We have recently been made aware about the Bioartattack Competition run by the Royal Society of Biology and are inviting the children from Years 1 to 6 to enter. If you wish your child to take part, they need to create a piece of artwork/sculpture/collage around Science. The piece can be any size and use whatever materials they wish.

For full details please visit the Royal Society of Biology’s website.

https://www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/biologyweek/bioartattack-competition

Your artwork needs to be handed into your child’s class teacher with the relevant information as specified in the competition guidelines on the website. Your child’s teacher will then photograph the artwork and submit the entry on behalf of your child.

All artwork must be given to your child’s class teacher by Wednesday 25th November which will allow the teacher time to photograph and submit the entry.

Good Luck!

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John Lewis and Waitrose are launching a major Christmas campaign which will aim to harness the spirit and thoughtfulness of the coronavirus pandemic and create an outpouring of kindness to help Britain’s struggling families this Christmas.

Waitrose and John Lewis have donated a John Lewis Teddy Bear and a gift voucher as a prize for our own Mortimer Primary School Kindness Competition.

Never has there been a time when we can all do with something to lift our spirits and encourage the message of how being kind to someone can have such a positive impact on their lives.

To enter this competition children are asked to describe through a story or picture someone who has been kind to them and what they did that was so kind. Please remember to put your child’s name and class on the back of the entry.

All entries must be handed into your class teacher by Wednesday 18th November, 3:30pm.

Please find here a link to child accident prevention trust regarding fireworks safety.

We hope you and your family have a fun and safe time.

Our children thoroughly enjoyed dressing as their favourite book character or historical person yesterday. Here is a selection of photos from the day.

Please find below a link to a virtual tour from Mortimer Community College. You may want to share this with your children if they are applying for a place for September 2021.

http://mortimercommunitycollege.co.uk/prospectus-2/

Y4KA took part in a virtual workshop with artist Jane McCracken entitled ‘Where did all the animals go?’ In partnership with Born Free,Jane hopes to raise awareness of endangered animals in the hope of preventing extinction.

Mrs Allan’s class focused on species from the Oceania continent and drew their animal using only biro. No pencils or rubbers were allowed! Jane was very impressed with the children’s art work which will form part of a mural, along with other North East schools as well as schools from Kenya, Guyana and California, to be displayed in the Great North Museum in July 2021. It was a fabulous experience for the children who are looking forward to seeing their work displayed.

As part of our partnership with ICT in Schools at The Word, we are proud to be able to offer you the opportunity to take part in an online esafety event about cyber security for you and your family.

We live in a connected world that will only get bigger through the advance of new technologies such as the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence.  For most people, these technologies are taken for granted.  However, more and more young people are getting involved in cyber crime. Many do it for fun without realising the consequences of their actions – but the penalties can have an impact on their long-term future. Cyber crime is not a victimless crime and is taken extremely seriously by law enforcement.

We would like to invite you to join us on a live streamed session with an officer representative from  Northumbria Police to find out more about the world of cyber security, how to protect yourself and your family from falling foul of hackers, scammers or the law!

Sessions will last for about an hour with time for questions at the end.  The sessions will be held online using Google Meet on: 

Tuesday 10th February at either 2pm or 5pm

To connect to the Google Meet use this link: https://meet.google.com/dyx-ppvh-xsp

This is part of a national initiative coordinated by the National Crime Agency and delivered by Cyber Choices teams within Regional Organised Crime Units and Local Police Force Cyber Teams.

The Cyber Choices network was created to help people make informed choices and to use their cyber skills in a legal way.  The aims of the programme are to:

• Educate on the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and the possible consequences should they break the law.
• Encourage individuals to make informed choices about their use of technology
• Deter and/or divert individuals from cyber crime
• Promote legal and ethical cyber opportunities

If you would like any further information or advice on Cyber Choices, please contact them through Cyber Choices on the NCA Website.