Year 3 enjoyed a potato salad this morning with their home grown potatoes. The children really enjoyed them and said they were “Delicious!”
We are delighted to announce that we, have achieved the School Games GOLD Mark Award for the 2017/18 academic year.
The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
Thank you to Mr Rogers and all of the children who have contributed to the school sports teams throughout the year! What an achievement!
As part of their Leavers treats, Year 6 enjoyed a fun-filled day out in Newcastle yesterday. After travelling by Metro to Central Station, they spent the morning at the Discovery Museum. They visited a variety of exhibitions and loved their time in the Science Maze – especially when they were playing air hockey. After a walk through the city centre in the glorious sunshine, the children ate at McDonalds for their lunch.
This trip (and other upcoming trips and treats) have been funded by the money the children have raised over the past year. Thank you again to everyone who has helped us raise an amazing amount this year!
Last week in Computing, Year 6 began their Natural Disasters project. Each week the children will be adding text, images, tables and graphs to create their own information booklet. During the term, they will learn and apply a range of computing skills as well as developing their knowledge and understanding of a variety of disasters that have affected the world over the years.
Year 2 have visited our Forest School. It is such a lovely, calm, beautiful environment. The children did team building games – getting that hoop around the circle without breaking hands was tricky and required others to help!
We used our senses to find out about the world around us. We made a natural palette of colour from our surroundings- this need very careful looking. We hugged a tree and realised that they all feel different. Having a snack and a drink was exciting in the Forest School but of course we cleaned our hands first! We also made tree rubbings. Finally we created our own environmental art!
Two teams from Stanhope qualified for the County Summer School Games Finals at Silksworth Sports Complex. We had a team in the Y3/4 Tennis and the Y3/4 Athletics competitions. It was a joy to see all of our pupils working so hard, enjoying the competition and being wonderful sports.
At the beginning of the day, the children listened to an inspirational speech by Team GB Olympian Montell Douglas. She spoke about his great journey to becoming an Olympian, after overcoming serious injury problems. Montell encouraged the children to ‘aim high and reach higher’.
In the Y3/4 Athletics, The team finished a magnificent 6th. A great result. A superb platform to build upon going into 2018-19 season.
| 1st | Kings Priory School | North Tyneside | 1500 |
| 2nd | Whitley Lodge First School | North Tyneside | 1377 |
| 3rd | Hill View Junior | Sunderland | 1372 |
| 4th | Cragside Primary | Newcastle | 1351 |
| 5th | Dunston Hill Primary School | Gateshead | 1347 |
| 6th | Stanhope Primary | South Tyneside | 1340 |
| 7th | St Aloysius | South Tyneside | 1322 |
| 8th | Fellside Community Primary | Gateshead | 1242 |
| 9th | Hotspur Primary | Newcastle | 1237 |
| 10th | Bernard Gilpin Primary | Sunderland | 1233 |
Well done to all eighteen of our athletes and tennis players; who were all a credit to our school displaying the Olympic values. It was a brilliant end to the sporting year!
Mr Rogers
Two teams from Stanhope qualified for the County Summer School Games Finals at Silksworth Sports Complex. We had a team in the Y3/4 Tennis and the Y3/4 Athletics competitions. It was a joy to see all of our pupils working so hard, enjoying the competition and being wonderful sports.
At the beginning of the day, the children listened to an inspirational speech by Team GB Olympian Montell Douglas. She spoke about his great journey to becoming an Olympian, after overcoming serious injury problems. Montell encouraged the children to ‘aim high and reach higher’.
In the Y3/4 Tennis, the team finished 4th in their group. A great result.
Group B Points
1st Newcastle Prep (N) 280
2nd Kings Priory (NT) 279
3rd Benet Biscop (S) 237
4th Stanhope (ST) 180
5th Portabello (S) 157
Semi Finals
Newcastle Prep (N) 77 vs. Kings Priory (NT) 73 vs.
Richard Avenue (S) 38 Ravenswood (N) 53
FINAL
Newcastle Prep (N) 73 vs.
Kings Priory (NT) 53
Well done to all eighteen of our athletes and tennis players; who were all a credit to our school displaying the Olympic values. It was a brilliant end to the sporting year!
Mr Rogers
As you may be aware, this week in school is careers week. This afternoon, your child will receive a letter regarding the police visit tomorrow, which will involve police training dogs being on site. The children may get the opportunity to pet the dogs throughout the day. If you wish for your child NOT to touch the dogs or has allergies, the slip on the bottom of the letter MUST be returned tomorrow morning.
Thank you
Each week, the children from Year 3 take part in ‘Gardening Group’. The children have been planting vegetables and flowers in the sunshine!
Year 3 had a brilliant day at the Openzone last week. They spent the day coding making lego robots then using sensors and writing programmes to make them move. They also did an hour of code playing a minecraft adventure game writing codes to pass each challenge.
