First Half Term Sporting Highlights

6th November 2018A Stelling

Our children have taken part in a wide variety of different sporting events and have done extremely well.

Football
Our A team have had a very impressive start to the season winning all three of their games. The team have scored twenty goals in total which is excellent!
Our B team have played two games so far winning one and losing the other.
Our girls have also made a promising start to their season.
Rugby
Our Year 5 children have all recently had rugby coaching which they thoroughly enjoyed. The coaches certainly did not waste their time as in the Y5/6 tag rugby competition held at Harton Technology College on Friday 19th October, Mortimer finished first, third and fourth. This is a tremendous achievement as there were over twenty teams present on the day.
Judo
Every child from Y1-6 had the opportunity to take part in Judo taster sessions. these were thoroughly enjoyed by the children and we hope we will be able to offer judo to our children again next year.
Cross Country
Over six hundred children from South Tyneside gathered together at Temple Park on Thursday 1st November to take part in this event. Several of our children were placed very highly in the four races Mortimer entered. Our Year 5 boys’ team combined score placed them as the best school on the day. Congratulations to all of the children who took part!

Artyfacts: The Time Capsule

1st November 2018A Stelling

All KS2 children received a true treat today when theatre company, Artyfacts, visited our school and performed a special WW1 themed play.

This play introduced children to the topic and will be used as a foundation to a special Literacy week for Year 6 next year which is in connection to Remembrance Day and 100 years since the end of the Great War.

Book Week 2018

19th October 2018A Stelling

Thank you to everyone who has supported Book Week 2018. The children have had a fantastic week reading a wide variety of books, creating beautiful worked linked to their stories, Y6 had a visit from the author Antony Wooten and much, much more!

The children really enjoyed their day today dressed as their favourite book characters.

We really appreciate your support for this project. Here are a few pictures taken today.

Reception 2018

19th October 2018A Stelling

It’s been a busy seven weeks but our reception children are well and truly settled into their new classes. Here are a few pictures of their first few days captured at the start of the term.

Y6 RAP

12th October 2018A Stelling

Y6 had a very informative morning at the Fire Station this morning when they received micro-workshops to help prevent accidents in their home and social life.

They received workshops from the RNLI, Northern Gas, Fire Safety, School Nurses (Drug and Alcohol Awareness), NEXUS and train safety and staying safe when out and about at night in a dark environment.

The children and staff thoroughly enjoyed the morning’s activities.

 

Harvest

3rd October 2018A Stelling

Thank you for all the contributions to our Harvest Festival Celebration. The children thoroughly enjoyed the assemblies presented by Father John Miller.

We thank all who sent in food or gave a money donation. We will report on our next newsletter how much was raised.

Girls’ Football

2nd October 2018A Stelling

Well done to our two girl football teams who played their first matches last week. They were fantastic representatives for the school and played well for their first outings as a team.

Well done girls!

RNLI Assembly

18th September 2018A Stelling

Martin Lightfoot from the RNLI visited school today to deliver assemblies to both our Infant and Junior children. He talked to them about the dangers of being near water and the 4 rules they can follow to keep themselves safe. The 4 rules are: Stop and Think, Stay Together, Float and Call 999 or 112. The children were very responsive to Martin’s questions and he was very impressed by them. The children who were in Mrs Allan’s class last year then presented the RNLI with a cheque for £116.40 that they had raised in the summer from the sale of artwork. The RNLI receives no government funding and relies on fundraising efforts.

Y6 Monosukuri Caravan Workshop at Nissan

12th September 2018

This week, 6FH and 6RF visited the Sunderland Nissan Plant to take take part in the Monosukuri Caravan workshop. The children had a fabulous time and were given a real behind-the-scenes insight into life at Nissan: they designed and built their own vehicles, worked as part of a production line, toured the training workshop and even raced micro F1 cars! They had a lot of fun training for life as an engineer by learning to use actual tools used on the production line.  The children were also given the opportunity to dip their toes into Japanese culture. They practised their Japanese vocabulary and took part in a welcome ceremony, where they received a traditional Daruma doll. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and an amazing experience was had by all.