As the school takes part in a number of initiatives in association with Sport England which support our status as a Healthy School they very kindly gifted us with a very generous package of free PE equipment.
Well done to 16 of our year 3 and 4 pupils, who represented our school at the South Tyneside School Sport Network Y3/4 Countdown Cricket Festival 2022.
We took a Y3 team and a Y4 team, both were very strong on the day!
The Y3 team won three out of four of their matches. Y4 won all four of their matches.
The overall winner for the tournament was our Y4 team with a huge 394 runs over the four matches on the day.
Lots of talented cricketers in both teams, who we hope may go on to represent our school in years to come. As always our pupils were fantastic ambassadors for our school and displayed fantastic sportsmanship and manners.
Well done!
On Friday a group of Y4 children took part in a tennis competition at Boldon Lawn Tennis Centre. They faced a very tough competition against East Boldon Juniors.
It was a very close call, sadly they did not come out victors on the day, but the pupils had a great time and as always we were so proud with their excellent attitude, commitment and effort.
Well done Y4!
Who knows, one day we may one day see some of these athletes at Wimbledon!
South of Tyne Swimming Finals – Mortimer was the winning school held at Haven Point recently. Eleven schools from South Tyneside and Gateshead competed in the event as well as winning overall team gold. Mortimer was placed first in the following races: Girls’ Freestyle, Backstroke, Medley and Freestyle Relay. The children were also placed first in the mixed cannon. They also added a silver and eight bronze medals to their haul making a grand total of 36 medals won. This was an outstanding achievement by the children.
Primary Schools’ Cross Country Championship – While not winning any medals in this event, the children did very well. They were excellent representatives for the school. All the children gave 100%.
Some of our Year 2 children helped plant our Minibeast area. Year 2 are learning all about plants this term and they were the perfect helpers due to their knowledge. They told Mrs Mackay and Mr Maltby all about what plants need to grow and they even talked about how the worms in the soil told us that the area was a good place to plant in.
We will look forward to seeing what insects our new flowers attract and thanks to the Year 2 helpers, the whole school can benefit from a much brighter Minibeast garden.
What a fantastic World Book Day we all had yesterday! We would like to say an enormous thank you for putting so much effort into your costumes – there were some amazing outfits! It was wonderful to see everyone getting involved and there were some great activities going on around school too. From Mad Hatter tea parties to creating book characters out of vegetables, it is safe to say that a lot of fun was had by all. Our pupils have also had the chance to visit our Scholastic book fair. Although it is operating a little differently this year, we are pleased that so many children have enjoyed browsing the books and we have already had lots of orders brought back to school. If you would like to order any books for your child, please pay via the link on the wishlist sheet (you do not need to input the name of the book), and ensure the wishlists are returned by Monday 7th March with the relevant reference number. Thank you for your support.
Our Y6 children have been involved in a reverse advent calendar where, instead of receiving a small gift, they have brought into school small items to give to charity. They very kindly donated knitted hats, an array of toiletries and long life food products.
Our chosen charity once again was STARCH who work with asylum seekers and refugees in South Tyneside. The donations will be handed out to families next Tuesday as part of their Christmas celebrations.
Margaret from STARCH was amazed at the children’s generosity and thoughtfulness, as were our staff. A huge thank you to everyone and their families who contributed to help others this Christmastime.
Year 1 had a fantastic festive day out at Preston Park! We even got to feed Santa’s reindeer.
On the last day of term children are invited to swap their school jumper for their Christmas jumper once more.
Pupils in Key Stage 2 (Year 3 to Year 6) are invited to bring a toy on Friday from home. Please do not send any electrical devices which are able to communicate, take photos or capture videos such as phones and tablets.
We would encourage board games or toys where people can play together.
Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 do not need to bring any toys as there are many in their areas for them to play with.
Please note we can not take responsible for any loss or damage. All toys must be labelled and in a bag to carry home.
A huge thank you to this year’s entrants. The art projects sent in were indeed varied and clearly a lot of thought and effort had been put in.
As promised, we have chosen an in-house winner and she was delighted with her prize.
Well done to all who took part (a selection of which are included) and we shall await the official results from the RSB.
