We look forward to welcoming children back on Tuesday 3rd September.
Please note Reception children start Thursday 5th September.
We said a fond farewell and good luck to all of our Y6 children in July and also to some of our very lovely colleagues.
We wish good luck to all of our past pupils who will be starting their new schools next week and look forward to hearing of all their future successes!
We said a sad goodbye to Mrs Batson, who has worked at Mortimer Primary for 23 years, as she retired from teaching. We wish her a very healthy and happy retirement. She has left a lasting footprint on the hearts of all the Mortimer family.
We also wish good luck to Mrs Simanis and Miss Patterson who are leaving to start teacher training. We know they have a very bright and happy future ahead of them.
Here are a few photos from our final day of term.
School Council would like to share with everyone a short summary of the work they have undertaken this year:
Discussed role of the effectiveness of school buddies.
How the Daily Mile is being run.
Safeguarding issue regarding height children are allowed on the traversing wall in KS2 yard.
Suggested lines demarcating bike racks could be painted in KS2 yard.
Issues regarding behaviour in KS2 cloakroom.
Discussed best way to spend £138 to be sent to CAFOD.
Safeguarding issues relating to some children standing on wooden seats in yard.
Discussed behaviour in school in general: halls, cloakrooms, the way children are moving around the school.
The RESPECT project.
Phone use in school especially by the older children.
Completed their usual presentation to new Reception parents about wearing school uniform.
We are again delighted to be presented with the Healthy Schools Award. The Healthy Schools Programme aims to embed good practice around health issues in schools based around four themes:
Healthy Eating
PHSE Education
Physical Activity
Emotional Health and Well-Being
The award was presented at the Town Hall and was collected by Mr Mackay and two members of our outstanding school council.
All of the competitions were fiercely contested and produced the following results for our four houses.
Swimming – Armstrong House
Cricket – Kirkpatrick House
Football – Kirkpatrick House
Rounders – Kirkpatrick House
Hi 5 – Kirkpatrick House
Sports Day (KS2) – Readhead House
Clearly an excellent year for Kirkpatrick House!
Year 4 enjoyed their Ancient Greek Day celebrations. During the morning we tried some Greek foods including feta, honey, yogurt and olive oil. The afternoon was spent participating in the Olympic Games with games which included discus, sprinting and chariot racing (unfortunately not with real horses!).
A great time was had by all of our Year 6 children at their leavers’ disco last night! Here are a few photos of the night.
Year 6 held a fantastic VE Day Party on Monday to mark the end of their topic on World War Two. There was dancing, welly-wanging, beetle-drives, code carrying, gas mask inspections and lots and lots of food to share.
We would like to thank the Co-op on Mortimer Road for helping to provide some of the lovely food that the children enjoyed.
Champion Jivers 2019
Well done Mortimer Primary School on achieving the Gold School Games Mark Award for their commitment, engagement and delivery of competitive school sport in 2018/19.
