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Aiden is our chess champion of champions. Well done Aiden!!!

This morning our Y8 ELP group have made mini woodland terrariums. They foraged for moss, pebbles and fungus to put into jars. Hopefully they will become their own little eco-system. #eco #terrarium #ecoschools

🌧 We battled the cold and rain today for our last @durham_fed Forest School session. 🔥 We kept warm with a fire, ⛺️ Built dens to protect us from the rain, 🚮 Tidied up the site by litter picking, 🦌 Chopped and whittled sticks to make reindeer, 🍕 pizza wraps to eat 😋

A weekend of achievements from three of our ELP students. They competed in Gymnastics, Horse Riding and Judo respectively. Massively proud. Well done. #proud

Well done Tahlia!!! #proud

Our new sensory pod has arrived!!! #sensorypod #sen

Looking for things to do? Check out the Ushaw Moor Community Garden Autumn Harvest Fete, 9th October at 11am .. 👌#ushawmoor #proud

@durhamfoodbank are currently running a Harvest Appeal. Here are the details if you would like to help out.

Rest in Peace HRH Elizabeth II 1926-2022

SUCCESS: 👏 Congratulations Hayley Lawson Previous School: @durham_fed Next Steps: #EnglishLiteratureandClassics @UniofNottingham #DSFCResultsDay #ResultsDay2022 #ALevelResults #BTECResults #ALevelResultsDay #BTECResultsDay #ALevelResultsDay2022 #ResultsDay22

SUCCESS: 👏 Congratulations Tia McManus. Previous School: @durham_fed Next Steps: University. #DSFCResultsDay #ResultsDay2022 #ALevelResults #BTECResults #ALevelResultsDay #BTECResultsDay #ALevelResultsDay2022 #ResultsDay22

Are you looking for something to do this weekend? Get to the Baltic for a weekend of fun #baltic

We are absolutely over the moon to announce that Scarlett came third place in her age group representing Great Britain at the Scalabis Cup in Portugal. She brought home the bronze medal in U12’s Tumbling. We are all so very proud beyond words 🥉 #proud

This week in Forest Schools we battled the wind to start our fire, then made tortilla pizza wraps. #resilience #proud #forestschools

KS3 students designing & making bird boxes and bug hotels for the garden #ecogroup #ambitious #proud

Some fantastic examples of Year 7 Art homework creating food sculptures with recycled materials. #art #proud #ambitious