This year, the Heritage Heroes have played a vital role in developing our multilingual local area heritage tours. They helped distribute these to community hubs, including the doctors’ surgery, library and foodbank, ensuring that local history is accessible to a wider audience. They also took part in our archaeological excavation trial during the summer, uncovering some fascinating artefacts on the school site. In addition, they proudly led our VE Day assembly and have been consulted on a range of heritage projects, including the exciting museum we are currently creating. Their enthusiasm, leadership and commitment have made a significant contribution to celebrating our local heritage.

The Heritage Heroes visited Kilbourn House care home to share stories and memories with residents, sparking conversations about local heritage and life in bygone days. Through reminiscence and storytelling, they celebrated the rich history and personal experiences that shape our community.

Our children had a fantastic sports day - complete with hydration breaks, time in the shade and enthusiastic spectators! 9 teams, 9 events, exceptional Year 6 leaders and some spectacular performances. Well done to everyone involved!

Parents, carers and professionals are invited to join RISE for our free webinar 'Helping your child with anxiety and worries', where we’ll explore what anxiety looks like, what keeps it going, and simple ways to help children face fears and build confidence. There’s no need to book, just scan the QR code or visit bit.ly/RISE-Anxiety to join us on Friday 3 July at 1pm

Please check out the poster below for some information about a Pop Up Event!

Dear Parents/Carers As you may have seen in recent news coverage, there have been several tragic drowning incidents during the recent heatwave. With half term, the summer holidays and warmer weather encouraging more families to spend time near water 🌞💧, this is an important time to reinforce water safety messages. While being near water can be an enjoyable way to cool off, it can also be unpredictable and hazardous. Around half of all drowning deaths occur during the summer months, often in locations close to home. https://www.rospa.com/water-safety/summer-water-safety Thank you

The Year 5 and 6 netball team played really well in the North East netball tournament they had qualified for at the Beacon of Light. They passed the ball accurately and moved around the court away from their defenders into great positions. Well done everyone. You are all superstars!

St Cuthbert's had a great time during our Climate Week . We learned lots of new facts and ways to help our Climate!

Date Time Event Monday 1st June 8:30am School re-opens for children Tuesday 2nd June 9:15am Nursery & Reception trip to Rising Sun Country Park Wednesday 3rd June 8:50am New Reception Class (September 26) Parent/Carer meeting Friday 5th June 9:00am Year 4 Trip to Discovery Museum 9:00am Y2 Class Assembly – Parents/Carers invited Tuesday 9th June 9:30am Y3 Heritage Walk Wednesday 10th June 9:00am New Nursery Class (September 26) Parent/Carer meeting Thursday 11th June 9:00am Y2 Trip to Baltic Gallery Wednesday 17th June 9:00am Nursery Teddy Bears Picnic Reading Café – Parents/Carers invited Friday 19th June 9:00am Y1 Class Assembly – Parents/Carers invited Tuesday 23rd June 9:30am Y4 Heritage Trail Wednesday 24th June 9:00am EYS/KS1 Sports Day 1:45pm KS2 Sports Day Thursday 25th June 9:00am Y5 Trip to Beamish Museum 3:15pm Y5 Sleepover in school Friday 26th June All Day Whole School Non-Uniform Day – Bring a prize to donate for Summer Fair 9:00am Y3 Class Assembly – Parents/Carers invited Thursday 2nd July 10:00am Y6 Leavers Mass at The Cathedral Friday 3rd July 3:15pm Summer Fair Thursday 9th July 9:00am Y3 Trip to Great North Museum Wednesday 15th July 2:00pm Y6 Leavers Assembly – Parents/Carers invited Friday 17th July 3:15pm School Closes for summer holidays Wednesday 2nd September 8:30am School re-opens for children Please note, changes may be made at the last minute due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused.

A huge thank you to all of our families for your phenomenal response to our request for donations for Kenton Foodbank. We received over 500 items, which will be gratefully received by the Foodbank, and used to support families in our local community. A big well done to Year 1 who collected a whopping 216 items, and gained extra Golden Time for their fantastic efforts!

This week, the whole school joined together for our first ever St Cuthbert's Marian Procession to honour Mary in the month of May. The children in KS1 made beautiful rosary crowns to wear, and the children in KS2 brought their school Rosary beads along. We loved processing to church, where we sang a verse of 'Ave Maria', before continuing to our new grotto which was designed by our fantastic Student Council and Chaplain team for a decade of the Rosary.

EYFS loved it when our parents and carers came into school to do some Easter crafts with us.  We made some fabulous hats.