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Date: 18th December 2024
Christmas food and fun in Y3!
Date: 18th December 2024
KS2 Christmas Dancing!
Date: 18th December 2024
Y3 Christmas!
Party Time!
Date: 13th December 2024
The 12 Days of Bookmas- Day 1
Our favourite books: Harry- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney. Naya- Harry...
Date: 3rd December 2024
Craft Making in Y3!
On Friday Y3 were very busy creating some lovely baubles for the Christmas Market.
Date: 22nd November 2024
Parliament Week
As part of Parliament Week 2024, Year 6 spent some time thinking about climate change and...
Date: 20th November 2024
Y3 Celebration of the Word!
Today in class we were guided through a lovely liturgy by Joel, Myles and Kaci. The...
Date: 15th November 2024
Children in Need Day in Y3!
Y3 had lots of fun with Pudsey activities. They loved decorating biscuits to make them look...
Date: 14th November 2024
Odd Socks Day in Y3!
Today in Y3 we designed odd socks! We wrote statements to show we are happy to...
Date: 25th October 2024
Year 6 Celebration of the Word
Year 6 had a beautiful Celebration of the Word this morning centred around our current RE...
Date: 23rd October 2024
Y3 Celebration of the Word!
Today our class celebration was prepared and presented by Ivy, Holly and Charlie. They asked us...
Date: 23rd October 2024
Class Worship!
This week we have been learning about other faiths. The focus of our learning was Judaism....
Date: 23rd October 2024
Other Faiths – Yom Kippur
Year 6 have been exploring the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah during other faiths week. The children...
Date: 23rd October 2024
Celebration of the Word
Year 3 held a very prayerful celebration of the word about other faiths. They planned and...
Date: 23rd October 2024
Concrete Maths
Year 3 have been working very hard to improve their math’s skills using base ten and...
Date: 23rd October 2024
Year 3 – Commando Joe’s
Year 3 had a brilliant morning completing different team tasks for Commando Joe’s. The children enjoyed...
Date: 21st October 2024
Year 6 RAP Event
Year 6 took part in the South Tyneside ‘Reducing Accidents at Play’ event at South Shields...
Date: 18th October 2024
Delicious DT
Year 6 have been exploring curry in DT. We have designed our own packaging, looked at...
Date: 16th October 2024
Commando Joes!
Today Y3 participated in Commando Joes with Mr Slack, which focused around team building, respect and...
Date: 16th October 2024
Class Liturgy!
Today’s liturgy was prepared and presented by Lily, Oscar and Isla. It was a very thoughtful,...
Date: 14th October 2024
Y3 Making Crumble!
In DT we have been learning about preparing ang making food. We looked at making fruit...
Date: 11th October 2024
Class Worship
Year 6 have been working hard each week to work in teams to plan their class...
Date: 11th October 2024
Year 6 Visit the Winter Gardens
Year 6 have been learning about biomes in geography. We visited the Winter Gardens in Sunderland...
Date: 11th October 2024
Settling into Nursery routines and exploring the environment.
Our children have settled back into the routines well here at Nursery and are learning about...
Date: 10th October 2024
Prepositions
The children have been learning about prepositions in English and how we use them to describe...
Date: 10th October 2024
Reading Club enjoy the library.
Our new reading club met for the first time last week. The children thoroughly enjoyed spending...
Date: 10th October 2024
RE – Signs and Symbols
Year 2 have started our new topic of Signs and Symbols – Baptism by looking at...
Date: 10th October 2024
Year 4 play geographical Simon Says!
Year 4 have been enjoying their current geography topic- The journey of a river. Recently, they...
Date: 9th October 2024
Y3 enjoying Tag Rugby!
Y 3 have had lots of fun whilst learning some of the rules of playing tag...
Date: 9th October 2024
Y3 Class worship!
Today our class liturgy was prepared and presented by Harper, Igor and Cassie. They chose a...
Date: 2nd October 2024
Year 3 Class Liturgy!
Today’s liturgy was prepared and presented by Amber, Oskar and Darcie. The reading they selected told...
Date: 26th September 2024
Year 2 Maths
Year 2 have enjoyed learning about place value in maths and using the practical resources to...
Date: 25th September 2024
Class Worship!
Today’s class Liturgy was prepared and presented by Alice, Noah and Ellis. They chose the theme...
Date: 18th September 2024
Class Liturgy!
Today’s liturgy was prepared and presented by Ruben, Ilarna and Lucas. They chose to sing ‘If...
Date: 13th September 2024
Year 6 Class Worship
Harry, Ella and Lilly lead Year 6 in our first class liturgy this week. They picked...
Date: 13th September 2024
Year 4 play musical bingo!
Year 4 had a fantastic time when Les from Tardis Music joined us. He was so...
Date: 13th September 2024
Fit for Finish!
Last week, Year 6 took part in ‘Fit for Finish’ at the sea front. We completed...
Date: 11th September 2024
Class Liturgy!
Today’s class liturgy was prepared and presented by Lola, Isaac and Aiden. They asked us to...
Date: 4th September 2024
Year 3 Liturgy.
Today’s liturgy was prepared and presented by George, Georgia and Madison.
Date: 8th July 2024
General Election Day in Year 4- Campaigning to be School Council and Eco Warriors
Date: 20th May 2024
Year 4 visit The Great North Museum
Last week Year 4 had the pleasure of visiting The Great North Museum to explore their...
Date: 8th May 2024
Y3 Explore Human Dignity
As part of Catholic Social Teaching, Y3 have been exploring what is meant by human dignity. ...
Date: 8th May 2024
Y3 Class Liturgy
Year 3 celebrated a thoughtful liturgy with their parents/carers on the theme of Energy. We thought...
Date: 30th April 2024
Super Sonnet Writing
Year 5 explored sonnets for the first time today! We spoke about the form of 14...
Date: 26th April 2024
Year 6 Spelling Bee
Today, as preparation for SAT’s, Year 6 competed in house groups to win twenty house points....
Date: 22nd April 2024
Pentecost Pictures
Year 5 created some fantastic digital art to introduce our new RE topic ‘Transformation’ today which...
Date: 16th April 2024
Year 5 are Children Challenging Industry!
Year 5 had an amazing afternoon taking part in our first Children Challenging Industry session. We...
Date: 16th April 2024
Reuse, Reduce, Recycle!
We were very lucky to have Laura from Groundworks in to talk about the importance of...
Date: 16th April 2024
Math Magic
Year 5 came back to school for the summer term full of enthusiasm for their next...
Date: 15th April 2024
Celebrating 10 years of the Recycling Village.
Today, Years 4 and 5 were visited by Laura from Groundworks, who reminded us of the...
Date: 22nd March 2024
Year 2 – Beamish Trip
Year 2 had a brilliant time at Beamish. The enjoyed ‘Life in the Infant Classroom’ where...
Date: 22nd March 2024
Year 2 Celebration of the Word
Year 2 enjoyed sharing their Thanksgiving Celebration of the Word today with their grown ups. The...
Date: 15th March 2024
Red Nose Day!
Today the children had great fun splatting their teachers to raise money for Red Nose Day!
Date: 8th March 2024
World Book Day costumes Year 4
Date: 7th March 2024
Year 4 No Pen Day
As NO PENS ALLOWED was the rule of the day, Year 4 had a great time...
Date: 28th February 2024
Year 5 Class Liturgy
Year 5 enjoyed leading their class liturgy today based on Mark 9:2-10. We spoke about how...
Date: 31st January 2024
World Religion Day 2024
Sunday 21st January 2024 was World Religion Day! Year 5 explored the meaning behind World Religion...
Date: 31st January 2024
Time to Talk Day 2024
February 1st is Time to Talk Day! During our class liturgy Year 5 explored ways we...
Date: 31st January 2024
Our God Given Names
In John 1:35-42 we hear about how Jesus changed Simon’s name to Peter. Year 5 explored...
Date: 31st January 2024
Exploring Percentages
Year 5 have began to explore percentages, fractions and decimals. We used hundred squares to help...
Date: 30th January 2024
Exploring Computer Networks
Year 5 have been exploring computer networks and how they work. We thought about our own...
Date: 24th January 2024
Mini Police Meet the Mounted Section
Mini Police had the pleasure of visiting the Mounted Police Section as a treat for their...
Date: 16th January 2024
Maths – Making amounts with coins and notes
This term Year 2 have been looking at money. We used coins and notes to make...
Date: 12th January 2024
History Detectives
Today Year 4 used their learning from their history topic to work out some historical clues....
Date: 12th January 2024
Investigating forces and motion.
Year 5 started their new DT topic this week looking at Fairground rides. We began the...
Date: 21st December 2023
Houses compete in Christmas Quiz
Today the children competed in their houses: St Bede, St Hilda, St Cuthbert and St Aidan...
Date: 19th December 2023
Choir at the Viking Centre.
The choir went to spread Christmas joy and cheer to the people of Jarrow last week,...
Date: 19th December 2023
KS2 Christmas Concert!
Wow! What a beautiful concert from our KS2 children. Our theme ‘Children of the World’ has...
Date: 14th December 2023
Reflecting on our responses to Daily Challenges
Each classroom now has this reflection as part of their focal point.
Date: 14th December 2023
Advent preparations in KS2
The children in KS2 have been using the reflections on the Mission Today interactive Advent Calendar...
Date: 14th December 2023
Advent preparations in EYFS and KS1
We have two travelling nativities in each class and the children are enjoying taking home the...
Date: 6th December 2023
Needham Court Visit
Some of the children from the choir visited Needham Court Care Home to spread some festive...
Date: 1st December 2023
December is here!
Year 5 have marked the start of December by creating wishing for their friends, family and...
Date: 23rd November 2023
RE Day – Northern Saints
All of the children in St Mary’s are divided into 4 houses and each house is...
Date: 23rd November 2023
RE Day – World Religions
On Monday 20th November, we had an amazing morning learning about different faiths. All children, from...
Date: 22nd November 2023
Year 4 trip to Arbeia
Today Year 4 visited The Roman Fort at Arbeia in South Shields. And we were put...
Date: 12th November 2023
We will Remember Them
All of our children, from Nursery to Year 6, have taken part in activities to remember all...
Date: 8th November 2023
Remembrance Liturgy
This week in our class liturgy, we focused on remembrance day and the importance of remembering...
Date: 20th October 2023
Year 4 make delicious pasta sauce!
On Tuesday, Year 4 worked in teams to prepare and cook a healthy vegetable pasta sauce...
Date: 19th October 2023
Rugby Stars
Year 5 have loved their rugby topic in PE this half term. We have learned defending...
Date: 19th October 2023
Perfect Pretzels
Year 5 had a blast preparing, making and cooking their pretzels to finish our DT food...
Date: 17th October 2023
Autumn themed play and pumpkins.
We have been exploring the seasons in Nursery and after the children brought in Autumn objects...
Date: 10th October 2023
Year 5 Athletics
Year 5 enjoyed competing against each other in athletics. We completed the long jump, 100m sprint...
Date: 20th September 2023
The Tiger who came to tea.
This week we have been reading the Judith Kerr story, The Tiger who came to tea...
Date: 20th September 2023
Goldilocks and the three bears in Nursery.
We have been exploring the story of Goldilocks and the three bears and engaging in lots...
Date: 13th September 2023
Year 5 Exploring Numbers
Year 5 have begun the year by exploring numbers to one million. Today, we looked at...
Date: 26th July 2023
Visit Green Ewe Gene in the Hancock Museum this Summer.
We have some very exciting news!!! St. Mary’s took part in a creative venture in June...
Date: 19th July 2023
Lasting friendships and leavers assembly.
In the past few weeks the children have enjoyed winding down to their Summer break and...
Date: 18th July 2023
Tynemouth Aquarium
Reception thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Tynemouth Aquarium. The children met real-life rock pool creatures in...
Date: 17th July 2023
Nissan Monozukuri Caravan
Year 5 had an amazing time at Nissan on Friday. We took part in a Daruma...
Date: 13th July 2023
Junk Modelling in Year 5
Year 5 are enjoying their last few days in Year 5. They have designed and made...
Date: 2nd July 2023
Family Learning at St. Mary’s.
The children and staff in Reception class have been very busy attending Family phonics and reading...
Date: 29th June 2023
St Mary’s Dance Team
Wow! What an amazing two nights our dance team had at South Tyneside Music Festival. They...
Date: 28th June 2023
Sports Day
Year 4 had a great time celebrating sports day. They had lots of fun trying out...
Date: 28th June 2023
Year Six visit Emmaus Youth Village
Year Six travelled to the Emmaus Youth Village to take part in the Primary School Festival...
Date: 16th June 2023
Nature Club Session 1- Nature identification
Date: 16th June 2023
St Mary’s Surfs!
Year 5 had the best time at the beach yesterday learning how to surf as part...
Date: 12th June 2023
OAA in Year 6
As part of this term’s PE, children have been practising their orienteering skills. They used maps...
Date: 12th June 2023
Planting sessions using recycled materials in Reception and Year 1
Today we were vistied by Laura who works for Groundworks. She was impressed that we could...
Date: 9th June 2023
Year 3 Penalty Shoot Out
On our Shaun the Sheep day, we had a fantastic time trying our skills with a...
Date: 9th June 2023
Helen from Sustrans Charity chats with the Eco Warriors
On Thursday the Eco Warriors met with Helen who works for a charity called Sustrans. Sustrans...
Date: 9th June 2023
Commando Joes in Year 6
Year 6 have been looking at character development and we talked about how Commando Joes encourages...
Date: 7th June 2023
Shaun the Sheep in Year 6
Today, to celebrate our involvement in the ‘Shaun the sheep’ project, Year 6 came to school...
Date: 7th June 2023
Year Five’s Farm to Fork Campaign.
Year five spent this afternoon learning about the Farm to Fork campaign and the impact farming...
Date: 7th June 2023
Stop Animation with Shaun the Sheep
Year Five have had a great morning creating their own characters to use in a Shaun...
Date: 6th June 2023
Year 5 Commando Joe’s
Year 5 had such a fun afternoon completing missions in teams. We were tasked with transporting...
Date: 25th May 2023
Year Five More Than Dance.
Year Five enjoyed a day of liturgical dance yesterday learning about The Beatitudes. We learned 3...
Date: 23rd May 2023
Year Five Visit the Mosque.
Year 5 had such an interesting morning at the Mosque this morning. We learned about the...
Date: 23rd May 2023
Year 6 Nature Printing @ Forest School
Today, in Forest School, Year 6 explored the area and had to colour match using only...
Date: 22nd May 2023
MADD STEM week.
On the week beginning15thMaythechildreninNurserytookpartinourschool MADDSTEM week. We had a visit from Science Buddies to help us...
Date: 22nd May 2023
Ticket to ride topic.
This half term our topic in Nursery has been about vehicles and journeys. We have talked...
Date: 19th May 2023
MADD STEM Week at St Mary’s!
We have had such a fantastic week celebrating MADD STEM week. The children have had so...
Date: 18th May 2023
Year 3J’s Class Liturgy- Pentecost
Yesterday Year 3 invited their grown ups in to school to be part of their lovely...
Date: 17th May 2023
Y3R Class Liturgy
This morning, Y3R shared a prayerful liturgy with their families on the theme of ‘Energy’. We...
Date: 16th May 2023
Kindness cards
Our Year 1 children presented our Year 6 children with cards to wish them luck during...
Date: 16th May 2023
A visit to the farm Year 1
A visit to Earsdon Hill Farm Today we visited a farm in Morpeth, Northumberland. The farm...
Date: 16th May 2023
MADD STEM Week Science Buddies Workshop Year 1 and 2
Following an amazing assembly from Science Buddies Years 1 and 2 took part in a workshop...
Date: 12th May 2023
Reception NELSAM Trip
Reception had a fantastic time on their recent trip to the North East Land, Sea and...
Date: 5th May 2023
New York! New York!
The children finished off their Geography topic on North America by researching a borough in New...
Date: 5th May 2023
Coronation celebration day
Year Six enjoyed coming to school dressed in their best clothes to celebrate the Coronation of...
Date: 3rd May 2023
Chemistry for Change Workshop
We heard from two scientists today who told us all about their role and how chemistry...
Date: 3rd May 2023
Meet our Year 6 poets!
Year Six took part in a poertry competition called ‘The Big Green Poetry Machine.’ They were...
Date: 3rd May 2023
Children Challenging Industry Part 3
Year 5 have enjoyed their final CCI session today. We experimented with the absorbency of materials...
Date: 3rd May 2023
Mini Police Marine Visit
The Mini Police had a fantastic time at the Marine Unit of the Police Force last...
Date: 27th April 2023
Thurston 2023: Yewdale
Here are Yewdale enjoying some of the activities at Thurston.
Date: 27th April 2023
Thurston 2023: Langdale
Here is Langdale enjoying the activities at Thurston.
Date: 27th April 2023
Thurston 2023: Grizedale
Here are some pictures of Grizedale enjoying their time at Thurston.
Date: 27th April 2023
Thurston 2023
Year 6 and some Year 5 children visited Thurston which is in Coniston in the Lake...
Date: 25th April 2023
Year 3 visit to Safety Works
Today Year 3 visited Safety Works in Newcastle. We met emergency services workers from the Fire...
Date: 25th April 2023
Children Challenging Industry
Year 5 are taking part in Children Challenging Industry this half term. Our first session we...
Date: 24th April 2023
Getting ready for Reception.
As some of our children will be going to Reception class in September we are focusing...
Date: 31st March 2023
Easter
Reception have taken part in a wide range of activities and events this week. As we...
Date: 31st March 2023
Drumming Crazy!
Years 2 – 6 took part in a drumming workshop to help us with our rhythm...
Date: 31st March 2023
Year 5 Prayer Stations
During Holy Week Year 5 spent time reflecting on the Easter Story and learning about each...
Date: 31st March 2023
Rocksteady at St Mary’s
Year 3 are absolutely loving their music tuition with Roksteady. Each band has been learning how...
Date: 31st March 2023
Year 5 Easter Sunday Liturgy
Year 5 told the story of Easter Sunday and the resurrection of Jesus. We spoke of...
Date: 23rd March 2023
5 little ducks.
Yesterday, 5 healthy ducklings hatched out of their eggs in our Nursery and are are now...
Date: 22nd March 2023
Year 5 Commando Jo Day
Year 5 put their resilience, empathy, self-awareness, positivity, excellence, communication and teamwork (RESPECT) skills to the...
Date: 21st March 2023
Mother’s Day Liturgy
Yesterday, Reception led a beautiful Mother’s Day Liturgy for their families. It was a lovely, prayerful...
Date: 21st March 2023
Maths, physcial and creative development in the EYFS.
As the weather begins to improve we have enjoyed the outdoor area this week and have...
Date: 20th March 2023
Eggciting News!!!
Today our duck eggs arrived in Nursery and caused lots of eggciting commotion. We expect them...
Date: 10th March 2023
Vincent Van Gogh inspired art
Year 5 have worked so hard on their Vincent Van Gogh inspired art. They took the...
Date: 10th March 2023
Forest School for Year 5
Year 5 loved their first forest school session learning about natural materials that can be found...
Date: 9th March 2023
Beautiful daffodils.
Despite the snow and awful weather this week, Green group were busy drawing and painting daffodils...
Date: 9th March 2023
Commando Joe day with the Nursery children.
On Tuesday 7th March our Nursery children had the opportunity to participate in physical activities in...
Date: 9th March 2023
World Book Day.
As part of our World Book day celebrations the Nursery children dressed up as their favorite...
Date: 7th March 2023
Story and Craft Club- Entering the world of Narnia
Our sessions are going to be themed around the story of The Lion, The Witch and...
Date: 7th March 2023
Reading Week & Sponsored Walk
Take a look at how busy we have been …
Date: 2nd March 2023
Sponsored walk for Turkey and Syria.
In Nursery we got all dressed up in our warm clothes today and took part in...
Date: 2nd March 2023
Emma’s Exotic animals.
As an end to our exciting ‘Amazing animals’ topic we had a special visitor in our...
Date: 1st March 2023
No Pen Day Celebration Assembly!
We’ve all had great fun during No Pen Day! Each class explored different books in creative...
Date: 1st March 2023
Forest School
Year 4 enjoyed their first day of Forest School where they looked for new signs of...
Date: 1st March 2023
No Pen Day- Year 3
Today we were absolutely forbidden to pick up a pen- even the teachers! We read a...
Date: 17th February 2023
Amazing Animals!
As part of our topic this term we have been learning about many different animals from...
Date: 17th February 2023
Kindness Cafe
Thank you so much to everyone who came to our Kindness Cafe this morning. It was...
Date: 2nd February 2023
Eco Warriors meet Renewable Energy Experts!
Today our Eco Warriors met Aiden and Harry who work for Siemens renewable energy sector. They...
Date: 31st January 2023
Year 1 RE Special People
In Year 1 today, we have been finishing our ‘Special People’ topic in RE. Today, we...
Date: 20th January 2023
Year Six Design and technology
Year 6 has been tasked to design and make a fabric mobile phone case. Today we...
Date: 20th January 2023
Wellbeing Day
As part of Wellbeing Day, Year 6 came into school wearing clothes that made them feel...
Date: 19th January 2023
Year 3 Pedestrian Training (Session 2)
We learnt where to stand and how to look for traffic effectively when crossing the road.
Date: 19th January 2023
Y3R Families participate in Reading Carousel
It was lovely to welcome our families into class to share the activities that we use...
Date: 18th January 2023
Year 6 Young Scientist workshop
Today we had a visit from Newcastle University Outreach.
Date: 18th January 2023
Year 5 Young Scientist Workshop
Today we had a visit from Newcastle University Outreach.
Date: 18th January 2023
Year 4 Thinking like a Scientist
Today we had a visit from Newcastle University Outreach. The children were challenged to consider what...
Date: 18th January 2023
Year 3 Thinking like a Scientist
Today we had a visit from Newcastle University Outreach. The children were challenged to consider what...
Date: 17th January 2023
Year 3 Forest School- Session 2
Date: 16th January 2023
Computing in RE!
Year 5 have been applying their computer skills in RE today to research our diocese and...
Date: 16th January 2023
Feast of Saint Benet Biscop Mass
Year 4 attended the Feast of Saint Benet Biscop Mass at St. Paul’s Church last week and some...
Date: 14th January 2023
Pedestrian Training
Year 3 participated in their introductory session of pedestrian training, a 6 week course that will...
Date: 12th January 2023
Year 1 Number Bonds to 20
In Maths, we have been looking at addition within 20. Today, we looked at number bonds...
Date: 12th January 2023
Year 1 Wonderful Weather
We have just started our new Geography topic, ‘Wonderful Weather’. We have looked at the four...
Date: 11th January 2023
Time Travellers!
Year 5 have enjoyed starting there new English topic ‘Time Travel Stories’ by travelling back to...
Date: 10th January 2023
Year 3 explore ‘Scratch’
Following on from our work on animation, we have now moved on to programming. The children...
Date: 10th January 2023
Year 3 children return to Forest School!
The weather did not dampen our spirits today as we made a muddy return to forest...
Date: 22nd December 2022
Nursery Nativity play and Christmas party.
We have had a very busy last week in Nursery, enjoying our Christmas party and Nativity...
Date: 21st December 2022
KS2 Christmas Party
The children had so much fun at their Christmas Party today.
Date: 16th December 2022
KS1 Nativity
Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 were amazing at performing their Nativity on the big stage...
Date: 16th December 2022
Gibside
Reception enjoyed their trip out on the coach to Gibside and were feeling very festive. The...
Date: 16th December 2022
Dick Whittington
Our Reception and KS1 children thoroughly enjoyed going to watch Dick Whittington at The Exchange Theatre...
Date: 16th December 2022
Jolly Jumper Day and EYFS Christmas Party
Over the last few days, Reception have enjoyed wearing their Christmas jumpers, ate a delicious Christmas...
Date: 15th December 2022
Year 6 Change Maker portraits using Vector drawing skills
Today the children chose who they are going to create their portrait of and used a...
Date: 15th December 2022
Christmas excitement and playing in the snow in Nursery.
This month we have been very busy in Nursery, decorating our classroom, practicing our Nativity play...
Date: 14th December 2022
Christmas Dinner/ Jumper Day
We have had a wonderful day celebrating Jolly Jumper Day with a delicious Christmas dinner!
Date: 14th December 2022
The Big Sing
Last week our children had the pleasure of being involved in The Big Sing. We came...
Date: 14th December 2022
KS2 Christmas Concert
KS2 put on a fabulous performance yesterday at their concert. They sang beautifully for all the...
Date: 9th December 2022
Year 6 trip to the Discovery Museum
Today, Year 6 went to the Discovery Museum to learn about World War II as part...
Date: 8th December 2022
Needham Court Concert
Some of the choir had the pleasure of singing at Needham Court Care Home this week...
Date: 8th December 2022
Christmas Concert for the Community
The school choir performed beautifully at Edinburgh Road shops this week. They sang a selection of...
Date: 8th December 2022
Year 5’s Advent Class Liturgy
Year 5 delivered a beautiful advent class liturgy to their parents/ carers. They worked so hard...
Date: 6th December 2022
Orienteering Club show their skills
This week, the children at Orienteering Club put their new atlas skills to the test to...
Date: 6th December 2022
Year 3J- Recycled Christmas Crafts
On Monday, Laura from Groundworks came into St Mary’s to talk to us about how it...
Date: 6th December 2022
Orienteering club- Atlas Detectives
Last week, Orienteering club moved away from using Ordnance Survey Maps and learnt how to use...
Date: 29th November 2022
Year 5 Visit the Opera!
Year 5 had an amazing time at Tutankhamun’s Shoes Opera this morning. It was the first...
Date: 29th November 2022
School Council
The school council have been very busy already this term, organising many events, raising money, awareness...
Date: 29th November 2022
Reception Forest School
Reception have enjoyed their forest school sessions over the last few weeks. They have completed many...
Date: 28th November 2022
Our first attempt at animation in 3R!
The children have had a great time exploring animation this afternoon! IMG_0430 IMG_0431 IMG_0432 IMG_0433 IMG_0434...
Date: 25th November 2022
Eco Warriors visit the Recycling Village
Today the Eco Warriors visited South Shields’ Recycling Village to learn about how common household waste...
Date: 24th November 2022
Year 1 Computing
In Year 1, we have been developing our mouse control skills over the last few weeks....
Date: 24th November 2022
Segedunum Roman Fort
Year 4 had a brilliant time visiting Segendunum Roman Fort. We had the opportunity to look...
Date: 18th November 2022
Dance at St Mary’s
The dance group are having so much fun working on our performance from Matilda. We added...
Date: 16th November 2022
Year 6 celebrate Odd Socks Day
On Monday 14th November, Year 6 took part in Odd Socks Day which marks the start...
Date: 14th November 2022
Odd Socks for Anti-Bullying.
Year 5 are showing their support for anti-bullying week by wearing odd socks! It is ok...
Date: 11th November 2022
Y3 DT Day
Year 3 had a brilliant time combining the knowledge that they have learned over the first...
Date: 11th November 2022
Orienteering Club finds their feet!
Tuesday night was the first week of Orienteering Club and we had a fantastic mix of...
Date: 4th November 2022
Bonfire Night
This week as part of our Personal Development and topic in class we have been learning...
Date: 4th November 2022
Church Visit
Reception enjoyed visiting our church today. Fr. Saji continued to teach us all about baptism and...
Date: 3rd November 2022
Family Learning
In the past few weeks we have been running special boys’ focused Family learning work shops...
Date: 1st November 2022
Autumn stay and play
Today we invited our Nursery parents and families into Nursery to join in with lots of...
Date: 1st November 2022
Celebrating Diwali!
Year 5 had so much fun this afternoon celebrating Diwali. We talked about why Diwali is...
Date: 1st November 2022
Spooky Writing Day
As part of spooky writing day the children took part in lots of activities to develop...
Date: 21st October 2022
Welcome Assembly
Today we welcomed our wonderful reception children and their families into our school. Their Year...
Date: 21st October 2022
Perfect Pasta Sauce!
Year 4 had so much fun cooking their pasta sauce during DT Day. We used our...
Date: 21st October 2022
Pumpkin soup
After reading the story ‘Pumpkin soup’ by Helen Cooper, we decided to explore pumpkins in the...
Date: 21st October 2022
DT Day! Pretzels Galore
Year 5 have been learning about pretzels in DT, what they are, how they taste and...
Date: 21st October 2022
Personal Development – First Aid
In Personal Development this week, Year 5 discussed first aid. We focused on choking, bleeding and...
Date: 20th October 2022
Cooking and Nutrition in Year 6
The children worked in groups and mastered their peeling and chopping techniques. They practised using the...
Date: 19th October 2022
Year 1 Phonics Superstars!
This week, we have been looking at the /er/ sound in phonics. We have looked at...
Date: 14th October 2022
Reception meet their Year Six buddies for cake
The children from Reception met with their Year Six buddies on the McMillian Coffee Morning. They...
Date: 14th October 2022
Community Heroes
Reception have enjoyed meeting our community heroes this week. Reception were lucky enough to meet our...
Date: 14th October 2022
Fruit Kebabs
Reception made some healthy fruit kebabs as part of our upcoming food technology day. Since the...
Date: 13th October 2022
Researching the Titanic
Year 5 are currently reading the book ‘Survivor Titanic’ in English which is informing our Historical...
Date: 13th October 2022
Class Liturgy
We are becoming increasingly independent in Year 5 when conducting our class liturgy. Each week a...
Date: 12th October 2022
3J Trip to South Shields Museum
Year 3 had a fantastic time exploring the exhibits at South Shields Museum, they especially loved...
Date: 12th October 2022
School Football team
A huge well done to our School Football team. You played amazingly well and showed excellent...
Date: 11th October 2022
Y3R visit South Shields museum!
We have had a great day exploring the exhibitions at the museum! The children particularly enjoyed...
Date: 10th October 2022
Food glorious food….
Last week in Nursery the children from our yellow group really enjoyed role-playing cooking cakes with...
Date: 9th October 2022
Year 1 Teddy Bear Walk
On Monday, Year 1 went on a Teddy Bear Walk. This was part of our Geography...
Date: 30th September 2022
Macmillan Coffee Morning & Reception Buddies
Today Reception and Year 6 had the opportunity to attend our wonderful coffee morning which raised...
Date: 29th September 2022
Year 5 Trip to Jarrow Hall
This morning, Year 5 visited Jarrow Hall to learn about the different settlements that have been...
Date: 29th September 2022
Exploring Forest school in the EYFS.
This week in our Forest school activities we have carried on exploring the theme of Autumn...
Date: 26th September 2022
Autumn has arrived.
This week in Nursery we have been exploring the changing seasons and talking about Autumn. Some...
Date: 26th September 2022
Year 1 European Day of Languages
To celebrate European Day of Languages, we looked at how to greet people in French. We...
Date: 24th September 2022
Year 3 classes battle to become Times Table Rockstars!
We launched our first Y3 battle on Times Tables Rock stars yesterday! Both classes are very...
Date: 20th September 2022
Welcome to Reception
We have all enjoyed our first few weeks in Reception. We have had lots of fun...
Date: 16th September 2022
Year 1 Forest School
Year 1 had a great first session at Forest School this week! We looked at natural...
Date: 14th September 2022
Year 6 Relax Kids
Today, the children enjoyed their first Relax Kids session where they explored a variety of ways...
Date: 20th July 2022
Tynemouth Aquarium
Reception thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Tynemouth Aquarium. The children met real-life rockpool creatures in an...
Date: 19th July 2022
Year 6 Art Day
Today has been our Summer Art Day in school. The children were tasked with creating sketches...
Date: 15th July 2022
School Choir at Durham Cathedral
St Mary’s School Choir had the privilege of taking part in the ‘Footsteps in Paradise’ performance...
Date: 6th July 2022
Commando Joe Day
Today, the children in St. Mary’s took part in Commando Joe’s Day. They were placed in...
Date: 5th July 2022
Year 5 History Projects
This term, Year Five have been studying Early Islamic Civilisation. I challenged them to come up...
Date: 4th July 2022
Year 6 YMT Visit
Today, the children in Year 6 went to the YTM. They took part in the Primary...
Date: 24th June 2022
Year 6 Art
This afternoon, Year 6 have been developing their sketching skills leading up to our school Art...
Date: 22nd June 2022
Year 6 Orienteering
This afternoon, some of our Year 6 children took part in an orienteering competition at South...
Date: 21st June 2022
Aspirations day in EYFS.
This week we have been learning about different types of jobs and have enjoyed listening to...
Date: 17th June 2022
Year 6 French
This afternoon, Year 6 worked extremely hard to learn vocabulary to describe their houses and their...
Date: 17th June 2022
Reception Aspirations Day
On Tuesday, we all came to school dressed as what we aspire to be when we...
Date: 16th June 2022
Year 6 Maths Challenge
Today the children in Year 6 worked in teams to complete a Maths challenge. The children...
Date: 15th June 2022
Year 6 Newcastle Building Society Talk
This afternoon, the children in Year 6 took part in a talk for Newcastle Building Society....
Date: 15th June 2022
Year 5 Quad Kids
Today the children had so much fun at Monkton Stadium where they competed against a number...
Date: 15th June 2022
Year 6 Photographer Talk
Year 6 were able to meet with Ian who is a photographer via Google Meet. The...
Date: 15th June 2022
Year 6 Netball Coach Talk
This morning, Year 6 were joined by Netball Coach, Julie. We learned all about her time...
Date: 14th June 2022
Year 6 Heating and White Goods Talk
For their last talk of the today, the children in Year 6 were able to listen...
Date: 14th June 2022
Year 6 Police Talk
Year 6 were joined by a member of the local police service as part of our...
Date: 14th June 2022
Year 5 Aspirations Day
Here are our amazing Year 5 class who came to school dressed as what they aspire...
Date: 14th June 2022
Aspirations Day in Year 3!
Year 3 have had the most fantastic day learning about different roles such as Police Officer,...
Date: 14th June 2022
Year 6 Health and Safety Talk
Today, Year 6 were fortunate enough to have a talk with Abbie who works in Health...
Date: 14th June 2022
Year 6 Marine College Talk
The children thoroughly enjoyed their talk with Captain Milner. They learnt all about his career in...
Date: 10th June 2022
Year 6 DT Day
Today, the children in Year 6 were challenged to create a pencil case for WH Smith....
Date: 9th June 2022
Year 6 Bus Induction Morning
This morning, the children in Year 6 were able to speak to Deborah from Nexus. She...
Date: 8th June 2022
Year 6 SMGT Auditions
Today, the children took part in their auditions for SMGT. We all enjoyed watching our very...
Date: 6th June 2022
Reception Sport’s Day
Today the children took part in many different activities and races. They demonstrated a range of...
Date: 6th June 2022
A Platinum Jubilee Celebration!
We have enjoyed lots of fun activities, craft making, sketching portraits and a whole school picnic...
Date: 6th June 2022
Year 5 Sport’s Day
Today the children took part in a day filled with different activities. These included: Skipping, Basketball,...
Date: 6th June 2022
Year 6 Races
The children really showed their competitive sides in the races and enjoyed sprinting, the egg and...
Date: 6th June 2022
Year 6 Football
This afternoon, Year 6 enjoyed developing their dribbling skills and also their penalty shoot outs. They...
Date: 6th June 2022
Year 6 Skipping
The children began their afternoon practising their skipping skills. The lady was extremely impressed and the...
Date: 6th June 2022
Year 6 Commando Joe
Mr. Slack led the activity and the children loved going through the obstacle course. The children...
Date: 6th June 2022
Year 6 Basketball
This morning, Year 6 enjoyed playing in teams to practise their basketball skills.
Date: 6th June 2022
Year 6 Tug of War
Next, Year 6 headed to the Tug of War. They all were in high spirits and...
Date: 6th June 2022
Year 6 Inflatable
Year 6 have had a great time exploring and racing through the inflatable. We really could...
Date: 26th May 2022
Year 4 KS2 OAA
Year 4 had a fantastic day at South Marine Park today for the South Tyneside School...
Date: 26th May 2022
Year 5 Jubilee Picnic
Year 5 celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee today with a picnic outside. We also sang the...
Date: 26th May 2022
Role-play in R.E
Following his conversion on the road to Damascus, Saul became known as Paul. Paul was a...
Date: 26th May 2022
Year 5 Openzone Visit
Today, Year 5 went to the Openzone to explore the concept of selection in programming through...
Date: 24th May 2022
Trip to Washington Wetlands Centre.
Year 3 had a fantastic day learning about Ava, the half bird half girl, who needed...
Date: 24th May 2022
Consolidating our Natural resources Geography topic in Year 5.
Consolidating our Geography knowledge in Year 5. The children in our Year 5 class have been...
Date: 19th May 2022
Space Investigation
When the children got to school yesterday, they were surprised to see what appeared to be...
Date: 16th May 2022
Learning about Space.
In Nursery we have been enjoying learning about Space, including the names of the planets and...
Date: 10th May 2022
Forest School
Over the last few weeks, reception have particularly enjoyed their forest school sessions. Last week, the...
Date: 8th April 2022
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Reception have thoroughly enjoyed reading The Tiger Who Came to Tea and completing many different activities...
Date: 25th March 2022
Mother’s Day Liturgy
Today, Reception led a beautiful Mother’s Day Liturgy for their families. It was a lovely, prayerful...
Date: 22nd March 2022
Playing, Learning and having Fun!
Reception have been very busy lately. Take a look at the events and activities they have...
Date: 7th March 2022
Toddler group
On Wednesday we started our Toddler group again based in our Nursery building. There were lots...
Date: 7th March 2022
Parent reading day in Nursery
On Friday we invited our parents in to read stories with us. It was a lovely...
Date: 4th March 2022
Year 5 and Year 1 Shared Reading
Today, Year 1 and Year 5 became reading buddies. It was lovely to see the older...
Date: 4th March 2022
Pancake Day
Year 3 enjoyed celebrating pancake day by decorating and enjoying their own yummy pancake! Delicious! We...
Date: 4th March 2022
Reading week in Year 3.
Year 3 have had a fantastic time during reading week. We have read lots of amazing...
Date: 18th February 2022
Year 4 become filmmakers
Today Year 4 used Stopmotion to produce their own animated versions of a nonsense poem that...
Date: 16th February 2022
Reward Morning!
Year 3 and Year 4 came together this morning to celebrate a fantastic half term filled...
Date: 16th February 2022
DT day in Year 3
Yesterday was DT day across the school and Year 3 were focusing on ‘The Perfect Packed...
Date: 4th February 2022
Problem solving in maths
Today, we completed a range of challenges involving fractions. We used practical resources to facilitate our...
Date: 28th January 2022
Year 3 Multi Skills Festival
Year 3 took part in a Multi Skills festival at Temple Park this week where they...
Date: 25th January 2022
Year 4 String Telephone Experiment
Date: 12th January 2022
Commando Joe day in Reception class
The Reception children really enjoyed their Commando Joe activity day. We focussed on team work, communication...
Date: 12th January 2022
Year 5 become astronauts!
Mission 1- Astronauts have just arrived on the planet’s surface and are now able to confirm...
Date: 10th January 2022
Statistics in Year 3
Today, Year 3 started their new statistics topic in maths. We looked at how to effectively...
Date: 7th January 2022
Year 1 Artist Day
In Year 1, we have been looking at Wassily Kandinsky and Karin Zeller. We spent...
Date: 7th January 2022
Year 3’s Commando Joe Day!
On Thursday Year 3 accepted their Commando Joe missions set by explorer Ed Stafford, who was...
Date: 6th January 2022
Year 5 Class Liturgy
Today, Kayleigh, Leon and Ellie-Mae planned our class liturgy. We gathered together and listened to scripture...
Date: 5th January 2022
Year 2 Commando Joe (Mission 2)
The Queen – Mission 2 Unfortunately the Queen’s carriage fell to bits just before it was...
Date: 5th January 2022
Year 2 Commando Joe (Mission 1)
The Queen – Mission 1 The children went back in time to the day of the...
Date: 17th December 2021
Y2 Christmas lunch and Santa’s Visit
We enjoyed our Christmas lunch and then had a very special visitor!
Date: 17th December 2021
Year 2 Christmas Party
We had a great time at our Christmas party! We enjoyed dancing, playing games, slush and...
Date: 17th December 2021
Christmas Activities
This week reception have been very busy. They have enjoyed their Christmas party, making Christmas crafts...
Date: 16th December 2021
Year 5 Christmas Party
We were so happy to be back in school so that we could enjoy our Christmas...
Date: 14th December 2021
Nativity 2021
Unfortunately we could not invite our parents and carers in this year to watch our show....
Date: 26th November 2021
Year 3 and 4 Reading Mentors
Year 3 and 4 have been working collaboratively as reading buddies. Year 4 have took on...
Date: 23rd November 2021
Year 5 Bikeability
This week Year Five are taking part in bikeability. This will involve: Starting and stopping with...
Date: 17th November 2021
Eco-Schools
Eco-Schools is a global programme engaging millions of children across 70 different countries. It is the...
Date: 12th November 2021
Year 5 maths across the curriculum
Today, Year 5 combined their learning in two lessons. They have been learning how to read...
Date: 11th November 2021
Mini Police Remembrance Service
As part of the Mini Police programme, the Mini Police from St Mary’s Primary School were...
Date: 5th November 2021
Police Visit
Yesterday, the police came to visit our Reception class. They spoke about their important jobs and...
Date: 5th November 2021
The Gingerbread Man
On Wednesday, Reception came into their classroom to find the room was a mess. There was...
Date: 4th November 2021
Year 5 visit to Jarrow Hall
Today the children had an amazing time at Jarrow Hall where they learned all about Anglo-Saxon...
Date: 21st October 2021
Meet our new French Ambassadors
These children have been chosen to represent our school as great role models, promoting the importance...
Date: 21st October 2021
St Mary’s School Sport Organising Crew
The School Sport Organising Crew is our Primary Leadership Academy. Each school is invited to set...
Date: 21st October 2021
DT Day at St Joseph’s Catholic Academy
Year Five had the opportunity to go to St Joseph’s today and work on their design...
Date: 21st October 2021
Harvest Festival Assembly
Today Year 3 lead the Harvest Assembly for Reception as well as Years 4 and 6....
Date: 21st October 2021
club français
Today we tasted and decorated some popular French pastries: croissant, brioche and pain au chocolat. The...
Date: 21st October 2021
Year 3 Hockey Tournament
Year 3 took part in a hockey tournament at Boldon School yesterday. They all tried their...
Date: 20th October 2021
Welcome Assembly
Yesterday we welcomed our wonderful reception children and their families into our school. Their Y6 buddies...
Date: 8th October 2021
Meet our Year 5 Mini-police
PCSO Jayne Rudd and her colleague came to present our Year 5 mini-police with their uniforms....
Date: 8th October 2021
Congratulations Kayleigh!
Today we celebrated in school as Kayleigh rang the bell yesterday, marking a huge milestone in...
Date: 29th September 2021
Year 5- Design and build a raft
Today the children used their designs to build a raft that could carry Mr Turtle across...
Date: 29th September 2021
Year 5 Class Liturgy
Today Shreya, Kayleigh and Lucas led our class liturgy. We sang ‘Gather’ to start and come...
Date: 22nd July 2021
Farewell and Good Luck Year 6!
Today, St. Mary’s said goodbye to the children of Year 6. They had an excellent last...
Date: 20th July 2021
La Mode!
Year 6 have been learning les vetements (clothing) in French. Today, as part of French afternoon,...
Date: 20th July 2021
bienvenue dans notre glacier Year 5!
Today, the Year Five French Ambassadors created an ice-cream and milkshake parlour for all to enjoy....
Date: 20th July 2021
Merci Beaucoup!
Thank you all for the lovely French afternoon, we have had a fantastic day! Year 4...
Date: 12th July 2021
Year 6 Adventure Day
The children in Year 6 were very excited this morning after discovering that the field was...
Date: 7th July 2021
Year 6 Blitz Artwork
The children in Year 6 have been learning all about World War Two and we have...
Date: 7th July 2021
Year 6 Believe!
Year 6 are full of excitement about the England match this evening. We all fully believe...
Date: 7th July 2021
Year 6 Worship
This morning, the children in Year 6 gathered for their worship planned by Grace, Keira and...
Date: 6th July 2021
Year 6 Bus Induction
Today, we had a visitor from Nexus. We thought carefully about how some of us are...
Date: 5th July 2021
Year 6- Injustice in our world
Today, the children began their new topic in RE. They thought about the terms unfair and...
Date: 1st July 2021
More photos from our second attempt at Sports!
We had a second attempt at doing some races and some sports. The weather wasn’t great...
Date: 1st July 2021
Year 4 Liturgy!
This week our liturgy was all about appreciating the beautiful world created by God. Our mission...
Date: 30th June 2021
Year 5 Sports Day Round 2
Today the children had a fabulous day enjoying the activities that they missed out on last...
Date: 30th June 2021
Year 6 Sports Day Take Two!
Today we hoped the weather would clear up to allow us to enjoy our Sports Day...
Date: 25th June 2021
Year 6 Sports Day- Skipping
The children thoroughly enjoyed their time skipping. The instructor was delighted with their efforts and even...
Date: 25th June 2021
Year 6 Sports Day- Tug of War
Year 6 were certainly competitive in the Tug of War. It was amazing to see how...
Date: 25th June 2021
Year 6 Sports Day- Parachute
The children had a great time taking part in activities with the parachute with Mrs Morris....
Date: 25th June 2021
Year 6 Sports Day- Creating their own sports activity
Due to the weather, the children had to take part in an indoor activity. The children...
Date: 25th June 2021
Year 5 Sports Day
We made the best of a bad situation, with the bad weather and the children had...
Date: 25th June 2021
Year 6- Sports Day- Football Skills
To begin their Sports Day, the children in Year 6 took part in football skills with...
Date: 25th June 2021
Year 4 Sports Day!
Well the wet weather certainly didn’t dampen our spirits! Year 4 have shown great determination and...
Date: 23rd June 2021
Year 4 creating sound waves!
Today in science we created sound waves. We placed grains of rice on drums and then...
Date: 17th June 2021
Healthy Eating Awareness Day- Year 6
Today the children in Year 6 learned about the ‘Healthy Eating Plate’. They thought about the...
Date: 17th June 2021
Healthy Eating Day in Y4!
Today as part of ‘Healthy Eating Day’, we researched facts about fruits. We found out lots...
Date: 17th June 2021
Year 5- Healthy Eating Day
Today the children looked at different types of diet, specifically veganism. They looked at the food...
Date: 9th June 2021
Year 5 trip to Jarrow Hall
We were so excited today as we were finally able to leave school to go on...
Date: 7th June 2021
Year 6 Art Day- Designing Stone Age Homes
To complete their fun-filled day, the children worked in groups to design a Stone Age home....
Date: 7th June 2021
Year 5 Clay Modelling
Linking to our History topic based on ‘The Maya,’ the children designed a Mayan mask. They...
Date: 7th June 2021
Year 6 Art Day Sketching
To continue Art Day in Year 6, the children were tasked with sketching the Norse God,...
Date: 7th June 2021
Year 6 Art Day- Clay Modelling
Today, the children in Year 6 were very excited to take part in Art Day. The...
Date: 7th June 2021
Year 6 FA Vase Trophy
The children in Year 6 were ecstatic when the FA Vase Trophy arrived at the school....
Date: 28th May 2021
The Buildbase FA Vase
We had an amazing opportunity to hold the FA vase in school today that Hebburn Town...
Date: 28th May 2021
Egyptian Art in Year 4!
As part of our topic ‘Ancient Egypt’ we created some art using pastels. We created silhouettes...
Date: 28th May 2021
Thank you Hebburn Town and a massive congratulations from Year 4!
Today we were lucky enough to see and hold Hebburn Town’s football trophy! The children were...
Date: 24th May 2021
Year 5 Practical Maths
Today the children started to learn about angles. They now know the difference between clockwise and...
Date: 21st May 2021
Y4 Enjoying Film Night!
On Thursday as part of our aim to support CAFOD, we held a film night. Each...
Date: 21st May 2021
Year 6 Water Week- Saving Water
The children in Year 6 thought carefully today about what they had learned during Water Wise...
Date: 19th May 2021
More of our inventors and their inventions!
Great teamwork! We learned a lot about materials, especially which ones are waterproof!
Date: 19th May 2021
Year 6 Water Week- Inventors Day
Today, the children were tasked with making water cleaner. The children worked well to generate ideas...
Date: 19th May 2021
Year 5 Inventor Day
Today the children came to school dressed as inventors. They were given the task of designing...
Date: 19th May 2021
Year 5- A day in the life
Yesterday, the children worked in groups to find out about the importance of water throughout the...
Date: 19th May 2021
Year 4 Inventors!
Today as part of ‘Water Wise Week’ we became inventors! Our task in Year 4 was...
Date: 18th May 2021
Year 6 Water Week- Wetlands
Today, the children in Year 6 investigated wetlands on our planet. We discussed where we would...
Date: 17th May 2021
Year 5- Water cycle
As part of Water Wise Week, the children created the water cycle in a bag to...
Date: 12th May 2021
Year 4 Science!
As part of our science topic we are learning about caring for our teeth. Today we...
Date: 12th May 2021
Year 4 Liturgy!
Today our liturgy was planned and presented by Lucas, Abigail and Harrison. They made links to...
Date: 12th May 2021
Year 5 Class Worship
Laini, Reece, Paige and Saniya planned our class worship today. We began with the hymn, ‘Sing...
Date: 7th May 2021
Year 5 Christmas Party
Sorry they are a little late but here are our wonderful Christmas Party snaps! As you...
Date: 7th May 2021
RE and Drama
Following his conversion on the road to Damascus, Saul became known as Paul. Paul was a...
Date: 6th May 2021
We need your Help
Help Us to Win a Canopy! St Mary’s Primary School have entered a competition to win...
Date: 22nd April 2021
Year 4 has been invaded by Romans!
Today we were able to dress up as Roman soldiers! The helmet is very heavy, we...
Date: 25th March 2021
Year 5 Science
Plant reproduction is when a plant reproduces by forming seeds or spores. Pollination is when pollen...
Date: 19th March 2021
History and DT in year 4!
In history we are learning about the Romans. One of the things we are looking at,...
Date: 19th March 2021
Year 4 Superheroes!
Today to celebrate ‘Red Nose Day’, we dressed as superheroes. We had a wide range of...
Date: 12th March 2021
Spreading Happiness in Y4.
Today we thought about spreading happiness to others. We thought of some lovely ideas about how...
Date: 12th March 2021
Thinking about Lent in Year 4.
Today in Y4 we talked about the meaning of Lent. We discussed how it is our...
Date: 11th March 2021
Bonjour from St Mary’s French Ambassadors!
At St Mary’s we have French Ambassadors who are striving to immerse French into our school....
Date: 11th March 2021
Decimal work in Year 4!
This week we have been learning to write fractions as decimals. We have been able to...
Date: 10th March 2021
Year 5 Collective worship 10.3.21
Today Jak, Finley and Riley led our class worship. We listened to the opening hymn ‘Here...
Date: 9th March 2021
Year 5 still-life drawing
Today the children experimented with still-life drawing techniques and focused on shadow, light, tone and shape...
Date: 8th March 2021
Welcome back to all of Year 4!
It was so lovely to see lots of smiling faces today. It is great to have...
Date: 5th March 2021
Celebrating World Book Day in Year 4!
For World Book Day we wore our PJs and showed our favourite book. All of our...
Date: 5th March 2021
Science in Year 4!
We looked at the chemical changes which take place when adding different things together. We created...
Date: 5th March 2021
Congratulations to Year 4 certificate winners!
Well done!
Date: 12th February 2021
Celebrating Home Learning in Year 6!
Another week has passed so quickly Year 6. You have continued to show your commitment to...
Date: 12th February 2021
Year 4 sharing talents and the LOVE!
Year 4 have been working so well. Earlier in the year we wrote poems for a...
Date: 12th February 2021
DT challenge -Year 5
Today the children have took part in a creative morning making Valentine’s Day crafts. They were...
Date: 12th February 2021
12.2.21- Year 5 star work
This week Year 5 have been writing poetry in the style of ‘Beowulf’ (an Anglo-Saxon epic...
Date: 12th February 2021
Playful Poetry in Year 6
This week in our English lessons, we have been exploring different forms of poetry. We were...
Date: 9th February 2021
Snow day- Year 5 and 6 bubble
We were so excited to see that it had been snowing through the night and that...
Date: 7th February 2021
Celebrating Year 4 work!
Year 4 have been working well this week and have produced some lovely examples of work....
Date: 5th February 2021
Home Learning in Year 6
Another week of home learning Year 6 and the work that you continue to send in,...
Date: 5th February 2021
Notorious Non-Chronological Reports Year 6
This week we completed our non-chronological reports topic. The children worked hard to create a report...
Date: 29th January 2021
Home Learning in Year 6!
Another week of home learning has passed. I have continued to be impressed with the children...
Date: 29th January 2021
Non-Chronological Reports in Year 6
This week, Year 6 began their learning about non-chronological reports. In order to start our topic,...
Date: 29th January 2021
French at St Mary’s.
Throughout remote learning the children in KS2 at St Mary’s are continuing to do very well...
Date: 28th January 2021
Year 4 sketching!
In history we are learning about the Romans and we will be finding out about things...
Date: 25th January 2021
Year 4 remote learning!
I am extremely proud of how well everyone is adapting to remote learning. I have received...
Date: 22nd January 2021
Remote Learning Year 6- Week Beginning 18/01/21
Year 6 what a strange start to our Spring Term we have had. You have all...
Date: 22nd January 2021
Fantastic Flashbacks in Year 6
During our remote learning English lessons, we have been learning about how to write an effective...
Date: 22nd January 2021
Amazing artists!
Here is some of the beautiful art work that has been sent into school this week....
Date: 20th January 2021
Remote learning in Year 4!
Well we have certainly had some challenges getting used to all of the changes, but being...
Date: 18th December 2020
St Mary’s Reception Nativity 2020
Date: 16th December 2020
Christmas Party Day in Y4!
Today we had a wonderful time celebrating at our Y4 Christmas party. Yes it was different,...
Date: 14th December 2020
Christmas in Year 2
Today, the children in Year 2 decorated their baubles. The children had a great time creating...
Date: 14th December 2020
Year 5 surprise visit
Year five had a surprise visit from Santa Claus and the Grinch today. They came to...
Date: 11th December 2020
Teddy’s visit to Year 4 made our day!
Today we had the pleasure of meeting Teddy the donkey. He was so cute! We learned...
Date: 11th December 2020
Christmas Lunch!
Today we had a delicious Christmas lunch! We had crackers too! The only problem was finding...
Date: 11th December 2020
Year 5 and 6 Sportshall
The Year 5 and 6 children took part in the Sportshall Pentathlon event, where they had...
Date: 11th December 2020
Year 5 meet Little Donkey
Today, Year 5 had the pleasure of meeting four-year-old Teddy, the miniature donkey. He was so...
Date: 11th December 2020
Year 5 Christmas Lunch
The children enjoyed a delicious Christmas lunch today. They had a wonderful time in their Christmas...
Date: 9th December 2020
Welcome to St Mary’s Catholic School
Date: 9th December 2020
St. Mary’s Head Boy and Head Girl
We are pleased to announce that our Head Boy and Head Girl this year are Ryan...
Date: 3rd December 2020
Year 4 Bikeability!
Well done to everyone who participated in Bikeability. Everyone passed level one and received a certificate...
Date: 27th November 2020
Year 5 Class Worship
Kayla, Laini and Rahman planned our class worship. We gathered by placing our hands together like...
Date: 25th November 2020
Year 6 Worship
Today our worship was planned by Lexi, Dylan, Rhys and Chloe. We made sure that God...
Date: 25th November 2020
Year 6 Head Boy and Head Girl
Today some of the children in Year 6 applied for the position of Head Boy and...
Date: 20th November 2020
Year 6 Anti-Bullying Week
This week, we are ‘Uniting Against Bullying’ as part of Anti-Bullying Week. In Year 6, we...
Date: 20th November 2020
Celebrating our Uniqueness!
Today we wore odd socks to show how unique we all are. We know that we...
Date: 20th November 2020
Year 4 Friends.
This week (anti-bullying week) we have been discussing the qualities of good friends. We have shared...
Date: 19th November 2020
Children in Need!
Year 4 dressed in colourful clothes to support Children in Need. We talked about sharing and...
Date: 18th November 2020
United Against Bullying Year 5
As part of Anti-Bullying Week, Year 5 thought about the qualities of a good friend. They...
Date: 18th November 2020
Year 6 Worship
Today we gathered for our worship planned by Ava, Amelia H, KC-Jay and Harvey. We thought...
Date: 11th November 2020
Meet some of the authors from Year 4!
Before half-term, year 4 participated in a poetry competition. We received some certificates and were told...
Date: 11th November 2020
Year 6 Remembrance Day
Today we celebrated Remembrance Day. We thought about the sacrifices people have made to allow us...
Date: 11th November 2020
Year 6 Maths Week
This week is Maths Week. Year 6 have been taking part in maths challenges and are...
Date: 6th November 2020
Maths Week England 2020!
Next week is Maths Week England 2020! Children will be becoming maths detectives, measuring the school...
Date: 5th November 2020
Year 6 Bonfire Night Activities
Today, the children in Year 6 explored how to keep ourselves safe around fireworks and bonfires....
Date: 4th November 2020
Year 6 Worship
Today we gathered for our worship led by Keira, Jose, Ellenor and Lucas. We thought about...
Date: 23rd October 2020
Year 6- The Big Draw
Today St. Mary’s took part in an event called The Big Draw. The theme for this...
Date: 22nd October 2020
Year 5 Aspirations day
Today the children came to school dressed as what they would like to be when they...
Date: 22nd October 2020
Aspirations Day Year 6
Today was Aspirations Day at St. Mary’s. We were all invited to come in dressed as...
Date: 22nd October 2020
World Religion Week-Year 6
This week in RE we have been learning about Judaism. We have explored the festival of...
Date: 16th October 2020
Year 6 Science
In Science this half term, the children have been learning about our bodies. We have looked...
Date: 14th October 2020
Year 6 Class Worship
Today we gathered in our class to take part in a worship led by Jack, Leah,...
Date: 13th October 2020
13.10.20 – Important Information for all Parents/Carers
Please see the letter attached. Any queries please do not hesitate to ask. Coronavirus Information for...
Date: 12th October 2020
Watch out Bear Grylls!
This week in Forest school we talked about surviving outdoors! Mr Slack showed us how to...
Date: 2nd October 2020
Year 1 Autumn Tree Paintings
In Science we have been learning about seasonal changes. Yesterday, we created some beautiful Autumn tree...
Date: 2nd October 2020
Year 1 Forest School Patterns
We had a wonderful time at Forest School on Tuesday! We gathered leaves, sticks, berries and...
Date: 29th September 2020
Year 5 Forest School Mobile Making
This week, the children went on a nature hunt to find natural materials to use to...
Date: 17th September 2020
Year 1 Forest School
On Tuesday, Year 1 had a wonderful afternoon in forest school! We started off by learning...
Date: 17th September 2020
Year 6 Forest School
Today Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed continuing to explore Forest School. The children created animal dens and...
Date: 16th September 2020
Den/habitat building at Forest School!
This week we have demonstrated great teamwork when building dens/habitats. Some built large dens for larger...
Date: 10th September 2020
Year 4 Forest School!
Year 4 had a great time exploring Forest School. We searched for some mini-beasts as this...
Date: 10th September 2020
Year 6 Forest School
Today the children in Year 6 had a fantastic time exploring Forest School. They created rules...
Date: 15th July 2020
Year 6 and Reception Leaving Photos
Today the Year 6 children were given their lovely presents from their Reception buddies. The children...
Date: 20th May 2020
Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health awareness week
Date: 8th May 2020
We’ll Meet Again
As promised….if you haven’t heard this on the radio today, listen to and watch “We’ll Meet...
Date: 7th May 2020
We’ll Meet Again
Thank you to all of our children, families and staff who have taken part in our...
Date: 6th May 2020
May newsletter
May.doc
Date: 4th May 2020
Bishop Chadwick Trust Dawn Choir
Attached below are details of our virtual choir. We’ll Meet Again THE DAWN CHORUS -2 (1)...
Date: 2nd April 2020
New name for our growing Trust
As Catholic schools across the North East continue to amalgamate in line with the Diocesan Academy...
Date: 25th March 2020
Educational Resources
English Mr Bruff podcasts– Covering a range of English literature topics Driver Youth Trust– over 50...
Date: 23rd March 2020
Covid-19 School Closure Update – 23-03-20
From Monday the 23rd March, our school will be open for the children of key workers...
Date: 23rd March 2020
Active Morning!
Year 1 starting the day with an active start courtesy of ‘Jump Start Jonny’.
Date: 23rd March 2020
Year 6 Worship
Our worship today was led by Maesie, Melissa, Romie and Grace. We reflected on how to...
