![]() ![]() Cradling some, comforting others.ĭespite what happened, the girls soon got back into action at the gym. Soon, those firefighters arrived, carrying those scared and shivering little girls to safety. "I said, please don't let us get killed, please God - just help us get out of here and make us have no scratches so that we could be saved." she said. Patterson said, "I just remember hearing the screams and the cries of the kids and that, I think, was the hardest thing for me to hear." Twelve-year-old Coree Green said, "It was just really loud, and you could hear the thunder and tornado outside." "I thought it was a big rock coming to explode the Earth," Amari said. And I just remember a feeling of closeness, but tense," said Jennifer Patterson, Aim High Director.Īfter ten minutes in the basement, the wind collapsed a wall, then the roof collapsed. ![]() "We all had our arms wrapped around each other. "Blows, blows - and it was all the water was coming down on us and it was scary." Seventy-five children were rushed to the basement of their gym, just as the wind picked up. "We heard the wind, and we just started running and crying," said 6-year-old Amari Martin. Newbottle Primary Academy aims to promote a safe, happy and responsible community in which children can learn and be valued as individuals.Some of the most powerful images of the tornado that hit Sand Springs and west Tulsa, are those of firefighters carrying girls from the rubble of a collapsed gymnasium. The school also has an extensive forest within its grounds and offers an outdoor environment programme to all of our pupils. We occupy a modern, single storey building which was built and opened in 1993. The academy is not affiliated to any particular religious denomination and is located slightly south of the village of Newbottle, approximately 5 miles from the centre of Sunderland and 7 miles from the centre of Durham. We are a large successful co-educational primary academy for children of all abilities from 3 to 11 years of age. Newbottle Primary converted to academy status in February 2014. The school is proud of its many sporting and artistic awards.ĭubmire Primary Academy and Dubmire Day Care aims to promote a safe, happy and responsible community in which children can learn and be valued as individuals. The school also has extensive sports facilities, including two large halls and a 4G all-weather multipurpose games area. We occupy a very modern, single story building which was built and opened in 2002. The academy and Daycare is not affiliated to any particular religious denomination and is located within the Sunderland coalfields village of Fencehouses. The Daycare operates provision for 0 – 3 year olds. The school is a large co-educational primary academy for children of all abilities from 3 to 11 years of age. The school subscribes to the values of Aim High Academy Trust as set out in the Trusts strategic plan.ĭubmire Primary Academy and Dubmire Day Care are both operated by Aim High Academy Trust. Our aim is to ensure that your child’s time with us is happy and successful, both academically and socially and we pride ourselves on the care and support we are able to offer to pupils and their families within our small friendly school. Gillas Lane Primary provides a safe, happy, responsible and well ordered community in which all children can learn and be valued as individuals. We are a successful family orientated school with large grounds and onsite Nursery provision where we cater for children of all abilities from 3 to 11 years of age. The school is situated in Houghton-Le-Spring, approximately 7 miles from the centre of Sunderland and 5 miles from the centre of Durham. ![]() Gillas Lane Primary is proud to be part of Aim High Academy Trust from 1st October 2016.
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