Transition to Year 3
Here you can find our useful information booklet about Transition to Year 3. Click the link below.
KS2 had a fantastic time competing in their Houses on Sports Day. Each class took part in 12 different sporting games amassing points as the morning progressed.
All children then took part in races within their year groups. A lovely morning had by all involved.
Well done KS2.
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| Latest Update – 11.7.22 |
Dear parents/carers,We shouldn’t be surprised that the summer holidays have appeared on the horizon out of nowhere! With just two weeks left, there’s lots to cram in!
Many thanks
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| 1. Funerama
On Friday 15th 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. |
| 2. School and Facebook
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 |
| 3. Year 2 Transition Meeting
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 14th July @ 2:45pm in the school hall. |
| 4. KS2 Sports Day
Years 3 to 6 will take part in their summer sports day on the morning of Wednesday 13th 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/ |
| 5. Dates
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 |
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| Phone: 0191 455 4504 |
| Email: [email protected] |
| Web: www.mortimerprimary.co.uk |
The children in Year 5 and 6 have taken part in two cricket competitions. One was mixed teams and the other was a girls only event. The children were excellent representatives and did very well. The girls did very well coming second in their event.
In addition our Year 5 children have all recently completed climbing at Simonside which they thoroughly enjoyed. Also some of them represented their school at a super Orienteering event at South Marine Park. Although we were not winners the children had a lovely afternoon and also enjoyed the glorious weather.
All of our Year 5 have recently completed an excellent morning learning about basic first aid. This included bandages, placing each other in the recovery position and CPR. The children were then shown how to dissect a lamb’s heart before doing it themselves. The sessions support the statutory requirement that children learn about First Aid through our PSHE programme of study and are delivered through the Tumbles and Grumbles organisation.
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.
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| Excellence for all |
| Sun Cream Update – 10.7.22 |
| Dear parents/carers,
Following further information becoming available, we wish to update you on sun cream use in school.
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. |
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| Phone: 0191 455 4504 |
| Email: [email protected] |
| Web: www.mortimerprimary.co.uk |
After 2 years of education disruption, we are incredibly proud of how our year 6 children rose to the challenge of SATs!
A huge well done to every pupil; your results are fab!
See more at info at:https://mortimerprimary.co.uk/results/
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| Excellence for all |
| Winners! – 1.7.22 |
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Dear all,
We are delighted to announce that Mrs Miller’s lunchtime groups have been working very hard on the PLAS-tastic ‘Keep Our Sea Plastic Free’ display outside of the hall.
The display was entered into a Sea Life Sea Savers competition to promote the reduction of plastic pollution and won first place!
As our prize, we have now adopted two green sea turtles – Lulu & Gulliver who are around 83 years old. They live at the Sea Life Centre in Brighton. They are originally from America and came via London Zoo. Lulu weighs an incredible 28 stone and they both love eating broccoli and leeks!
A huge thank you to everyone who donated bottle tops and to Mrs Miller and her group! Great work everyone!
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| Phone: 0191 455 4504 |
| Email: [email protected] |
| Web: www.mortimerprimary.co.uk |
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!
