FSM vouchers covering 22nd Feb to 5th March will be sent out on Friday 26th Feb.
22.2.21 Parents’ Spring Raffle
Just as Boris is about to tell us his new plan for schools, staff have kindly donated lovely food and drink goodies to create a fantastic spring hamper for parents. It’s the perfect pick me up for a home schooling parent or a marvellous treat for those critical workers!
Entries are £1 each and you can purchase more than one.
Entries can be purchased via Parent Pay. All money raised will be added to the PTA fund, which supports events and activities for pupils throughout the school year.
The draw will be made Friday 5th March. Thank you for your support.
1ST PRIZE – LARGE PARENT HAMPER
2ND PRIZE – MEDIUM SWEET TREAT GOODIES
3RD PRIZE – SMALL SWEET TREAT GOODIES
19.2.21 Reminder: Mission 2 Mars
Hello everyone, I hope everyone is enjoying the half term.
Just a reminder …
All children, both in school and home learners, have been tasked with collecting junk modelling pieces for the Mission 2 Mars project which will start on Monday.
We reopen on Monday 22nd February with the procedures and practices from the last half term still in place.
Stay safe
12.2.21 Half Term, Strava and Get Collecting
Hello all,
HALF TERM
Just to remind everyone that we will be closed to all next week and will reopen to pupils on Monday 22nd February. No new work will be posted on the Google Classrooms and staff won’t be replying to any of your messages as they are taking a well-earned break. Take the time to leave the screen and do something different!
STRAVA
Tyne and Wear School Games Organisers have created a Strava club for staff and parents of schools in Tyne and Wear, aiming achieve a collective distance of 10,000miles through walking or running and encouraging everyone to get active.
Parents can sign up to the challenge using the link below.
Club – Tyne & Wear SGO Lockdown Challenge
This challenge is in competition with Northumberland, Durham and Tees Valley.
Whilst children can’t take part, we are sure they will be happy to encourage and coach their parents!
GET COLLECTING
Please use half term to collect your materials for the Mission to Mars project starting after half term. Boxes, tubes and pots will be idea for this week long project. See previous post for more details.
Have a safe half term break and we will see you all soon!
Well done to our Y6 children in school, who came first out of 49 teams this week in an Online Safety Quiz.
Coinciding with Online Safety Day 2021,the ICT in Schools team at The Word hosted an interactive quiz. Children from across Years 2-6 from throughout the borough took part and all Mortimer teams scored extremely well.
Big shout out to our Year 2 Technical Tots Team, who came 8th in the whole authority.
At Mortimer Primary your child’s safety on the internet is very important to us which is why we have a trained member of staff who delivers the KidSafe UK programme from EYFS through to Y6. The KidSafe UK program’s philosophy is that an empowered child grows up to be a powerful, healthy adult. Their mission is to teach personal safety to children and their grown-ups to build strong, resilient families and safer communities. Alongside this program we also have a comprehensive PSHE curriculum which also addresses internet safety.
We are very proud to see our pupils becoming such strong, confident and most importantly safe, online ambassadors!
11.2.21 We Wonder: Mission to Mars
After half term we will be having an amazing cross-curricular week (wc 22nd February) focused on Mission to Mars!
It would be a good idea to start keeping/ collecting recyclable materials in preparation for the week for your child to use.
EYFS and KS1 will be making space transport and KS2 a habitat for Mars. This is for both remote learners and children coming into school
Children should bring their materials with them on the first day back after half term. They will use their own materials that they bring into school.
There is also a competition through The National Literacy Trust. This is just for KS2 nationally, but we are going to have a competition in school for KS2 and KS1 entries with a winner from each key stage. Wow!
More information will be shared, but for now children should get collecting those boxes and yoghurt pots. Please make sure they are clean on arrival to school!
Thank you to Miss Anderson and Mrs Douglas for leading this exciting week!
At Mortimer Primary your child’s safety on the internet is very important to us which is why we have a trained member of staff who delivers the KidSafe UK programme from EYFS through to Y6. The KidSafe UK program’s philosophy is that an empowered child grows up to be a powerful, healthy adult. Their mission is to teach personal safety to children and their grown-ups to build strong, resilient families and safer communities. Alongside this program we also have a comprehensive PSHE curriculum which also addresses internet safety.
Today is Safer Internet Day and the theme is: An internet we trust: exploring reliability in the online world. If your child is in school today they will be taking part in an internet safety discussion with their peers. If your child is at home their teacher will be setting tasks and/or materials for you to use and work with them at home.
We live in a truly digital world; your child does not know a world without technology, internet searches and smart devices around their home; it is all our responsibility and duty to prepare them to maintain their safety in an ever connected world.
If you would like access to resources prepared especially for parents we highly recommend the following website.
https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2021/i-am-parent-or-carer
8.2.21 Lunch orders via Parent Pay
Just to remind parents that you need to book your child’s meals before the Wednesday deadline as hot meals can no longer be ordered by the office after the deadline, only a sandwich option can be booked, however there will still be access to hot potatoes/chips, vegetables and a hot pudding choice.
Booking meals can be done any time before the Wednesday deadline so you don’t have to wait until the Wednesday night to book. You will need to make sure there are ample funds on your parent pay account to cover the bookings, if the choices aren’t paid for within two hours of booking they get cancelled by the system.
Also from Monday 22nd Feb there will be ham buns and chicken wraps available on the menu for a Monday.
5.2.21 Not just for the children…
Whilst it might be Mental Health week for children, we also need to look after our staff.
Really Awesome Coffee arrived today to give our staff a proper cuppa!
Staff were nominated by their peers to receive a ‘hug in a mug’!
Several cans of squirty cream later and there were lots of happy staff despite the awful weather!
We have a fantastic, dedicated team of people at Mortimer Primary who are doing a terrific job in such trying times. Their can do attitude makes this difficult situation much easier to get through.
#staffmatter #huginamug #mortimerfamily
Really Awesome Coffee arrived today to give our staff a proper cuppa!
Staff were nominated by their peers to receive a ‘hug in a mug’!
Several cans of squirty cream later and there were lots of happy staff despite the awful weather!
We have a fantastic, dedicated team of people at Mortimer Primary who are doing a terrific job in such trying times. Their can do attitude makes this difficult situation much easier to get through.
#staffmatter #huginamug #mortimerfamily
We at Mortimer would like to say a huge thank you to the Maughan family. They have very kindly donated several trees for our Mortimer Woodland and spent a full morning in the cold and rain planting them for us.
Ellen and Anna prepared for the event at home by researching and watching educational videos about how to plant trees. They have done such a good job along with their parents and their dog!!
We can not believe how much their kind gesture has transformed our school woodland. We hope in years to come the Maughans and all of our families can enjoy the trees they have so kindly donated.
A warm bath and some well earned lunch was much deserved by the whole family. Thanks again from all of us at Mortimer.
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