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Other Faiths Week: Judaism

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Mr S. Moore • 0 Comments

We celebrated the end of our week of RE work on Judaism with a whole-school assembly this week. Each class, from Reception to Year 6 has spent their their RE lessons this week covering different aspects of the Jewish faith. It was lovely to see the connections growing as we progressed through the presentations. We covered topics including the Minorah (Rec), Abraham and Moses (Y1), Shabat (Y2), the Synagogue (Y3), Torah and Bar/Bat Mitzvah (Y4), Passover (Y5) and Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Y6).

Dog’s Trust Visit St Lawrence’s

Posted on November 15, 2023 by Mrs R. Woodley • 0 Comments

We were visited by Rachel from the Dog’s Trust. Following a whole school assembly with Rachel, she then came to our classes to talk about safety around dogs. She gave us five dog rules: 1 If a dog is sleeping, leave them alone. 2. If a dog is eating, leave them alone. 3. Try to… Continue Reading

Attendance prize winner at the match!

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Mr S. Moore • 0 Comments

Thanks to our friends at Byker Community Trust, school was able to offer a very special prize for our lucky attendance prize winner at the end of last half-term: tickets to St. James’ Park. What is more, they got to see Newcastle United’s triumphant 4-0 win over Crystal Palace. This fantastic experience was truly deserved,… Continue Reading

Farewell to Father Shaun

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Mr S. Moore • 0 Comments

Today we bid a fond farewell to Father Shaun, who is leaving our parish. Our First Holy Communion children from Years 5 and 6 planned a special Celebration of the Word to thank Father Shaun for his time with us and to wish him well in his journey forward. We took as our text Romans… Continue Reading

Autumn Music Week!

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Mrs L. Garforth • 0 Comments

Last week was our Autumn Music Week Across school. In all classes, we covered Listening and Appreciation, listening and responding to particular greats and legends of different genres of music. It gave the children the opportunity to listen to and respond to varied music they may not normally listen to. Continue Reading

Our New Mini-Vinnies are commissioned

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Mr S. Moore • 0 Comments

After last week’s introductory assembly, this week our selected Mini-Vinnies were commissioned with the help of local representative Mr Wilcox. Our Mini-Vinnies from Years 2-6 are tasked with following the example Jesus lays out in the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10: 25-37), to help people in need. We will begin by looking around… Continue Reading

Open the Book

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Mr S. Moore • 0 Comments

Our friends from Open the Book returned today with their wonderful dramatic versions of Bible stories. This half term, they will be telling the story of Jesus’ life in a number of episodes. Today, they performed the story of the Epiphany and King Herod’s actions towards the Holy Innocents for KS1 and KS2. A number… Continue Reading

Going Forth Mass

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Mrs A. Hagon • 0 Comments

Our Year 4 children who received the Sacrament of Eucharist led a Going Forth Mass with their families, staff parishioners, KS 2 and Year 2. It was a beautiful mass and a very fitting celebration to end their Sacramental journey. They will now Go Forth as Christians and follow Jesus’ example in how to live… Continue Reading

Back to the 80s with KS2 Orchestra!

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Mrs L. Garforth • 0 Comments

Our KS2 Orchestra had a wonderful performance on Tuesday afternoon where we celebrated music from the 1980s! We have worked so hard on this concert, with all members reading printed sheet music for the first time! Our audience were captivated and sang along! Continue Reading

Toasting marshmallows

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Mrs G. Villalobos • 0 Comments

In our last forest school session for the year, Year 5 Nurture Group brought together many of the skills they have been learning this year: whittling skills, campfire building and campfire lighting. The children are now so skilled that they needed minimal input from Mrs. Villalobos and they independently built a campfire, correctly layering… Continue Reading