| Mortimer Primary School |
| Excellence for all |
| Summer Term – 18.4.23 |
| Dear parents/carers,
Welcome to Summer Term 2023! The weather may not be quite there yet, but there are signs! Events & Diary Dates There is a lot going on this term so please check out the parent calendar below. We are delighted to have secured a 2nd Thurston week for Year 6 pupils this term and we have already secured 2 slots for next year. We will be in contact with year 5 parents soon. We still have a few dates to confirm and will get these to you asap. School Clubs We have an overview of our clubs this term for you below. Our athletics club is ran by Chris (Start 2 Finish) and can be signed up via the links below: Wednesday KS 1 https://forms.gle/kxeMwEnjNMpyW1Gq7 Friday KS 2 https://forms.gle/4dQNwKv2ZXmAmz1B6 Key notes We see two Bank Holidays in May, with the King’s Coronation on Monday 8th May making the second. On Friday 5th May we will be holding our own Coronation Celebration. Lunch will be a special menu: Royal Roast, Buckingham Burgers, Empire Biscuits and Coronation Cookies. Orders are taken via Parent Pay as normal. Fishy Friday (as our children call it!) will be on Wednesday that week. Children can come in dressed in red, white and blue for the day! Year 6 There is still time to sign up and join is for the Year 6 SATs meeting tomorrow (19.4.23) @ 5:15. We will be discussing some of the additional items/events we will be adding this year for our year 6 pupils and parents. We hope to see you there. Sign up here
Thanks for your support Mr Bennett Head Teacher |
| Excellence for Pupils – Excellence for Staff – Excellence for Parents |
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| Phone: 0191 455 4504 |
| Email: [email protected] |
| Web: www.mortimerprimary.co.uk |
| Mortimer Primary School |
| Excellence for all |
| A Parent Update – 12.4.23 |
| Dear parents/carers,
As the summer term appears, I just wanted to update you regarding the following:
We will be sharing our terms dates and other key information for summer with you very soon. Thank you for your support Mr Bennett Head Teacher
Parent Feedback Thank to everyone who took the time to provide us with feedback. We received 171 responses and we are very appreciative of your answers and comments both positive and constructive. They provide a fantastic baseline of parent views and continues our push to work closely with parents. We have begun to read through the comments and view the answers. Once we have had time to fully evaluate these, we will share school responses and update parents. The lucky parent drawn was Simone Elliott – please pop to the school office next week for your prize. School Governing Body Update We are delighted to update you with the news that Fiona Clemence has been appointed as our new Chair of Governors following Rob Lloyd’s decision to step down after 10 years as part of our governing body. Huge thanks to Rob for his efforts and support to the school. Mrs Clemence has served as a parent governor prior to taking this role and our other parent governor, Keith James, has now become vice-chair. Congratulations and thanks to them both. Moving forward, we now have an opening for a new parent governor. We will be sending out details about an opportunity to meet with our new chair of governors and other governors. This will provide a chance for parents to hear about the work of the governing body; find out about what the role of parent governor entails and how you could play a part in helping us move the school forward. Watch this space for the meeting and election details during the summer term. School PTA As the new Head Teacher of Mortimer Primary, I am very keen to start building a group of super parents to create a PTA (Parent Teacher Association). A PTA that I can work with to make our school a better environment for children to learn, grow and develop; to raise extra funds through a wide range of fun and creative initiatives, events, and much, much more. So if you would like to play a BIG or little part in your child’s school and work with us to make Mortimer the best it possibly can be – then please complete the form below to express your interest and we will be in touch soon. Click here : PTA Interest Form |
| Excellence for Pupils – Excellence for Staff – Excellence for Parents |
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| Phone: 0191 455 4504 |
| Email: [email protected] |
| Web: www.mortimerprimary.co.uk |
Take a look back at the last 5 weeks at school!
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To celebrate British Science Week, we invited children to take part in a Science Selfie Competition encouraging them to look for science connections in the world around them. There were some fantastic entries ranging from static energy, double rainbows to super snowmen! Congratulations to Molly from Year 1 who won thanks to her lovely Tasty Rainbow entry!
As we approach the Easter holidays, we hope the children enjoy their well-deserved break! As the children will have lots of free time, they may choose to spend some extra time on devices at home. Find some tips and advice below to support a healthy screen time balance.
All pupils in years 2 and 3 have had a very successful introduction to cricket with sessions hosted by coaches from Durham Cricket Club and South Shields Cricket Club this term.
After sessions building skills; Year 3 enjoyed an inter-school tournament last week and year 2 get their first taste of competition this week.
You might be thinking what’s next? Coaches will be available to chat in the key stage 1 yard on 30.3.23 after school to discuss All Stars, which is the first steps into club cricket.
For those who are interested but can’t attend please feel free to contact directly using the information below.
