With Christ at our side to guide us,
we shine in all that we do.

Mini Vinnies’ Coffee Morning at St Bede’s Church

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The Mini Vinnies hosted a coffee morning today after Palm Sunday Mass.

There was a Tombola stall, a delicious Cale Sale and the Mini Vinnies sold bookmarks they’d made as well as Stations of the Cross booklets in which they’d produced the beautiful artwork.

The Mini Vinnies were brilliant and the morning was a huge success – they raised £166.57 for the St Vincent de Paul Society.

Everyone had a fantastic day!  Well done Mini Vinnies and a big thank you to the parents and staff who supported the event too!

Year 4 World Book Day Costumes

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The children had a great day on World Book Day – here they are in their costumes.

Year 4 Entries to the World Book Day Competition

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Year 4 have been demonstrating their creativity this week in the ‘Decorate a paper plate’ competition for World Book Day.  Can you guess which books they have based their designs on?

Stations of the Cross – Years 3 and 4

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Years 3 and 4 led the Stations of the Cross at St Bede’s Church today together with their families and parishioners.

It was a lovely service and the children read beautifully, allowing us time to think about the Passion of Christ and reflect on Jesus’ love for us and the sacrifice He made for us.

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Year 4’s Visit to the OpenZone & Lego Exhibition

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Year 4 had a fantastic time at the OpenZone yesterday where they learnt all about Scratch programming.  They then visited the Lego Exhibition.  Here are some photographs of them having fun!

CAFOD Family Fast Day

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On Friday 23rd February it was CAFOD Family Fast Day.  St Bede’s families showed their commitment to helping people in the local community and further afield, by generously supporting our Lenten appeal to help us help those less fortunate than ourselves.

Children donated tins of food to the Key to Life Foodbank (an operation providing emergency food and support to people in crisis across South Tyneside) as well as donating money to CAFOD (Catholic Aid for Overseas Development), one of the largest networks in the world, helping some of the poorest and marginalised people in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

We collected over £50 in monetary donations and a wealth of food products for the Key to Life Foodbank.  As you can see by the photographs of our Mini Vinnies with our food donations, together we make a huge difference!

Mini Vinnies’ Coffee Morning at St Bede’s Church

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The Mini Vinnies hosted their first coffee morning today after Mass.  The children made some delicious cakes and brought in some great prizes for the Tombola stall.

After setting up the church hall in preparation for the coffee morning, the Mini Vinnies attended Mass and then were put to work!  The morning was a huge success, with the Mini Vinnies raising £134.42 towards repairs for the church roof.

Everyone had a fantastic day and Fr Bill was thrilled with the money raised! Well done Mini Vinnies!!!

Commissioning of the Mini Vinnies

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In the Autumn term, we asked for children to volunteer to become Mini Vinnies.  We were astounded by the huge number of applications received from our KS2 children.  It was so difficult to choose between the thoughtful applications of those children wanting to make a difference in their community, so, with over 40 applications, we decided to run 2 Mini Vinnies’ groups.  Here they are being commissioned today.

Mrs Brown visits Year 4

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As part of our Local Church topic in RE, we were fortunate to welcome Mrs Brown into school to talk about the role the laity plays in Church.  It was very interesting – the children learned a lot about how we are all called to serve God in our own way, and the commitment and responsibility involved in people volunteering.

 

KS2 Christmas Concert – Hosanna Rock

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The children in KS2 delivered a fantastic performance when they sang songs from ‘Hosanna Rock’ in Church today.  Accompanied by Mr Richardson on the piano, the children sang, narrated, and acted beautifully.  We were all so proud of them!  Thank you to everyone involved in the concert and to our wonderful families for supporting them!

 

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