This years Summer Reading Challenge theme is Marvellous Makers and it’s all about creativity! From dancing, junk modelling to music, there’s something for everyone. The challenge starts Saturday 6th July and finishes Saturday 14th September. Click the link below to view the parent/carers letter about the challenge. SRC_2024_newsletter_to_families The following links contain information about the […]
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Welcome to St Bede’s Catholic Primary & Nursery School
We are very proud of our happy and successful school in the centre of South Shields and are very pleased to share information about our school on our website with pupils, parents, governors and our wider school community.
We hope that you enjoy your visit to our website, and that you find the information you need. Please feel free to contact the school with any queries you may have.
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Year 3 Library Visit
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Year 1 @ The Word
Our Year 1 children enjoyed a delightful visit to children’s library, within The Word. During their trip, they gathered to listen to a football themed story, linked to the Euros, which captivated their imaginations. Following the story, the children participating in a football craft activity. They had a wonderful time making their very own paper […]
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Y1 Dance Festival
🎉 Last night, our talented Year 1 students shone brightly at the South Tyneside Dance Festival! Dressed in vibrant, colourful outfits, they performed a fantastic dance routine to ‘Waka, Waka’ by Shakira at the Customs House. Their confidence and energy lit up the stage, captivating the entire audience! A huge congratulations to all of you. […]
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Mini Vinnies’ Behind the Scenes Tour of St Bede’s Church
After school today, the Mini Vinnies enjoyed a lovely visit to our church to have a ‘Behind the scenes’ tour with Father Bill. The children had a more detailed look around St Bede’s Church, looking at the Sanctuary, the Sacred Heart Altar, Our Lady’s Altar, the statues, Font, Paschal Candle, the Stations of the Cross […]
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Reception Dance Festival 2024
Last night the children performed a spectacular dance to ‘Waka Waka’ by Shakira at the Customs House Dance Festival! The children danced so confidently on the stage in front of a huge audience – they were amazing! Mrs Hill and I couldn’t be prouder of our incredible children, a huge well done to you all!! […]
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Year 4 Library Visit
Year 4 enjoyed their visit to The Word this morning. They completed a quiz about the library then listened to a story ‘The Lost Happy Endings’ by Carol Ann Duffy. We set up a library ticket for Year 4 and the children were allowed to borrow one book each to read in school. Here they […]
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An Author Visits Reception
Today a very special lady paid a visit to Reception. Pauline Waters, author of ‘Stanley the Seagull’ came to talk to the children all about her job as an author. Pauline read the story ‘Stanley and the Great North Run’ to the children and talked about all of the stages involved in writing and publishing […]
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Year 5 Library Visit
Year 5 visited the children’s library at The Word today. The library staff told us all about the library and we had a quiz about what we’d learned. We heard some new stories and then had time to select some books to loan. Some of us couldn’t wait to dive into our new books and […]
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Year 4 visit to Arbeia
Year 4 had a fantastic visit to Arbeia Roman Fort today and the children were very lucky to avoid the bad weather throughout the day. First, they enjoyed the ‘Roman Soldier Touch Tour’ which was an interactive tour of the site looking at real and replica artefacts bringing the history of Arbeia and the lives […]