Reception and Year 6 love seeing their Buddies each week.  We enjoy playing, reading & making things together.  We can't wait to present our Buddy Assembly to our family and friends.

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Date Time Event Wednesday 17 th  September AM Alice in Wonderland Production Thursday 18 th  September 9:00am Reception Phonics/Reading Meeting - Parents/carers invited 11:00am KS2 Mass in Church Y6 to lead – Parents/carers invited Tuesday 23 rd  September 9:00am Y1/Y2 Macmillan Reading Café - Parents/carers invited Wednesday 24 th  September 9:00am Y3/Y4 Macmillan Reading Café - Parents/carers invited Thursday 25 th  September 9:00am Y5/Y6 Macmillan Reading Café - Parents/carers invited Thursday 2 nd  October 9:00am Y1 Phonics/Reading Meeting – Parents/Carers invited 11:00am Y5 Mass in Church – Parents/Carers invited Monday 6 th  October AM Rec – Y6 Flu Vaccinations 3:15pm Y6 SATs Meeting for parents Tuesday 14 th  October AM Y6 Visit to Safety Works Wednesday 15 th  October 8:50am or 2:15pm Reception Stay and Play session - Parents/Carers invited Monday 20 th  October 9:00am Photographer in school Wednesday 22 nd  October All Day Nursery Spooky Celebration Day All Day Rec KS1 & KS2 Spooky Disco Friday 24 th October 9:00am Reception/Y6 Buddy Assembly – Parents/Carers invited 3:15pm School closes for Half-Term

Dear Parents and Carers of St Cuthbert’s, We are writing to inform you that we have children on roll at St Cuthbert’s who have a  severe allergy to nuts . This allergy is life-threatening and can be triggered not only by eating nuts but also by contact with nut oils, residues or airborne particles.   To ensure the safety and well-being of all our pupils, we kindly ask for your cooperation in making our school environment as safe as possible in reference to any packed lunches you choose to send into school.   Before you read on, could I please remind you that all of our Reception and KS1 children are entitled to a Universal Infant Free  School Meal. All meals served in St Cuthbert’s from our kitchen are allergen compliant and completely nut free.   In respect of children who are bringing their own packed lunch instead of accessing their free school meal, we are asking for your support with the following measures:   Please  do not send any nuts or nut products  in your child’s packed lunch or snacks. This includes items such as: ·         Peanut butter ·         Nutella or other chocolate spreads containing nuts ·         Cereal bars or baked goods with nuts ·         Any foods containing nut oils   Wherever possible, please try and avoid: ·         Any food labelled ‘may contain nuts’ ·         Any food labelled ‘may have been made in a factory where nuts are used’   Please  check food labels carefully  before packing your child’s lunch or snack.   Education and Awareness ·         Staff are trained in allergy awareness and emergency procedures, including the use of EpiPens (Jext Pens). ·         We will be educating the children in an age-appropriate way about allergies and the importance of not sharing food.   If you are opting for a packed lunch for your child instead of their free school meal, we understand that this may require some adjustments on your behalf. We fully appreciate your support in helping us create a safe and inclusive environment for all children.   If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the school office. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Best wishes,   Mrs Anne Bullerwell Executive Headteacher

It has been so wonderful to see everyone back in school and enjoying their new classes. Find our Welcome information for each class below!

Year 4 have loved playing in the sun this week! Year 4 have been working hard to describe what happens when you add more bulbs to a circuit in Science and have created posters to help protect our planet!  Year 4 loved our Careers talks this week. We spoke with engineers and a pharmacist about their wonderful jobs and got to look at some of their day to day equipment! Thank you to our wonderful visitors! Year 4 loved their trip to the Discovery Musuem this week! In English, Year 4 have started a new narrative 'A Medal For Leroy' and have started to write a character description for Lieutenant Walter Tull. Year 4 also enjoyed their previous RHE session where we explored the importance of first aid and acted out different scenarios! Year 4 are enjoying their full cube afternoon! They also enjoyed RHE this week, where we looked at first aid and role-played different scenarios!  Last Friday, Year 4 celebrated their First Holy Communion by having a party together in the hall - they had a great time! It's been lovely to see the children supporting one another!  Year 4 loved coming into school in red, white and blue yesterday to celebrate VE Day! The children also enjoyed learning about the history of VE day and completing a range of activities!  Year 4 loved their first session of rugby with Andrew from the Falcons!

Falcon fun in the Sun! Y5 enjoyed their PE lesson with the Falcons. We played lots of games and were able to invade the oppositions area in small-sided games. A super afternoon! Year 5 have loved being with their friends this week indoors and outside! Year 5 had an excellent day in Beamish! We made rockets, were interviewed by tank engineers, tested our amazing crane, went to a Victorian school, sang with a bus driver and made ice-cream! Were we tired? No! After this, we had a sleepover in school - roasted marshmallows, played games, made pizzas and enjoyed a film! What an epic day! Special mention to all the staff that have supported our day - a huge 'thank you' from Y5! Year 5 and Year 1 enjoyed a 'Bible Buddy' session. We will be working together on this project to engage with a variety of Bible stories. We read a story together and then we wrote prayers together. It was lovely to see our Year 5 and Year 1 friends working so well as a team.  Year 5 were brilliant in today's class assembly, sharing our Year 5 journey and how important it is to work as a team! Dr Hickey visited Y5 to give them some engineering advice for the up-and-coming Beamish competition. He gave us important insights into his job and how a balanced crane could be constructed. We loved it! Thank you, Dr Hickey. Y5 enjoyed orienteering this week. They had specific check points to achieve around the school grounds, whilst using a map. Great cross-curricular maths activity and learning to work as a team! Year 5 loved their visit from Robert, who told them all about the Beamish Museum Crane contest they are taking part in across the Summer. Year 5 loved coming into school in red, white and blue to celebrate VE day. They also enjoyed learning and exploring OS map symbols and their meanings. Year 5 have loved been directors this week, experimenting with different video angles in our computing session this week.

Year2 enjoyed having some competitive races in our session with Reception and Year 1 this week Year 2 had a wonderful time connecting with nature at Scotswood Community Nature Garden! Year 2 have been learning about the different micro-habitats in our school grounds. They found loads of creatures in our Forest area Year 2 loved their Local History trip to the Victoria Tunnel, which was followed by a walk to the Quayside to visit the sites and memorials of the Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead Year 2 have had a great time exploring how we might sort and organise data in Computing. Year 2 have been inspired by nature to draw still life using a range of media, including watercolours, charcoals and oil pastels Some pictures of Year 2 enjoying the sun at playtime this week. In Science, Year 2 have planted a variety of seeds to see how plants grow in different conditions. We can't wait to see how they develop! Year 2 have created artwork inspired by local artist Sarah Hill. We have learned about the coal mining heritage of Kenton, which we've reflected in our art

It's been a very busy week in Year 1! We had a brilliant sports afternoon with our friends from Reception and Year 2, enjoyed some brilliant transition activities. We also thought about the difference between things we want and things we need as part of our RE topic of 'Neighbours'.  We had some lively, respectful discussion, sharing our viewpoints and listening to our friends. Year 1 had a fantastic time learning all about God's special planet and finding out about our responsibilities as stewards of the earth. We thought about God's amazing creation and created our own versions of fish, then we made posters to encourage everyone to reuse and recycle! Fantastic! Year 1 designed and made some amazing peg dolls, inspired by our work on Victorians. We all chose to make something different, from characters in traditional tales, aliens and mermaids, to representations of Victorian children and even ourselves! They all looked fantastic and we loved playing with them. Year 1 have been practicing their musical skills this week, learning how to hold the beaters for the xylophones correctly and reading musical notation to play the tricky rhythms in 'Crocodile Rock'! They had to make sure they were all playing the right notes in time with the music. Fantastic! Year 1 have been finding out about Pentecost, acting out the events and thinking about how Jesus' disciples felt before and after they were filled with the Holy Spirit! We created some beautiful doves and wrote down words which reminded us how the disciples felt. Every time we come into our classroom, we see the doves and remember how the Holy Spirit fills us with confidence! Year 1 have been learning about the features of our local coastline and looking carefully at King Edward's Bay. We made maps on our tables using different resources,  then viewed them from above to help us to make our own aerial view maps! 🙂 Year 1 worked so hard on making their fantastic, stable lighthouse models!  Year 1 have been amazing designers this week, creating prototypes for a stable lighthouse model! We tested our prototypes and used them to plan how we make the real models next week. Fantastic problem solving! ear 1 really enjoyed celebrating VE day with their friends! We took part in some reflective collective worship and thought about what it feels like to work as part of a team! Well done! Year 1 had a brilliant day, climbing up the stairs inside St Mary's lighthouse, finding out all about the life of a lighthouse keeper, discovering weird and wonderful creatures in the rockpools and creating some fabulous sand art! Well done, everyone!

Year 3 and Year 2 got together this week to do some reading together outside. The Year 2 children then explored the big yard and field with their Year 3 friends which was very exciting! Year 3 voted for a PJ, teddy and film afternoon to celebrate their full cube jar. They enjoyed eating Haribos and watched Lilo and Stitch. Year 3 have been busy building 3-D shapes using modelling materials. It was trickier than it looked but they persevered and managed to make a cube, cuboid and a square-based pyramid. In Maths, Year 3 made right angle finders then worked outside to find different objects measuring 90 degrees. Just a snapshot of a fantastic visit to Scotswood Garden. The children loved doing the Hape Zome activity using hammers and flowers to make a lovely picture. They planted sunflowers and explored the garden and did den building! Year 3 have been busy in Maths looking at different types of lines and creating a picture using them. Year 3 have been making friendship pledges and have enjoyed exploring how to be a good friend. Year 3 have been working hard whilst investigating the force friction in Science. Year 3 enjoyed a fantastic day at Durham Oriental Museum. They looked at real Egyptian artefacts and got to meet a mummy! Year 3 enjoyed a rugby session lead by Andrew from The Falcons. They practised a range of passing and catching skills.

Year 6 have spent most of their week in their new high schools but also enjoyed their last CHEFF and rugby sessions in school. Year 6 have had a busy week! We've been to our Year 6 Leavers Mass, helped prep for the Summer fayre and begun writing our Leaver book comments! A huge well done to all that read or took part in our Leavers Mass procession. Year 6 loved their Healthy Lifestyles workshop! Year 6 had a wonderful time at Jubilee Theatre! Year 6 had a wonderful adventure at Moor House this week. Here are a few snapshots of our amazing week! Year 6 have worked hard this week. They've been exploring how eyes react to light, created an orienteering course, debated with each other during history and used our Atlas' in Geography. We're all ready for a hard earned rest! A huge well done to all of our Year 6 children who completed their SATs tests this week! We are so proud of all of them. Year 6 loved celebrating VE day! This week, Year 6 enjoyed combining some maths revision with orienteering in the sunshine.

Reception had a full cube jar and loved celebrating by wearing their own clothes, having a disco and playing party games. Reception have been talking about how we can be a good friend to everyone as part of our RE topic. In our collective worship we heard about how Jesus wants us all to love each other and be great friends. We love being with our friends at school.  Reception enjoyed having visitors come into our class to talk about their jobs. We learned about the role of a firefighter who works at the airport and discovered the tasks a bus driver carries out. Reception love joining in with different sports activities.  We have fun playing football in the Butterfly Garden and have  enjoyed practising different events on the field ready for Sports Day next week. Reception have enjoyed learning new facts about minibeasts.  We've painted our favourite minibeasts and have planted some flowers in the Butterfly Garden to attract more minibeasts. We went on a minibeast hunt in the Butterfly Garden and Forest School. We found lots of creepy crawlies before having a story about a spider who liked to play football! Reception have enjoyed being the lifeguards whilst playing with our small world rescue centre.  We also have looked at photos of 'People who help us' and their vehicles from the past and now.  We sorted them into two groups of 'now' and 'then'. Reception have loved telling stories on our fire engine and in our police station in the Butterfly Garden.  On Friday, we enjoyed coming to school dressed as  a person who helps others in their job.  We looked fantastic.  Can you guess who we are? Reception enjoyed going for a walk around Kenton to look at places where 'people who help us work'. We saw postal workers, bus drivers, taxi drivers, paramedics, shop keepers & council workers cutting down trees. On Wednesday, we brought in our own teddies & pretended they had hurt themselves. We took on the role of the doctor and treated our teddy patients to make them feel better. Reception had great fun in their first 'Rugby Minis' coaching session. They played 'Stuck in the Mud', 'What's the Time Mr Wolf', threw the rugby ball and learnt how to place it on a spot to score a try.