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“Welcome to our happy school, where everyone is valued and given the opportunity to ‘let their light shine.’ With Jesus in our hearts, we encourage love and respect for all. We strive to reach our goals, as we learn, and grow, in a safe and enjoyable environment.”
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Mrs Eve Alderson, Headteacher
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Today in Year 5 for Parliament Week, we learned all about how parliament works and we came up with our own laws that we think should be introduced. At the end of the lesson, we presented our new laws to the class and it was great to hear everyone’s different ideas.👨🏻⚖️👩🏼⚖️
A reminder that we have our Christmas Book Free Library available. Simply come and pick a book and return it to get another one. A special thank you to one of our grandparents for donating so many beautiful books. 🎄
Year 2 had a great time at the tennis this morning. They completed lots of fun activities. Thank you to South Tyneside School Sport Network for a great event.
To celebrate British Parliament Week, Year 4 have been thinking about democracy and creating their own laws in class. They had some amazing ideas for their posters. Well done Year 4!
In Year 3 we were thinking about all the lovely things we have and how some people aren’t as fortunate as us. We thought about what we are thankful for and ways to show we were thankful ❤️
Year 3 have been super scientists this afternoon, we have been investigating light and reflection and carrying out experiments to expand our understanding 👨🏼🔬👩🏻🔬
Thank you for all of the wonderful donations for our Age Concern Tyneside South appeal. Our Mini Vinnies helped to pack everything up and hand them over to the lovely ladies this morning. #minivinnies
It's great to see our Key Stage 2 Karate group making so much progress. Some of them have even achieved their yellow belts! Their coach, Mark - South Tyneside Yamaguchi Goju Kai Karate and ourselves are all incredibly proud of them. Well done!
Tickets are on sale now in the school office. 👍The tickets for our Christmas grotto event are selling fast, please don’t leave it late and miss out, numbers are limited! 🎄🎄🎄![]()
Here is a sneak peak at our lovely Santa, we can’t wait! 🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻
Well done to all of our certificate winners in achievement assembly this afternoon. It's great to see so many children achieve reading certificates this week. Keep it up! Wishing you all a lovely weekend.
Today, Year 5 took part in the Plastic Free Schools Pupil Power Assembly #PowerToThePupils. We really enjoyed learning about what is harming our environment and what we can do as a school to help🌳🌏
Well done to all of the Super Reading Stars who have continued to get their Reading Reward Squares signed and have already reached 50 reads on our Reading Display!!!
Year 2 have been learning all about Children in Need this morning, and the amazing work they do. They have also been thinking about what they are grateful for in their lives and seeing where their donations might go
Our 3rd Daily Mile challenge of the year is about to get underway - with our 'Laps to Lapland' challenge. It is great to see some of the children completing their Matty Marathons and receiving their stickers. The children now have around 5 weeks to tick off their candy canes and enter the end of term 'Daily Mile' prize draw. We are so impressed with the running efforts of our children this year. #healthybodyhealthmind #lapstolapland #dailymile
The children’s Christmas cards, which were designed before half-term are now ready to order. Take a look at your child’s design by following the link. 👍🎄🎅Your gorgeous children have been very busy designing their own Christmas cards in school! We have sent them off and they're now ready to order online via www.mychildsart.co.uk/order ![]()
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Year 6 have completed their first Art unit of work - where they were challenged to create Propaganda Posters, with the image of a person they are inspired by. We think their finished pieces are superb. Well done, Year 6!
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Tickets go on sale on Friday morning. What a brilliant event to look forward to! 👍Tickets for our fabulous Christmas event will go on sale Friday morning from the St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, office! 🎉🎉🎉![]()
Tickets are £5 per child, siblings are welcome to attend and all children must be accompanied by an adult. 🎅🏻![]()
We are anticipating the whole experience to last an hour and you will be allocated a time slot to see Santa. We would kindly ask to keep your child/children moving around the various stations so that everyone gets to experience everything and we keep it all moving! 😊![]()
We also still need some more adult helpers, so please message if you’re willing and able! 🥰
Year 2 designed their own maps for the Bee-Bots today, a few Christmas themes! The children are progressing well with their predictions and algorithms.
Year 2 have been out looking for minibeasts again! They made a tally chart recording how many woodlice they found in different locations around school
Year 6 celebrated 'Anti-Bullying Odd-Sock Day', by thinking about how St Matthew's could become more of a 'Reach-Out' school. We thought about ways in which we could help those who were being targeted by others. The children came up with some excellent ideas. #oddsocksday
Our World Championship dancers even treated us to a morning reel in assembly this morning. You can see why they are on their way to Montreal!
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We are delighted to share that two of our Year 6 pupils Jasmine and Nancy have both qualified for the World Irish Dancing Championships in Canada in April next year. The girls both competed in the qualifiers yesterday, with Jasmine winning the competition overall and Nancy performing superbly too. The girls are so excited to show the world what they can do in Montreal in 2023. We can't wait to hear how they get on! Well done girls!👏🏆🇨🇦
Year 2 have been thinking about the symbols used in Baptism, including water. To demonstrate their understanding of water symbolising cleansing and making a fresh start, they wrote something they are sorry for on to a rock, and then washed it away!
The School Council held a very successful anti-bullying workshop at lunchtime. Some children have taken home a sock to decorate and bring back to school.
Year 4 are supporting Anti-Bullying week and loved showing their odd socks today! Even the teachers had their odd socks on too! Well done Year 4! 🧦🧦🧦
Year 2 have been thinking about why they are wearing odd socks today, and the importance of Anti-Bullying Week. They loved listening to the song for this year, and talking about the theme ‘reach out’.
A special thank you to Frankie and Amber, who represented St Matthew's at St Mary’s Cathedral on Friday morning, as part of the Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust Choir during the Diocesan Conference Mass for the Headteachers, Deputies and members of the clergy. Their singing was beautiful. Thank you to the Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle for the invitation.
Captain Chemistry visited Years 5 and 6 last week, allowing the children to look at various scientific concepts. Year 6 looked at the circulatory system, while Y5 investigated rockets. They all had a great afternoon.