OUR SCHOOL BLOG

Please check our blog page regularly for updated stories about activities, news and events going on at Star of the Sea:

Spreading the love this Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2025

Reception

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, reception made some delicious jam tarts.

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Safer Internet Day 2025

February 11, 2025

Reception

Emoji fun in the Early Years!

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Safer Internet Day 2025

February 11, 2025

Year 4

Year 4 consider the importance of Internet Safety.

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Children’s Mental Health week and Numeracy Day

February 7, 2025

Year 6

Year 6 have been creating art inspired by the Fibonacci sequence for the NSPPC Numeracy Day.

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A spot of baking this week in Reception

February 6, 2025

Reception

We weighed, mixed and rolled our dough to make some delicious Gingerbread Men. We then added our icing and toppings! Yum yum!

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Year 6 Revision Club

February 4, 2025

Year 6

A big well done to all the year 6 pupils who attended our first revision club of the year!

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Year 4 RE

February 4, 2025

Year 4

Year 4 have used mindful geometric designs to create beautiful Islamic inspired book covers.

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Chinese New Year

January 30, 2025

Nursery

We have been celebrating Chinese New Year

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How can we save The Gingerbread Man?

January 30, 2025

Reception

Reception were posed with the question, ‘How could we have saved The Gingerbread Man from the Fox?’ We had some super ideas but the winner was…a bridge!

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Writing Letters in French

January 28, 2025

Year 5

Year 5 ST/PC have enjoyed writing letters in French this week!

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Traditional Tales in Reception

January 27, 2025

Reception

Reception are immersing themselves by exploring lots of Traditional Tales. Last week we explored The Three Little Pigs, this week it is The Gingerbread Man.

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Year 5 Holocaust Memorial Event

January 27, 2025

Year 5

Pupils from Year 5 attend the Holocaust Memorial Event at North Tyneside Council Chamber.

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Our Jubilee 2025 Launch Day Celebrations and Holy Doors

January 24, 2025

Whole School

At Star of the Sea, we joyfully kicked off the Jubilee Year 2025 – Pilgrims of Hope with a special whole school celebration and pupils from every class created their own Holy Doors, symbolising the invitation to open our hearts to faith, love, and compassion.

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Year of the Jubilee

January 24, 2025

Nursery

We made a special door to celebrate the year of the Jubilee

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That History Bloke – Ancient Egyptians

January 21, 2025

Year 3

Ancient Egyptians workshop learning about the Pharaohs and what happened to them when they died.

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Our Roman morning with That History Bloke by Xander, Iris, Lauren, Milly & Lily

January 15, 2025

Year 4

That History Bloke came in to school to help us launch our new History topic of Romans.

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Christmas

December 18, 2024

Nursery

Merry Christmas!

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Year 4 Advent and Christmas Celebrations

December 17, 2024

Year 4

Year 4 have been busy preparing for Christmas by thinking of the meaning of Advent and preparing decorations for Christmas.

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Reception learning all about the History of the Christmas Tree

December 17, 2024

Reception

We learned about the tradition of how Norway brings a tree to Trafalgar Square every year and how that came to be. We now know that a pine tree is a symbol of peace and friendship. Something lots of us have in our homes at Christmas time and something we all wish to have.

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Advent

December 13, 2024

Year 6

Year 6 have been creating beautiful Advent prayers and illustrations for the church.

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Traffic Chaos in Y6!

December 10, 2024

Year 6

Y6 were challenged with making a set of working traffic lights this week.

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Rugby with the Newcastle Falcons

December 10, 2024

Year 3

In PE this term, Year 3 has been learning to play tag rugby with the Newcastle Falcons.

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Christmas Sewing

December 10, 2024

Year 3

Handmade Christmas Cushions

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"Learning Together" at Christmas 🎄

December 4, 2024

Reception

We had such a festive afternoon with our families making lots of Christmas crafts. Gently piano hymns and a ‘crackling fire’ made it feel very cosy! Thank you to all who could attend!

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Stay and Play

December 2, 2024

Nursery

A Christmas stay and play

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Feeling Christmassy!

November 25, 2024

Nursery

A Christmas grotto

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Exploring Wassily Kandinsky

November 22, 2024

Reception

We looked at the work of Kandinsky and used our ‘Creative Studio’ to use different media to create our own concentric circle artwork.

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Catherine Bruton – Author Visit

November 20, 2024

Year 6

Famous author, Catherine Bruton, came to visit Y5 and Y6 today.

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It’s getting cold!

November 18, 2024

Nursery

Some fun exploring snowy weather

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Friendship Week

November 11, 2024

Nursery

Friends and children in need

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5RH Remember Armistice Day

November 11, 2024

Year 5

We celebrated and remembered all the soldiers who fought for us and our country.

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We remember them…

November 11, 2024

Reception

We talked about Remembrance Day and why poppies are used.

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Remembrance Day Poems

November 11, 2024

Year 6

Year 6 have been writing poems to commemorate Remembrance Day.

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The exciting start of Drawing Club in Reception!

November 8, 2024

Reception

‘scaly’, ‘firey’ and ‘swoop’ are just some of the words Reception have learned as part of their ‘Get up, stand up’ vocabulary this week in Drawing Club.

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Circuits Investigation

November 5, 2024

Year 6

Y6 have been investigating circuits in science this week.

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Fireworks!

November 4, 2024

Nursery

Fireworks and sparkles!

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“Who will help me make the bread?”

October 25, 2024

Reception

“Who will help me make the bread?” said The Little Red Hen… “We will!” said Reception. We put our baking skills to the test by baking some delicious bread to finish our learning of The Little Red Hen.

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Robinwood

October 16, 2024

Year 6

Year 6 had a fantastic time at Robinwood Activity Centre!

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5RH Celebrate Black History Month

October 16, 2024

Year 5

We celebrated the lives of famous black figures throughout history and remembered those whose lives were cut short.

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Year 4 share their Celebration of the Word with their families.

October 14, 2024

Year 4

4BC had a very special afternoon sharing their thoughts and reflections on the topic of ‘People’ that they have been studying in RE.

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World Mental Health Day

October 10, 2024

Year 6

Year 6 celebrate World Mental Health Day

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Investigating Evolution

October 8, 2024

Year 6

Y6 investigated evolution in science this week after learning about Charles Darwin’s voyage to the Galapagos Islands.

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Mental Health Day

October 7, 2024

Nursery

What makes us happy?

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Celebrating St Francis of Assisi!

October 4, 2024

Reception

We celebrated St Francis on his feast day and because he is our year group Saint, Friday was an extra special day for us!

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Peer Pressure

October 4, 2024

Year 6

Year 6 showing off their acting skills in PSHE

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"Hello….God loves you!"

October 3, 2024

Reception

We learned that God loves us all and we celebrated that today! 😊

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Friendship Liturgy

October 1, 2024

Year 6

Looking at friendship through Liturgical Prayer

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Who killed Chico Mendez?

September 30, 2024

Year 6

Y6 have been trying to solve the mystery of who killed Chico Mendez in Geography this week!

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School Council Elections

September 30, 2024

Year 4

We have been very busy creating manifestos and voting for our new Year 4 School Council representatives!

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Buddy Playtime!

September 27, 2024

Year 6

Our first buddy playtime of the year!

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The great outdoors!

September 27, 2024

Reception

Making the most of the weather before the rain came!

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Listening Walk

September 25, 2024

Nursery

Super listeners at nursery!

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Fire Safety Awareness Talks for Year 4

September 24, 2024

Year 4

Year 4 really enjoyed their visit from the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service.

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Brilliant blending in Reception!

September 23, 2024

Reception

After learning our first 5 sounds; m,a,s,d and t it is the start of our ‘word time’ sessions in phonics.

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Our Year 6 School Council Elections

September 20, 2024

Year 6

Year 6 have been very busy campaigning for their School Council representatives!

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5RH Debating Skills

September 18, 2024

Year 5

We have been developing our debating skills, identifying the features of a balanced argument.

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We’re back and raring to go!

September 16, 2024

Reception

We have welcomed all of our wonderful Reception children and we are so proud of how they have settled into school!

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Fitness Fun!

September 12, 2024

Year 6

Year 6 burning off lots of energy in PE

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Happy Summer Holidays!

July 18, 2024

Nursery

The children were amazing today as they have been all year! Running, singing and celebrating. Well done nursery!

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Year 5: North East Raising Aspiration Partnership (NERAP) session

July 3, 2024

Year 5

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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Bumper harvest in Early Years!

July 2, 2024

Reception

Sweet strawberries 🍓 ready to eat!

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Fun in the sun!

July 1, 2024

Nursery

Fun in the sun at nursery!

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Year 5 Geography Field Trip to the Coast

June 28, 2024

Year 5

We had a fantastic day researching the human and physical geography of our beautiful coastline.

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Meeting our friends in Zambia on a video call by Ollie, Isaac, Taylor and Cael

June 27, 2024

Year 4

Presentation of equipment we sent to Aunt Mary’s School in Zambia

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Y6 Visit to Youth Village

June 26, 2024

Year 6

Y6 trip to the Primary festival

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What a Mystery!

June 21, 2024

Nursery

Who stole our class puppets?

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Bishop Stephen School Visit

June 20, 2024

Whole School

We had the pleasure to welcome Bishop Stephen to our school.

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’Game time’ with our Buddies

June 19, 2024

Reception

Reception had a wonderful morning with Year 6 who had created their own games using the iPads.

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Careers Day by Lillia, Teddy and Niall- Year 4

June 17, 2024

Year 4

We learned about university and animation from our visitors.

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Year 4 Youth Village Trip by Willow, Saoirse, Nieve and Freya

June 14, 2024

Year 4

We went to the Youth Village and had a great time and did activities.

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Year 3 visit to St James Park

June 10, 2024

Year 3

Toon! Toon! Black and White Army!

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Year 6 Sports Day

June 7, 2024

Year 6

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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Our First Sports Day

June 7, 2024

Reception

Everyone showed amazing determination and resilience today! We are so proud of you all!

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Year 5 Mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church

June 5, 2024

Year 5

Year 5 Mass, celebrating their RE topic, ‘Reconciliation: Freedom and Responsibility,’

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Y6 Visit to Safetyworks

June 4, 2024

Year 6

Y6 visited Safetyworks to learn about staying safe when we are out and about.

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Y6 visit the Discovery Museum

May 22, 2024

Year 6

Y6 went to the Discovery Museum and learned about 5 famous local inventors.

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Making Periscopes

May 20, 2024

Year 6

We built periscopes as part of our science topic, 'Light'.

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End of SATs fun for Year 6

May 17, 2024

Year 6

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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Good Luck Butterflies

May 17, 2024

Nursery

Nursery released their butterflies today!

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’One finger, one push’

May 16, 2024

Reception

This week’s focus in Maths is all about spatial language and visualisation using Rekenreks to support us.

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Our Year 4 trip to Arbeia Roman fort in South Shields

May 14, 2024

Year 4

We had an amazing trip on Tuesday to find out more about the Romans in our local area!

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Fun in the Sun!

May 10, 2024

Year 2

Year Two have enjoyed fun and games in P.E. this afternoon and cooled ourselves down with some lollies!

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We have thought like an author!

May 3, 2024

Year 3

We have published our own finding tale narratives.

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CPR with Year 6

May 3, 2024

Year 6

Year 6 learning how to use CPR with Newcastle United Foundation.

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Will our beanstalk be as tall as Jack’s?

May 3, 2024

Nursery

Nursery had great fun planting this week!

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Magnet Attraction

May 2, 2024

Year 3

Magnetic Attraction Science Investigation

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The Editing Department

May 2, 2024

Year 3

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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Year 6 First Aid - Restart the Heart Workshop

May 2, 2024

Year 6

Year 6 completed the Restart the Heart workshop today. We learnt about CPR and using a defibrillator.

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The start of something big…

April 30, 2024

Reception

’The Big Seed Sow’ campaign by the Royal Horticultural Society started this week and Reception were eager to start.

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‘Feel good Fridays’

April 26, 2024

Reception

Reception making the most of ‘The great outdoors’!

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Making Patterns

April 26, 2024

Nursery

Nursery have made some fantastic repeating patterns this week.

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Year 6 and Decote Dance

April 26, 2024

Year 6

Year 6 showing off their dances moves today in PE.

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Victorian Mining Artefacts

April 26, 2024

Year 3

Investigating Victorian mining artefacts.

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Watch out Strictly…Reception have some moves!

April 25, 2024

Reception

Reception are thoroughly enjoying their dance lessons this half term.

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Grace Darling

April 22, 2024

Year 2

History

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Look at our Moves!

April 18, 2024

Nursery

Some great dancing and poses!

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Sharing our Love of Reading

April 18, 2024

Reception

Promoting reading for pleasure with our youngest children.

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Ready and raring to go in Reception!

April 17, 2024

Reception

Well we are back after our Easter break and the children in Reception ‘wowed’ us with their writing!

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Year 3 Visit to Beamish Museum

April 16, 2024

Year 3

Year 3 visited Beamish Museum to learn about mining in Victorian times.

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Roots and Shoots

April 16, 2024

Year 2

Art

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Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School

Seatonville Road, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, NE25 9EG
Main office: 0191 643 2080 | Absences: 0191 643 2088
Email: starofthesea.primary@ntlp.org.uk

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Registered office: Fenham Hall Drive, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 9YH