Y4 Ancient Greeks

17th July 2018A Stelling

Y4 had a wonderful Ancient Greek day! The children looked fantastic in their costumes- from the hoplites to the gods and goddesses. They acted out their favourite myths, sampled a variety of traditional Greek food and worked in groups to design and make their own version of The Parthenon. The following day, they competed in The Mortimer Olympic Games, which included sprints, discuss and chariot racing.

Y4 Make £5 Grow Challenge!

13th July 2018A Stelling

Over the past few weeks, 4HA have been making stress balls as part of their Virgin Money Make £5 Grow Scheme. They used a funnel to fill balloons with flour, tied them then designed emoji faces for them. They sold these,as  well as keyrings and bookmarks, to the junior children, making a profit of £141. The profit will be used to purchase school resources. A very successful business venture!

Football: Bart Rippon Cup

10th July 2018A Stelling

Mortimer A Team comfortably won their group in the Bart Rippon Cup played on Friday 6th of July at Mortimer Community College. They were unlucky in their semi final against St Aloyisius but managed a victory in their  final game against Bedeburn to finish in third place. Well done boys.

Sandcastle Challenge

10th July 2018A Stelling

On Friday 6th July 12 children from Year 4 accompanied Mrs Shaw and Mrs Smithwhite to  Sandhaven Beach at South Shields to take part in a North East sandcastle competition. The theme was ‘Star Struck: Explore the Cosmos’ and so it was decided to construct the solar system using both sand and paint. The children had a fantastic time taking part in this and were delighted with their final design. Well done to all children who took part.​

 

Sporting Success

10th July 2018A Stelling
Mortimer children proudly showing the medals they’ve received for taking part in a variety of sports this academic year. Congratulations go to the children and staff that have been involved in making our teams so successful this year.

Y4 Tennis

5th July 2018A Stelling
After a very successful tennis competition at Westoe Tennis Club in South Shields,  a team of 8 Year 4 children then went on to represent South Tyneside in the county finals in Silksworth Tennis Centre.
The 8 children competed admirably and enthusiastically playing all of their individual games in a sportsman like manner. Although they did not make  it through to the final, many individual games had a close finish and a great time was had by all of the children who took part.
Above all, the 4 girls and 4 boys who represented Mortimer Primary were excellent ambassadors for the school and every credit should be given to them.

Y4 West Boldon Lodge

5th July 2018A Stelling
In conjunction with our science topic on habitats, Year 4 children paid a visit to West Boldon Lodge for a day of fun filled activities including: pond dipping, butterfly scavenging and mini beast hunting in three different environments.
The children had an amazing day in which they could use their new found knowledge to good use. Many children found species of creatures from all three areas that they had not seen before and learnt many valuable facts as a result.
With the weather being in our favour, a great day enjoying the out of doors was had by all and to complete the day, the staff from West Boldon Lodge commented on how well behaved and polite our children were. A great end to a super day!

Girls’ Cricket

5th July 2018A Stelling

After a successful competition at Whitburn Cricket Club, Mortimer Y5/6 Girls Cricket Team went on to represent the county at Darlington.

After facing tough opposition in their league, the year 5/6 girls emerged as overall winners which earned them a place in the semi-finals.

Again, despite nerves and excitement, the girls were victorious and found themselves in the final against Neville Cross from Durham.

Unfortunately, this time they were on the losing side but not until a magnanimous effort on behalf of the girls.

To be runners up in a county tournament in which over 100 teams initially took park, is an accolade in itself.

All of the girls have been a sheer delight to coach and fantastic to representatives of Mortimer Primary School. Mrs Keighery and I are incredibly proud of you.

Mrs Shaw

Y5 Artist in Residence

4th July 2018A Stelling

Year 5 had the fabulous opportunity to work recently with local artist Zoe Emma Scott. Zoe showed the children examples of her work and discussed with them the techniques she used. The children then painted a landscape they liked that they chose. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience.