure on a small piece of polystyrene and then created our printing tile.⁦@PeleTrust⁩ ⁦@PeleTrustCEO⁩

Our Y5 Shakespeare performers did us proud at ⁦@northernstage⁩ this week! Not only did they perform superbly but they supported and cheered their ⁦@PeleTrust⁩ peers from ⁦@Belsay_School⁩ ⁦@primarypont⁩ ⁦@RCS_main⁩ ⁦@PeleTrustCEO⁩

The children are loving the new music area in their outdoor classroom! ⁦@PeleTrust⁩ ⁦@PeleTrustCEO⁩

Winners at #firstlegoleague ! Huge congratulations after months of hard work from the staff and team ⁦@PeleTrust⁩ ⁦@PeleTrustCEO⁩

Over 100 girls from Year 1 - Year 6 took part in the #biggesteverfootballsession ⚽️ Thank you to Y6 Sports Leaders for refereeing and coaching the girls throughout the football session! @PeleTrust @PeleTrustCEO 😃⚽️

So much shared reading for #readingweek and #worldbookday2025 ! @PeleTrustCEO @PeleTrust

@PontelandPE @BE_North @PontHigh @PeleTrust Great to see these ex @darrashallprim students! 👏

A fantastic effort for our KS3 and KS4 Boys at the North of England Badminton Finals @BE_North KS4 Boys finished 6th and KS3 Boys finished 3rd overall @PontHigh @PeleTrust

#year3 teachers chose a book for each child from the school library that they thought they’d enjoy. What a lovely surprise for the children as they entered their classroom on #worldbookday

#year6 had a #secretreader visit from Mr McElwee, headteacher ⁦@PontHigh⁩ today! ⁦@PeleTrust⁩ ⁦@PeleTrustCEO⁩

#year4 are using chime bars to learn three different melodic ostinatos (a musical repeating pattern). These go along to Ed Sheeran Bad Habits soundtrack. ⁦@PeleTrust⁩ ⁦@PeleTrustCEO⁩

Great morning fir #year4 at the Hindu temple this morning ⁦@PeleTrust⁩ ⁦@PeleTrustCEO⁩

#year3 had an amazing trip to Magna and Vindolanda Roman fort. We explored, we climbed and we listened; one proud teacher! 🙌⁦@PeleTrustCEO⁩ ⁦@PeleTrust⁩

#year2 visited Newcastle Castle and reenacted the Battle of Hastings. The staff at the castle were very impressed with the children’s knowledge of the Norman invasion and also the different parts of the castle ⁦@PeleTrust⁩ ⁦@PeleTrustCEO⁩

Superb mathematical thinking in #yearone! ⁦@PeleTrust⁩ ⁦@PeleTrustCEO⁩