Over the past few months, Julie from the Natural History Society of Northumbria has been working with a number of classes across school. The children discussed the importance of protecting the world around us and they made a pledge to say how they are going to help look after our environment. Yesterday, a boy from Year 6 made the 1000th pledge and he has discussed his thoughts about the project.

This free online safety guide looks at managing the stress and anxiety that our increasing device use can cause. There are tips on reducing push notifications from apps, avoiding social media arguments and spotting when a child’s been upset by something online. #WakeUpWednesday

Our after school dance club, made up of children in KS1 and KS2 performed at the Sage, taking part in the Gateshead Schools Dance Festival. The children performed in front of a huge audience after working hard to practise their routine in clubs for the past 7 weeks. The children did a fantastic job and we are extremely proud of them all.

The choir had a fantastic afternoon representing our school at The Sage Gateshead ‘Spring Sing’. They were fantastic ambassadors for our school and sang beautifully.

We can't wait for you all to come and see our show, tickets are now on sale from the school offcie.

Well done to our school football team who played at West Lane. They won 1 match, drew 2 and lost 2. Mrs Thompson attended the match with the team and is very proud of their excellent sportsmanship, resilience and team work - even when things didn’t go their way.

Thanks to the National Literacy Trust we've been lucky enough to win multiple copies of Tom Palmer's book 'After The War; from Auschwitz to Ambleside'. This fantastic story is based on real life accounts of The Windemere Boys - child survivors of Auschwitz who were relocated to The Lake District.

It's not suitable for our younger readers, but we'll be leaving copies of the book in the year 5 and 6 classrooms and on the library bus for any of our older readers (or their adults) who would like to read it.

https://tompalmer.co.uk/after-the-war/

Birch class loved their Ancient Greek day delivered by Olivia and David from Durham University!

Year 3 have continued their learning about Easter  with Rev. Alison at St. Paul’s Church. The children asked some very interesting questions and thought about our R.E. question: ‘What is good about Good Friday?’

Red Nose Day is taking place Friday 17 March 2023. This year’s contributions raised for Red Nose Day will help raise awareness around the cost of living crisis as millions of people throughout the UK and across the world need support now more than ever.

The School Council have decided that it would be good fun to hold a Talent Show and for the children to come into school in non-uniform on Friday 17 March. Children are welcome to bring in a donation for this cause.