Please check our blog page regularly for updated stories about activities, news and events going on at Star of the Sea:
The children were amazing today as they have been all year! Running, singing and celebrating. Well done nursery!
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Students have enjoyed exploring STEM careers, taking a closer look at engineering through the use of Lego, and trying their hand at designing, building and racing their own vehicles in a fun competition.
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We had a fantastic day researching the human and physical geography of our beautiful coastline.
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Presentation of equipment we sent to Aunt Mary’s School in Zambia
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We had the pleasure to welcome Bishop Stephen to our school.
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Reception had a wonderful morning with Year 6 who had created their own games using the iPads.
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We learned about university and animation from our visitors.
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We went to the Youth Village and had a great time and did activities.
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Everyone showed amazing determination and resilience today! We are so proud of you all!
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Year 6 enjoyed a fantastic sports afternoon. We had sprint races, a football challenge, golf putting, cricket stump throw and the howler throw. Although the rain cut our afternoon short we still had a lot of fun!
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Year 5 Mass, celebrating their RE topic, ‘Reconciliation: Freedom and Responsibility,’
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Y6 visited Safetyworks to learn about staying safe when we are out and about.
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Y6 went to the Discovery Museum and learned about 5 famous local inventors.
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We built periscopes as part of our science topic, 'Light'.
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Year 6 worked so hard this week during the SATs. We are so proud of them and thought that they deserved an afternoon of fun, with ice lollies and biscuits. Well done Year 6!
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This week’s focus in Maths is all about spatial language and visualisation using Rekenreks to support us.
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We had an amazing trip on Tuesday to find out more about the Romans in our local area!
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Year Two have enjoyed fun and games in P.E. this afternoon and cooled ourselves down with some lollies!
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Nursery had great fun planting this week!
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Year 6 learning how to use CPR with Newcastle United Foundation.
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We have published our own finding tale narratives.
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Year 6 completed the Restart the Heart workshop today. We learnt about CPR and using a defibrillator.
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This week, Year 3 have been writing their own finding tales based on the story ‘The Tear Thief’ by Carol Ann Duffy. Today’s task was to edit our stories so we could publish them tomorrow.
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’The Big Seed Sow’ campaign by the Royal Horticultural Society started this week and Reception were eager to start.
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Investigating Victorian mining artefacts.
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Year 6 showing off their dances moves today in PE.
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Nursery have made some fantastic repeating patterns this week.
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Reception making the most of ‘The great outdoors’!
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Reception are thoroughly enjoying their dance lessons this half term.
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Promoting reading for pleasure with our youngest children.
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Well we are back after our Easter break and the children in Reception ‘wowed’ us with their writing!
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Year 3 visited Beamish Museum to learn about mining in Victorian times.
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This is what makes Early Years so special!
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Every day during Holy Week the whole school came together to reflect on the Stations of the Cross.
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We all made creative Easter lamps by Freya and Francesca.
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Year 6 were learning about Hamlet during Shakespeare Week. They wrote and performed their own wonderful plays.
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A bit of a ‘Spring clean’ for our outdoor classroom. Dishcloths and bubbles a plenty!
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‘How goes the work?’ Reception have been working hard with their talk for writing topic based around the story ‘Farmer Duck’.
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Re-enacting Hamlet from the point of view of King Claudius.
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Today, we explored our new RE topic of ‘Growing’.
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Star of the Sea Girls Football team compete in the Northern Cross and progress to the next round of the competition.
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5RH have been learning about the Stations of the Cross and the sacrifice of Jesus.
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What an exciting week in Reception! Read on to find out what we have been learning this week…
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Year 6 having a fantastic time completing a variety of team challenge activities.
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We carried out a biscuit dunking experiment.
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Year 6 had a fantastic day participating in the Jungle Survival Team Challenge Day. We worked well in groups and completed different activities and obstacle courses. We also learnt about the ancient Maya civilisation.
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Mrs DiMambro LOVES a custard cream, but are they the best sandwich biscuit to dunk? Is a sandwich biscuit a better dunker than a non-sandwich biscuit? Does the number of layers make a difference to how quickly a biscuit is dunked to destruction?
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A digestive, a chocolate chip cookie, a hobnob and a rich tea all race to find the dunking champion to save Mrs DiMambro from soggy biscuits!
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For national science week we investigated which biscuit is best for dunking.
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Three…Two…One…Dunk! Well what can we say…Reception’s task was a ‘slam dunk’ as to what happens to biscuits when they get wet! Mrs DiMambro, you will be thrilled with our results for your perfect biscuit to go with your cup of coffee!
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Year 6 and Reception having a story afternoon.
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Tales of fear, tennis and World Book Day make for a busy week.
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Fluffy, yellow, soft and very noisy! The chicks are a very welcome addition to our classroom!
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We have been making ‘Tunnel Books’ to celebrate World Book Day 2024
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Year 6 had a lovely afternoon reading their favourite stories to their buddies.
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It’s been so windy recently, we decided to see which direction the wind was blowing in as part of our geography topic on weather.
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We are full of awe and wonder this morning…
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The start of a new month, new writing books and….‘wow!’
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‘I beg you, bear with one another in love’ Ephesians 4:2
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Year 4 had a fantastic day designing and making bird houses for ‘Build for Birds’ Lego Group competition!
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Year 5 children have been painting in the style of the Impressionist artists.
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Reception celebrated pancake day by having a pancake race.
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Year 3 have become Ancient Egyptian embalmers!
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Year 6 have had a fantastic morning designing and making a safe space for birds.
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Year 4 face challenges to release their Major General.
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Year Two concluded their unit of work on money by playing shop keepers.
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Reception had their chef hats on this afternoon and had fun baking gingerbread people.
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Year 3 were visited by ‘That History Bloke’ and learned all about the Ancient Egyptians
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Y6 experiment to see how long it takes our heart to return to normal after exercise.
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In RE this term, the children have been working incredibly hard and learning about the Local Church.
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A few of our Year 5 children had the opportunity to represent our school at Star of the Sea by attending this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day.
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