Pupil Voice

What do you enjoy in breakfast club? After I've eaten my breakfast, I always love to dance because it is my favourite thing to do.

I like to dance with my sister and make linking chains to pretend they are necklaces.

I like to play Guess Who or Connect 4. 

What can you eat in breakfast club? Cereal, toast, pain au chocolats, yoghurt, fruit, pancakes, juice and on Fridays we get bacon and sausage buns!

After School Clubs

Cockton Hill Junior School provides a range of after school activities led by staff from across school. These change on a half termly basis across the school year. All clubs are from 3:15pm till 4:15pm with a limit on numbers depending on the activity. A small charge may be made if outside providers are involved. Information and details of up upcoming school clubs will be sent via email prior to the club start date. Parents and carers will then be required to contact the school office to book a place in the school club.

If you require your child to be collected after school, there are private independent providers within the local community who you can contact directly.

Hockey

Children have learnt the correct hold of a hockey stick and worked well to develop their control. They have learnt some rules of hockey and been able to implement these into game situations. 

Pupil Voice

What did you do in the club? We learnt how to hold the hockey stick properly and then we did some drills for how to pass to each other. We played games once we had learnt the rules.

What did you think of this after-school club? It was excellent and I would like to do it again. 

Tag Rugby

Children learnt the skills and rules of tag rugby in our after-school club. Some of these children were then selected to represent our school in the local Tag Rugby league at Bishop Auckland Rugby Club. They were coached by U15 players from the club who supported with refereeing. It was a great opportunity for children to take part in this league at the local club. 

Pupil Voice

What did you do in the club? At first we started training in school to learn how to pass the ball properly in rugby. We then played against other schools at the rugby club. We won some matches but we enjoyed having fun. 

What did you think of this after-school club? It was fun and I am looking forward to doing it again next year. 

Gymnastics

Children participated in this popular after-school club led by Go Well. They developed a range of skills, focusing specifically on balances. 

Pupil Voice

What did you do in the club? We got the benches out to be like a beam and did balances and jumps on them. We also did rolls - egg roll, forward roll, pencil roll, backwards roll and teddy-bear roll. 

What did you think of this after-school club? I loved it and I would do it again. 

Football

Children competed in the local Year 5/6 Education Enterprise football league. They remained unbeaten throughout the league then the top six teams from the three leagues all came together to play each other and battle it out to win the opportunity to represent the district at the County Cup Final. The children did amazingly well in 5 back to back high pressure football matches. We beat Stanhope 2-1, then drew against Thornhill 0-0. We then won 1-0 against Hartside, beat Toft Hill 2-0 and got our fourth win of the night against Prince Bishops in the last game. It was a tense wait while the results were collated but we soon found out that we had topped the league by 4 clear points! We are the top team of the 26 that competed in the league and go to the County Cup Final in June! We are so proud of our wonderful team who represented our school perfectly. Special thanks go to Jonathan Lockey who helped to coach the team every week as well as Mrs Foster, Mrs Lockey, Mrs Reeves and Mr Tucker for their support and encouragement each week for our team.

Pupil Voice

What did you do in the club? We had to do some trials in school to be picked for the team. We were the first group to get the new school football team. We then went to King James and had to warm up before every game. After that, we played against different schools. We won the whole league!

What did you think of this after-school club? We really enjoyed it and want to do it again next year. It was amazing to win the league. 

Yoga and Mindfulness

Children participated in a Yoga and Mindfulness club where they took part in a range of yoga exercises and other activities to support them to be relaxed and mindful. 

Pupil Voice

What did you do in the club? We did Cosmic kids yoga, we made worry dolls and we made a picture of lots of things we liked. 

What did you think of this after-school club? I enjoyed it - I would definitely do it again!

Invasion Games

Children took part in Invasion Games led by staff from Go Well. They developed their skills and tactics in invasion games and were able to apply these to game situations.  

Pupil Voice

What did you do in the club? Every week we did a warm up and then we played different games - dodgeball, benchball, sunflowers and strawberries which is a bit like tag. 

What did you think of this after-school club? The club was excellent. I really enjoy after-school clubs. 

Community Links Club

Over the course of our community links club, we looked at what a community is and how we all have a role to play in helping in our community. PCSO Cara Strophair from Bishop Auckland Police joined us. She discussed her role and that of police officers in our area - arresting criminals, helping vulnerable people, investigating CCTV, road awareness, attending accidents and much more. Thank you!

Children put their thoughts about helping in the community into action by carrying out a litter pick in our local area. Please help them by putting your rubbish in the bins provided - thank you! Following on from our litter pick, we used the the tally charts we created to look at the findings. We identified local shops where a lot of litter is coming from and created posters to display in these key places. We delivered posters to these businesses proving ourselves to be great active citizens!

We recapped the name of the street our school is on, McIntyre Terrace. We discussed why it is important to know this and how it can help in an emergency. 

Quiz Club

Children participated in a quiz club with Mr Tucker. They followed a theme each week where the answers spelt out the alphabet which helped the children get to their answers successfully. Can you have a go at some of the questions...

What is the capital city of Greece?

Which premiership football team is nicknamed 'The Gunners'?

In the film 'Dumbo', what type of animal is the main character?

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