Today it was the turn of our younger children to take to the stage. The first of three nativity performances, the children performed confidently and with a smile.

We think they were all fabulous!

Y5 and Y6 had a super day today performing at Westoe Methodist Church. Beautiful singing and clear, loud reading made for a fabulous carol concert from our older children.

The children have one more performance tomorrow for Y6 parents, the concert starts promptly at 1:45pm.

Y6AS had a fantastic day working with the The Open Zone team at The Word yesterday.

A day linked to their topic of Victorian’s in history, the children had written a history playscript to record using green screen technology while they were there.

They had a tour of the new building and also got to make Christmas decorations in the Fab Lab using laser cutting and saw how a design could also be created using the 3D printer.

The children enjoyed coding activities and came back with a buzz for the new building.

Thank you to the team for inviting our children for the day.

This week saw the start of a project between reception and Y5, this is a successful task that Mortimer has proudly ran for many years.

Younger children have been paired with an older child from Y5, they have shared books together and found out a little about each other. Now the Y5 students will write and create a dedicated, personalised book telling the Christmas story for the reception child. This is a lovely way for our younger children to connect with our older pupils.

House captains from KS2 attended a service of Remembrance at the West Park on Friday.

In school, children observed a silence in memory of all those who have served and are still serving our country. We also held special assemblies this week.