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Category Archives: Year 6

Year 6 Graduate at Newcastle University

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Mr P. Jeffrey • 0 Comments

Year 6 pupils graduated on Friday after a week long course of activities centered around WWII,

The children started the day with a tour of Newcastle University campus before presenting group talk to their families in the Old Library.

The children had studied about WWII heroes Anne Frank, Billy Strachan, Alan Turing and Violette Szabo.

After their presentations they put on the mortar boards and gowns to accept their graduation certificates

Remembrance activities in Year 6

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

Year 6 had the opportunity to attend a beautiful Service of Remembrance at St Lawrence’s Church today, along with children from Byker Primary, veterans of the armed forces and the charity Launchpad, which works with ex-service people. We also spent time contributing painted poppies for a local Remembrance Day service. Our week of remembrance activities,… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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

Creating Emotional Film Music

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Mr P. Jeffrey • 0 Comments

Mr Olatunji came into school with his ipads and helped Year 6 compose their own music that conveyed different types of emotion. He highlighted the incredible work of Hans Zimmer, who has been responsible for scores from films such The Lion King, Gladiator and Pirates of the Caribbean. We used loops and instrument effects to… Continue Reading

Year 6 First Aid and CPR Refresher

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

Last week, Year 6 were able to take part in a First Aid refresher. We looked at our DR ABCs, practiced CPR and learnt about how burns should be responded 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