by Miss Maddy Wiblin | Jan 5, 2024 | PE, Year 5, Year 6
IMG_0864 – Lifting the trophy Our girls team have won the Durham County Championship after winning their final on penalties. The girls faced atrocious weather conditions at the Riverside in Chester-Le-Street as they played against other teams from Gateshead,...
by Miss Maddy Wiblin | Jan 5, 2024 | Catholic Life, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Our choir began Advent, by attending the Jarrow cluster ‘Big Sing’, event at St Matthew’s Church. The children sang beautifully and it was lovely to join our fellow Jarrow schools to celebrate the start of our Advent journey.
by Miss Maddy Wiblin | Jan 5, 2024 | Catholic Life, Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
We had the pleasure of inviting Mr Michael Willcock back to St Matthew’s to lead a commissioning ceremony for our new Mini Vinnies. The group helped Michael by reading the story of The Good Samaritan and preparing the prayer table. He then told us all about the SVP...
by Miss Maddy Wiblin | Jan 5, 2024 | Catholic Life, RE, Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
The children have worked really hard over recent weeks developing their ability to plan and lead their own Celebration of the Word in their classrooms. They are really trying to think about how to incorporate a more creative approach to prayer and reflection in their...
by Miss Maddy Wiblin | Jan 5, 2024 | computing, Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
The children have covered a variety of different topics this half-term. This has included looking at e-safety, coding, computer programming, looking at different ways of communicating, recording podcasts and designing algorithms.
by Miss Maddy Wiblin | Jan 5, 2024 | DT, Year 5
Y5 have started a new topic in DT, where they are going to be challenged to make their own shields out of fabric. In their first lesson, they wrote up their design criteria and used this to plan an initial design template to help them develop their textile work.
