by Miss Maddy Wiblin | Oct 13, 2025 | Catholic Life, School News, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
We were honoured to welcome the ladies from Bede’s Helping Hands to our school today. They explained to the children where their food donations would be going, and how much they would help people in the local community. They also told the children about a...
by Miss Maddy Wiblin | Oct 10, 2025 | Catholic Life, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Our collection for Bede’s Helping Hands is looking amazing. Thank you so much for all of your donations! There is still time if you would like to send in some food, it is going on Monday.
by Miss Maddy Wiblin | Oct 5, 2025 | Catholic Life, Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
We were delighted to welcome Bishop Stephen to St Matthew’s recently. Bishop Stephen joined us for a special Celebration of the Word, where he commissioned our three new RE ambassadors: York, Imogen and Lily. He then visited all of the classes, where he was...
by Miss Maddy Wiblin | Sep 21, 2025 | PE, Reception, School News, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
We are delighted to announce that St Matthew’s have achieved the Platinum Award for our development of physical exercise within school. This is a very prestigious award and we are so proud to have achieved it!
by Miss Maddy Wiblin | Sep 21, 2025 | Reception, School News, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Over the last few weeks, we have sadly had to say goodbye to two very special members of staff. Mrs Blackburn has left after 9 years to start a new exciting career, whilst Mrs Young has left to enjoy a new exciting chapter of retirement. We are going to miss both...
by Mrs Mags Torley | Jan 30, 2025 | School News, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Dear parent/carer, There are some free weekend activities now available for children at The Word in South Shields. Some of the current offerings include chess club, coding club, sensory story time, African drumming sessions and many more. Most of the activities are...