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

• Bulb planting for Marie Curie

  Tue 28 Mar 2023 J. MacDonald

  One of our Lenten Challenges involved the children buying daffodil bulbs and planting them around the school grounds to help raise money for our local Marie Curie Hospice. The children really enjoyed planting the bulbs and look forward to seeing the grow over the coming years. We were thrilled that Marie from the local centre was able to come and collect our donation of £206!

  

• A win for the girls in the Northern Cross Cup

  Sat 25 Mar 2023 J. MacDonald

  Huge congratulations to our girls football team who have moved on to the next round of the Northern Cross Cup without conceding a goal! Some have never played competitive football before but they really came together as a team and were all amazing! ⚽️ 🌟

  

• Year 2 Class Assembly

  Fri 24 Mar 2023 J. MacDonald

  A super assembly this morning from Year 2! They were able to share all of their learning about the Great Fire of London and the local fire of Gateshead and Newcastle! They showed their work from literacy, history and art and read and sang confidently to their audience!

  

• CAFOD Big Lent Walk

  Thu 23 Mar 2023

  Today we completed our CAFOD Big Lent Walk.  The Big Lent Walk campaign challenged us to walk 200Km collectively as a school.  The children were given a sponsor form and asked to see if family and friends could sponsor them to do the walk.  The aim of the walk is to raise money so that CAFOD can continue their work to support people living in poverty.  

  Earlier this week in assembly we explored the idea of poverty.   I asked the children to name countries where poverty might affect families and they suggested Africa, India and South America.   They were shocked to hear that 1 in 4 children in the UK live in poverty and that the demand on food banks has increased by 50% in the last year.

  Our children have an excellent understanding of why we are doing this walk.  They understand that a small gesture from our school community, sharing a little of what we have will make a big difference to our global family.

  We are very proud of our efforts Children in EYFS (Nursery and Reception) walked 30Km, children in KS1 Y1 and Y2 walked 96Km and children in KS2 Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6 walked 480Km bringing our school total to 606Km.  

  Huge thanks to all the parents and family members who accompanied us on our walk and to all who sponsored the children. We’ll share the total raised via our weekly newsletter.

  

• Pedestrian Training

  Wed 22 Mar 2023

  A huge thank you to Lynn from North Tyneside’s Road Safety Team.  She came to school today to deliver a series of workshops to children in all year groups.  The workshops focussed on how to keep yourself safe when crossing roads.  The children looked at a range of scenario’s and discussed what the outcome of those could be for pedestrians and drivers.  

  She gave us the opportunity to think about our habits when out and about and gave us lots of information on how to avoid putting ourselves in risky situations. 

  As the nights get lighter and we spend more time out with friends and family it is good to be reminded how to stay safe as a pedestrian. 

  

• A visit from the dentist!

  Tue 21 Mar 2023 J. MacDonald

  The children in Nursery had a visit from the dentist as part of their PSHE lessons. They learnt all about how to care for their teeth and why this is so important. 

  

• Year 1’s visit to Cragside

  Thu 16 Mar 2023 J. MacDonald

  Year 1 had a fantastic time at Cragside today, learning more about the life and work of Lord William Armstrong. We loved spotting the first light in the world powered by Hydroelectricity 💡

  

• Year 2’s visit to St Mary’s Heritage Centre

  Wed 15 Mar 2023 J. MacDonald

  The children in Year 2 visited St Mary’s Heritage Centre and the Quayside to learn all about the Great Fire of Gateshead and Newcastle. They learnt about how the fire started and spread and were able to make comparisons between life in 1800s and now. They were amazed at how the Quayside has changed over time. 

  

• Big Lent Walk

  Fri 10 Mar 2023 J.MacDonald

  Join us on Thursday 23rd March at 9.15am for our Big Lent Walk around our local area to raise funds for CAFOD.

  You can sponsor the children by visiting our page at

   https://cafod.enthuse.com/pf/stmarysccoats

  

• Book Barrow

  Thu 09 Mar 2023 J. MacDonald

  As part of World Book Day events we placed a book barrow in our entrance way to encourage families to donate their unwanted books to our school libraries! We have been overwhelmed with the response and our children are enjoying reading such a wide range of lovely books.