Comic relief fundraising
FRIDAY 20th MARCH is COMIC RELIEF DAY
The school council have met and brought together all of the children's ideas and have decided we will be doing the following to help to raise money for comic relief.
Children will be either coming home with the design a nose sheet or completing it in…
Year 1 Phonics screening check
The 2026 statutory phonics screening check for Year 1 pupils in England will be administered during the week commencing Monday 8 June 2026 to Friday 12 June 2026
This means that our Year 1 learners will take the Phonics Screening Check during this week. The Phonics Screening Check is a…
Poetry By Heart competition
All students across SKS have been invited to take part in the national Poetry By Heart competition.
There are two main categories:
- Classic - the 2 poem solo category
- Freestyle - the 1 poem celebration category that can be performed solo, in a duo or a group of up to fifteen…
Character development & creative writing part 2
After looking at existing comic characters and trying on various historical fancy dress outfits, Year 8 and 9 were inspired to create their very own characters.
After sketching their characters they then worked individually, as a duo or as part of a small group to develop a piece of creative…
Comic book creations
Last week in English, Year 8 and 9 students had a special focus on character design and creative writing.
The first part of the process was to look at existing comic book and graphic novel characters. Staff and students then had a go at sketching 'Unicorn Boy' by Dave Roman using a step by step…
Let's go surfing!
Floor Surfing with the Action Ants!
Today, Action Ants showed us that you don’t need waves to go surfing—you just need a floor, some energy, and great teamwork!
Great effort from everyone today. The floor definitely turned into a surfing zone!
Year 8 and 9 Teesdale Renewable trip
Students enjoyed learning about Apprenticeships and also renewable energies from Adam at Teesdale Renewables. They learnt about routes into apprenticeships, pay, work expectations and more. Students were also taught about solar, wind and ground source heating and asked some excellent…
The book fair is coming - save the date!
We have to book fair in school from Tuesday 17th March - Thursday 19th March
It will be open to families after school from 3.30pm-4.00pm
World Book Day vouchers will be handed out next week. Please keep these safe as these can be spent at the book fair the following week.
We hope to see…
Action Ants fun for Cross Fell
We’re excited to announce that Action Ants are coming to deliver Multi-Sports sessions with Cross Fell on a Friday.
The team from Action Ants will be joining us to run fun, high-energy sessions designed to build confidence, coordination and teamwork through a variety of sports. This is a…
Tasty treats at forest school
Today at Forest School we tried something new and very exciting… edible paint on bread!
Once everyone had finished decorating, we carefully toasted the bread over the fire. Watching the pictures slowly toast was fascinating, and the smell of warm bread around the fire made it even better.
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Badminton Club
Year 9 students have been playing badminton after school on a Monday working towards their Duke of Edinburgh Award.
They have been, mostly, enjoying the experience and some have been, slightly, improving their skills.
It's good to see such dedication towards their achievement.
Year 7 U Dance t-shirts.
Thank you to year 7 for helping Middle Fell print space-themed t-shirts for the U Dance festival. Great job today.