With Christ at our side to guide us,
we shine in all that we do.
Year 6 had the pleasure of inviting their parents into school to watch their class liturgy.
It was great to have everyone back into the school to enjoy a time of worship, reflection and prayer.
The children did a great job and particularly enjoyed the juice and biscuits afterwards!
The children attended The Community Fire Station in South Shields and took part in the RAP event which looked at how to stay safe in many different scenarios, including; fire safety, water safety and how to stay safe when out playing.
The children had a great time and learned a lot and particularly enjoyed the live fire demonstration at the end.
We travelled to and from the event via public transport and the children were so well behaved and a credit to the school. We even received a comment from another passenger on the bus about how well behaved they were.
Well done Year 6!
Our PTA will be holding a Monster Ball on Tuesday 1st November (please see letter below). In preparation for this, we would welcome any donations of fancy dress costumes you may have at home. We would like to recycle these and will be selling them for £1 at our Autumn coffee afternoon on Thursday 20th October from 2pm in the school hall.
We hope to see you there!
On Friday evening, our basketballers represented South Tyneside in the Champion of Champions Finals at the Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle. Our team played with a lot of passion and often dominated possession in a series of high quality games. Despite remaining unbeaten in our pool, we narrowly missed out on a place in the Grand Final. However, we finished the tournament with a lot of pride, claiming third place after beating Wellfield Middle School in the 3rd Place Play Off.
The players had been training for the event since returning to school in September and gave an excellent account of themselves. In one game, they showed their incredible spirit to come back from 6-0 down to gain an exciting 8-8 draw!
One hundred and forty seven teams were involved in the Hoops4health tournament in our region; so to become District Champions, reach the Champion of Champions finals, remain unbeaten throughout the entirety of the season and secure third place in north east region was an incredible effort!
I was so proud of the whole squad for how they have developed as both players and people throughout the basketball season. Meanwhile, it was truly uplifting to see the brilliant support from the St. Bede’s family community; who travelled to Newcastle to support our children on a great night of sport!
World Mental Health Day is Monday 10th October. The children will be having an assembly on The 5 Ways To Wellbeing. These are simple steps we all can take to improve our Mental Health and Well-being.
Eight teams from St. Bede’s consisting of 42 children became South Tyneside Cross Country Team Champions today! It was wonderful to have so many boys and girls involved in a single event. The children have shown incredible dedication to train for the competition and everyone strived for personal best performances. I was so proud of how everyone supported each other and the amazing parental support at Temple Park!
We are currently in the process of setting up access to a ‘worry monster’ in each classroom. This is a place where they can write their name on a post-it note with any worry they may have and “feed” it to the worry monster. This can happen throughout the day and teaching staff regularly check the worry monsters, find a quiet place to talk to the child and address any worries that they might have. This is an opportunity for the children to share any worries and for us to try and help and offer support.
While the children are not at school, we are aware that they may still have worries or questions that they might want to share or ask. We want to be able to continue to offer this type of support as much as we can while we are currently not in school. So, we have now set up a dedicated email address. This is for the children to use. They can email us with any worries or questions they may have. Mrs Welsh, Mrs Devine and Mrs Mackley will all have access to the email service, so we will hopefully be able to address any worries.
The email address is ineedtotalk@st-bedes.s-tyneside.sch.uk
We had a fantastic evening on Monday to celebrate our final week in Year 6. The children were great company and enjoyed playing games and dancing. They are a credit to their parents and we will miss them all very much!
Last week 12 Key Stage 2 children took park in a musical performance called, ‘Footsteps into Paradise’ in Durham Cathedral. The performance was an immersive musical and art experience, celebrating our togetherness as a Trust, enabling the children to explore their identity and spirit of community. Some themes of the show included; respect, belief, reality of war, remembrance, empathy, acceptance, equality and kindness. The children put so much effort into the rehearsals and sang so beautifully on the night.
We had a fantastic day at Lightwater Valley on Friday. The children enjoyed the sunshine and being daredevils on the rides.
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