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...
If you can see it, you can be it!
We are delighted to be able to take our pupils to elite sporting events across the coming year, enhancing pupils' personal development and raising the profile of sport. We have an exciting calendar of opportunities planned that will see us attending sport events all...
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...
Dancers back to competing!
It was great to get back to showcasing our dance talents at the Primary Dance Festival at Durham's Gala Theatre in April 2022. A mixed-age group of 25 pupils performed a beautiful contemporary routine to 'Speechless' from Aladdin. Following that, our Y5/6 class...
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...
Special guests at The Stadium of Light
We were delighted to be invited by our friends at AK teaching to be the flagbearers for Sunderland AFC V Bolton in September 2021. Nine very lucky pupils got to represent school with the full VIP treatment at the match which ended up with a victory for Sunderland....
Our remote learning offer
We are very proud of our remote learning offer and the support of our parents in incredibly difficult times. Please see our fully-detailed plan here: WRPS remote learning offer 21 Fail to prepare; prepare to fail! It is even more important, during this challenging...