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On Tuesday the 2nd of March 23 children (8 boys and 15 girls)from our school participated in a dance festival at Newton Aycliffe leisure centre. The children had been attending an after school dance class each Friday, where they choreographed and practised a dance to "Ease on down" which is a modern, motown verison of the 'Yellow Brick Road' from the film 'The Wizard of Oz'.

On Monday the 7th March we had a very special day in school as we celebrated the Chinese New Year (a little early).

We had 5 workshops for the children to attend were they learnt all about different aspects of the Chinese culture. The children had the opportunity to mix with children from different year groups.

The day began with an assembly, Mr Craig read one of the stories explaining how the Chinese New Years were linked with an animal.

Our Christmas play this year was called Aspects of Christmas. There were 5 main characters in the park talking about their thoughts and memories of Christmas and 5 scenes showing various parts of Christmas day. Each class acted a different scene with all the children joining in the songs.

This week we have held our Christingle. The service involved all the children either singing, reading or acting out the nativity scene. Family and friends of the school were invited to come along to enjoy our celebration of the birth of Jesus.

Working with Class 6 children.

Alex Butler visited our school to talk to the children about the dangers of the internet and how they can keep themselves safe. She held an assembly and then went around each class doing workshops with the children.

Our school council decided we would raise money for 'Children in Need' by coming to school in our pyjamas. We raised over £90 for the 'Children in Need' charity.

Last night 'The Friends of Trimdon Junior School' held its annual Halloween disco. Most of the children came dressed up in fantastic costumes and all of them seemed to really enjoy themselves.  

The event raised £94.

This week we held our Harvest Festival. We invited along family, friends and Father Michael to watch our Festival. The children performed songs, wrote and read their poems and tolds us lots of interesting facts about Autumn.

 The children brought in a lovely range of fruit and vegetables, most of which (they told us with pride) had been grown by members of their families.  

During February our school played host to teachers from schools in Kenya and Ghana as part of the Connecting Classrooms project.

The teachers spoke to our children about their schools, they taught them some traditional African songs and dances as well as giving them the opportunity to play some African drums.