OUR school is situated at the top of Sherburn Hill, on the outskirts of Durham city.

It is a small school with seventy-one pupils.

There are three classes at the moment - class one have a huge classroom, which is really two rooms.

We have a library so the children can borrow books from the school and we also work in there sometimes.

There are beanbags and big comfy chairs to sit on in there.

We also have a large hall, which we use for a dinner hall, PE and assembly.

We have two playgrounds. One of them is a small but special yard for the youngest children.

It has games painted on the floor, it also has a balance beam and has raised flower beds. The second, larger, yard has markings for a netball pitch painted on the ground, it also has other games painted on the ground, such as hopscotch, noughts and crosses and number snakes.

At the back of the school there is a large field, which we play on in fine weather. You can see for miles from there - on a clear day you can see the Angel of the North.

In September we will have four classes, as there will be more children in the school, so there will be another teacher, and a new classroom.

Our school is very special because it is resourced for deaf children.

This means that some children travel a long way in a taxi every day, from places such as Tow Law, Darlington, and Stanley.

When they arrive they have their hearing and radio aids checked, to make sure they are working properly.

They work in the classes with the rest of the children for most of the day, helped by specialist teachers and assistants.

Some of the children use sign language, so we try to learn it too, so that we can "talk" to them, and so that we can understand what they are "saying" to us.

All the teachers have learned to sign as well.

One of the classrooms has been specially adapted to be a really quiet area, so that it is easier for the deaf children to work without any background noise.