It was lovely to welcome the group from Open the Book to Ox Close again today, to hear the story of Joseph and his coat. We look forward to the conclusion in the coming weeks, hopefully with some more of our very own students in starring roles alongside our guests!

We are delighted to be able to share th outcome of our recent OFSTED inspection with you. Ox Close Primary School continues to remain a ‘GOOD’ school. The inspector was very impressed with the school, pupils and staff and found evidence of outstanding practice. This means that we will receive another visit from OFSTED to see whether it is possible for the school to receive the outstanding grading. I would like to congratulate the pupils, staff and governors and thank the parents and school community for their support. We will continue to strive to improve and provide the very best education that we can for the children.

A copy of the full letter can be found below:

Ox Close Primary School – OFSTED Report – March 2018

What amazing entries we had from all the children! Thank you to everyone for their efforts.

Have a look at our winning entries below:

Huge thank you to Hays Travel Spennymoor who once again sponsored this event.

Our KS2 children have been working with Enter CIC as part of theie upcoming production of Wind Road Boys. This project has been organised and funded by the Mayor, Ian Machin. All children were involved in the inital workshops and from those a small number of children have been selected to take part in further rehearsals with children from other Spennymoor schools. The children had lots of fun in the sessions and as you can tell from the photos were superb actors. The final performnce will take place in Spennymoor Town Hall in March 2018.

We have a new supplier for uniform. Cre8ive Graphics is based at Peel Street in Bishop Auckland. Parents can either order in person at the shop or online via the website link below.

Cre8ive Graphics Online Ordering

We are thrilled to be trialling a new and exciting homework system with Key Stage 2 between now and the Christmas holidays. The aim is that the children find the homework more enjoyable, parents find the tasks and timescales manageable and most importantly, that homework can be a time for parents and children to work together.

All children in KS2 have a homework ‘Pick and Mix’ grid. The tasks are all linked to the topic that your child is currently studying in school and each task has a weighting of points linked to it. Between now and Christmas, we are asking the children complete whichever activities they like from the grid – the only rule is that by Christmas they must have completed enough tasks to earn at least 10 points.

Electroncic copies of the grids can be found below:

Year 3 and 4 Homework

Year 5 and 6 Homework

If you have any questions about the homework then please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher or Miss Bowden.

Huge thank you to all the parents/carers that managed to pop along to our Meet the Teacher night on Tuesday 19th September.

If you didn’t manage to come along then please find a copy of the PowerPoint below: