Today, the children attended the RAP event at South Shields Fire Station.

They discovered that RAP stands for ‘Reducing Accidents at Play’ and as they are becoming older, they will be wanting to go out with their friends more and become more confident in social situations and become more independent.

The RAP event, discusses ways in which they should stay safe in a range of scenarios from water safety, road safety and safety around the metro and train lines. They also discussed what antisocial behaviour was and what that looks like in their local areas.

The children attended 6 different workshops hosted by Nexus, Northumbria Police, RNLI Lifeguards, , South Tyneside Council Road Safety, Northern Power Grid and the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service.

The children were engaged throughout the morning and asked (and answered) some very important questions.

On Monday night, our wonderful year 6’s enjoyed their school Leavers’ Disco.

We had the great DJ George Thompson playing the tunes and getting the children involved in some very competitive games!

The girls turned up looking glamorous, the boys turned up looking cool……. they all left looking dishevelled and a little sweaty!!

They also enjoyed a McDonald’s Happy Meal which were kindly funded by our lovely PTFA.

The children and staff had a great evening.

On Thursday, Year 6 performed their end of year leavers’ production of “I’m an 11 Year Old, Get Me Out Of Here!”

The children worked very hard to learn their lines, the songs, dances and stage directions. They did a morning and an afternoon performance and I am very proud to say both of their performances were outstanding.

For those of you that attended, I think you will all agree that the production was excellent and very funny!

I would like to thank Mr Richardson for his amazing piano skills, our children in years 4 and 5 who made up our amazing choir, Mrs Hill for practicing the songs with the choir for weeks on end, Mrs Molenda who was in charge of adding the sound effects throughout the play, Mr Maratty for his exceptional artistic skills creating the stage sign and for helping backstage and Mrs Wilson for all her hours of hard work with the endless practices, creating dances, organising props and costumes and ensuring the children were ready back stage for their scenes!

And lastly, I would like to thank the parents and adults who unknowingly were going to take part in the Grammar challenge on stage and having various items tipped over their heads! You were all a great sport and I appreciate your braveness! Thank you!

As an end of year ‘leavers’ trip, year 6 visited South Shields Surf School for an afternoon of surfing.

After a battle getting into their wetsuits, the children braved the cold North Sea to learn how to surf. The children embraced this opportunity, and it was fantastic to see them enjoying themselves, having fun and learning something new.

Their behaviour and attitude were outstanding and as you can see from the pictures, they had a great time!