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Year 4 Ferry Trip

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Year 4 spent a lovely afternoon celebrating the Pride of the Tyne, our local ferry’s, 30th birthday last week! We learned about the history of the ferry, had a trip to North Shields and visited the Captain’s control room. The children also received a goody bag of treats from Nexus!

Summer Reading Challenge

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The Summer Reading Challenge returns to South Tyneside Libraries for the school holidays.

This year’s theme is ‘Ready, Set Read!’

‘Ready, Set, Read!’ aims to keep children’s minds and bodies active over the summer break, empowering children to forge new connections with others and unleash the power of play, sport and physical activity through reading.

This year’s Summer Reading Challenge is delivered in partnership with children’s charity the Youth Sport Trust, which focuses on reading, sport and play.

 

What the challenge will include:

During the six-week holidays, youngsters aged 4 to 11 years old can collect rewards as they read books from the library.

The challenge will feature inspiring books to read and awesome rewards to collect along the way.

 

How to join and take part

From Saturday 8 July, children can sign up at their local library and read six books of their choice, and return them before Saturday 16 September to complete the challenge.

It’s free to take part and easy to join!

 

Where the challenge will take place

The Summer Reading Challenge will be delivered in libraries across South Tyneside including:

  • the Council’s multi-service hubs (The Word, Hebburn Central, Jarrow Focus and Cleadon Park)

  • the community libraries run by volunteer-based organisations (Boldon and Cleadon, Perth Green and Whitburn)

Find your local library.

Alongside the Summer Reading Challenge, there will be a range of events taking place during the summer holidays for children and families to enjoy.

Reception Visit Marine Park

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Reception had a fantastic time at Marine Park this morning! They had great fun playing on the park, playing with skips and balls on the field and building fairy gardens in the woodland area.  The children then enjoyed a delicious ice cream to cool down and got to ride on the park train. What a busy morning! Next, it was the highlight of the day – lunch! Reception enjoyed a lovely lunch in the park with their friends before heading back to school. The children were beautifully behaved and made all of the staff incredibly proud.

I would like to say a big thank you to our wonderful parent helpers and a HUGE thank you to Smith’s Seaview Cafe for very kindly supplying the children’s ice creams free of charge.

Year 2 Infant Trip

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Year 2 spent the morning at Marine Park as part of their end of year trip. They began with some den building in the forest area. They used sticks, leaves, stones and much more to create dens for their little gnomes and fairies. I was astounded by their creativity.
Then, they spent some time in the play park on the climbing frames and swings. Of course Miss Langley had to join in! To cool off, the children had ice creams and lollies. I think more ended up on their faces than in their tummies!
To end the afternoon, the children had a ride of the park train where they had not one but two rides. What a fantastic day they have had!

Y1 Infant Trip

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Year 1 had a fantastic time at the Marine Park this morning! They started with some den building in the forest area. The children’s creativity knew no bounds as they used sticks and leaves to construct cosy dens for their little characters.
Afterwards, they ventured into the play park and had a fun playing with the equipment on the big field. Their laughter and joy filled the air! And what better way to cool off than with a delicious ice cream? They devoured their treats with delight before hopping on the park train for not one, but two thrilling rides!

Year 1 then enjoyed a lovely lunch in the park with their friends. The children’s impeccable behavior throughout the day made us incredibly proud! Well done Year 1!

Y3 Outdoor Adventurers!

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Y3 enjoyed orienteering using their mapwork skills around South Marine Park today.  They navigated around the park in teams to find letters and numbers which helped them to solve a variety of puzzles. During the course, they also embarked on six problem solving activities, where they had to use communication and teamwork skills. The children were fantastic and really embraced the challenges in a wonderful festival!

Big Sing 2023

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The school choir took part in The Big Sing 2023 at The Sage Gateshead. They enjoyed singing a selection of songs alongside many other schools.

Dance Festival 2023

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Our Monday night dance club recently performed a medley of songs from Matilda to a packed out audience at the Customs House in the  South Tyneside Dance Festival 2023. The children have been very enthusiastic in dance club and worked extremely hard to remember all of the routine. For some of our children this was their first time on stage.

 

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