Diary Dates

Dec 19 all-day

Dec

20

Year 5/6 Christmas Party Day

Dec 20 all-day

Dec

21

Whole school Christmas Mass – all welcome

Dec 21 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am

19

Year 4 Sportshall Athletics

Jan 19 @ 9:15 am – 12:15 pm

24

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

30

Reception Parent Reading Session

Jan 30 @ 2:45 pm – 3:15 pm

1

Year 6 SATs Information Evening

Feb 1 @ 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm

2

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

8

Year 2 Reading Parent Session

Feb 8 @ 2:45 pm – 3:15 pm

9

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

27

Bart Rippon – Boys Football

Feb 27 all-day

Year 1 Parent Reading Session

Feb 27 @ 2:45 pm – 3:15 pm

4

South Tyneside Cup – Girls Football

Mar 4 all-day

World Book Day

Mar 7 all-day

8

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

12

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

13

South of Tyne Swimming Finals

Mar 13 @ 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm

14

EFL Cup Mixed Team @Leeds

Mar 14 all-day

Y2 Cricket Festival

Mar 15 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm

21

EFSA Pokemon Cup – Girls Football at Liverpool FC Academy

Mar 21 all-day

22

Year 4 trip to Arbeia Fort

Mar 22 all-day

Parent’s Evening – All classes

Mar 25 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm

26

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

28

Break-up for Easter Holidays

Mar 28 @ 1:15 pm – 1:15 pm

Y6 SATs week

May 13 – May 16 all-day

20

Mixed Team County Cup Final @ Rickelton School, Washington

May 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

21

Y3 OAA morning at Marine Park

May 21 @ 9:00 am – 1:15 pm

22

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

24

Year 4 visit The Great North Museum

May 24 all-day

Y6 Puberty Talk

Jun 4 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm

5

Y3/4 Quadkids Athletics

Jun 5 all-day

7

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

10

Y5/6 Quadkids Athletics

Jun 10 all-day

Moving up Morning 1

Jun 11 @ 9:15 am – 12:30 pm

13

First Holy Communion Mass in school

Jun 13 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

14

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

28

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

1

Y6 at Northumbria University

Jul 1 all-day

2

Reception Balance Bike Training

Jul 2 all-day

Sports Day

Jul 4 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

5

INSET DAY School closed to pupils

Jul 5 all-day

6

Sat

Catherine Cookson Parade

Jul 6 all-day

11

Y2 Visit to Washington Wildfowl Park

Jul 11 all-day

Y6 Transition Days to new Secondary schools

Jul 11 – Jul 12 all-day

16

Y6 Leavers’ Production

Jul 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

19

Y6 Leavers’ Mass 10:00

Jul 19 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

11

Y6 Curriculum Evening @ 5pm – Y6 classroom

Sep 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Y6 Thurston

Sep 16 – Sep 20 all-day

18

Y4 Curriculum Evening – 5pm in Y4 Classroom

Sep 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

23

Y2 Curriculum Evening – 5pm in Y2 Classroom

Sep 23 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

24

Mixed Football Trial -Y5/6 – Please confirm attendance to Miss Wiblin

Sep 24 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Y5 Curriculum Evening – 5pm in Y5 Classroom

Sep 24 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Reception Curriculum Evening – 5pm in Reception Class

Sep 25 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

27

KS2 South Tyneside Cross Country – Postponed from the 26th of September

Sep 27 @ 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm

30

Y3 Curriculum Evening – 5pm in Y3 classroom

Sep 30 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

2

Buddy Assembly 2:30pm in School Hall – Families of Reception and Y6 welcome to attend

Oct 2 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Girls Football Trial Y5/6 – Please confirm attendance to Miss Wiblin

Oct 2 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Y1 Curriculum Evening – 5pm in Y1 Classroom

Oct 2 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

4

Y6 Rap Event @South Shields Fire Station

Oct 4 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

9

Girls Football League Afternoon 1

Oct 9 @ 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm

10

Wear Yellow for Mental Health Day

Oct 10 all-day

Book Fair

Oct 14 – Oct 17 all-day

Flu Immunisation Day

Oct 15 all-day

16

Reception September 2025 Open Evening

Oct 16 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

17

Whole School Mass -now at St Matthew’s Church 10am

Oct 17 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

22

Mixed Football League 1

Oct 22 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Autumn Disco

Oct 23 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

4

School Inset Day – school closed to pupils

Nov 4 all-day

8

Y5 Remembrance Celebration of the Word

Nov 8 @ 9:00 am – 9:30 am

11

Girls Football Afternoon 1 (Rearranged)

Nov 11 @ 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Autumn Parents Evening

Nov 11 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm

12

Autumn Parents Evening

Nov 12 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Autumn Parents Evening (not Y6- due to mixed football match)

Nov 12 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Mixed Football League 2