Diary Dates

Girls Football League Afternoon 1

Oct 18 @ 12:15 pm – 2:45 pm

Open Evening for Prospective Parents

Oct 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Open Evening for Prospective Parents of Reception children – come along and find out all about St Matthew’s, meet some of our staff, children and governors and have a tour of the school.

Y6 Gymnastic Competition @The Urban Factory

Oct 27 @ 9:00 am – 12:30 pm

Y1/2 Christmas Play

Oct 27 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

INSET Day – School closed to pupils

Oct 30 all-day

Autumn After School Disco

Nov 1 all-day

4.30-5.30pm: Infant Disco

5.45-6.45pm: Junior Disco

Years 1, 2 and 6 to Parish Mass at St Matthew’s

Nov 7 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Please let us know if you are able to walk to Church with us

Year 5 to the Vue cinema for Film Event

Nov 9 all-day

Girls Football League Afternoon 2

Nov 9 @ 12:15 pm – 3:15 pm

Year 5 Remembrance Day Liturgy

Nov 10 @ 9:10 am – 9:30 am

Boys League Football v St Aloysius and Bede Burn

Nov 14 @ 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

Infants Anti-Bullying Assembly

Nov 15 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Parents/Carers welcome

Juniors Anti-Bullying Assembly

Nov 15 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Parents/carers welcome.

Children in Need

Nov 17 all-day

Other Faiths Day

Nov 20 all-day

Y5/6 Girls football at the Beacon of Light

Nov 23 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Year 2 Tennis Festival

Nov 23 @ 9:15 am – 12:00 pm

Y3/4 Visit to Vue Cinema

Nov 24 @ 9:00 am – 12:30 pm

Boys League Football v Jarrow Cross and Toner Avenue

Nov 28 @ 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

Y5/6 Sportshall Athletics Finals

Nov 30 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Parents Evening

Dec 4 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Reception at the Urban Factory

Dec 5 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Parents Evening

Dec 5 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Y2, Y3 and Y4 trip to Customs House Pantomime

Dec 6 all-day

The Big Sing @ St Matthew’s Church (The Jarrow Cluster)

Dec 6 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Y1 Christmas Multi-Skills Event

Dec 7 @ 9:15 am – 12:00 pm

Mixed Football Kids Cup @Beacon of Light

Dec 8 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Reception Nativity

Dec 12 @ 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm

Christmas Lunch

Dec 13 all-day

Ice Skating and Life Centre – Years 5&6

Dec 15 all-day

Reception & Year 1 Trip to see Tinsel at the Durham Gala

Dec 15 all-day

Reception, Y1 & Y2 Christmas Party Day

Dec 18 all-day

Y3/4 Christmas Party Day

Dec 19 all-day

Year 5/6 Christmas Party Day

Dec 20 all-day

Whole school Christmas Mass – all welcome

Dec 21 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am

Year 4 Sportshall Athletics

Jan 19 @ 9:15 am – 12:15 pm

Year 3 PB Multi-skills event

Jan 24 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Year 5 Hawkhirst Information Evening

Jan 25 @ 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Reception Parent Reading Session

Jan 30 @ 2:45 pm – 3:15 pm

Year 6 SATs Information Evening

Feb 1 @ 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm

Year 2 trip to the Discovery Museum

Feb 2 all-day

Mental Health Week

Feb 5 – Feb 9 all-day

E Safety Day

Feb 6 all-day

KS2 Swimming Gala

Feb 7 @ 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Year 2 Reading Parent Session

Feb 8 @ 2:45 pm – 3:15 pm

Year 4 Lenten Celebration of the Word

Feb 9 @ 9:15 am – 9:45 am

Girls Football League afternoon 3

Feb 9 @ 12:15 pm – 3:30 pm

Half Term Holidays

Feb 11 – Feb 16 all-day

Bart Rippon – Boys Football

Feb 27 all-day

Year 1 Parent Reading Session

Feb 27 @ 2:45 pm – 3:15 pm

South Tyneside Cup – Girls Football

Mar 4 all-day

World Book Day

Mar 7 all-day

Reception Class Celebration of the Word – Women who care for us

Mar 8 @ 9:15 am – 9:45 am

Science Week

Mar 11 – Mar 15 all-day

Year 5 Bikeability

Mar 11 – Mar 14 all-day

Girls Football League afternoon 4

Mar 12 @ 12:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Year 4 Parent Reading Session

Mar 12 @ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Boys League Afternoon v St James and St Aloysius

Mar 12 @ 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

South of Tyne Swimming Finals

Mar 13 @ 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm

EFL Cup Mixed Team @Leeds

Mar 14 all-day

Y2 Cricket Festival

Mar 15 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm

EFSA Pokemon Cup – Girls Football at Liverpool FC Academy

Mar 21 all-day

Year 4 trip to Arbeia Fort

Mar 22 all-day

Parent’s Evening – All classes

Mar 25 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Lenten Mass in Church – all welcome

Mar 26 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Reception gymnastics festival

Mar 26 @ 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Parent’s Evening – all classes apart from Year 6 – Miss Wiblin at mixed football league

Mar 26 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Boys league afternoon v Bede Burn and Jarrow Cross

Mar 26 @ 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

Y6 Parent’s Evening

Mar 27 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Break-up for Easter Holidays

Mar 28 @ 1:15 pm – 1:15 pm

Y6 SATs week

May 13 – May 16 all-day

Mixed Team County Cup Final @ Rickelton School, Washington

May 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Y3 OAA morning at Marine Park

May 21 @ 9:00 am – 1:15 pm

South Tyneside Champions League Day

May 22 all-day

May Procession at St Josephs – Year 4

May 22 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Year 6 Cricket

May 23 all-day

Year 4 visit The Great North Museum

May 24 all-day

Y6 Puberty Talk

Jun 4 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm

Y3/4 Quadkids Athletics

Jun 5 all-day

Y2 OAA morning at Marine Park

Jun 7 @ 9:00 am – 12:15 pm

First Holy Communion

Jun 8 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Y5/6 Quadkids Athletics

Jun 10 all-day

Moving up Morning 1

Jun 11 @ 9:15 am – 12:30 pm

First Holy Communion Mass in school

Jun 13 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Year 1 ‘ Men who care for us’ Liturgy

Jun 14 @ 9:15 am – 9:45 am

School Photographs

Jun 17 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm

Y6 Holy Island

Jun 18 all-day

Moving up Morning 2

Jun 20 @ 9:15 am – 12:00 pm

Y5/6 Careers’ Fayre

Jun 21 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Y6 Bus Induction

Jun 24 @ 9:15 am – 11:45 am

Reception Balance Bike training

Jun 25 all-day

Y5/6 Rugby Finals

Jun 26 @ 12:15 pm – 3:30 pm

Y4 Cricket Festival

Jun 27 all-day

St Matthew’s 70th Anniversary Celebration Day

Jun 28 all-day

Summer Fayre 2024 – part of 70th Celebrations

Jun 28 @ 1:15 pm – 3:45 pm

Y6 at Northumbria University

Jul 1 all-day

Reception Balance Bike Training

Jul 2 all-day

Sports Day

Jul 4 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

INSET DAY School closed to pupils

Jul 5 all-day

Catherine Cookson Parade

Jul 6 all-day

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