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Three of our Year 6 pupils have recently competed in the British Gymnastic Acrobatic finals and came away champion with two silver medals and a bronze. We are very proud of them all as these medals show not only their skill but also their dedication and hard work they put into their sport. 

Well done to three of our Year 6 girls, who took part in last weekend’s Children’s Cancer Run. We are sure a number of our other pupils also took part and would love them to share their medals too! A great achievement for an even greater cause.

Watch out in September when we will do a focus on all our young runners taking part in this years Great North Run. We recognise this is a huge event that many pupils take part in every year and we would love to celebrate their success!

Huge well done to our two mixed football teams this season. Our Thursday night league team finished 4th in their league and our Monday night team have finished top of the Coyne League winners and have now qualified for the Champions League event later this month. We wish them every success in their final competition of the season. 

Well done to all our girls who competed on behalf of Mortimer this season. They had three really tough days of tournaments and finished respectively 4th and 7th in the league. 

We will be looking for our new teams later in the summer term, ready for an early Autumn start. Dates of trials will be announced to year four and five girls in due course so they are prepared for a quick start to the Y5/6 league 2023/24. We are also hoping to add to our morning football skills club with the addition of a girls only club in September.  

Big thanks to Durham Cricket Club and South Shields Cricket Club for their support this half term. Children in years two and three have received expert tuition and enjoyed tournaments as a special treat to end the term. 

We look forward to next term when Years 5 and 6 will be taking part in an inter-school tournament and hopefully we can take part in a range of competitions from South Tyneside Sports Network. 

There is big enthusiasm for cricket at Mortimer Primary School and the excitement from pupils and staff is certainly visible!  We are entered to compete in inter school competitions throughout the summer term with years 3-6. 

Another big thank you to South Shields Cricket Club, who provided a free club for Y2 and Y3 girls earlier this term.  

Well done to Halle in Year 6, who has successfully trialed and is now playing for Durham Girls’ Cricket team.

Some of our Year 4 children stepped up to a new challenge and competed in a tennis competition with 5 other schools at Boldon Lawn Tennis Club.

We were very proud of the eight children who competed, this was something new for them all and they had great fun trying a new sport.

An amazing day for our Mixed Cricket Team on their first day of competition. Five games and five very convincing wins; these pupils now progress to South Tynside finals after half term.

Watch for future updates about our Girls’ cricket team and our future competitions with years 3 and 4!

The cricket season has certainly started!

Four of our Y5/6 children took part in a cross country running event at Temple Park at the start of this term. This was a great event ran by South Tyneside Schools. All four boys gave it their all on quite a tricky course.

Our Young Sport Leaders were invited to take part in a training day at the North Marine Park. They faced a number of challenges and had to answer questions and solve problems as they travelled around the park.

Our SSOC Leaders help to promote sport and activity across the school. This term they are completing tasks to promote 60 minutes of activity a day and supporting the planning of sports days and inter house tournaments.

This week saw the return of the boys’ football league after their winter break. Our Coyne League Team (Monday night squad) played two matches and came away victorious with 3-0 and 5-2 wins. 

Sadly due to weather, the children who play in the Snowball League were postponed until this next week. 

Amazing work team! 

Mortimer Primary proudly joined girls around the country to encourage young female footballers to follow their goals. 

Some of our Y6 girls, who play for our football team, joined Mrs. Stelling and a number of Year 2 girls for a fun ‘ kick around’. 

They played a number of football skill games, chatted about why they love the game and talked about how other sports such as dancing and gymnastics can improve our football skills. 

The Y2 girls all wanted the session to last a little longer and asked if they could do it again soon. 

Big thank you to our Y6 girls for inspiring our future lionesses.

Miss Bay’s class took part in the South Tyneside School’s multi-skills sports event at Temple Park. We have heard that all children and staff had a fantastic time and were able to experience lots of new sports and activities. Well done RKB! 

(Photos will be shared through Tapestry.)

Eight pupils represented our school at the South of Tyne Swimming finals next week. They sure made a big splash when they finished 4th out of 14 schools on the day. 

They took  home a wide variety of medals: –

Gold – boys’ backstroke 

Silver – girls’ and boys’ freestyle

Bronze -girls’ freestyle, girls’ freestyle relay, boys’ freestyle relay and bronze in the cannon race where the whole team competed together. 

Not only were their swimming skills amazing but their attitude and enthusiasm to the event made the staff present very proud. Great sportsmanship was shared between the team and towards the other competitors. Well done!

We are so proud of three of our Year 6 children, who train with South Tyneside Gymnastic Center. Last weekend all three qualified to represent the North East of England in national finals for acro gymnastics, which will be held in Stoke-on-Trent in May. 

We wish them every success in their next stage of this competition!

4VB enjoyed trying a variety of new sports and skills at the South Tyneside Schools Indoor Athletics Festival. The children all tried hard throwing javelins, jumping over very high hurdles, relay races and much more. 

Well done 4VB!