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Ox Close Primary

Ox Close Crescent, Spennymoor, Co Durham, DL16 6RU

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Houses of Parliament – School Council

February 25, 2016 by admin

Houses of Parliament 

On Friday 29th January 2016 our School Council travelled to London to visit the Houses of Parliament. They travelled by train and underground. Children loved walking round Westminster and seeing famous sights like Westminster Abbey and Big Ben.

We had a tour around the Houses of Parliament and children got to sit in the public galleries in the House of Lords and House of Commons to watch debates. Children also met up with a school from Islington called St Andrew’s Primary School and took part in a workshop with them. In the workshop, children learnt about constituencies, manifestos and voting. After some group work, Maddison from Ox Close ended up being voted as Prime Minister!

We had lunch together and made our way back to Kings Cross by tube. The whole trip was a fantastic experience for all of the children and adults!





















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Brass!

February 4, 2016 by admin

On Tuesday 2nd February, a selection of Year 4 children represented our school at the Leadership Centre. They were taught a demonstration lesson by Miss Leggett in front of lots of teachers from County Durham. When asked questions, the children were polite and offered very mature and sensible answers! Mrs Harvey and Miss Densham were very proud of all the children who attended!

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Peter Pan-to!

January 18, 2016 by admin

The Pantomime season continued at Ox Close Primary School, with the children being treated to a magnificent performance of Peter Pan by M and M Theatrical Productions. The children were enthralled and entertained in equal measure, as the pantomime explored a classic tale with a modern twist.





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Proposed Extension

November 20, 2015 by admin

Please find attached below a PowerPoint detailing our proposed extension from the meeting held for residents.  Also located below is a link which will take you to the online planning.
Proposed Extension
Ox Close Primary online planning

Filed Under: School Noticeborad

Lucy Aston – Tumbling Success

October 23, 2015 by admin

Huge congratulations to Lucy Aston, who has been selected to represent Great Britain in the Under 13’s Tumbling competition in Portugal this coming half-term. This is an incredible achievement for Lucy, who is only 9 years old but obviously has a magnificent talent. We would like to wish Lucy the best of luck and we are sure she will continue to represent Great Britain in the future.

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Handwriting Awards

October 23, 2015 by admin

This term we have been encouraging children to take greater care with their handwriting, as well as applying the cursive style across all pieces of writing in every subject. Each class has selected a girl and a boy to receive the ‘Most Improved Handwriting Award’. Many congratulations to the following children.

Class/SetWinners
1/2SSophie Priestley
Ben Shepherd
1/2PGeorgia Cooke
Joshua Dodds
1/2RLucy Woodgate
Espen Armitage
3/4CClark Taylor
Bethany Johnson-Banks
3/4WRuby Petch
Seth English
3/4PLewis Stapleton
Evie Sands
5/6TOlivia Dent
Alex Tingle
5/6BJessica Chan
Ethan Young
5/6HLiam Lowery
Taylor Lindsay

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Halloween Disco

October 23, 2015 by admin

On Wednesday 21st October, something strange occurred at Ox Close Primary School. When the sun set and the air was chilly, a hoard of unearthly, gruesome creatures descended upon the school hall for an evening of Mummy Making and Monster Mashing! There were witches, skeletons, zombies and ghosts galore!

We would like to say a huge thank you to Ox Close Friends for organising the disco, all of the teachers who helped and all of the children for their fantastic effort and participation. A spooky night was had by all!

Werewolf.
Pass the eyeball!

Mummy making.
Mummy making.
Mummy making.



Spooky.
Karaoke
Gangnam Style!

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Staying Safe On Social Media

October 13, 2015 by admin

Following an incident in a primary school where children received inappropriate images and messages, we would like to remind parents to help their children stay safe online.

Both Instagram and Twitter have a minimum age policy of 13. Whilst many parents choose to allow younger children to use these services, we cannot recommend this. To keep their children safe on social media parents should ensure that the correct privacy settings are enabled, and that appropriate adult supervision is provided.
Further information is available at the NSPCC site Net Aware:
http://www.net-aware.org.uk/

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National Curriculum – Parent’s Guide

October 12, 2015 by admin

Please feel free to download the Parent’s Guide to the new National Curriculum. This guide is intended to support parents. Obviously it
would be impossible to set out in detail everything your child would learn during their six years of primary education, but by providing an outline of typical content and some background information about how the curriculum and assessment works, hopefully it will help you support your children in making the most of their education.

Parent’s Complete Guide to new National Curriculum

The following jigsaw charts also display the curriculum coverage year-by-year and provide a useful outline of the content your child will cover.

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Filed Under: School Noticeborad

School Games Mark – Silver Award

October 8, 2015 by admin

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Ox Close Primary School has recently achieved the Sainsbury’s School Games Mark Silver Award. This is a fantastic achievement and serves to highlight the level of commitment by the school to developing sports, clubs, competitions and young leaders.

The Sainsbury’s School Games Mark is a Government led awards scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community.

Further information about this can be found at Sainsbury’s School Games

 

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