With Christ at our side to guide us,
we shine in all that we do.
It was so lovely to celebrate the King’s coronation with the whole school community in the sunshine! The children’s had great day wearing crowns, learning about the coronation, singing our national anthem and then ending the day with a family picnic. Thank you to all who attended and helped to make the event so successful, we hope you enjoyed joining us.
Thirty Y3/4 St. Bede’s athletes had a wonderful time competing in the District Athletics Championships at Monkton Stadium. During the presentation, it was amazing to discover that not only had our B team finished 5th, but our A team were crowned District Champions! They will now go on to represent South Tyneside in the County Finals on Tuesday 20th June.
I was so proud to see our children achieve personal best performances; while they keenly supported each other throughout the day. It was also great to see so much support for St. Bede’s from our school community inside the stadium, which really helped inspire our teams.
It has been a great pleasure training our squad of 30 players this year, as their attitude in training has been brilliant. Meanwhile, their behaviour at the tournament was absolutely exemplary. Congratulations to our whole squad on a great day’s athletics, and good luck to our A team in the County Finals!
Year 1 have enjoyed a week of activities celebrating the coronation on King Charles III. The children started by writing a story called The Runaway Crown, based on the story of the Gingerbread Man. We made collage images of the Kings head and crowns and even designed some royal underpants. The class have also written a special card to The King, wishing him well on his coronation day.
Year 1 went to the Open Zone @ The Word to learn more about coding, algorithms and debugging. We used the Lego WeDo equipment to build moving items, and controlled them through the iPads. The children then had a try of creating their own basic animations on the laptops, using the 2 Simple programme.
On Friday, Marie delivered a workshop for our Year 6 children and their parents. They discussed the upcoming transitions and how we deal with worry. Marie gave us all some helpful strategies that we can adopt in and outside of school. Thank you Marie and thank you to all the parents that attended – we appreciate your continued support.
This morning the children performed a wonderful Liturgy for families to celebrate Easter. The children spoke, sang and danced so beautifully. As always, we are so proud of the children!
On Tuesday morning the children in Reception headed to the Urban Factory to take part in a Gymnastics Festival. The children had a great time balancing on beams, learning how to do forward rolls, climbing and moving around on a variety of apparatus.
Please see information below regarding a SEND survey for parents of children with Autism.
Autism and Parental Blame Survey
Understanding families’ experience of parental blame when they approach health, education, and care services for support.
What this project is about
This research study seeks to understand how parents of autistic children experience parental blame when they approach health, education, and care services for support.
This survey is part of the wider Autism and Parental Blame research project, led by ADASS West Midlands in collaboration with the University of Birmingham and commissioned by NHS England (Midlands Region).
Why?
Working together with families we will identify common concerns and themes and make recommendations for changes to practice that will ensure families feel heard and understood when they look for help.
Take part in the survey – open until 01st May 2023
Click here to complete the survey
To find out more contact debbie.hollingsworth@wm-adass.org.uk or laura.feguson@wm-adass.org.uk
Or visit Autism and parental blame research | WMADASS (wm-adass.org.uk)
Today 5 squads consisting of 30 children from St. Bede’s enjoyed the South Tyneside Quicksticks tournament at Boldon School. It was great to see so many children take part in their first competitive event for St. Bede’s with so much enthusiasm!
All of the children dribbled and tackled their hearts out on a blustery and wet day. However, the weather didn’t dampen our spirits, as not just one but two of our teams finished top of their respective leagues on the day after playing some amazing hockey!
The Y3/4 children thoroughly deserved a great hockey day after the way they have keenly took part in practises over the winter months. Thank you also to the brilliant parent helpers who encouraged the children throughout the event.
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