Art Exhibition!
We are proud to present an exhibition of art painted by the pupils of St Mary's Primary School.
MONDAY 18th and TUESDAY19th MAY
Viewing sessions from 2.45pm to 6pm, Monday( last admission 5.30pm)
and 8.45am to 9.30pm Tuesday
50p entrance fee which will include refreshments and a free raffle.
Please use the main entrance.
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Sponsored Walking for St Cuthbert's Care
A fantastic effort was made by KS2 on Wednesday 25th March, spurred on of course by Nora and Frank!

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Y6- Pen Pals in Japan!!!
Y6 are building up a very exciting relationship with The British School of Tokyo as part of their topic on Japan!
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Swimming Gala Success!
On the 4th of March we went to Felling to compete in the West Gateshead Local Swimming Gala.
When we got there we were all extremely excited however, we were also very nervous.
We were all their by 5:15 wearing our school tracksuits and when we all marched round the pool with our banner, on the way we spotted our future medals.

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More St Mary's Success!!
St Mary's has been recognised as providing "Exceptional delivery within the PE and Sport Strategy" for 2008.

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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
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;
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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.
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Y6 David Milliband Visit
This morning David Milliband the Foreign Secretary came to visit Y6 and the pupil council in response to the wonderful letters that they wrote to the Prime Minister and Mr Anderson, MP about the situation in Kenya and our links with St Anthony's in Nakuru. They put on a fab assembly and Mr Milliband and the other visitors were all very impressed.
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Goodbye Mrs. Briggs.
Mrs Briggs has been one of St Mary's loyal lunchtime assistants for the last 22 years. She is leaving on 23rd May and going to enjoy a well earned rest.

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European Day May 8th 2008
Anyone visiting St Mary's School today will be very surprised to see many of the children wearing different colours to our normal school uniform.




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Rainbows celebrate 21!
Today was a special day for some children in Reception and Year 1.

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Y6 SATS
The year 6 SATs take place next week! All of year 6 have worked hard and have nothing to worry about. All they need to do is remember to try their very best, make sure they have a good nights sleep and a tasty breakfast before a test and arrive at school promptly. They also need to remember to bring in their P.E Kit and anything they need for Kenya work every day...and remember their things for their party on Friday.
Oh yes and they also need to keep smilling!
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Summer Term 2008 Newsletter
MP Visits Y6!
Today our local MP Dave Anderson visited Y6 in response to their letter they wrote to him about their views on the political situation in Kenya.

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Enjoying Lent!
Well done to KS1 and KS2 for taking part in the sponsored skip or the sponsored walk.

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Congratulations!
St Mary's has been awarded the Basic Skills Primary Quality Mark.

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Shoe Boxes!
It's that time of year again when the Samaratin's Purse launch their appeal for shoe boxes.

Congratulations to all the parents and children of St Mary's who have sent in Shoe Boxes for Operation Christmas Child run by the Samaratin's Purse. The gifts and items inside these boxes will be distributed to children who are in need.
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2006-2007 Comenius End of First Year
Comenius Partnership
We are linked with schools in Germany, Italy and Spain for three years.
During the first year of our partnership all the pupils in each school studied artists of their home region.
Would you like to view our pictures?
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Bonjour tout le monde!
On Mercredi 3 octobre quatorze [14] Year 5/6 children went to Dryden Professional Centre to take part in a Modern Foreign Languages [MFL] Showcase organised by Madame Barrett and the Primary MFL Team at Dryden.
Mrs McMillan popped in to see the performance and was very pleased and proud.
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Summer Newsletter Update
Newsletter Update
“Summer Term has been and continues to be very busy with a huge range of activities taking place. I hope this update helps to show what this has involved.?
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Maths trail on the Quayside
Once again Dr Maths organised a Maths Trail in Newcastle. This year it was along the Quayside and some of the children from KS2 accompanied by parent helpers had to follow the trail and solve the puzzles. This event is to show the chldren that maths is important in our everyday lives, not just in lessons at school.

Click here to read some of the thoughts about the trail from children in Year 3 and Year 4.
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Kenyan visitors
We are delighted to welcome to our school, Sr Sylvia, Lucy Mbuthia and David Wachira. They will be with us from 16th to 30th March.
They teach in St Anthony's school in Kenya. The school now have a new headteacher, St. Anisia.
The previous head teacher, Sr Joyce has been welcomed into our school and parish on several occasions, she has now been moved to a new school with new challenges.
Our visitors are interested in shool life and our lifestyles. It is very different to their own. 

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Comenius
St Mary's has been linked with other schools in Europe for the last 3 years.
We now have 3 new partner schools in Italy, Germany and Spain.
Each year there is a different focus where we share our local interests and cultures.
This year the theme is artists.
St Mary's have chosen Ivan Lindsay, who is a local artist based at Tynemouth.

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Nature Trail
We are very lucky at St Mary's as we have nice school fields to play in, but these are always really muddy in the Winter. During half term a Nature Trail has been built on some of the area so that the children can enjoy more space and have plenty of excercise while having fun at the same time.


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Murals in KS1
KS1 children are very lucky, not only do they have very elegant new coat hooks and shoe racks but they are also surrounded by a fantastic mural depicting bible stories


On the opposite wall they can have fun finding the rhyming words and phrases, a dog on a log or a wizard with a lizard, although this can take rather a long time to hang their coats up!

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Police dogs at St Mary's
On Tuesday 18th July, Whickham Police visited St Mary's and put on a brilliant dog show. The dogs showed their skills and caught a couple of very strange characters!




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Reception 2006
After settling in well, the children have experienced many opportunities over the year.
One of our most successful ventures has been the Buddy System. The Y5 children tried very hard to welcome your children into school. We hope they remain firm friends next year and who knows after that.
We enjoyed performing our Nativity Tableaux live at the Metro Centre. It was a daunting task in front of such a vast audience, but they rose to the occasion and I was very proud of the children!
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