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An Author Visits Reception

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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 a book. The children asked some very interesting questions and have been inspired to write their own stories! Pauline left the children with one last important message, “everyone can be an author. You just need to start with an idea.”

Thank you Pauline for a wonderful afternoon.

A message from Pauline –

Dear Staff and children
I cannot describe how wonderful it was to talk and listen to you all on Friday. You are inspirational xxx I was just buzzing after my time with you.
Brought back so many happy memories of my teaching years with lovely children.

Thank you and write those stories xxx

 

Year 5 Library Visit

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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 even took them outside to read on the playground at lunchtime. We are already looking forward to our next visit.

Year 4 visit to Arbeia

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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 of the Roman soldiers to life.

Then, the children explored various artefacts in the Museum.

Finally, through the ‘Time Quest’ Dig activity, the children took on the role of archaeologists, and using real artefacts, discovered how to interpret excavated finds to explore the past from a range of sources of information to enable them to piece together the story of Roman life along the frontier.

First Holy Communion Going Forth Mass

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On Sunday, the First Holy Communion children celebrated their ‘Going Forth’ Mass, where they received their certificates from Fr Bill.

Here they are together and with their Catechists.

County Y1/2 Gymnastics Finalists at RGS!

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Our Y1/2 Gymnasts represented both South Tyneside and St. Bede’s today at the prestigious Royal Grammar School in Jesmond. They performed with confidence and composure, as they delivered excellent routines to the judges! While they didn’t medal on this occasion, they can be so proud of their fabulous performances!

Our team also had a great time enjoying a variety of fun gymnastics activities in a wonderful setting. Thank you to everyone for your efforts, I was so proud of you all today; I’m sure we’ll be back competing with the very best next year!

Year 5/6 Athletics Event

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Three teams of pupils from Year 5 and Year 6 enjoyed competing at Monkton Stadium in the Quadkids Athletics event this week. Everyone tried so hard and should be extremely pleased with their performances and I was very proud to see everyone supporting each other with lots of enthusiasm and kind words. The children had buckets of positive energy and it was a delight to hear them cheering each other on. A huge ‘well done’ from Mrs Usher.

 

Year 6 D-Day 80 Poetry

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6th June 2024 marked 80 years since D-Day, the largest seaborne invasion in history, and the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe. To mark this anniversary, Year 6 wrote some wonderfully descriptive poems entitled ‘Ten Things in a Soldier’s Pocket’ and created some artwork of the Normandy landings using oil pastels. Brilliant work, Year 6!

Feast of St Bede

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To celebrate the Feast of Saint Bede, some of our wonderful Year 5 and 6 children wrote and led an assembly all about our patron saint. The children did a fantastic job of researching key facts and writing their own script. They also collectively wrote a prayer to St Bede which they shared with everyone, alongside some beautiful artwork inspired by El Salvador crosses.

Y1 Outdoor and Adventure

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The Year 1 children showcased their map reading skills by tackling various orienteering challenges at South Marine Park. Working in teams, they searched for clues and gathered materials. After completing the course, they used the collected materials to construct a home for their team’s bear.

Y3/4 District Athletics Champions 2024!

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Thirty Y3/4 athletes had a wonderful time competing in the District Athletics Championships at Monkton Stadium; while we have also just found out that our A Team are District Champions – a great achievement considering there were 47 teams taking part!

All of our children had a great attitude in training and everyone aimed for  personal best performances in the finals. Once again, the support throughout the squad for each other was so positive and up lifting- well done everyone!

The A team will now go on to represent South Tyneside in the County Finals on Friday 21st June at Monkton Stadium. They will compete against the best athletes from Newcastle, North Tyneside, Sunderland and Gateshead.

It was great to see so much support for St. Bede’s from our school community inside the stadium, which really helped inspire our teams.

Congratulations to our whole squad on a great day’s athletics and good luck to our A team in the County Finals!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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