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Y3 Celebrating World Book Day 2026!

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All of Year 3 had a wonderful day celebrating World Book Day today. Here are a few images of the children.

World Book Day!

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Early Words – Family Hubs

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A new partnership with South Tyneside Family Hubs is beginning to take shape in school and today marked an exciting first step. We welcomed a group of our EYFS parents and children to launch a six‑week Early Words programme—an initiative designed to strengthen the communication and interaction skills of children aged 3–4 while giving families practical tools to support learning at home. The session created a warm, collaborative atmosphere, with children and adults exploring early language activities together and building confidence through shared play and conversation.
Working closely with Family Hubs allows us to connect our school community with high‑quality early years support, and today’s launch reflects our commitment to nurturing strong home–school partnerships. Over the coming weeks, families taking part in the programme will continue to explore strategies that encourage early communication, vocabulary development, and positive interaction—skills that form the foundation for future learning.
This is the first of several opportunities we hope to offer. As the partnership grows, we aim to host a wider range of programmes for parents and carers, ensuring that families feel supported, informed, and empowered in their child’s early development. We look forward to sharing updates throughout the term as more sessions become available.

South Tyneside Infant Gymnastics Champions 2026!

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Our young Infant Gymnastics squad had a great day competing in the District Finals at the Urban Factory today. The A team were crowned South Tyneside Champions, while our fantastic B team also claimed brilliant bronze medals and a place on the podium!

I was very proud of the children who trained superbly for the event and then showed great courage and composure to perform so well in front of the four judges.

It was wonderful to see the team spirit among our children as they really supported each other. Meanwhile, all of our gymnasts enjoyed exploring a variety of activities at the brilliant Urban factory.

Our A team will now go on to represent South Tyneside in the County Finals at Royal Grammar School in Newcastle on Friday 12th June.

Thank you very much to our fantastic parent helpers who encouraged our children throughout the event. Thank you also to the parents who practised the routine with their children at home – they all did us so proud today!

 

District Basketball Grand Final Qualifiers 2026!

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Today our basketball squad enjoyed the prestigious Hoops4Health Tournament at the Vertu Motors Arena, the home of the Newcastle Eagles. Amazingly, three of our teams reached the semi-finals! One of our teams qualified for the District Grand Finals event ( Friday 13th March) which will take place on the same night as an Eagles match with a capacity crowd watching on as St. Bede’s take to the court!

 

I was very proud of the determination, skills and teamship the children displayed, which took them all deep into the competition. It was wonderful watching all the teams cheering for each other as they supported each other on the different pitches.

 

In preparation, all of the children had trained enthusiastically over the winter months at lunchtimes. The children’s training efforts really showed today as they performed superbly at a great venue alongside their friends.

 

Meanwhile, throughout the day it was lovely to see our teams display good sportsmanship by shaking hands with their opponents after games.

 

Thank you to our brilliant parent helpers who enabled us to have so many teams involved in the event. Finally, thank you to all of the children for your positive attitude and relentless efforts today, which carried you all a long way.

 

Meanwhile, our Basketball journey will continue together as we begin to prepare for the Grand Finals night- Let’s Go St Bede’s Let’s Go!

Y3 Animation Movie Makers At Open Zone & Library Visit!

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Year 3 enjoyed a visit to the brilliant Open Zone at the Word today. The children used various apps like ‘Stickbot’ to create wonderful animated movies. I’m sure we’ll have some future creative movie producers! While we were there the children also enjoyed changing their library books before reading the first few pages together back at school.

Y5/6 Netball Stars!

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A massive well done to our new Netball squad who competed superbly in the recent District competition! It was wonderful to see St. Bede’s represented by two fantastic teams, who trained with great enthusiasm for the tournament. While the A team just missed out on progress to the Finals day, they can still all be very proud of themselves! Well done to Mrs. Wilson who has put a lot time and energy into our new squad that can look forward to more netball opportunities in the future.

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