Y4 were visited by RSPB today, where they took part in a ‘Bioblitz’ session. This involved searching the school garden and mini-beast area for plants and animals. Lots of fun learning took place!
Were you there the day we closed Mortimer Road and celebrated the success story that is Mortimer Primary School?
Just in case you missed it, here is a video of our fabulous pupils enjoying a very memorable day.
Danielle, from Williby Roc, came into school to talk to reception about caring for creatures in the environment. The children went on a bug hunt in the garden and then made clay models after observing mini-beasts in their natural environment.
The children are very much looking forward to working with Danielle again soon to make a ‘bug hotel’ for their outside classroom.
The South Tyneside primary Schools FA Bart Rippon Cup took place on Friday 26th April at Temple Park. Fourteen schools took part in the tournament which was filled with superb football action played to a high level.
Mortimer placed in Group 1 and managed three wins and two draws. This placed them second in their group and meant they were going to meet Hedworth Lane (the winners of group 2) in the semi-finals. The game went to penalties after extra time which saw Mortimer coming away with a victory.
St Oswalds won their semi-final and the resulting final was a very close affair. Again the game resulted in extra time with Mortimer managing to score the winning goal. The boys faced very stiff opposition and did very well to secure the winning trophy in this very hard fought competition.
To celebrate the start of the summer term, Start 2 Finish Fitness are offering every child the opportunity to try our some of our evening Running & Athletics clubs for free! (Available sessions are in South Shields and Gateshead)
We are hoping to get this offer out to as many children, parents, families as possible, and we need your help. If you feel this offer would be of interest and value to your friends or family, then please share!
Maxi the Lifeguard, also known as Trent Maxwell from hit programme Bondi Beach, visited our Key Stage 2 children this morning to talk about water and fire safety.
In 2018 Maxi founded a Social Enterprise ‘Live Learn Survive’ which is a series of interactive Fire & Water Safety workshops. These workshops educate children and young adults to teach them skills that save lives. The ‘Maxi the Lifeguard’ books purchased through Maxi’s website support and enable Live Learn Survive workshops to be carried out in disadvantaged areas.
Children can attend workshops on water safety at South Shields Beach tomorrow from 12:15 (registration) and there are additional fire rescue workshops on Newcastle Quayside from 11:00 Sunday.
More information can be found here.
Y6 had a fabulous afternoon with explorer and expedition leader Steve Berry to enhance their topic on Mountains of The World.
Local man Steve, is one of the few people in the world to have climbed the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. His knowledge and experience provides a priceless, first hand experience for the pupils.
They loved hearing his stories and anecdotes about surviving in some of the world’s toughest terrains and his message of ‘anything is possible when you apply your mind’ was inspirational to our young people.
A huge thank you to Steve for talking to our children.
Today we said a fond farewell to Mrs Bradley, who has worked in our office for the last twelve years. Children presented her with special keep-sakes in assembly this morning and she enjoyed listening to them sing songs to her.
She will be a huge miss, we wish her a healthy, happy retirement and good luck for the future.
All Stars cricket visited our school this week to introduce cricket to our younger students. They delivered an assembly introducing their programme and then children received taster sessions which covered skills in bowling, catching and batting.
For more information about the All Stars Cricket programme please click here.
