Parents’ Evening Booking – 10th and 17th March

21st February 2025L Forster

To book an appointment for your child, click on the name of their teacher – for years 4, 5 and 6 please select the teacher your child has on a morning for literacy and numeracy. At the bottom of the window, click ‘Jump to the next available date‘ and choose either the 10th or 17th of March and select the available time you would like to see the teacher and fill in the fields displayed.

Please make sure that your device it set to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) to avoid confusion over timings of appointment.

The school are unable to book appointments. Please only contact the school to cancel appointments that are made by mistake or if you are unable to attend.

Visual references of steps:

Links to booking system:

Nursery
Miss Hamilton Miss Smith
Reception
Mrs Moore Miss Patterson Mrs Wilkinson
Year 1
Mrs Twigg Mrs Beattie Miss Mullea
Year 2
Mrs Adams Mrs Jones Mrs Langley
Year 3
Miss Maffin Mrs Hawkins Mrs Pottinger/Mrs Whitfield
Year 4
Mrs Clark Mrs Wright Mrs Davis Mr Forster
Year 5
Mrs Trotter Miss Errington Miss Booth Mr Steadman
Year 6
Mrs Fawkes Mr Dawson Mr Thompson Mrs Allen

Half Millionaire

21st February 2025D Fawkes

Congratulations to Maisy in Year 6 on achieving her Half Millionaire award. Maisy won this last year also, along with her Word Millionaire award and she is off to a great start towards achieving her Millionaire status yet again.

OPAL Update

20th February 2025C Allen

This week we have launched the first phase of OPAL. I think that judging by the smiles and comments from the children, they are enjoying it. We have seen some lovely examples of imaginative play, problem solving, sharing, helping and some particularly amazing tidying-up!

It has been so nice to see all ages playing together and we hope there is something out there that everyone enjoys playing with. There are more activities and equipment on the way – along with lots of suggestions and requests from the children.

Thank you for all of your help and support as we work to establish OPAL and create better play opportunities for all of our children.

Half Term activities – South Tyneside Libraries

19th February 2025D Fawkes

Please see the links for a range of children’s activities that are happening in South Tyneside Libraries during February Half Term.

Board Games | The Word, National Centre for the Written Word, South Shields

Lego Time | The Word, National Centre for the Written Word, South Shields

Fab Lab – design your own Chinese New Year themed coaster or door hanger | The Word, National Centre for the Written Word, South Shields

Wonderbox Workshops by Cabinet of Curiosity | The Word, National Centre for the Written Word, South Shields

African Drumming Sessions for Children | The Word, National Centre for the Written Word, South Shields

Harton Choir at Durham Cathedral

19th February 2025N Trotter

Harton Choir were randomly selected on Friday 14th February, to be a part of the ‘Choir Of The Year Competition 2025’ at Durham Cathedral.

They had to sing alongside 5 other schools in front of 2 judges.

The children sang ‘Rule The World’ by Take That and they were AMAZING! 

Unfortunately, they did not win the competition but they were given some valuable feedback about how they could improve in the future and there were a lot of positive comments about their performance.

Well done, Harton Choir! 

E-Safety Information – Whatsapp

19th February 2025L Forster

According to Ofcom’s most recent Media Use and Attitudes Report, roughly 55% of 3-17-year-olds in the UK are using WhatsApp as their primary messaging service  Not only does that make WhatsApp the most popular messaging platform among children and young people in the UK; it also means that of the app’s approximately three billion users, over seven million of them are British youngsters – keeping in touch with friends and family, but also being exposed to its various risks ⚠️

 

As parents and educators, it’s our responsibility to stay up-to-date on the safety concerns around this highly popular app, and know how to protect children and young people who are on the platform ️ That’s why we’ve put together this expert-led free guide, breaking down WhatsApp’s most prominent risks and advising you on how best to safeguard the app’s younger users.

WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps available and, as of 2024, has been made accessible to users as young as thirteen. With end-to-end encryption preventing even the platform itself from viewing any messages that users send on it, this app has been regularly utilised by those looking to keep their conversations private.

Unfortunately, the service poses several risks to its younger users – from misinformation and bullying to potential criminal exploitation – and it’s vital that parents and educators understand these concerns and how to address them. This free guide delves into the online safety risks of WhatsApp and offers expert advice on how to safeguard any young people who use the platform.

Bart Rippon tournament

10th February 2025Kathryn Smith

On Friday the school football team took part in the at the Washington Hub.  The standard of football on display was superb as was the way the team supported and backed each other up.

 

 

Allotment Fun!

6th February 2025Emma Adams

We are delighted to be working with Kaye and Danielle from Williby Rocs. Last week, some of our Year 6 pupils began to draw up designs for our allotment site, and made a planting timetable for different vegetable seeds. In Year 2 this week, Y2A started with a quiz on the different parts of a flower, and also thought about what our seeds would need to grow. We began to discuss the importance of attracting butterflies and bees into our garden. We then planted some onion, broad bean and pea seeds after looking at the plan from year 6. We learnt that sowing means planting a seed when it is very small. We loved getting our hands dirty! Bobby even made links to our morning maths work – noticing that the seeds were planted in 3s! Over the coming weeks, we are looking forward to observing and caring for our seeds. We even started to design scarecrows to place in the allotment and hopefully protect our growing plants! Thank you Kaye and Danielle!