Latest News 18.7.22

18th July 2022Mr Bennett
Mortimer Primary School
Excellence for all
Latest News – 18.7.22
Since our last update on the 11th July, there has been a lot happening with plenty coming up! We hope you’re staying cool in the heat!

  • Funerama
  • Pupil Report Replies
  • Teddy Bears Picnic
  • MP Visit
  • School Games Gold Level Mark Award
  • Commonwealth Games
  • Healthy Schools
  • Extended Opportunities for Pupils – Autumn Term
  • Year 6 Leavers assembly
  • Stunt Bikes
  • Weather Warning
  • Diary Dates
Funerama

Thank you to everyone who came and supported the rain affected event. Your support was fantastic and we are sure the wet toys will have dried up by now!
Pupil Report Replies

We hope that you were pleased with your child’s report. We would appreciate you completing this short receipt form to let us know you have received it.

You are also able to leave a comment if required.

https://forms.gle/qkKEEayA52ADf3gd9

Thank you
Teddy Bears Picnic – 20.7.22

This Wednesday sees the return of our annual Teddy Bear’s Picnic.

All children (Nursery – Yr6) will have the chance (weather dependent) to have a special break.

Children are welcome to bring a snack/crisps/drink to have during the picnic.

If you wish to support the work of Action Medical Research, you can make a donation via Parent Pay.

Oh…and don’t forget your teddy bear!
MP Visit

On Friday 15th , our year 6 pupils had a special visit from local MP Emma Lewell-Buck. She attended after receiving a letter from Henry in year 6. She was able to discuss her job and answer pupil questions during her visit with us.

It was fantastic that she could take time to support to Henry in person and meet the rest of his year group friends.
School Games Gold Level Mark Award

We are delighted to announce that we, Mortimer Primary school, have achieved the School Games Gold level Mark Award for the 2021/22 academic year.

The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in

2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward and recognise school’s engagement (provision and uptake) in the School Games against a national benchmark and to celebrate keeping young people active, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.

Our physical activity and school sport achievements this year are too many to mention them all. A significant number of our children have participated in inter school sporting events and all of our children have taken part in competitive school events in school. A highlight was winning the South of Tyne Swimming Gala with our childfren taking home 36 medals in total.
Commonwealth Games

As you are probably aware, the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games takes place on the 28th July. The values of the Games are Humanity, Destiny and Equality. 

The ethos of the games very much follow our own school approach for all aspects of your children’s education. The Games describes itself as the world’s most inclusive, fair and progressive multi-sport event. 

Our school’s sports events allow access for all of our children to participate in competitive sport. Our school clubs also are aimed at children who are not necessarily gifted and talented within this area of the curriculum. Our intra school Sports Days and House Competitions (KS2) in Rounders, Football, Netball and Cricket are fully inclusive and allow all our children to participate and shine. 
Healthy Schools

Mortimer Primary School has just been recognised again for this award. School’s need to apply every three years. As a school we have been involved with the Healthy Schools programme since its inception. This celebrates our success with looking after everyone’s health and well-being. Joseph and Jessica (two of our school council members) travelled to the Town Hall to collect this prestigious award. 
Extended Opportunities for Pupils – Autumn Term 

We are busy pulling together our extra-curricular activities package for September.

Start 2 Finish athletics will continue with KS1 Wednesday and KS2 on Friday. Sign-up forms will follow this week.

As soon as start dates are confirmed for other clubs, we will send out the appropriate information.
Year 6 Leavers assembly 20.7.22

Hankies at the ready parents! You are welcome to join us for a 9am start in the school hall Wednesday 20th July.
Stunt Bikes

KS2 pupils were very impressed with the 3SIXTY Bicycle Stunt Team as they performed a short array of tricks this morning and answered pupils’ questions! Check out a video or two on our website.
Weather Warning

We continue to review all activities to ensure the safety of all and will share any future updates asap. Non-uniform continues for Tuesday.
Diary Dates

18.7.22 – Reports to Y6 parents

19.7.22 – Class Changeover – pupils meet their new teacher!

19.7.22 – Y6 Disco 6pm – 7:30pm in the school hall

20.7.22 – Y6 Leavers Assembly 9am with parents warmly invited to attend

20.7.22 – Teddy Bears Picnic

21.7.22 – Nursery Farm Visit

22.7.22 – Last day of summer term

6.9.22 – School reopens to pupils
Phone: 0191 455 4504
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.mortimerprimary.co.uk

Warnings of extreme heat

15th July 2022Mr Bennett
Mortimer Primary School
Excellence for all
Warnings of extreme heat – 15.7.22
Dear parents/carers,
Amber warnings of extreme heat have been given for Monday 18th July and Tuesday 19th July by the Met Office.
 
To aid the child in keeping as a cool as possible, we will be allowing non-uniform for both of these days.
We recommend t-shirt and shorts for pupils. 
We ask that clothing choices are kept appropriate for school. Please no crop tops, football tops/strips or denim etc. Sensible footwear should still be wore, so please no flip flops or similar.
It will be very important to drink water throughout the day, therefore children should have a suitable water bottle in school to refill. 
Many thanks for your support.

 
Phone: 0191 455 4504
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.mortimerprimary.co.uk

KS2 Sports Day

13th July 2022A Stelling

KS2 had a fantastic time competing in their Houses on Sports Day. Each class took part in 12 different sporting games amassing points as the morning progressed.

All children then took part in races within their year groups. A lovely morning had by all involved.
Well done KS2.

Latest News from Mortimer

11th July 2022Mr Bennett
Mortimer Primary School
Excellence for all
Latest Update – 11.7.22
Dear parents/carers,We shouldn’t be surprised that the summer holidays have appeared on the horizon out of nowhere! With just two weeks left, there’s lots to cram in!

  1. Funerama
  2. School and Facebook
  3. Year Transition Meeting
  4. KS2 Sports Day
  5. Dates
Many thanks
1. Funerama

On Friday 15th July we will be running our Funerama spectacular event!

This will run straight after school with raffles, books, preloved items, games to play, hot dogs, sweet treats, drinks and punch balloons!

We ask that parents collect all of their children and then enter via the KS1 yard. The KS2 gate will be exit only. On entering the KS1 yard, follow around the back of school, past the trim trail and onto the top of the KS2 yard. There is no entry fee this year, but we would appreciate children having change at hand.

Many of our year 6 children will be on transition but are warmly welcomed to attend.

PARENT REQUEST – we kindly ask for any donations of toys, children’s books, bric-a-brac and shop bought pre wrapped cakes for us to sell. Please bring any donations to the school office and a huge thank you in advance.
2. School and Facebook

We would like to update you all on the Facebook group titled – Mortimer Primary Parents Group. The group is an unofficial group with no links or ties to the school. The administrators have kindly responded to our request to ensure there is no confusion in being linked to the school and we appreciate the changes made. We do have a Facebook presence, but have moved our communications to being direct to parents via email, texts and via our website. We remove commenting options from our Facebook posts, as we do not monitor the account. We are always willing to speak to parents and carers about any concerns or queries you may have. We believe we are extremely approachable and want to work with parents to better their child’s experience and education with us.

You can contact us directly by:

o   Speaking to your child’s class teacher at the end of a day.

o   Phone: 0191 455 4504

o   Email: [email protected]

o   Find answers at www.mortimerprimary.co.uk
3. Year 2 Transition Meeting

Mrs Mackay (Key Stage 2 Lead) will be leading a meeting for parents of children in year 2. We would love to have you join us to hear about life in year 3!

Thursday 14th July @ 2:45pm in the school hall.
4. KS2 Sports Day

Years 3 to 6 will take part in their summer sports day on the morning of Wednesday 13th July.

As this will take place on the 4G pitch, please ensure children have suitable hats, sun cream and additional water.

Latest sun cream update as sent 10/7/22 https://mortimerprimary.co.uk/sun-cream-update/
5. Dates

13.7.22 – KS2 Sports Day

14.7.22  – Y2 to Y3 Transition Meeting for parents – 2:45pm

15.7.22 – Reports to parents in Nursery to Y5

15.7.22 – Funerama

18.7.22 – Reports to Y6 parents

19.7.22 – Class Changeover – pupils meet their new teacher!

19.7.22 – Y6 Disco 6pm – 7:30pm in the school hall

20.7.22 – Y6 Leavers Assembly 9am with parents warmly invited to attend

21.7.22 – Nursery Farm Visit

22.7.22 – Last day of summer term

6.9.22 – School reopens to pupils
Phone: 0191 455 4504
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.mortimerprimary.co.uk

Sport’s Round Up

11th July 2022A Stelling

The children in Year 5 and 6 have taken part in two cricket competitions. One was mixed teams and the other was a girls only event. The children were excellent representatives and did very well. The girls did very well coming second in their event.

In addition our Year 5 children have all recently completed climbing at Simonside which they thoroughly enjoyed. Also some of them represented their school at a super Orienteering event at South Marine Park. Although we were not winners the children had a lovely afternoon and also enjoyed the glorious weather.

First Aid Training

11th July 2022A Stelling

All of our Year 5 have recently completed an excellent morning learning about basic first aid. This included bandages, placing each other in the recovery position and  CPR. The children were then shown how to dissect a lamb’s heart before doing it themselves. The sessions support the statutory requirement that children learn about First Aid through our PSHE programme of study and are delivered through the Tumbles and Grumbles organisation.

Free PE Equipment from Sport England

11th July 2022A Stelling

As the school takes part in a number of initiatives in association with Sport England which support our status as a Healthy School they very kindly gifted us with a very generous package of free PE equipment.

Sun Cream Update

10th July 2022Mr Bennett
Mortimer Primary School
Excellence for all
Sun Cream Update – 10.7.22
Dear parents/carers,

Following further information becoming available, we wish to update you on sun cream use in school.

  • Pupils are permitted to bring in a roll on sun cream for personal use.
  • This should be clearly named and kept in the pupils’ bag.
  • Pupils are not to share their sun cream.
  • We ask that pupils are shown at home how to correctly apply their roll on.
  • This is especially important with the eye area.
  • Pupils can apply at lunch time and will need to do this themselves.

We have had positive feedback regarding the Soltan Kids Protect & Moisterise Suncare rollon SPF50+, which is available from Boots. We ask that parents watch for the ingredient Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil which is almond oil and is found in some products such as Nivea.

We also highly recommend that pupils bring and wear a suitable sun hat when outside and drink water throughout the day.

 
Phone: 0191 455 4504
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.mortimerprimary.co.uk