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.

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 Friday 12th June 9:00am Y3 Class Assembly – Parents/Carers invited 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 AM Y4 Heritage Trail Wednesday 24th June AM EY/KS1 Sports Day PM 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 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 PM 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.

Year 1 had a fantastic time on our lighthouse trip. It was so exciting to climb all the way to the top of the lighthouse and investigate the rockpools to find lots of different creatures! We loved dressing up as old-fashioned lighthouse keepers and we even had time to create some fabulous sand art. It was such a brilliant experience and the grown-ups we met were very impressed with our polite behaviour and excellent knowledge about the coast Year 1 loved the start of our topic about local hero, Grace Darling! We made some amazing props so that we could tell the story then we acted it out with our friends. Year 1 loved the start of our topic about local hero, Grace Darling! We made some amazing props so that we could tell the story then we acted it out with our friends.

Reception have enjoyed playing lots of Maths games this week. We played the racetrack game where we had to roll the dice and see who was the first to get to number 20 and we sorted numbers into odd and even sets. We know that the number is even if all the counting objects have a friend. We loved walking around Kenton to look for people who help others as their job. We saw a postman, bus drivers, taxi drivers, shop workers and council workers. On Wednesday we came to school dressed up ready to work. Some of us were firefighters, doctors, nurses, bin men, vets, teachers, builders, police officers and pharmacists. We looked fantastic and were very helpful to our friends. Reception class have loved having different people to visit the class whose job is to help others. We liked climbing on the huge fire engine, enjoyed trying on the police officer's uniform and had fun playing with our teddies when the student doctors came in for our 'Teddy Bears' Hospital' workshop. Reception have loved being back at school playing in the sunshine with our friends. We have been learning about the Muslim faith and have started to listen to stories about our topic of 'People Who Help Us'.

As part of our Great Fire art unit, we have been experimenting with drawing fire using different art materials. We focussed on shape and movement Year 2 led an archaeological excavation this week. We looked at the historic land use and then dug in our trench. We found loads of pottery, building materials, coins, a vice and a marble!

This week, Year 5 (and some Year 6 children) enjoyed reading, preparing and performing extracts of poetry from 'The Final Year'. They also had a go at writing and performing their own poems. Year 5 enjoyed there 'Friendship and Teamwork' assembly. The message was clear. Our liturgical dance and song really embraced this idea - 'We all have a friend in Jesus'.

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In Nursery we had an exciting time during our firefighter training adventure! We climbed a ladder, tackled the ring of fire, put out a blaze, and even saved a cat from a tree. We graduated on Tuesday and are now officially trained junior firefighters! On Wednesday, we had lots of fun dressing up as the people who help us in our community.

Year 4 had a great time celebrating those who made their First Holy Communion last weekend and those that helped prepare us for this journey! We danced, had party lunch and of course, cake! Thankfully, we still had some energy left for a fabulous Assembly for our parents! Happy Half Term! Year 4 had a great time sorting fact from opinion, ready for our big class debate! Year 4 LOVED their first tennis session this week! They were so excited to learn new skills such as ball control on the floor and in the air! They can't wait to learn more! Year 4 have had a great start to the summer term! We have been learning how to use a new coding system which we will be using in our computing lessons AND we got a surprise look at a fire engine where the firefighters showed us the equipment they use!'

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

Date Time Event Monday 20 th  April All Day INSET DAY – School Closed Tuesday 21 st  April 8:30am Children return to school Monday 4 th  May All Day Bank Holiday – School Closed Wednesday 6 th  May 9:00am KS1/KS2 Healthy Minds, Happy Futures Workshop – Parents/Carers Invited   All Day Nursery/Reception Dress up as people who help us Friday 8 th  May 9:00am Y5 Class Assembly – Parents/Carers Invited Monday 11 th  May Mon-Thu Y6 SATS week & SATS Breakfast Friday 15 th  May AM Y5 Heritage Trail Saturday 16 th  May AM Y4 First Holy Communion in Church Sunday 17th – Thursday 21 st  May PM Y6 Trip to Rome Thursday 21 st  May AM Y1 Lighthouse Trip   Lunch Time Whole School - Taste of the Orient Celebration Lunch Friday 22 nd  May 9:00am Y4 First Holy Communion Celebration in school   2:45pm Y4 First Holy Communion Assembly – Parents/Carers Invited   3:15pm School Closes for May Half-Term Monday 1 st  June 8:30am Children return to school