Ox Close Primary School

Ox Close Crescent, Spennymoor, Co Durham, DL16 6RU

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Welcome Back Team Ox Close!

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It has been great to have all of the children back in school this week. They all looked very smart and had big smiles on their faces.

We have heard all about their adventures over the summer holidays – you have all been very busy!

Our new children in Reception have settled very well and we can’t wait for them to be with us full time shortly.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Miss Bowden

Be a Champion

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We are always looking at ways to enhance the wellbeing of our pupils and we are delighted to announce that we are offering our pupils the chance to take part in an exciting new challenge, which is being organised by former Leeds Rhinos Rugby League player, Jamie Peacock.
Jamie Peacock, Leeds Rhinos Rugby League legend,
“I was able to excel in my career because of my focus and understanding of the importance of wellbeing. If you don’t know already, wellbeing consists of 4 areas:
Positive Mindset
Sleeping Well,
Physical Activity
Eating Healthily”
This programme is suitable for pupils in the UK aged 10 and over.
How do I access the challenge?
To register for the challenge please complete the below link:
Jamie Peacock In Partnership with Schools Advisory Service is pleased to share the Be A Champion 30 Day Pupil Wellbeing Programme. Jamie and SAS wanted to help schools, academies and parents / guardians with resources to support their pupils and to empower young people to look after their mental and physical wellbeing.
Jamie will introduce the 30 day challenge during a webinar where he will discuss his experience and how working on the four areas of wellbeing have affected his career and helped Jamie be a champion.
Every person that signs up will receive pages needed for week 1 in the form of a digital book and can request a hard copy sent to them in the post. Jamie will provide updates on tasks for the 30 day challenge once a week with another short webinar at the end of the 30 days.

Team Ox Close back together

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It has great to have all of the children back in school this week. The smiles and cheers on Monday morning was lovely to see and hear. They have all had a fabulous week, worked hard and adapted well to our new routines.

We hope that you all have a lovely weekend.

School Reopening – Monday 8th March

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Good news – we are back!

As you are most likely aware, the government have announced that all school are to reopen from Monday 8th March to all pupils. We are very excited to see all of the children and get back in to a new routine in school. We are sure, that like us, you have some questions and anxieties about the return so we hope that the letter below helps.

School Reopening – Letter To Parents – 25.02.2021

Remote Learning Offer

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When children are required to be at home, and unable to attend school – the learning does not stop at Ox Close Primary.

Since October 2020, schools have been required by law to provide effective education to those children who are unable to access face to face teaching; Ox Close Primary has risen to the challenge.

Further information regarding our Remote Learning Offer can be found here:

Remote Education Policy

If you have any further questions then please do not hesitate to contact Miss Bowden, Head of School.

Spring Term – End of Week 2

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Huge well done to all of the children for being amazing this week – we have had great levels of engagement once again in the live lessons and the children in school are also working very hard.

Staff have been really impressed with all of the work that has been coming in – keep up the hard work.

That goes to the parents/carers – huge well done to you as well as I know it is not easy juggling everything.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend,

Miss Bowden

Spring Term – End of Week 1

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Well done everyone – you have all worked extremely hard.

It has been great to see the keyworker children working hard in school but also to see all of the amazing virtual learning and live lessons going on.

Take care and have a lovely weekend,

Team Ox Close

Ox Close Consultation – New Build and Amalgamation

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Today, we have received further information from Durham County Council about the proposed new school build and amalgamation between Ox Close Primary School and Oxclose Nursery.
Information regarding this can be found here:
This proposal is provisionally planned to take place from April 2024 but is subject to the current consultation period, which is to be 6 weeks, and all appropriate planning.
The consultation period starts today and below is a copy of Durham County Council’s consultation document.
This document invites responses and includes details of how to respond if you would like to do so.  A copy of the consultation document will also appear in the news sections of the School and Nursery websites.
Even if this proposal is to become a reality, business will continue as normal at both the School and the Nursery until at least April 2024.
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