On Friday 5th July we welcomed Julia, an NSPCC volunteer and her mascot,
‘Buddy’, a friendly green speech bubble, into our Monday afternoon assembly.
Classes in Years 1 and 2 learned that the NSPCC believes that children should be
able to speak out to someone if they a...

On Thursday 4th July Hamstel had visitors to the school. No, not Gemma’s farm or Ofsted but a team of cricketers from our partner schools Friars and Porters.
We had arranged a 3 Tees friendly tournament for after school, you may even have spotted us on the field.
We fi...

The schools across Portico Academy have come together this term to create a mobile exhibition – The Portico Art and Design Festival. This project has been created to showcase the incredible talent and creativity of the children across all of the year groups within our...