Welcome to the Website of St.Mary's RC Primary School
Welcome to St. Mary’s school website. We hope you enjoy your visit!
We are very concerned to encourage responsible use of the internet.
To this end, I would direct you to the following link Kidsmart
which promotes positive and safe internet usage. Have fun! Mr J. P. Murray - Headteacher
Have Your Say! (New poll added - 01/04/2009)
Breaking News (7 items - Updated 07/04/2009)
Swingin' Sixties Singing
A massive congratulations to the 60’s choir who really outdid themselves with a wonderful show on 3rd April at North Shields Saville Exchange. A particularly big pat on the back must go to our soloists who did so well and so confidently on stage in front of such a vast audience. We were VERY proud of them all. Everyone looked fantastic in their groovy costumes especially our “best dressed” winners; Mrs Kielty, Mr Storey, Fay and Michael; it was difficult to recognise some of you under all that hair!
A big thank-you must also go to our guest musicians, Baldy Holly and his band and Martin O’nions and his band members who provided top quality 60’s entertainment while the children caught their breath between sets. They were fantastic and everyone enjoyed the variety of music on offer.
Of course the goal of the evening was to raise funds for our partner school in Rwanda. The final total has yet to be calculated but it is set to be well above £1000! Thank you to everyone who helped on the night and everyone who came along to support us. What a fantastic way to have such good fun AND do so much good at the same time.
St Mary's Welcomes our New Bishop and our New Parish Priest
We were sad to see Canon Cunningham leave our school at the end of celebratory mass held in the school hall. However, we were delighted to welcome him as Bishop Seamus Cunningham, the new bishop of Hexham & Newcastle diocese. We hope he liked his gifts of a St Cuthbert's Cross lapel pin and the crucifix wallart we had engraved to remind him of us all when he is busy doing his bishoply duties. We were excited to hear all about his ordination from Siobhan in Year 5 who had the honour of being chosen by Canon Cunningham to represent our school at the ceremony in St Mary’s Cathedral last month; what an experience!
We would like to extend a very big welcome to Monsignor Gerard Lavender who is our new parish priest and chaplain to our school. We hope he settles into Cullercoats very quickly and we very much look forward to sharing school and parish life with him.
St Mary's gets a DOUBLE Outstanding!!!!!!!
We are delighted to announce to you all, that the diocese of Hexham and Newcastle agree with OFSTED and everyone here at St Mary’s and have declared, as a result of their recent inspection, that we are an OUTSTANDING school!
Congratulations to all Governors, Staff, Children, Parents and Canon Cunningham and all parishioners. It is so heartening to have our hard work and commitment to St Mary’s as a community officially recognised and valued. We hope you enjoyed reading the written report sent home to parents and take as much pride in as we do.
A Week of Fund-Raising.
This year’s Easter Charity Fund-Raising Week saw a huge variety of creative ways of raising funds for our chosen charities. Year 6 children researched, planned and executed a mini business project involving making friendship wraps to sell to children in other classes. They proved to be a great hit with all ages and a useful accessory for our 60’s Night costumes. Year 5 baked cakes to sell in the school hall. Everyone enjoyed yummy cakes as a playtime treat .... well it is Easter! Year 4 provided a chocolate tombola where you had to pick tickets ending in a 5 or a 0 to win chocolate; Prizes ranged from fun-size bars to Easter Eggs and boxes of chocolates for the lucky winners. Year 3 children tested their knowledge of the Tudors with a sponsored quiz; do you know which wife was which? Year 2 gave Mrs. Watson a bit of peace and quiet with a sponsored silent read..... I know a few Mums and Dads who wish they had the opportunity to do this at home every weekend! Year 1 went for a sponsored walk... they didn’t get to venture too far away from school as their walk was round and round the school field but they had fun doing it and got a bit of extra exercise in the bargain. Reception class were also on a fitness regime with a sponsored circuit training session..... lots of puffing and panting but lots of fun too!
Thank you to everyone who contributed money for any, or all of these activities. The money for this year will be added to our growing amount for our partner school in Rwanda.
Entertaining Citizens ....again!
Once again, some of the children from our vast and talented choir were chosen to represent the school children of North Tyneside at a citizenship ceremony in April. The children were asked to provide the “entertainment” in the form of a few songs to help to make the swearing in of new citizens to our region a joyful occasion. It is a great honour to be asked to take part in this moving and momentous ceremony and a great opportunity for the children to witness something like this first hand.
Barnaby Bear and Friends.
An appeal for anyone who has taken Barnaby (or one of his friends)on holiday with them. We are hoping to compile a record of Barnaby’s travels out of school and would love to hear from anyone who has photos and stories to share. If you are taking Barnaby on holiday in the next few months please don’t forget to send us a postcard too – when we hear about Barnaby’s many exciting adventures, it helps us all to learn more about our world.
On-Line Poll Update
A 60's theme once again. Although this isn't the full playlist for our 60's night we think it covers the favourites. Choose which one you like best and we will use the winner as our encore at the 60's Night concert.
Of course if you aren't going to be there on the night, you can still vote. We will keep checking in from time to time to see which one is the current leader and we will use it as the music for one of our assemblies between now and the summer holidays. So remember to get your friends and family voting for you too!
