Let their light shine

Love and respect for all

We strive to reach our goals

Welcome

Our mission statement is central to the life of our school;

“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.”

I hope you find our website informative and we welcome any comments and suggestions to aid future development of our website.

Mrs Eve Alderson, Headteacher

Term Dates

Find out about the St. Matthew’s School Holiday dates for the current academic year.

Diary Dates

Take a look at what’s happening at St. Matthew’s over the next few months.

Newsletters

Keep up to date with the latest news from St. Matthew’s by downloading our latest newsletter.

Clubs

Discover more about the clubs we have running at St. Matthew’s.

Home Learning

Find out more about the home learning activities we did at St. Matthew’s.

Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust

St. Matthew’s are now part of Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust.

Diary Dates

Sep
18
Mon
Thurston Year 6
Sep 18 – Sep 22 all-day
Sep
25
Mon
MacMillan Coffee Morning by FOSM
Sep 25 @ 9:00 am – 9:45 am

MacMillan Coffee Morning in the hall at 9am – all welcome. Donations of cakes are also welcome; please drop these in at the School Office on the morning of Monday 25 September. Thank you.

Y5/6 Boys Football trial
Sep 25 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

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Miss Wiblin, Mrs Limer and Mr Thompson would like to thank Year 6 for a brilliant residential. Their behaviour, teamwork and willingness to give everything a go was superb. We loved every minute! We know that they will all sleep well tonight - some are probably already there! Well done Year 6! Also huge thanks to Jen, Amy, Alan, Mike, Rhod, Sam, Cheryl and Nicola from Thurston OEC. They always give us such a super week. 💙 ... See MoreSee Less
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Reception listened to the story of St Matthew as part of our celebration of our school saint. We designed our own purses to keep money in as before Matthew chose to follow Jesus he was a tax collector 💷💰💷 ... See MoreSee Less
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Reception loved their first visit to the library! We can’t wait for next Friday to go again! 📚🐛♥️ ... See MoreSee Less
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Congratulations to all of our certificate winners this week! It’s been another busy week! We are working super hard! Well done to our new reception children on their beautiful behaviour in their very first star assembly and they won the attendance award! 👏👏👏👏 Amazing! ... See MoreSee Less
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We have just left Tebay services. We are due back around 3:15. Please leave space for the coach on Alnwick Grove. We can’t wait to see you all. See you soon. 💙 ... See MoreSee Less
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We did it! We made it to Friday. We have some very tired but very happy children (and staff) ready to make the journey home. We will see you this afternoon. 💙 ... See MoreSee Less
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We have had a great final day of activities and we’ve even had a bit of sunshine today. We’ve been canoeing, hiking, ghyll scrambling and climbing. We’ve had a great week but we can’t wait to see you all tomorrow. 💙 ... See MoreSee Less
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Reception loved their first music lesson with Mr McNally! We are going to be singing lots of songs in the next few weeks, we can’t wait to sing them to you! 🎤🎼🎤 ... See MoreSee Less
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Year 3,4 and 5 had a lovely sunny walk to St Matthew’s parish church today to celebrate the feast day of St Matthew. Thanks to all our parent helpers who joined us! A big special happy birthday to Fr Saji too! He loved receiving his birthday cards from all our children! ... See MoreSee Less
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Good morning from Thurston. Everyone is well. All groups are out enjoying different activities. More photos later. 💙 ... See MoreSee Less
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Today on St Matthew’s Feast Day, Year 2 have been reading St Matthew’s story and thinking about why our school is named after such a special person. We have enjoyed retelling the story from the bible and looking at artwork. ... See MoreSee Less
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Year 2 are enjoying their library visits! ... See MoreSee Less
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What a brilliant 3rd day we have had. We have done so many different activities and finished the day with a special onesie/oodie night in the barn. Goodnight and God Bless. 💙 ... See MoreSee Less
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Year 4 started learning our time travelling cat story today with actions! We can’t wait for the next part tomorrow! ... See MoreSee Less
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So lovely to have a visit from this young man today! Our ex-pupil Cain Conner shared his fantastic news that he has a place to study Neuroscience, at Cambridge University! Wow! We couldn’t be more proud! Congratulations Cain! We are thrilled for you! 👏👏👏👏👏 ... See MoreSee Less
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Year 2 were investigating whether materials are transparent, translucent or opaque this morning. They will be on the look out around school too. ... See MoreSee Less
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What a brilliant day we have all had. We have done so much. We have taken part in ghyll scrambling, climbing, activities on the lake, orienteering, cathedral quarry and a special bush tucker trial…. Marshmallows addition. We’ve had a great time. We are all now safely tucked up in bed. Goodnight and God Bless xxx ... See MoreSee Less
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A huge thank you to the Thurston staff for baking a cake for Mick. It was delicious. Birthday treats are continuing with a showing of the Newcastle Champions League match before today’s evening activity. It’s old school - around a little screen! They don’t seem to mind. More photos of todays adventures to follow. 👍💙 ... See MoreSee Less
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Year 3 enjoyed investigating different types of rocks in our science lesson yesterday. They used magnifying glasses to explore the different textures and colours of rocks and started to think about what the different types of rocks might be used for. ... See MoreSee Less
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Our class mascots Ping the Panda and Brian the Wise Owl had lots of fun on the bus to swimming today with Y4. They couldn’t go in the pool because they haven’t learnt to swim yet! 👍👍 ... See MoreSee Less
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Year 4 helped to solve a mystery today! They followed the paw prints around the school and found the statue of the time travelling cat! Then we made some predictions about what we thought would happen next! This links to our English work and our text by Julia Jarman - The time travelling cat and the Roman Eagle! Well done Year 4! ... See MoreSee Less
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Good morning from Thurston. We all slept well. This morning we have a birthday! Happy 11th Birthday to Mick 💙 🎂 🎉 ... See MoreSee Less
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Goodnight from Thurston. We have all had a great day - jetty jumping and a little ghyll. Everyone has ate well and we’ve had a super time in the barn. We’ll keep you updated tomorrow. 👍💙 ... See MoreSee Less
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Year 4 were all marvellous mathematicians today! We used our place value counters to help us with our work on 4 digit numbers! Great job Y4! 👍👍👍 ... See MoreSee Less
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Thurston OEC here we come. We have set off and everyone is settled on the bus. We can’t wait to have a super week in the Lake District. Thanks for a brilliant send-off. We will keep you updated. 👍💙 ... See MoreSee Less
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After some excellent speeches yesterday and a very close vote throughout the whole school, we would like to introduce our Junior Leadership Team (JLT) for this year. Our head boy will be Jamie. Our head girl will be Layla. Deputy head boy and girl will be Daniel and Georgia and our other two members are Frankie and Emie. We know that they will do a great job this year. Well done! ... See MoreSee Less
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A huge well done to Joe and Amber in Y6, who have been awarded merit and distinction certificates in their latest musical examinations. A great achievement. Well done! ... See MoreSee Less
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Congratulations to the assembly certificate winners for this week. A great week from all! ... See MoreSee Less
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Year 1 have received some very special post this week. In May, they all sent letters to the King congratulating him on his Coronation. They have received a reply, directly from the King himself, thanking them for their kind wishes. Well done, Year 1! ... See MoreSee Less
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Year 1 have had lots of fun this week putting actions to the story of The Gingerbread Man. ... See MoreSee Less
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