Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Lunch at Sambucas!

  Thu 21 Jul 2022 Miss McFarlane

  Congratulations to the children who have had full attendance this year.  They celebrated with lunch at Sambucas today.

  

• Best attendance

  Sat 16 Jul 2022 Miss McFarlane

  Year 2 won the reward for best attendance and celebrated with another pizza party.  Well done everyone!

  

• Pizza Party!

  Fri 24 Jun 2022 Miss McFarlane

  Congratulations to Year 2 who have had the highest attendance in school since half term.  They celebrated with a pizza party this afternoon!

  

• Jubilee Lunch

  Thu 26 May 2022 Mr Dey

  Today the children in KS2 attended mass (Ascension) at church with Father Alan followed by the whole school celebrating a special lunch in honour of The Queen’s 70th year of service. 

  

• Donations for Ukrainian people

  Tue 15 Mar 2022 Miss Bilton

  To help support the Ukrainian families as they look for safety away from the horrendous invasion by President Putin and his allies, we would like to set up a donation centre at school.

   

  The British Red Cross have asked for donations of money which they will convert into the currency that is needed. They said that this is the best and quickest way to get the help needed for these families. We will happily collect and send your money to the charity who will then send it to the Ukrainian families who need it.

   

  If you would prefer to send items to be transported to them we will leave a box in our entrance for you to drop donations into. We can collect packs of nappies, sanitary products, first aid kits, baby wet wipes and personal hygiene products such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorants, soaps and face cloths only.

   

  Please send your money or donated packs of items into school this week and we will send them off by the weekend. Thank you for your support as we look to help these innocent people.

• Competition winners

  Mon 07 Mar 2022 Miss Bilton

  Before half term I sent out a SchoolPing message to parents/carers of all pupils aged 9 and over to explain about a competition that we were running to win the opportunity to be a ball assistant at one of the Newcastle United football matches in April. To enter, they had to send in a photograph of their child playing a sport, being active or doing some exercise over the half term holiday. The entries we received were placed into a hat and two were drawn out at random. We are delighted that Hannah will be a ball assistant on 9th April and Kenzie will be a ball assistant on 16th April at St James' Park.

  Thank you to all who entered and well done to Hannah and Kenzie. We hope that you have an amazing time!

• EYFS pupils go to Wallsend Park every Wednesday this half term

  Fri 04 Mar 2022 Miss Bilton

  As part of their learning about spring and the theme of 'growing', our EYFS pupils will go every Wednesday afternoon for the rest of this term to Wallsend Park. They will have opportunities to look at the flowers and trees as they change and grow while also having opportunities to build dens and play. It is very exciting to do this in the park and they will use these skills in our school outdoor area too. 

  Parents and carers have received a message about this already this week but please get in touch with us if you have any other questions.

• World Book Day - Wear a Word Day

  Thu 03 Mar 2022 Miss McFarlane

  We have been learning new vocabulary in our Wear a Word Day as part of World Book Day.  Just look at our amazing costumes!  We even had a dinosaur in assembly!

  

• Y6 booster classes

  Sun 27 Feb 2022 Miss Bilton

  To support your child to feel less anxious during SATs week and to catch up on missed learning from the pandemic we will be teaching booster classes starting from tomorrow. It would greatly benefit your child to attend these classes so that they feel ready to sit the SATs in May without feeling worried. The classes will recap all learning from the last few years and will also be teaching new knowledge and skills too.

   

  We will be offering booster classes at the following times each week starting 28th February until Thursday 5th May:

  
  Mondays = 3:30 - 4:15pm (Maths/GPS focus)
  Tuesdays = 8:00 - 9:00am (Maths focus)
  Wednesdays = 8:00 - 9:00am (Maths focus)
  Thursdays = 3:30 - 4:15pm (Reading skills focus)

   

  For those attending morning boosters we will start teaching at 8am but your child can join at any time up to 8:30am that morning. We will provide toast for these pupils and they can bring their water bottle. For those staying to after-school boosters until 4:15pm we will provide snacks.

   

  Generally Mr Chapman will teach the morning booster classes while Mr Dey and Miss Bilton will teach the after-school booster classes, although we will all be involved at most times.

   

  Your child can attend as many days as they wish. If they need to miss one for an appointment please just let us know and they can join in again the next session.

   

  As always, please get in touch with us if you have any questions about booster classes.

• Welcome back to school on Monday 28th February

  Sun 27 Feb 2022 Miss Bilton

  We hope that you have all had a lovely half term. Just a quick reminder that school reopens tomorrow.

  Staff have worked over the holiday week to plan the learning for this new half term and it all starts tomorrow.
  Also, Y6 booster classes start after school and during breakfast club.
  Remember that we have our 'wear a word' day on Thursday as we celebrate World Book Day.
  There's lots to look forward to this half term so you don't want to miss a day.
  See you tomorrow