| Dear Parents/Carers
Re: Reception Welcome Meeting – Wednesday 23rd June 2.15pm Due to the recent announcement from the Government, delaying the lifting of coronavirus lockdown restrictions, sadly we have to postpone the above meeting. A new meeting has been re-scheduled for Tuesday 20th July at 2.15pm, we hope you can make it. Unfortunately, due to these unprecedented times, this was beyond our control and we can only apologise for the short notice and any inconvenience this may cause. Yours sincerely Mrs G. Cunningham Head Teacher |
Dear Parents/Carers,
As you are already aware, Mortimer Primary School is working with a team of researchers at the University of Oxford on a research project called MY-CATS. The MY-CATS team are testing out a new way of identifying and supporting young children who might benefit from help to build confidence and reduce the chance of problems with anxiety, now and in the future.
We are delighted to inform you that your child’s class has been randomly selected to be a part of the research project. Therefore, we are inviting all parents/carers of children in your child’s class to take part, and we would love it if all families in the class got involved! As this project is to help reduce problems with fears and worries now and in the future, your child does not need to be experiencing difficulties with anxiety to take part.
We’ve attached more information about the project in the information booklet below. This short video also outlines the project:
You can also watch a longer, more detailed video about the project here:
MYCATS parent information session
We really do hope that you choose to be a part of this important and much needed research and follow the link below to complete the consent form. When clicking on the link to the consent form, please make sure that you proceed to page 2 in order to provide us with your contact details:
MYCATS parent consent and contact details
You will then receive an email with a link to the screening questionnaires.
Please complete the consent and screening questionnaires by 13th June 2021. We ask one parent/carer to complete the consent and questionnaires for a child. If you have more than one child across the participating classes, you can complete the consent and screening questionnaires for each child.
Thank you in advance for your time,
Mrs Peacock
Assistant Head/Wellbeing Lead
As part of your child’s Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education programme, Year 5 all received First Aid training from Tumbles and Grumbles. The children thoroughly enjoyed their respective training sessions and learned basic first aid, how to conduct CPR, develop an understanding of using a defibrillator and who to contact in an emergency.
As well as their First Aid training, Year 5 also had a visit to Simonside Climbing Wall. Outdoor and adventurous activities are a component of the PE curriculum that we follow in school and the children all had a fabulous time learning how to climb and belay safely.
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4.3.21 Happy World Book Day to you all!
Today is extra special because we are celebrating our love of books with children all over the world. We would have loved for you all to be in school with us, so instead, we are bringing World Book Day celebrations to you.
Did you hear Mrs Douglas on BBC Newcastle Radio this morning? She was talking about what World Book Day is like this year in school and at home! Have a listen here!
Have you heard the first ever World Book day song by MC Grammar?? How many stories can you spot in the song?
We have put together a collection of videos of staff from across the school sharing their favourite books. Get yourselves snuggled up, relax and choose a staff member to read you a story from the comfort of your own home. You could even listen to your teacher reading you a bedtime story.
It won’t be long until you are back in school and enjoying story time in class with your friends. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy sharing some of our favourite stories at home.
Have a great World Book Day!
Hello everyone, it’s Mrs Cunningham here again.
I set you a little challenge on Friday.How did you do? Here is my attempt.
I bet you all did so much better!
I am so pleased that Sydney the Stay Safe Snake is back longer and stronger!
Have a marvellous Monday.
Mrs Cunningham
3.7.20 Phase Three
Here is the key information for Phase Three, our final two weeks of the term.
Key things to note:
- Key workers need to line up to collect and drop off via the ramp.
- Key worker times have changed. Children won’t be ready for collection until 3pm and need to be collected by 3:15 at the latest. Drop off must be made by 9am.
- Classes are now staggered by year group for drop off and pick up. Please check your new times as we have multiple year groups entering and exiting.
- KS2 children should enter via the steps and straight onto the yard. Can parents please stay on the lower level and not come up the steps. Please also exit via the steps.
- KS1 parents – please use the white boxes to social distance when dropping off and picking up.
- Lunch is free, with a limited choice. Children can bring a packed lunch if they wish.
- Uniform should be worn where possible.
- Please leave the site promptly and avoid any gatherings.
- The school is closed to all children Friday 10th and 17th of July.
Thank you for your support.
Here is the story which I was going to share with you in assembly today. I hope you enjoy it. There would have been pictures and a couple of songs too, so you will have to use your imagination, and then maybe you could sing the rainbow song at the end.
The Story of The Rainbow
Once upon a time the colours of the world started to quarrel: they all wanted to be the best and the most important.
Green said: “Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, leaves and trees. Look out over the countryside and you will see that I am everywhere.”
Blue interrupted: “What about the sky and sea. The sky gives space and peace. Without my peace, you would all be nothing.”
Yellow chuckled. “You are all so serious. I bring laughter and warmth to the world. The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow, the stars are yellow. Every time you look at a sunflower, the whole world starts to smile. Without me, there would be no fun.”
Orange started next. “I am the colour of strength. I may be rare but I am precious for human life. I carry the most important vitamins. Think of carrots, pumpkins, oranges and mangos. I don’t hang around all the time, but when I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another thought to any of you.”
Red started shouting: “I am the ruler of all of you. I am blood! I am the colour of danger and of bravery. I am the colour of roses and poppies. Without me, the earth would be as empty.”
Purple rose up to his full height. He was very tall and spoke with importance “I am the colour of royalty and power. Kings, chiefs, and bishops have always chosen me for I am a sign of authority and wisdom. People do not question me. They obey.”
Finally, Indigo spoke, much more quietly than all the others but with just as much determination: “think of me. I am the colour of silence. You hardly notice me, but without me, you all become nothing. I represent thought and reflection, twilight and deep water.”
And so all the colours went on boasting and quarrelling, each convinced that they were the best. Soon, their quarrelling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening! Thunder rolled and boomed! Rain started to pour down.
Rain began to speak: “You silly colours, fighting amongst yourselves, each trying to be better than the rest. Don’t you know you were each made for a special purpose, unique and different? Join hands with one another and come to me.”
Doing as they were told, the colours united and joined hands. The rain continued: “From now on, when it rains, each of you will stretch across the sky in a great bow of colours as a reminder that you can all live in peace and appreciate each other.
Now you know that at the end of assembly, I ask what the meaning of the story is. Well, I think this one is all about being yourself and being special, and when we all work together we can be super strong…just like our super Mortimer Family.
Have a terrific Tuesday
Mrs Cunningham
Hello everyone, it’s Mrs Cunningham here again.
Another weekend over and another Monday morning is here. I hope you had a lovely weekend. I know that lots of you have had your birthdays recently and maybe your big party got postponed. That’s what happened in my house this week. Rachel was 21 years old, and when you are 21 sometimes you have a bigger celebration than normal. Ask your mams and dads what they did for their 21st birthday. So we had balloons, music and presents on Wednesday and on Saturday, so she actually got 2 parties. It was really nice, but it was a shame her friends could not have been there too. So when all this is over we are going to have another party. I know that’s what some of you will be doing too. I think we will all be very busy celebrating and going to so many birthday parties. It’s going to be so much fun.
If you are coming into school this week for the first time in a while, I will see you then. Otherwise, I will see all of you hopefully very soon.
Have a marvellous Monday.
Mrs Cunningham
P.S Guess who thought it was all about him!! We didn’t tell him that the 1 had spun around!!
