Mr Pavey spent Wednesday afternoon speaking to the children about the work they do in ICT lessons. He was particularly impressed with the children’s understanding of staying safe online. All the children, including the Reception children, knew that it is important to look after themselves in the virtual world. The children could explain, in detail, the sorts of risks they face and could identify how they needed to behave so as to maintain their safety. It shows how well school and home, work together to safeguard our children. For more information about keeping your child safe online, this NSPCC guide and the video below provide some helpful conversation starters and what to look out for. Guide: http://bit.ly/2pA4wIs

On Wednesday 28th March we will be holding a “Bad Hair Day” to raise awareness for the North East Autism Society. Children can come to school with a bad hairstyle or wig, no donation required. Normal uniform must be worn.

The children (and the staff) were very excited to have a visit from these 10 day old lambs on Monday. Thank you to Gemma Shepherd for allowing us to meet the lambs! 🐑

Happy Mother’s Day to all you wonderful Mums/Mams. You do an amazing job and your children love you...as you can see from our adorable video. ❤️💐 https://www.facebook.com/DurhamFosterAdopt/videos/1673370569394812/

Thank you to everyone for supporting us during last week's snow disruption. An enormous thank you to our wonderful team at Vane Road Primary School who all worked hard to ensure the children carried on as normal. Vane Road Primary School 1 - Beast from the East 0 http://bit.ly/2I4SYoS

Our Teachers vs Children snowball fight is making news. 😊❄️🌨

Here's some more snow crafts and experiment ideas to try over the weekend. We'd love to see your photos!

We hope you all have a great weekend and enjoy the snow! Why not try some fun snow crafts and experiments like these frozen bubbles! Here's what to do: ❄️The temperature outside needs to below freezing ❄️Carefully blow your bubble slowly - making sure it doesn't pop ❄️Place your bubble on to the snow - somewhere out of the wind ❄️Your bubble may take a few seconds to a few minutes to freeze ❄️Watch in amazement as science happens before your eyes ❄️Take a photo! https://youtu.be/Z2uC1EZZ28U

We're back to normal today, all entrances are clear and we're raring to go! Please note Early Birds will not take place this morning but Breakfast Club will go ahead as normal. See you all soon!

Snow much fun! - See what we did there!? 🌨❄️🌨❄️🌨❄️

We’ve had some fantastic characters join us in school today for #WorldBookDay2018 How brilliant do they all look!? The children have also had lots of fun enjoying the #snow! ☃️❄️🌨

The safety of our children is paramount. The school paths and entrances will be cleared as they were yesterday to ensure children are safe when entering the school buildings. We have extended the registration period to allow for extra time getting in to school. We accept that for some parents getting in to school may be extremely difficult, please do call the school office if this concerns you. As a school we have a duty of care to our children and a duty to provide their education, which is why we are doing all we can to do both. The children that attended school yesterday were able to enjoy their lessons and enjoy the snow and we hope for the same today. Children are welcome to come in to school in their World Book Day outfits, please also bring extra warm clothing and accessories. We look forward to seeing you all this morning. ❗️Please note parents/carers have the right to decide whether or not to send their child to school. Fines are only considered in extreme circumstances and only if there are over 5 days unauthorised absence in a 12 week period. All cases are looked at on an individual basis. The school has a duty to open if it can and parents/carers are responsible for deciding whether or not to send their children in.