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  • Under the Sea Parent Event

    Published 23/05/25
    Our EYFS children invited their grown-ups in to take part in a special workshop. They worked together with a grown-up to create a sea creature using a paper plate as the base and then combining this with other creative resources. They enjoyed sharing
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  • Celebration of the Harraton Colliery

    Published 19/05/25
    On Saturday 17th May, Rickleton Primary School opened its doors to celebrate 60 years since the closure of the Cotia pit. The school is built on the site of the old pit so this was a very special occasion for the school and local community. The day
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  • Local Sporting Success

    Published 16/05/25
    A very successful week of sport in school with our Girls' Football team winning the Washington Schools' Girls' Trophy and our Y4 Football team winning the Washington Schools' Y4 Trophy. Add in our Y5 netball A team winning their first
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  • 60+ Pupils, parents and staff run the Sunderland 3K

    Published 16/05/25
    A fabulous effort early on Sunday morning where Rickleton families and staff assembled on mass to run the Sunderland 3K fun run. Having spent the last 7 Friday lunchtimes building up to the distance with Mr Todd in our 'XBox to 3K' training,
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  • Y4 History visit to Newcastle Keep

    Published 05/05/25
    Year 4 had a brilliant day at The Newcastle - Castle Keep investigating local history and changes in Newcastle due to the Norman conquest.Read More
  • Easter Service at the House of Destiny

    Published 07/04/25
    For the end of term leading to Easter, we all made the short walk to the House of Destiny Church next to school. Andrew Kanyangu, Pastor and School Governor, led the service, supported by Y6 pupils who retold the Easter story and led prayers. The hig
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  • Active Lunchtimes

    Published 07/04/25
    As part of our involvement in the Sunderland Sports' Partnership, we were excited to welcome Alfie in to school to work with 36 KS2 children over their lunch time. The idea was to experience a range of different skills and to find different ways
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  • Author and Illustrator - The Brothers McLeod - visit school

    Published 07/04/25
    We were delighted to be visited by author and illustrator duo, The Brothers McLeod, writers of the Knight Sir Louis series of books. They read some of their book to us and then led a workshop with pupils looking at how to be creative in writing a sto
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  • Girls' football team are League Runners Up.

    Published 07/04/25
    Huge congratulations to our wonderful girls' football team who, after 8 weeks of matches, were runners up in the Chester le Street Schools' league. They still have a Washington Cup final and a Durham County Cup final to play after Easter. Ama
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  • Sunderland Young Achievers Winners!

    Published 07/04/25
    Our brilliant Mini Medics won a Young Achievers Award for the Young Mental Health Champion category! They were invited to attend an awards ceremony at the Fire Station in Sunderland which was fantastic! Their work across school to support those chi
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  • Rickleton Rockers!

    Published 07/04/25
    Well done to our amazing Rickleton Rockers who absolutely danced their socks off at the Sunderland Dance Festival at Farringdon Academy! They had everyone clapping along and got the loudest cheer of the night!   Rickleton Rockers | Rickleton P
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  • Durham Cathedral Visits

    Published 20/03/25
    For this term's Collaborative Learning Week the whole school focussed on the heritage, history and culture of the North East.  A main part of their learning was about Durham Cathedral.  All children in Years 2 - 6 went to the Cathedral.
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