Keep up to date with the latest news in school here.

• Dance Festival Fantastic

  Thu 17 Mar 2016 Mrs Hooker
  Caedmon took The Sage by storm yesterday with 2 performances from our Dance Club and our Year 5 class. Everyone gave it their all up on the stage in front of a mega buzzing crowd. The teachers were so proud of all who took part. Well done everyone - you were fantastic!

  

• Well Done, Miss Collins & Miss Irving!

  Wed 16 Mar 2016 Mrs Collins
  Miss Collins and Miss Irving have taken part in some training on leading an intervention called 'Talk for Number' which focuses on teaching vocabulary for Maths. The ladies got their certificates and showed off their teaching puppets, although they are too shy to have their lovely faces in view!

  

• Staying Safe Online

  Mon 14 Mar 2016 Mr. Lawson

  We have recently been made aware of a number of children in our school having active social media accounts (on sites such as YouTube, Instagram, Facebook etc.).

   

  Though most websites do specify that people must be 13 years of age or older before having an account, we do realise that some children (sometimes with parent approval) will have one anyway.

   

  We fully believe in helping children to use the internet as a tool to communicate and create, so long as this is done safely.

   

  We had an assembly today to remind children in Y4 - Y6 of a few simple ways to stay safe online:

   

  1. Try not to use your real name (even when parents know you go online).
  2. Don't do anything to show where you live or go to school (including wearing school uniform).
  3. Think carefully before making personal comments, especially negative ones, about people you know in real life. Talk to each other in person - it's much easier!
  4. Remember that nearly anyone can see much of what is posted online and they might even download it to keep/edit.
  5. Never meet people you chat to online and be careful about giving away personal information. This includes on XBox and Playstation accounts too.

   

  Finally, try your best to keep at least some parts of your life private - think of how uncomfortable you may be if someone you do not want to watches your videos or reads your posts, even those you created a long time ago.

   

  Our advice follows the sensible suggestions set out by CEOP. For more information please check out their website.

   

  Have fun online but STAY SAFE!

• Reception visit Kingsmeadow

  Tue 08 Mar 2016 Mrs Clennell

  On Monday, Reception class had a great time at Kingsmeadow School. The children took part in a range of sporting activities. The children were all exceptionally well behaved and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

  

• World Book Day

  Thu 03 Mar 2016 Mrs Hooker

  All of the children were involved in some entertaining workshops delivered by Seven Stories on Tuesday to start off our celebrations for World Book Day this week.

   

  The whole school, children and staff, got involved in the celebrations by coming to school on Thursday dressed as their favourite book characters. There were some amazing costumes on show and winners were picked from each year group. 

   

  The classes got involved in lots of fun activities during the day. Year 2 went on a 'Book Hunt' around school in search of 'Happy Endings' which they thoroughly enjoyed.

   

  As usual, every child received a book token to spend on a book of their choice.

  

• Wolfblood Premiere

  Wed 02 Mar 2016 Mr. Lawson

  Our school was lucky enough to receive ten tickets to the premiere of the new series of the popular CBBC TV show Wolfblood*.

   

  From the Year 6 prefects (who have been working very hard this year to help improve our school) the fortunate few were picked at random to attend the event at the Baltic with the invitation to come 'dressed to impress', walking down the red carpet in style.

   

  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed watching the never-before-seen first two episodes from the new series (which is filmed around Gateshead and Newcastle) before meeting some of the actors and being part of a question and answer session. Though it was a late night, it was well worth it for the children and staff.

   

  *Some of you may know this series by its more popular name, The Blood of the Wolves - Iqra and Antonia made sure that I added that detail in if it wasn't clear.

   

  Yes... Iqra and Antonia said to do that... 

  

• Muddy fun in Key Stage One!

  Tue 01 Mar 2016 Mrs Collins
  In Year One, we are developing our outdoor learning space. The children wanted to have a mud kitchen so we are busy making one together. We would be very grateful for donations of old kitchen equipment; pans, whisks, bowls, sieves etc to enhance the children's play. Thanks!