Key Stage 2

Year 4 attended a tennis competition last week. Two teams were entered. The B team were joint winners of their group so to determine a winner, individual points scored in each match had to be counted. Unfortunately they were beaten by only one point by Jarrow Cross who went on to play our A team who also won their group. The A team played brilliantly and won overall. This means they will represent South Shields in a county final which is due to be played next week in Sunderland. A superb performance by both teams.

Y6 had a fantastic day on Friday when they visited Beamish Outdoor Museum as part of their topic on World War Two. They had the chance to experience what it would be like to be an evacuee placed on a farm during that time; baking cookies with ration supplies, preparing houses for blackouts, practicing home guard skills and sampling the cramped conditions of an Anderson Shelter, it certainly brought the topic to life.

Y3EM had a brilliant afternoon mastering the skills of green screen technology and video editing. The children were quick to pick up skills using a green screen app called Stikbot; they planned a story board of sequences for a longer adventure then joined and edited their videos using I-Movie. The finished products had titles, captions, audio and transitions. Top work for children so young.

The children were amazing and showed true digital leader qualities… who knows we may have future top animators in the making and their journey began at Mortimer Primary School!

This is part of our whole school STEM program, preparing our children for jobs fit for the future.

Good luck to our engineering club members in Y6 who are preparing for a big competition at Croft. They have worked tirelessly with Mr Smith to create a fantastic model ready for the event.

A group of 19 Year 5 and 6  girls took part in the ‘South Tyneside Kwick Cricket Tournament’ at Whitburn Cricket Club on Wednesday 7th June.

The girls formed 2 teams. The B team did very well against strong opposition and ahda  mixture of results as result of good bowling and fielding.

The A team had great success winning all 4 of their games in their league, some more comfortably than others.

This secured the A team a place in the final against St Oswald’s Primary School. Another successful win meant that Mortimer A team came out overall winners from the 18 teams taking part and will now go on to compete at the ‘County Games’ representing South Tyneside.

An excellent day’s cricket was had by all!

We wish the nine girls from the A team every success in their forthcoming county competition later this month.

Mrs Shaw

On Friday, thirty children from Year Six visited Marine Park for an Outdoor Adventure Festival. The children took part in orienteering activities, as well as team building and problem solving. The children had to work together to solve a range of mental and physical challenges: they were by no means easy but everyone showed tremendous effort and teamworking skills. There were lots of other schools from across the borough involved and fantastic time was had by all.

As an introduction to Year 4’s science topic ‘Living Things and their Habitats’, pupils were given the opportunity to learn about owls and how they have adapted to survive in the wild. They were also able to hold and fly the birds.

Y6 were left inspired today after a fantastic video conference link with local author, Niel Bushnell.

Along with three other schools, the children had the chance to listen to how he became a writer and find out what inspired him. There was also opportunities to ask questions and discuss his other work as an animator and game creator.

A huge thank you to ICT in Schools at The Word for this opportunity.