We are delighted that West Rainton & Leamside's annual Village Show has been able to return in full in 2022. We have been keeping it going over the past two years, displaying our work on the school fence for all to see, but this year we were back, displaying our...
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Exploring religious diversity across the North East
Y6 had a wonderful field trip in October 2022 when they visited both Newcastle Central Mosque and Sunderland's Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara to meet local faith communities and discover more about how they worship. Following on from research in class, the people, places...
Reception’s harvest festival
Reception have only been in school for 6 weeks and they are already leading us in assembly. Along with their Y6 special friends, reception told us all about harvest, showing us their paintings and singing songs. It was lovely to have a hall full of parents and...
Working with artist, Emma Shankland
We were delighted to be able to work with artist, Emma Shankland, once again as she helped us to bring our Platinum Jubilee creative vision to life. Every pupil drew an image from nature of their hope or vision for the planet in 70 years' time. Over two days, Emma...
Welcome the Year of the Dragon!
We were so pleased to have one of our favourite performances back this year, when the whole school performed a traditional dragon dance to welcome in the Lunar New Year. We had lots of parents and family members come to join us, and we were blessed with beautiful...
The launch of the new colliery banner
Our school had the privilege to be the leaders in a community project to restore and revive a pivotal part of West Rainton and Leamside's heritage with the creation of a brand new colliery banner. Our village only exists as it is now because of coal, and we are...
The Village Show 2021
In 2020 and 2021 the West Rainton & Leamside Village Show has had to be a little different. Both years, however, the school children have still managed to take part and exhibit their artwork and writing for the community. In 2021, every child entered two pieces of...