The Durham Dales Federation is a federation of small rural primary schools, which was formed in September 2023. Staff from all schools work together to share expertise and to plan and deliver the curriculum. Our subject leaders co-ordinate their subjects across all the schools within our federation, which ensures that we can offer the same high-quality experiences to all pupils in our schools.
The Upper Dales schools of Wearhead and St John’s Chapel work together on a regular basis each week. At the start of the week, each school works in their own building and on Thursdays and Fridays, the schools come together on the St John’s Chapel Primary School site. On Federation days, we take advantage of the opportunities to work in larger groups with other children of the same age, and we often arrange visits and visitors for these days so that everyone can participate.
KS2 Residential The children have had a great afternoon. They have been problem solving and fencing. Photos of climbing and abseiling to follow later.
View this PostKS2 Residential This morning, we have been on a sensory trail and had a go at Giant Stand Up Paddle Boarding.
View this PostSt. John's Chapel Primary School A big thank you to Laura Newby from Bishop Auckland College for coming to teach some of our Year 3 and 4 children some basic first aid.
View this PostKS2 Residential Balloon Splash! Our evening activity was brilliant! The children worked together really well to solve problems.
View this PostKS2 Residential Group 3 & 4 Trapeze. The children really enjoyed the trapeze.
View this PostKS2 Residential Group 1 & 2 Climbing. The children loved climbing and really enjoyed the challenges they were set.
View this PostKS2 Residential The children are all awake and are enjoying breakfast.
View this PostKS2 Residential! We have had a fantastic first afternoon of fun! Two of the groups have been problem solving and climbing and the other two groups have done trapeze and fencing.
View this PostKS2 have arrived at Newby Wiske Hall and are looking forward to starting activities this afternoon.
View this PostSt John's Chapel and Wearhead Primary School We went for a walk in after school club and enjoyed the lovely views, chocolate chip cookies and crossing the stepping stones!
View this PostWearhead and St. John's Chapel Primary School Class 1 have been practising their mapwork skills this afternoon in forest school. They had to work out a location on their map to find a hidden animal. They cooked dampers (bread twists) on the fire which went down very well.
View this PostHamsterley Primay School Today in Forest School, Class 2 made a beautiful flower flag using the hapa zome method, finally painted our bird box that we made a few weeks ago, and ended the day with yummy chocolate-dipped apples
View this PostHamsterley Primary School Bikeability week 6 This week in Bikeability, we've been building our confidence and control while riding. We practiced different speeds and had fun playing Simon Says, limbo, and sharks. As always, it was a blast!
View this PostSt John's Chapel and Wearhead Primary Schools Well done to this week's special certificate winners!
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