1. Funerama
2. School and Facebook
3. Year Transition Meeting
4. KS2 Sports Day
5. Dates

On Friday 15^th July we will be running our Funerama spectacular event!

This will run straight after school with raffles, books, preloved items, games to play, hot dogs, sweet treats, drinks and punch balloons!

We ask that parents collect all of their children and then enter via the KS1 yard. The KS2 gate will be exit only. On entering the KS1 yard, follow around the back of school, past the trim trail and onto the top of the KS2 yard. There is no entry fee this year, but we would appreciate children having change at hand.

Many of our year 6 children will be on transition but are warmly welcomed to attend.

PARENT REQUEST – we kindly ask for any donations of toys, children’s books, bric-a-brac and shop bought pre wrapped cakes for us to sell. Please bring any donations to the school office and a huge thank you in advance.

We would like to update you all on the Facebook group titled – Mortimer Primary Parents Group. The group is an unofficial group with no links or ties to the school. The administrators have kindly responded to our request to ensure there is no confusion in being linked to the school and we appreciate the changes made. We do have a Facebook presence, but have moved our communications to being direct to parents via email, texts and via our website. We remove commenting options from our Facebook posts, as we do not monitor the account. We are always willing to speak to parents and carers about any concerns or queries you may have. We believe we are extremely approachable and want to work with parents to better their child’s experience and education with us.

You can contact us directly by:

o   Speaking to your child’s class teacher at the end of a day.

o   Phone: 0191 455 4504

o   Email: [email protected]

o   Find answers at www.mortimerprimary.co.uk

Mrs Mackay (Key Stage 2 Lead) will be leading a meeting for parents of children in year 2. We would love to have you join us to hear about life in year 3!

Thursday 14^th July @ 2:45pm in the school hall.

Years 3 to 6 will take part in their summer sports day on the morning of Wednesday 13^th July.

As this will take place on the 4G pitch, please ensure children have suitable hats, sun cream and additional water.

Latest sun cream update as sent 10/7/22 https://mortimerprimary.co.uk/sun-cream-update/

13.7.22 – KS2 Sports Day

14.7.22  – Y2 to Y3 Transition Meeting for parents – 2:45pm

15.7.22 – Reports to parents in Nursery to Y5

15.7.22 – Funerama

18.7.22 – Reports to Y6 parents

19.7.22 – Class Changeover – pupils meet their new teacher!

19.7.22 – Y6 Disco 6pm – 7:30pm in the school hall

20.7.22 – Y6 Leavers Assembly 9am with parents warmly invited to attend

21.7.22 – Nursery Farm Visit

22.7.22 – Last day of summer term

6.9.22 – School reopens to pupils

Following further information becoming available, we wish to update you on sun cream use in school.

• Pupils are permitted to bring in a roll on sun cream for personal use.
• This should be clearly named and kept in the pupils’ bag.
• Pupils are not to share their sun cream.
• We ask that pupils are shown at home how to correctly apply their roll on.
• This is especially important with the eye area.
• Pupils can apply at lunch time and will need to do this themselves.

We have had positive feedback regarding the Soltan Kids Protect & Moisterise Suncare rollon SPF50+, which is available from Boots. We ask that parents watch for the ingredient Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil which is almond oil and is found in some products such as Nivea.

We also highly recommend that pupils bring and wear a suitable sun hat when outside and drink water throughout the day.

At the end of term, we will say our final good byes to Mrs Grant (3JG) and Mr Mackay (5PM).

By the time we close for the summer holidays, Mr Mackay will have worked at Mortimer for 27 years and nearly 7 months. Mrs Grant, has been teaching at Mortimer for 33 years and nearly 11 months! Both amazing servants to the school and the pupils that have been in their classrooms!

We are sure that you join us in wishing them the very best health and happiness in their retirement plans.

Therefore, we get to say congratulations to Miss Bone and Mrs Gibson as they take up teaching positions with us from September. Welcome to Mortimer!

This was an excellent opportunity which informed our pupils of how they could keep themselves and others safe in and around the home, especially as the summer break approaches. 

Keeping our pupils safe, in school and in the wider community, is always our top priority. As discussed in our session today, if you are concerned about anti-social behaviour you can report it anonymously. The Fire Service can also keep you and your family safe by installing fire alarms free of charge. Please see below for details. 

A huge thank you to Firefighter Little and the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service’s Education and Prevention Department. 

To anonymously report anti-social behaviour – 

CrimeStoppers 

Freephone 0800555111

To request free smoke alarms for your home – 

South Shields Community Fire Station

0191 4441827

As we are now in the British summer, we ask that children have access to a water bottle they can fill up, a sun hat and apply a layer of suncream before coming to school. We ask children not to bring suncream into school. Thank you

Congratulations are in order for our School Direct cohort of 2021/22. All four trainees have completed the course and gained Qualified Teacher Status after a year training across our partner schools. We wish them well for their future teaching careers. Well done ladies. 

We ask that parents again consider their parking choices. Local residents are complaining of cars being parked across drive ways and preventing access to properties. In the nicer weather, please park and stride to avoid unsuitable parking choices. Thank you for your understanding.

We will again be offering house T-Shirts ordering. Once we have prices, we will share this with parents of years 3, 4 and 5. We hope turn around we return for September.

Newcastle Cathedral Chorister Experience are organising a Chorister Experience afternoon on Sunday 3^rd July.

To find out more about becoming a Newcastle Cathedral Chorister they are offering a free Newcastle Cathedral Chorister Experience on Sunday 3rd July. This is a special opportunity for children in Years 2-6 and their parents to come to the Cathedral and get some small sense of what it’s like to be part of this elite team of young musicians.

Participants in the Newcastle Cathedral Chorister Experience will meet, warm up, and rehearse with the choristers, and will join the Cathedral Choir in singing a special service at 4pm, to which parents and families of the participants are all warmly invited.

Click here to book your place:

https://newcastlechoristerexperience.eventbrite.co.uk

Our Summer Funerama is making its come back on Friday 15^th July! Starting after school on the KS2 yard. More details to follow!