NEWS & EVENTS BLOG

To finish off our World Book Day celebrations, all children were invited to create posters which promote reading in school. After lots of excellent entries from across the school, one winner was chosen from each class. There was then an overall winner who's poster will be displayed in all classrooms and libraries. Each class winner won a brand new book and a special book tote bag to take it home in. Our overall winner also won a £20 book token!

World Book Day became ‘Wild Book Day’, when St Lawrence’s Catholic Primary gave the annual celebration of reading a novel twist. Pupils from Nursery to Year 6 at our school took part in the international event, with activities all themed around a particular story. “This year, the whole school was reading Wild Book Day by Karl Newson and James Brown,” explained our Head of School, Mrs Robson. In it, books come to life when children aren’t looking at them, and they get up to lo

We had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day with a very successful Stay and Play session. The children were thrilled to welcome their families into school and proudly showed them all the things they enjoy playing with each day. It was lovely to see everyone exploring the activities together, sharing stories, and joining in with the fun. The children really enjoyed having the chance to play alongside their grown‑ups and talk about their favourite toys and games. Thank y

Year 5 won the whole school attendance prize again this month, so had another trip to the cinema to see the new movie GOAT! The competition is on for this month's highest attendees in school- we'll definitely be trying hard to win again, these monthly cinema trips are very fun!

Everyone in school has taken part in craft day today. All of the children have created different cards, calendars and decorations. All pupils have really enjoyed spending time in different classrooms and their crafts are beautiful! They will go home ready to decorate their own houses over the Christmas holidays.

Our KS2 choir were invited to Lawson House Care Home on Monday 15 January. They performed a variety of Christmas Carols and songs to the residents. Their singing was so brilliant that they were treated to a hot chocolate afterwards! All of residents were very impressed and moved with the singing. Mrs Robson and Mrs O’Hara were incredibly proud of all of the singers. Afterwards, the choir handed out Christmas cards which they made and spent some time with the residents. They d

Byker Trust invited all pupils to take part in their annual Christmas card competition. All pupils created their own cards and they were sent to Bijoli at Byker Trust to choose a winner from each class. The standard was incredibly high, but Bijoli and her team were able to pick their winners. Bijoli came to school to announce the winners and give them each a special Santa hat and advent calendar. Thank you to Byker Trust for the prizes and for coming to school to take lots of

Our School Council organised a day of fun to celebrate Children in Need. The children were invited to come into school dressed in their own clothes, Pudsey clothes, spots or pyjamas for a small donation. Lots of fun was had by all in raising money for this very important charity.

We have been working on our prior knowledge of using a Glockenspiel. We are focusing on the notes G, C, A. We perfected the starter track and then quickly moved on to playing Bruno Mars, You can count on me.  Year 5 working with the Glockenspiel

On Thursday 19 June, we celebrated Refugee Week with a Cultural Day. Volunteers led workshops in the hall about Korea, Greece and Egypt....

<p>&nbsp; As a school, our parents and carers helped us to raise nearly £300 through the ASDA Cashpot for Schools. Our school council were given the task of deciding how the money would be spent. The asked each class and made a list of new equipment for the yard. This week, the order of new [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Today we celebrated a wonderful final Mass of the school year, in honour of both our patron St Lawrence and our Year 6 leavers. Year 6 led us in prayer, reminding us of Lawrence&#8217;s incredible strength in the face of hardship, and his understanding that the sick and needy were the real treasures of the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It was Year 6&#8217;s turn to visit Seaton Delaval Hall as part of our partnership with the National Trust. We had a fabulous time exploring the beautiful gardens and learning about the fascinating history of the estate and house. What&#8217;s more, each child received a pass so that they can take their families to visit [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It was Year 6&#8217;s turn to visit Seaton Delaval Hall as part of our partnership with the National Trust. We had a fabulous time exploring the beautiful gardens and learning about the fascinating history of the estate and house. What&#8217;s more, each child received a pass so that they can take their families to visit [&hellip;]</p>

<p>To celebrate the arrival of JMW Turner&#8217;s &#8216;The Fighting Temeraire&#8217; at Newcastle&#8217;s Laing art gallery, Year 6 researched Turner&#8217;s watercolour &#8216;The Sun at Venice&#8217; and tried their hands at producing a watercolour of school with some of Turner&#8217;s sense of light. As you&#8217;ll agree, the results are hugely impressive!</p>

<p>Pentecost Sunday marked the beginning of our First Holy Communion Masses at St Lawrence&#8217;s church. Four of our children received the Blesses Sacrament for the first time in a beautiful Mass. We are so proud of how hard the children worked to prepare themselves, and the prayerfulness with which they approached this huge step in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Some lucky children in Year 6 had the chance to meet TRH the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Their Royal Highnesses were visiting the Veterans Launchpad charity in Byker, who work with veterans of the armed forces. Our children spoke to the Duke and Duchess calmly and politely when they were asked questions. Well done!</p>

<p>Required for September 2024 St Lawrence’s Catholic Primary School is proudly a part of the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust. At St Lawrence’s we live and learn in faith and love, through Jesus’ teachings.  Our school is a family where we support each other and strive to fulfil our full potential. The Local Governing Committee [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Please find attached a copy of the Spring term newsletter. A copy has been sent home and it has also been shared on Class Dojo.newsletter march 2024</p>

<p>We had a fabulous day celebrating books for World Book Day. Everyone read the book Barbara Throws a Wobbler, and learnt about the best way to manage our emotions. The children created excellent drawings and even cartoons around the themes of the book. We celebrated our Story in our Box competition entries. All of the [&hellip;]</p>