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NEWS & EVENTS BLOG
Mini Vinnies visit Rothley Grange
This evening our Mini Vinnies visited our neighbours at Rothley Grange Residential Home to spread some Christmas joy! They sang some songs from their Carol Service and delivered some Christmas cards. It was lovely to chat to the residents and wish them Happy Christmas!
Dec 11, 20251 min read
EYFS Nativity
Today we were treated to a wonderful performance of ‘Away in a Manger’ by our Nursery and Reception Classes. The children sang their hearts out and the staff and their families were so proud of them.
Dec 10, 20251 min read
Choir at St Paul's Fiesta
Our school choir were AMAZING this afternoon at St Paul’s Fiesta in Whitley Bay. They sang like angels and received huge applause for their Christmas songs. Many thanks to Mrs Shaw for organising and leading the choir.
Dec 7, 20251 min read
EYFS Christmas Craft Morning
This morning our Early Years children had a fantastic time with their grown ups at our Christmas craft morning! We are definitely in the Christmas spirit!
Dec 5, 20251 min read
PTA Christmas Fayre
Thank you so much to our amazing PTA who organised our Christmas Fayre. Through their dedication and time, we had a wonderfully festive evening and even had a visit from the Big Man himself!
Dec 4, 20251 min read
KS1 History Club
In History Club this week, the children looked at what life was like living inside a castle. We learnt about what type of people would have lived in a castle, what their jobs were and what they would have ate. We even made our own medieval food plates and imagined what it would be like eating food like this everyday.
Dec 3, 20251 min read
Year 3 at Christmas Unwrapped
Year 3 had a wonderful morning Whitley Bay Baptist Church at their ‘Christmas Unwrapped’ event where they made crafts and thought about the true meaning of Christmas. Huge thanks to Mrs Mercer for making this so special for us.
Dec 2, 20251 min read
Year 6 at Netball Festival
A group of Year 6 pupils took part in the STMA netball festival and they were amazing. They really grew into the festival and by the end, their netball skills were praised by other teachers and referees.
Nov 27, 20251 min read
Road Safety Workshops
Everyone enjoyed taking part in North Tyneside's Road Safety Workshops listening to careful reminders and advice about staying safe when out and about in our locality including when crossing the road.
Nov 26, 20251 min read
Historic England Heritage Award
We are delighted to have achieved the Heritage Schools Award from Historic England. This award recognises outstanding history education with a focus on local history. Miss Buzzeo has worked so hard to put together the evidence for this award which we passed with ‘flying colours’. We are incredibly proud of this achievement and the rich history curriculum that is in place in school.
Nov 21, 20251 min read
Big Art Exhibition
The children were so proud to display their work from Big Art Week in our annual exhibition which was visited by family, friends and our local community.
Nov 20, 20251 min read
Fun in the snow!
We were all very excited by the first flurries of snow and couldn't wait to get outside and explore it!
Nov 20, 20251 min read
Year 4 Ancient Greek Workshop
Year 4 have had a fantastic Ancient Greek Day with Durham University. We’ve handled actual 2,500 year old artefacts, created votive objects from clay and taken part in the Greek tragedy ‘Medea’
Nov 19, 20251 min read
Year 3 Trip to the Rising Sun
Year 3 had a brilliant day on their trip to the Rising Sun to learn all about life in the Stone Age. They made their own bread and cooked it on the open fire, build dens to shelter from the storm, looked at artefacts and thrashed wheat to grind flour to make bread. Lots of smiles and muddy faces all round
Nov 19, 20251 min read
Reception Class visit to the Quarry
R eception Class went on a lovely (yet wet) autumn walk to the quarry to map out our locality and look for signs of seasonal change - we just beat the winter weather! The children now have a much better understanding of our locality and local landmarks and of course how the world around us changes with the season
Nov 17, 20251 min read
Remembrance
During the month of November, we hold a book of remembrance in our entrance area where our school community can add prayers and thoughts about people they have loved and lost. Our Mini Vinnies sold poppies and poppy products to raise funds for the Royal British Legion
Nov 12, 20251 min read
Odd Socks Day
To mark the beginning of Anti-Bullying Week, we took part in Odd Socks Day to celebrate our uniqueness and individuality
Nov 10, 20251 min read
Key Stage 1 Author Workshop
Years 1 & 2 enjoyed a special workshop with the wonderful author and illustrator, Catherine Rayner! It was great to see inside her workshop and hear how she gets ideas for her books. We all had a turn a drawing along with her to create our little bears!
Nov 10, 20251 min read
Monster Phonics Day
Our Reception class children had a fabulous day celebrating our Monster Phonics Scheme. Dressed up as monsters, they spent the day practising their favourite sounds, blending and segmenting and reading their tricky words.
Nov 5, 20251 min read
Big Art Week
This week was our annual Big Art Week in school with the theme being North Shields 800, to link in with the celebrations in our local community. It was wonderful to see our pupils so engaged in developing their skills in a range of artistic activities.
Oct 24, 20251 min read
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