Nursery have been exploring everything under the sea. We decided to make our own sea life collage: we had fun getting messy painting the sea with our hands, decorated some fabulous fish and stunning shells. We made some octopus biscuits which were yummy! This week Nursery have been taking closer at the things you can do and see at the seaside. We made our own rock pool and have investigated animals you might find in it. We had fun dressing up and acting a day at the beach in the sand pit. We made our own crabs with snappy claws. Nursery were so surprised when they went into the Rainbow Garden and saw our ice cream shop. We had fun acting out the different roles in the ice cream shop. We decided to build our own pool and even took turns as a life guard. Sports day was great fun and after we all enjoyed eating ice cream with our friends. Nursery packed their suitcases and headed to St Cuthbert’s Airport. We had fun playing the different roles of cabin crew, pilot, airport security and the passengers. After we checked in with our passports and made our way through security it was time to board ‘St Cuthbert’s Airline’ and head of on our jolly holidays. This week in Nursery we booked our summer holidays at the St Cuthbert’s Travel Agents. We organised our suitcase together to make sure we packed everything we would need. We used the imagination playground outside to build an amazing aeroplane that took us away on our holiday. In Nursery, we have been exploring the season of Summer. We picked flowers and leaves to make suncatchers, painted beautiful flowers and made magical potions using fruit and flowers. Nursery have had such a busy week! On Tuesday we explored Kenton on our walk looking for people who help us. On Wednesday we came to Nursery dressed as a person who helps us in the community. To finish our fabulous week, we celebrated a full cube jar by having a disco with balloons and bubbles. Nursery continued learning about ‘People Who Help Us’. This week we successfully completed our first firefighting mission. We put on our special uniform, drove the fire engine really fast with the siren blaring. We were so brave when we put the fire out in the house and rescued the cat. It was so much fun! This week Nursery have learned about ‘People Who Help Us’. We looked at the different types of jobs that people do to help us. We took part in Firefighter training climbing a ladder, jumping through a ring of fire, put out A fire and even rescued a cat from a tree. We had so much fun! We had a fantastic time celebrating VE Day. We all came to Nursery dressed in red, white and blue. We made flags and observed the one-minute silence. This week we also dressed as Doctors and Nurses and took our teddies to the Teddy Bears’ Hospital we had fun wrapping them in bandages.

Date Time Event Monday 2nd June All Day School closed – Training Day Tuesday 3rd June 8:30am School re-opens after May Half Term Wednesday 4th June – Friday 6th June All Day Y6 - Moorhouse Residential Wednesday 4th June 9:00am New Reception Parent/Carer Meeting Thursday 5th June 11:00am Y4 - Mass in Church - Parents/Carers welcome Friday 6th June 9:00am Y3 - Class Assembly Tuesday 10th June AM Y3 - Trip to Scotswood Gardens Wednesday 11th June 9:00am New Nursery Parent/Carer Meeting Thursday 12th June AM Y6 - Visit to Jubilee Theatre Friday 13th June 9:00am Y5 - Class Assembly – Parents/Carers welcome Monday 16th June All Day Y4 - Trip to Discovery Museum Tuesday 17th June 9:00am Y3 - Wellbeing Workshop – Parents/Carers welcome Thursday 19th June All Day Y2 - Trip to Victoria Tunnel/Ouseburn Friday 20th June All Day Y6 - Big Gig 9:00am Y1 - Class Assembly – Parents/Carers welcome Monday 23rd June All week Careers’ Week Tuesday 24th June All Day Y2 - Trip to Scotswood Gardens (Group 1) Wednesday 25th June AM Reception, Y1 & Y2 – Sports Day PM Y3, Y4, Y5 & Y6 – Sports Day Thursday 26th June All Day Y5 - Beamish Trip and Sleepover in school 9:00am Y4 Wellbeing Workshop - Parents/Carers welcome Friday 27th June All Day Whole School Non-Uniform day – Bring a prize for Raffle Tuesday 1st July All Day Y2 - Trip to Scotswood Gardens (Group 2) 9:00am Y6 - Wellbeing Workshop – Parents/Carers welcome Thursday 3rd July 9:00 Y5 - Wellbeing Workshop - Parents/Carers welcome 10:00am Y6 - Leavers Mass at the Cathedral Friday 4th July 3:15pm Summer Fair Monday 7th – Friday 11th July All Day Y6 - Kenton High School Transition Days Wednesday 9th – Friday 11th July All Day Y6 - Catholic High School Transition Days Wednesday 9th July AM Nursery Reading with Teddy Bears Wednesday 16th July AM Nursery Summer Fun Session Thursday 17th July 11:00am Whole School Mass (Y5 Leading) – Parents/Carers welcome   2:00pm Y6 - Leavers Show/Assembly – Parents/Carers welcome Friday 18th July 3:15pm School Closes for Summer Holidays Tuesday 2nd September 8:30am School re-opens

Please find information about the Pharmacy First offer, which has been designed to support health services. The pharmacy can prescribe antibiotics for certain conditions and will feed this back into GP services so it’s still on a child’s medical record. Hopefully this will help when GP appointments are difficult to access. 111 online - Emergency Prescriptions   This QR code facilitates access to NHS 111 online, the portal at which patients can request a Pharmacy First service for a limited emergency supply of a medicine they have run out, advise them to order via the QR code below. The pharmacy will then receive an electronic referral.

In celebration of the Year of Jubilee, we are pleased to share the invitation for the Diocesan Jubilee Day  in September, which has the theme Alive in HOPE: A Church for MISSION . Details can be found in the attached Jubilee information leaflet, in the suggested bulletin notice below, or on the diocesan website at https://bit.ly/DHNAlive25 .   We will be posting regularly on the diocesan social media channels in the run up to the Jubilee Day and invite you to reshare the posts on your own social media. To make this easier, we will be using the hashtag #DHNAlive25 , so please search for this hashtag and reshare our posts!   The Jubilee Day is free, but we are asking people to book online to help our planning. You can find further information here: https://diocesehn.org.uk/living-the-faith/jubilee-day-2025/

Thank you to all of the parents who attended our Year 4 well-being session. The adults and children loved working together to think about how they will show a growth mindset to help them to overcome challenges. There were some brilliant strategies! A huge 'well done' to everyone! We had a fantastic well-being workshop for the children and parents in Year 3, thinking about how a growth mindset can set us up for success at school and also when coping with difficult situations in our personal lives. We discovered the power of 'yet' and how, with a growth mindset, we can achieve fantastic things! Well done, everyone and thank you to the parents and carers for your support.

Our amazing Eco-Warriors attended the Climate Friendly Conference at the Civic Centre, where they proudly collected our Climate Friendly School Award! They took part in inspiring talks, important climate discussions, STEM activities, and even presented our eco-actions to a full conference hall. A proud moment for our school and our planet!

The children in Year 5 have been working on an Engineering project called 'Crank It Up' in conjunction with Beamish Museum since Easter. Pupils from our school have designed, built and tested a working crane model and are taking it to the Museum soon. To celebrate their success, Beamish Museum is running a whole weekend of engineering and science activities as well as putting the pupils’ work on display. This is on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th July . You’ll be able to see the cranes on display in the 1950s Welfare Hall. The Museum are offering us discounted entry into the museum; tickets will be £7.50 per head for everyone over 5. Under 5s are free. These are only valid for one day on the weekend specified and are not Beamish Unlimited Passes. To access this offer, please visit the website: https://beamish.digitickets.co.uk/category/41303 If you already have Beamish Unlimited Passes then these are valid for this event. Good luck Year 5!

Reception children enjoyed playing games and completing activities with their parents in the Maths workshop.  We loved it when our parents came in to the Reception class and played Phonic games with us.

We had a fantastic well-being workshop for the children and parents in Year 3, thinking about how a growth mindset can set us up for success at school and also when coping with difficult situations in our personal lives. We discovered the power of 'yet' and how, with a growth mindset, we can achieve fantastic things! Well done, everyone and thank you to the parents and carers for your support.

Well done to all children and families. Keep up the great work! We have achieved a FFT national school attendance award for the top 25% of FFT primary schools!

See below help and support for families. You can find more helpful hints on our website Help & Support for Families | St Cuthbert's Kenton

A fantastic local opportunities below!