Year 4 had a brilliant morning working with Newcastle University discovering more about their science topic about looking after our teeth.
Children discussed teeth type and how sugars in foods and drink effect the mouth. They investigated using dental tools to remove cavities and fill them!
There appears to be many budding dentists and orthodontists among our pupils… watch this space!
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| Year 6 Athletics Club Offer – 16.11.21 |
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Dear parents/carers,
following the success of the Start 2 Finish sessions with Year 6 pupils in school last week, they wish to offer a Friday after school athletics club to all year 6 pupils.
The athletics club will start this Friday (19.11.21) and run for 5 weeks till the end of term. The children will finish at 4:35pm and exit via the main entrance.
The 5 sessions will cost £15 in total, which should be given to the coach this Friday night before the 1st session. Please bring this in a clearly marked envelope “Childs Name – Class – Yr6 Athletics”. Coaches will collect pupils directly from classrooms.
To register a place for your child please complete the electronic form via this link:
Head Coach Chris will be discussing this with the children tomorrow, but please mention this to your child and we hope to see a good level of interest.
Many thanks
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| MPS Latest News – 12.11.21 |
Just as we break for a three-day weekend (school is closed to pupils on Monday 15th November) there is plenty to update you all on. It has been a busy week at Mortimer and next week is also jam packed, especially with it being a 4-day week.
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| 1. Parent Governor resultsWe are pleased to welcome onto our governing body Keith James, as voted for by you the parents. Thank you to every parent who stood for election, we appreciate every parent who wishes to support us in making the school a better place for all. |  |
| 2. Children in NeedOn Friday 19th November, we will mark Children In Need 2021 with a pyjama day (appropriate for time of year and school). Donations are welcomed via Parent Pay. Each year group will have different tasks running during the day, with some year groups running their own additional fundraising activities. |  |
| 3. Nursery Rhyme DayThe 15th – 19th November is World Nursery Rhyme week! On Tuesday 16th November, children in Nursery and Reception are invited to dress up as a nursery rhyme character of their choice |  |
| 4. Anti-Bullying weekMonday 15th – Friday 19th is anti-bullying week. The focus this year is one kind word. Some lessons will focus directly on this important subject. |  |
| 5. Choir restartsWe will be restarting choir practice on Tuesday 16th November. Year groups will be socially distanced to remain within their bubbles. Thank you for your patience. |  |
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6. Craft shop
On Tuesday 30th November, Mrs Jordan will be running a Christmas craft shop. Bags of craft will be available to buy with prices from 50p to £1. Years 1 to 6 will have a chance to visit the pop up shop. |
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| 7. COVID impactWe continue to be vigilant against COVID, however we have seen a small number of positive cases around the school. We ask that parents support us with the wearing of masks during drop off and collection times. |  |
| 8. Street parkingWe have received complaints from local residents regarding the parking around the Coop and connected roads/streets. Please consider your parking choices. We appreciate those who are parking further away and walking in as we continue our Living Streets participation. Children can collect WOW badges for walking or even a stride into school after getting out of the car. |  |
| 9. Diary dates
15.11.21 – In-service day (school closed, reopens Tuesday 16thNov) 16.11.21 – Nursery rhyme day (Nursery & Reception dress up) 19.11.21 – Children in Need – Pyjama day 19.11.21 – 4KA Parent Assembly 22.11.21 – Year 5 Bikeability Week 1 Mon – Thurs 26.11.21 – Year 4 Bikeability Class1 30.11.21 – Year 4 Theatre Visit to see The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 30.11.21 – Pop up Craft Shop |
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Dear parent/carer,
For Maths Week England we want to make maths exciting and high profile in our school. We will be taking part in a friendly competition involving schools from England from Monday 8th November to Thursday 11th November. It’s all done online via play.ttrockstars.com.
For every correct answer to a multiplication or division question, your child will earn their class a point. The Times Tables Rock Stars platform will calculate the class average (the number of correct answers per pupil in the class who play during the competition hours, subject to a daily 60-minute limit (see below)). Winning classes in the school and in the competition as a whole will be the ones with the highest average.
All game modes (Gig, Garage, Studio, etc.) will count but only from games played between 7:30AM GMT and 7:30PM GMT on Monday 8th, Tuesday 9th, Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th. To support player wellbeing, there is a daily time limit of 60 minutes per player. In other words, each player can earn competition points for up to 60 minutes between 7.30am and 7.30pm. Once the player goes beyond 60 minutes of play on a given day, they will still earn coins but will no longer earn points towards the competition.
In the spirit of the competition, please don’t play on their behalf but by all means encourage and support them to the extent that it doesn’t cause high stress levels or impact on family plans. We suggest a limit of half an hour a day outside school hours – some will play more, some will play less.
Thanks for your support,
Mortimer Primary School
Emails have been sent out for our Athletics Clubs with Start 2 Finish.
Additional details are on the sign up forms. Previous attendees need to register again.
7 sessions for £21.
Wednesdays – Years 1 & 2
Sign up here https://forms.gle/3Rup1vun5f484wTs5
Fridays – Years 3, 4 & 5
Sign up here https://forms.gle/tKf1vKfStbjmcAo99
Fête française! French party!
On Friday Miss Beattie hosted a KS2 French party. The children were invited along as they had been working really hard in French lessons this half term. The children had the opportunity to indulge in some French cuisine: french fries, pain au chocolat, croissant, crepes, baguette, brie and lots of them even tried snails!!! Everyone had an excellent time and Mademoiselle Beattie is already excited to host the next one!
Bon travail a tous!
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| Secondary Admissions – 4.10.21 |
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This morning our Y4 pupils delivered their hand made bird boxes to the Friends of the Readhead Park and South Tyneside Council, who will now place them on designated trees around the park. A tree specialist has conducted a survey to say where the boxes would be best situated.
All materials were supplied by the Friends of the Readhead Park and, along with the 26 created for the park, we now have a number of boxes to be placed around our own outside area too.
This project enriched the pupils’ science curriculum about habitats and many of the children have said this was one of their favourite activities of the year.
The children discovered an area of the park that is ear-marked to become a habitat area for minibeasts and other creatures. Year 4 will now be creating plans and designs which they will send to the developers.
All our bird boxes have a number in “Mortimer Blue” underneath them, can you find all 26?
We encourage children in KS2 to wear their house colour t-shirt for PE lessons. Your child will know which house they are in and should be able to tell you the colour their house wears. (Year 2 parents have received a letter from you class teacher.)
Wouldhave – Blue
Kirkpatrick – Green
Armstrong – Yellow
Redhead – Red
We do sell the school t-shirt with the school name on for £4.00. If you prefer, you can buy your own t-shirt of the same colour; it must be plain and have no writing or logos. (Football shirts are not allowed.)
Children generally only require one t-shirt for the whole academic year.
All orders must be placed by Thursday 21st July. We are unable to accept late orders processed.
1. Please use this Google Form to order your t-shirt
2. Then login to Parent Pay and pay for you t-shirt. We are unable to accept cash payments.
This will then be crossed matched with your order form.
Only t-shirts which are paid for will be ordered.
We have tried to keep the ordering process as simple as possible.
Any queries regarding t-shirts please contact the school office.
Please note we only order school PE t-shirts once a year from our supplier and are unable to order any once we return to school in September.
