Our Y5 and Y6 Boys football team travelled to Stoke City's Ground on Friday to take part in the Pokémon Small Schools Finals. They came third in the group after three very well played draws. We are very proud of all the Boys for making it all the way to the finals and for representing the School in an excellent opportunity for them.

Year 1 have been planning their own seeds as part of their science lessons. We are going to be tending to our plants over the next few weeks to see if they grow. Ask you child what their plant needs to grow.

Rosary Club came together on Monday to pray the Rosary in memory of Pope Francis. The children set up their sacred space with care and led prayers beautifully.

During the last week of term, each of our house groups took a turn to lead a whole-school celebration of the Word, focused on a particular part of the events of Holy Week. Each group worked together to create a large piece of art linked to the event that their worship was focused on and this art was displayed while the children lead us in readings, prayers and hymns. Everyone took part in a prayerful and reflective way, which was wonderful to see.

'Well done to all of the children who took part in the Easter Egg competition today. All of the entries are fantastic and we are blown away by the effort the children put in'. Congratulations to all our winners: Nursery: 3- Flynn 2-Lotanna 1-Harry Reception: 3-Chester 2-Marlia 1-Colin Year 1: 3-Bonnie 2-Mason 1-Nancy Year 2: 3-Nathaniel 2-Iga 1-Ruby Year 3: 3-Luna 2-Piper 1-Olivia Year 4: 3- Elliot B 2-Jasmine 1-Willow Year 5: 3-Grace 2-Harry B 1-Dene Year 6: 3-Mason Joint 2nd and 1st - Emma and Lena

Year 5 have been making an adapted recipe for Spaghetti Bolognese in DT. We made a vegetarian version and used fusilli instead of spaghetti. We added extra vegetables and used passata instead of tinned tomatoes.

In Year 3, we had the most exciting morning making homes for worms as part of our science topic, Rocks and Soils. We created small, cosy habitats for the worms using soil, paper, and small rocks, ensuring they had enough space to move around and burrow. The worms will stay in school for a week, and after that, we'll take them home for the Easter holidays. We're really excited because we'll be observing changes in the soil over the next three weeks, looking for any differences the worms make as they dig and move through the layers. It's going to be fascinating to see how the soil changes with the worms' activity!

Year 5 had a special visitor on Monday from Newcastle College. The children worked in groups to make working wind turbines and tested how many volts these produced. This workshop helped to embed their learning on renewable energy

We would like to give you an update on how we are getting on with our fundraising for CAFOD through our Big Lent Walk.  Here are some photos of our whole school walk today.  Everyone has been working very hard in school to get our steps in each day to add to our whole-school total distance for our virtual pilgrimage to the Vatican and back.   Lots of classes are almost at the halfway point for reaching their target which shows their commitment to trying hard to help our brothers and sisters around the world by supporting CAFOD.  If you would like to support us in our efforts, please donate to our Just Giving page: St Alban's Big Lent Walk 2025 is fundraising for CAFOD We hope to invite you in to walk alongside your child in the coming weeks.  Thank you for your support.

Congratulations to our year 5/6 boys football team who are the Northern  Pokémon Primary Schools champions. Teams from Durham, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, South Yorkshire, Cumbria and Merseyside came together to play in what was a fantastic day of football.  We now go to represent the North of England in the  National finals to be held at Stoke City’s ground in May.

On Friday we came together as a whole school to get more of our steps in for our Lenten walk. Our Children in year 5 and 6 helped our Reception and Nursery children walk round.

Exciting news—ALL 10 of our eggs have hatched! We received the eggs on Monday, and now we have 10 fluffy chicks in our classroom! It’s been amazing watching them grow stronger each day. To celebrate, we read and performed poems about our hatching experience. We’ve love taking care of our new feathered friends and can’t wait to watch them continue to grow next week. 🐣🐥