Year 5 and 6 pupils from our partner North East Learning Trust school, Browney Academy in Durham, have become the first group of students to take part in a Trust inter-school visit when they embarked on an outing to visit us here at Teesdale School and Sixth Form earlier this week.
The cross country trip saw 14 pupils take part in a design and technology workshop with older students in Years 7, 8 and 9. Browney pupils were treated to life in ‘big school’ for the morning where they got to take part in lots of exciting activities designed to help ease their transition to secondary education. The highlight of the day was creating illuminating ginger bread men Christmas toys which tested pupils’ dexterity and concentration and introduced them to new technical equipment and engineering and electronics skills.
Our headteacher, Ms Ellis, said: “It was wonderful to have pupils from Browney visit us to experience life in a very different school environment. Our own older pupils very much enjoyed taking the younger students under their wing, introducing them to new learning experiences and calming any nerves about their transition into secondary school. The children were delightful and are welcome back any time!”