A new play attraction standing almost 15 metres tall is to be installed in Hardwick Park. Durham County Council has been making improvements to Hardwick Park’s play area as part of a scheme to redevelop its play facilities.

For this month’s article about life at SCC, we’d like to share some information about ‘Skills Builder’ – an approach that we’ve introduced to our school this year that supports our students to develop 8 vital skills that will help them to achieve success here and for the rest of their lives.

March is an important month for Sedgefield parkrun, a free community event where you can walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate. Our local event in Hardwick Park takes place at 9am every Saturday.

We will be celebrating our 600th event on Saturday 1 March and our 13th birthday on Saturday 15 March.

Fishburn Art Group celebrated their 25th anniversary on 14 February. The group originated from an art class organised as part of a funded regeneration scheme with Linda Birch as its tutor. A group of its attendees, enjoying the camaraderie of the class, decided to continue once the scheme finished and the Fishburn Art Group was formed.