To celebrate the dark night skies and stargazing opportunities in the North Pennines the area’s first Stargazing Festival is being organised for Autumn Half Term 2017.  You’ll find lots of events across the AONB running between Saturday 21^st and Sunday 29^th October. 

Highlights include:

• Pop-up planetarium events at Stanhope, Allendale and Alston
• Stargazing at Killhope Museum, South Tynedale Railway, Harehope Quarry and Allenheads
• Talks on our Solar System, Eclipses and Constellations
• Astrophotography workshops
• Beginners sessions in Teesdale and on Alston Moor
• Build your own Bottle Rocket Workshops

The festival is being organised by the North Pennines AONB Partnership and supported by Visit County Durham and the Science & Technology Facilities Council. For more information visit here

For all our year six children attending the induction days, please click below to see the letter:

Induction days at Wolsingham School July 2o17

On Sunday 25th June 2017, from 10 am to 3:30 pm at Stanhope market place, meet your local Tri-service Responders Firefighters and Police Officers.

Learn about road safety and the implications of speeding.

Receive valuable fire safety advice!

All welcome.

Frosterley Helping Hands are holding a family social race night in the Village Hall to raise funds for the school.
Date: 17th June 2017
Time: 6.30pm doors open and first race at 7pm
Tickets include: Pie and Pea Supper, free drinks for children, raffle ticket for each child.

Race night and tickets form

Race night poster

If you would like more information about Harehope Quarry, please ring them at  01388 528015

Harehope Quarry Events 
Our events programme for this year is now available on our website and includes a range of courses from charcoal making to activities for children.  Our first event is a screening of the film ‘Tomorrow’.

Saturday 18 March, 5.30pm start
Tomorrow has already been viewed by over 1.5 million people in France alone, and was winner of Best Documentary at the Cesar Awards (the French Oscars), ‘Tomorrow’ has been hugely impactful.  Produced by activist and writer Cyril Dion and actress/director Mélanie Laurent, it tells the story of their search for solutions to the crisis humanity faces.  It is a hugely positive, affirming and inspirational film, exploring creative solutions in the fields of food, energy, transport, economics and education.  ‘Tomorrow‘ is the perfect antidote to post-Trump despondency.  This evening event will include refreshments and a light supper.  Booking is essential. Adults £5, children £3

Due to Industrial Action by teaching assistants, school will be partially closed on Wednesday 23rd November to our Nursery and Two years old provision. School will re open as normal on Thursday 24th November.

Reception to Year six are open as normal during those two days.

Saturday 3rd December

Name that Panto?

Doors open at 2:30 pm for refreshments; the panto will run from 3 to 4 pm.

Tickets are on sale now. Adults £15 and children £12 ( price include refreshments)

To buy tickets please call Stanhope Old Hall or contact Diane on diane1soh@outlook.com

Children will be going to Durham Cathedral on Wednesday 9th November.

There will be no one at school on that day after departure at 8:30 am; and no one that will answer your calls.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

Our two and three year old provision will be closed to pupils on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th November.

Please click below for more information

Industrial action

Pumpkin Roll 
Saturday 29 October, 2.00pm – 3.30pm
Following on from the Pumpkin Sail, we will be doing a Pumpkin Roll! Using gravity or your own ingenious methods make your pumpkin ‘roll’ through our obstacle course to the finish line. Enter the time trial in this pumpkin obstacle race for the pumpkin title 2016. There will also be the usual carved pumpkin competition and probably a river race (weather dependent) as well as we can’t resist it! Enter one or all of the pumpkin competitions depending on how many pumpkins you have grown or bought.

Bring your pumpkins ready to enter.

£2 per entry. Refreshments available.