Welcome to St Mary's Primary School
St. Mary's is situated in Whickham, Tyne and Wear, just West of Gateshead. The school is a mixed Roman Catholic (Voluntary Aided) Primary School, for children from 5 up to 11 years of age.
St. Mary's School aims to value each child as a unique individual whose full potential can be developed in a community which has Christ at it's heart.
Our website contains lots of information about our school, including up to date news and events listings, as well as recent examples of our work and play.
We hope you enjoy your visit to our website and find it useful.
Mrs M T McMillan (Head Teacher)
Your Comments
We welcome your comments and feedback. Simply click the comments link below most of our postings. Please note that all comments are moderated before publication.
Had a super day with you all. Thank you so much for inviting me on your trip. Really enjoyed the ice
• mrs barrett:
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I think we should call the cat !Amigo! after our !Amigos! groups, where the children from different
• Mrs Ostell:
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I think it should be called Cutie because it is so cute.
• elly:
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Hola from Montecanal school in Zaragoza, Spain. What a lovely idea to celebrate European Day. Your S
• Karen:
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Mrs Briggs was cool when I was at St Marys.
Have a Good Retirement Mrs B!
• Anonymus:
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SATS are easy. You have nothing to worry about, and the partys great!!!
• Romany McLure (Former Y6 at St Marys):
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It will be weird not watching Mrs Briggs do pilates and sing the sound of music in the hall!
• Lucy-Rose:
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All the practice sats we have been doing has really helped!
The sats aren't as bad as i thought the
• Ciara:
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Multimedia Vault
Please take some time out to view some of the recent video and audio content created by our school...

The Gingerbread Man - Year 1
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Goldilocks - Year 1
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Virtual School Cat
We need a name for our school cat. Can you think of a good one? Click here and use Comments to give us your ideas....
Contact
Mrs M T McMillan (Head Teacher)
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School
Duckpool Lane
Whickham
Gateshead
NE16 4HB
Tel: (0191) 420 5828
E: info@whickhamstmarys.org.uk
Awards
Recently Added
July 18, 2008
Balloon Race
One of our balloons that were released on Sports Day, 4th July, has made its way all the way to Northumberland!
The lady that found the balloon returned the ticket with a letter;
July 16, 2008
A lovely suprise for Miss Hawthorne!
Today, Miss Hawthorne got a lovely suprise from her class....
July 10, 2008
A visit from Dr Ben!
Today Year 2 had a brilliant visit from Dr Ben who came to tell us all about how babies are looked after in hospital, for our science topic!
July 4, 2008
Sports Day
Wow! what a fantastic sports day we all had at St Mary's this year. The sun shone all day.
June 29, 2008
Farewell to School
Poem from Mrs Briggs
Sadly Mrs Briggs left our school last term after many years of looking after the children during lunchtimes. She was presented with gifts and cards from all the children and staff and left us with a poem of some of her memories.