Reception are making brilliant progress in phonics. They are learning the Grapheme Phoneme Correspondences (GPCs) quickly and are able to apply their phonics knowledge to read and write simple words and captions. Look how their work has progressed!

Last term, Year 4 took part in weekly drumming lessons with Chris. At the end of the term, they showed off what they had learned in a performance for the school and parents. Amazing job Year 4! Continue Reading
Our school entered a number of teams into the Newcastle Schools 500 Games this year and everyone who took part showed excellent commitment, determination, passion and teamwork in their sporting activities. Both of our cross country teams won medals for their team efforts, with the boys coming in first place and the girls winning silver. Two of our pupils also… Continue Reading
The children in Year 5 produced some amazing paintings for The Heaton Art Project. They started their project by researching the local area using old photographs and observing what it is like now. They used their sketch books to draw what they decided they liked and they even visited The People’s Theatre. Back in school, they… Continue Reading
At the start of the Soring Term, Reception started a programme called Letterjoin which supports the learning of cursive and joined up handwriting.They have made fantastic progress with their handwriting and are beginning to join… Continue Reading
Year 5 had a brilliant time on their residential trip to Dukeshouse Wood in Hexham. They got wet, muddy and windswept all at the same time, but that did not stop them enjoying a fantastic array of adventurous activities. It was an excellent opportunity to build important skills such as team spirit, encouragement, communication, resilience, risk taking and challenge… Continue Reading
The pupils in Year 5 (assisted by some of our lunchtime supervisors) took part in Playground Leaders training last Wednesday with Rachel from Newcastle PE and School Sports Service. They developed their skills of leadership, communication, imagination and collaboration to begin setting up a range of games that younger children will be able to join in with during their playtimes.… Continue Reading
As we all are aware, Year 6 complete their SATs assessments next week. We are all immensely proud of how hard they have worked over the past few weeks and months, and we wish them all the very best of luck- we know they will do themselves proud. Before then, they have some very important… Continue Reading
Congratulations to all the children who competed in the Newcastle Catholic Schools’ Cross Country Conpetition. They were all fantastic and ran like the wind! The two teams were made up of a Y3/4 Girls’ team and a Y3/4 Boys’ team. A special well done to Anais Gamesby who came first in her race, as well… Continue Reading
Last Friday 16 children from KS2 took part in the annual Newcastle East End Swimming Gala and won a very impressive array of medals. Pupils in Years 3 and 4 accumulated 5 medals between them, ranging from gold to bronze. They came 2nd overall in their group which was a great achievement. The pupils in Years 5 and… Continue Reading