Welcome to Caedmon Community Primary School online

We hope you find our new weblog site useful and interesting. We aim to make it a first port of call for information about our school.

You can get involved too, by clicking the comments link beneath many of our postings. We look forward to reading your comments, ideas and suggestions.

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Mr C Wisby (Head Teacher)

We can confirm that our children have been rated by OFSTED as outstanding! In our inspection (July 08) under personal development and well-being our children were described as outstanding in the following areas:


How good is the overall personal development and well-being of the learners
OUTSTANDING

The extent of learners’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
OUTSTANDING

The extent to which learners adopt healthy lifestyles
OUTSTANDING

The extent to which learners adopt safe practices
OUTSTANDING

How well do learners enjoy their education
OUTSTANDING

The behaviour of learners
OUTSTANDING

The extent to which learners make a positive contribution to the community
OUTSTANDING

We are delighted that our school was rated as good with outstanding features!
Full details of the report can be found by clicking on this link:
Caedmon Ofsted Report

January 21, 2010

Gateshead Superdad 2010-Calling all dads, stepdads, grandads and male carers of children aged 7+

The Family Learning Team for Gateshead have asked us to let all parents/carers of children 7+ know that they are offering free workshops starting Saturday 13th Feb for 7 weeks on a Saturday morning.
It is open to all dads, stepdads, grandads and male carers of children aged 7+. During the weeks there will be lots of opportunities to have fun with your child at Whickham Thorns, Gateshead FC, Beamish, plus join in martial arts and gardening! The activities are suitable for complete beginners, so don't worry if you haven't done any exercise as a family for a while.
You can also win a Superdad Award.
Your child should have brought a leaflet home about this but if yo would like another or need more information please contact Family Learning, Dryden, NE95UR to book a place or ring 0191 4338678.

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Fun with Languages for Reception and Year 1 parents, carers and their children

Starting Wednesday 24th Feb all parents/carers of children in our Reception and Year 1 class are invited to come along for 4 visits to have fun with your child and help them learn to read and play at the same time. Over the 4 weeks you will join your child on visits to Bill Quay Farm, Beamish, Saltwell Park and the Discovery Museum.
During the visits you will find out how to help your child with letters and sounds, tips to help with their reading and explore ways in which you can help your child to learn at home and outside.
All workshops and visits are absolutely free!
Your child should have taken a letter regarding all of this home but if you need another copy please contact Miss Pallent, Mrs McVicar or leave a message at the office.

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Family Learning Opportunities for Year 6

On Friday 29th January 2010 all 'Family Men' of children in our Year 6 class are invited to come in and have lunch with their child. The aim is to get fathers, grandads, uncles and all male carers to have better links with the school and to find out more about what we do in school.
The afternoon will start with having a school dinner (free for the family man) with your child and then using the computer suite to look at the Family Man website. You will then meet a real life Roman Soldier Dad and play games with your child. This will be a really informal afternoon full of lots of fun and laughs. Even older brothers aged 18+ are welcome to come along. Please come along and we promise you a good day! Your child will have brought home a letter about this but you can also contact the Mrs McVicar or the class teacher if you require more details.

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January 19, 2010

Eco-Schools Award.

Caedmon Primary School have started working towards a new award. The children will be working with the staff at gaining the Eco-Schools Award.

Miss Kelly will be working with all the classes as we try to become a more Eco-friendly school.

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January 11, 2010

School open today - Monday 11th January.

However, school building will be closed from 3:30 p.m. so there will be no after school clubs this week.

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January 7, 2010

School closed Friday 8th January.

The conditions are not set to improve in the next day. For safety reasons there will be no school tomorrow. The safety of children, parents and staff has to be the priority.

It has proved very difficult for staff, deliveries of food, and other services to move around the area.

We are hoping that Monday will see some improvements in the weather and school can be opened. If there are any obvious signs of improvement or decisions made they will be put on this website and also the Gateshead.gov.uk site.

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January 6, 2010

School closed Thursday 7th January.

As mentioned this morning we said we would make a decision about Thursday at this time today. This is to give parents as much notice as possible to make alternative arrangements. The weather reports and guidance suggest it would be sensible to close the school tomorrow (Thursday) as well.

We will make a decision about Friday this time tomorrow. Homework can be to make a snowman or snowlady take a picture and we will have a competition in school.

The same information about school closures can be found on the Gateshead.gov.uk website.

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School closed today.

School will be closed today. Wednesday 6th January 2010. We will put more information on the website at three o'clock today about tomorrow.

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May 13, 2009

Painting at Caedmon.

We are starting to paint one of the staircases in school. We have decided to have a theme based around all the years Caedmon has been open. We are painting something on the wall that represents something that happened in the north east in all the years the school has been here.

Here is a picture of one that has been started, The Angel of The North - 1998.

We have many ideas already for significant events that happened in the region or achievements of famous people from the local area. We are missing a few dates and need your help. If you do have any ideas for any of the missing dates please let us know by e-mail or coming into school with your idea.

The dates we have events for are as follows:

1994 - Caedmon School opens!
1995 -
1996 - Paul Gascoigne scores wonder goal in Euro 96 at Wembley against Scotland.
1997 -Tony Blair is appointed Prime Minister.
1998 - Angel of The North is finished.
1999 -
2000 - Millennium Bridge.
2001 -
2002 - Jonathan Edwards wins gold medal to hold all four golds in the major athletics events
2003 -
2004 - Sage is completed and opened.
2005 - Saltwell Towers at Saltwell Park re-opened.
2006 - Alan Shearer breaks Jackie Milburn's goal scoring recore for Newcastle United.
2007 -
2008 -
2009 - Newcastle United relegated?

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Caedmon library to be re opened as a jungle!

Here is a picture of the Caedmon library. It is currently being developed by the children staff and parents. As you can see it is going to be a wonderful environment for the children to learn in.

Some of the children have suggested we call it, "The Book Jungle!"

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