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Our school is a place where all are welcomed and invited to build a community where God’s love is shared to enable positive engagement, action and education; allowing children, staff and pupils to be inspired to raise their eyes, open their minds and explore the world God created. Participating in God’s mission of love to both the local community and the wider world, we live fully as global neighbours. This work has been externally recognised and led us to be awarded the Bronze Global Neighbours Award by Christian Aid.
We are located on the west side of Darlington in the Cockerton Village area. We are a single form entry school and accommodate around 210 children in school. We have a wide catchment and we take children from all around the surrounding area and we feed into all the local secondary schools.
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There has been a flutter of excitement among the children in Class 1 who have loved watching their feathered friends make an appearance.
The children carefully observed how many birds of each type visited our outdoor area and recorded this in a tens frame.
They were inspired to make beautiful water colour paintings and clay models.
Can you spot your favourite bird in the mix?
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Class 4 have had great fun creating Brazil Carnival–themed samba dances in groups. They worked brilliantly together and produced some fantastic routines.
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Today, we were delighted to welcome St Mary's Church new Associate Minister, Moji!
Moji asked the children what they would like to call her, and following the tradition of Mother Jess, the children democratically voted to call her Mother Moji.
Our Think Global Act Local group welcomed Mthr Moji with a special book to introduce our school. Each class then asked Mthr Moji questions to learn a little bit about her.
We found out that she is a trained lawyer, she grew up in Nigeria, she loves to cook and read, and she believes God has placed her here in Cockerton "to blossom where she is planted".
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Class 1 were inspired to create a place for nature when learning and reciting the poem, Mrs Bluebird. They have been busy preparing hanging bird feeders to attract birds for the RSPB Big School's Birdwatch. Next week, they will have the opportunity to use binoculars and tens frames to record their sightings.
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Having accidentally given all of Year 6 a Gold Token after their assembly about Martin Luther King (which I couldn't take back as there were parent/carer witnesses who didn't let me get away with), I think it only fair to share their 'blooper reel'!
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Listening to children talk about fairness, equality, and hope is truly powerful which is exactly what the parents and carers of our Year 6 children were able to do this week.
Here’s a video of their learning about Martin Luther King Jr. and what inspired them most.
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Maisie and Rosie both passed their health check with flying colours! A student vet (Mrs Aitken's daughter) carried out a full examination and trimmed their nails!
She told the class that they are looking after the girls very well and they are thriving in their care!
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Today Class 2 completed a Design Technology day.
They have found out about the different food groups and which food groups everyone should try to should eat more of.
Then they had a go at sorting foods into the groups and designing a healthy meal.
After that they did a taste test to find out which foods they would add to our wraps. They tried cheese, pickles, celery, peppers, spring onion, hummus, mayonnaise, cucumber, tomatoes and for those who could, ham and chicken too.
Once everyone knew what they did and didn't like they designed their healthy wrap before chopping the ingredients to make them. As you can, see everyone loved their final wrap!
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