Thanks to Mrs Pinnella Noble and Mrs Exley for organising our Careers Fayre, this year. Our Year 5 and Year 6 children were totally engaged in a range on offer. The representatives from each company were really interesting and were so thorough in their responses to both pupil and parent questions. Don’t take my word […]

The Rocksteady rockstars entertained the whole school in their very first concert and blew everyone away!

Mrs. Pinnella Noble and our school council met a couple of weeks ago to discuss which titles and genres were missing from our school library. During the meeting, they provided Mrs. Pinnella Noble with a list of possible titles and authors that they thought children would enjoy. Using the money raised at the Scholastic’s book […]

As part of our latest DT topic, Year 2 designed and made their own pouches. They had to learn basic sewing skills in order to successfully stitch the fabric of their pouch together. The decorations were provided by a member of our St Agnes community- many thanks!

For Year 2’s latest art topic, they became architects. They were tasked with building a house, using skills learnt from previous lessons when they looked at different house designs.

A fantastic sports day with pupils, staff and parents getting involved and enjoying the occasion. Thank you to Mr Stewart Tilling for making the whole event so seamless and engaging. ‘My favourite part of this year’s sports day was the agility race. This was a new race and I really enjoyed it.’ Alfie Y4 ‘I […]

A wonderful day with Bishop Stephen here at St Agnes’ Primary School. Thank you to Bishop Stephen for blessing our outdoor chapel and prayer garden. We all persevered in the summer rain. Bishop Stephen answered every single question from our Reception through to Year 6 pupils. He shared some of his experiences and the children […]

Year 6 have had a fantastic day at the Emmaus Summer Festival with the theme of ‘Fear Less, Hope More’.

This week we are carrying on with our topic of beaches. We have brought in some items this week to show and tell to our friends. The children brought some amazing items in, including a few shark teeth and some drift wood.

Year 6, supported by Mrs Innerdale, ran a French café offering all classes an opportunity to visit, eat croissants, join in with some fun activities and learn a song in French. Everyone said it was ‘trés bon’.

Some of the Year 5 children had good fun trying a new sport today in a netball tournament. They all showed great character and enjoyed playing in the beautiful sunshine. 🏐

An amazing experience for our Year 6 children. Ghyll Scrambling, rock climbing, canoeing, just a few of the fun activities that Live4Adventure planned for our children. ‘I was worried about trying everything. The idea of rock climbing made me nervous but I did it and managed to climb much higher than I thought.’ (Jacob Y6) […]

Our girls football team were excellent this evening, showing great determination, teamwork and ability to finish 3rd in their league. Well played everyone!

Our Year 6 class took 3 teams to the Ryton cricket tournament and 2 teams made it to the semi-final, with one of the progressing to the finals next half-term. Well done everyone!

Key stage 2 had an amazing morning at the fun run in Saltwell Park. They all ran a mile and can be massively proud of themselves. Well done! 🏃‍♀️ 🏃

Thank you to everyone who visited our book fair over the course of the 3 days. What a huge success! Together, you helped to raise £270.51 which can be spent on books to update our wonderful library. We really appreciate every penny and look forward to asking the school council to help us choose the […]

Thank you to everyone who attended our stay and pray this morning. It was lovely to welcome you for our time of reflection. We listened to scripture from the Gospel according to John where we are reminded that Jesus wants us to share his love in the world. ’I give you a new commandment: love […]

Today Reception visited Hall Hill Farm, a fantastic place full of learning opportunities. The children learnt so much about the animals that live there. We engaged in some feeding activities with the goats and lambs, got to handle some very cute chicks 🐣 and Guinea Pigs and stroked some very fluffy bunnies. The children also […]

Year 4 are in their final stages of their nest building project. Using chosen materials, we constructed our nests with partners.

Year 3 and 4 have really enjoyed learning how to play golf this term. Ready for the Ryder Cup.

An amazing experience for our Reception class this week. We watched ducklings hatch out of their eggs. We learnt new words such as incubator, hatch, duckling, crack and birth. The children loved holding the ducklings and we also came up with some great names. My favourite is Big Dan Burn. 😂

THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT YEAR 2 WRITING

Today’s assembly focused on finding out about our new pope, Pope Leo XIV. The children were very impressed with his ability to speak 5 different languages. We talked about his missionary work in Peru and his focus on the poor and marginalised around the world.

Well done to our Y4 children who used 4 different mediums to plan their nest designs in art. Some fantastic initial designs evidenced in their sketchbooks.

Year 5 have been continuing their geometry work in maths. Very focused measuring and constructing of angles.

Some fantastic illustrators in the making. Year 3 have been using their art study of Quentin Blake to design their own characters. What fantastic outcomes! We really enjoyed sharing their efforts.

An assembly to focus on the historic significance of VE day. We looked through photographs in the British History Museum to get a feel for the atmosphere and the significance of VE day. It was a lovely opportunity to reflect on the impact of war and the sacrifices made by so many. We held discussions […]

The week some of our Reception parents joined us for our Stay and Pray session. We listened to the story of The Good Shepherd and talked about always trying our best to follow Jesus.

Our Year 5 children have spent 3 days mastering the skills of safety and control in their bikeability training. Thanks to their great instructors and their focus they have completed the training and are equipped to safely negotiate cycling in the local area.

A beautiful mass led by Father James, parents and parishioners. Congratulations to the children who made their First Holy Communion on Sunday. Look forward to celebrating in school after the bank holiday weekend.

Excellent afternoon for football and an excellent result for our girls’ team in the cup. They have qualified for the semi-finals which will be played next week. Well done girls! ⚽️

Celebrating our First Holy Communicants on Sunday with family and parishioners. It was a lovely mass led by Father James and supportive contributions from parents and parishioners. We look forward to celebrating with peers and teachers on Tuesday afternoon.

What an exciting week we have had this week in Reception. We have had something crash land in our beautiful garden. The children looked for clues and decided that aliens were causing mischief in our school. We have loved investigating and talking about what type of aliens they are and what planet they might be […]

Today we had a special visit from the Easter bunny, who left some treats for the children in our beautiful outdoor area. The children were wonderful and shared the treats equally between themselves. They had so much fun exploring the outdoor area hunting for the delicious chocolate eggs. 🥚

A huge thank you to our children for making this creative competition so enjoyable. It was lovely to see how much hard work and dedication the children had put into this. Thanks to our FOSA group for judging, yesterday. Prizes were given out today in assembly.

Year 4 and Year 5 led the whole school in our stations of the cross devotion, this moring. Our children were incredibly engaged and related well with the readings and prayers. Thank you Y4 and Y5 children for leading.

The Year 3 and 4 children loved playing rugby at St Thomas More. They managed to win 2 out of 3 matches and all played really well. 🏉

Our boys team enjoyed their last couple of fixtures in the league season in the sun and finished in a respectable 4th place. Looking forward to the cup matches after Easter! ⚽️

Last week Reception enjoyed a trip down to our local library. We enjoyed sitting and listening to an Easter story followed by an Easter themed word hunt. The children thoroughly enjoyed it and hopefully we will get the chance to pay another visit soon.

Year 6 led us in our Lent liturgy this morning. The liturgy was inspired by story in John’s Gospel when Jesus invites people to reflect on their own past behaviours. “Whichever one of you has committed no sin may throw the first stone…”

Another beautiful day for our fundraising walk. We have now completed our Big Lent Walk. Thanks to our key stage two children we have now reached our target distance of 200Km. Another great parent and parishioner turn out. Well done to everyone for your generosity and time. A grand total of £1091 has now been […]

A fantastic turn out for our Big Lent Walk. This event has raised £931 so far. We are delighted that our first Living Simply Award event has gone so well. Well done to children, staff, parents, grandparents and parishioners for taking part in this CAFOD fundraising event.

This week in Reception we re-enacted the important story of Jesus and how he died for all of us on the cross. We talked about His love for us all and why this is remembered every year. We made a big cross and dressed in robes to act out the story.

A fantastic morning held at St Thomas More Secondary School, Blaydon. Our Y5 children go to perform and get a feel for the secondary school. Thanks to St Thomas More staff for making the experience so memorable.

What an outstanding performance from our Y5 & Y6 children in the Gateshead Dance Festival, last night. They showed such courage, skill and enjoyment in their Respect themed performance. Thanks to Mr Stewart-Tilling for ensuring that the children were well prepared and instilling the skills that allowed the children to shine. It was lovely to […]

An amazing venue, theme and performance from our school choir at The Spring Sing, last night. We are so proud of the children’s courage, effort and engagement at this prestigious event. Thanks to Mrs Dixon who is such an amazing choir lead and has prepared the children so well for the evening. We were so […]

Our amazing choir were involved in learning a great song “God gave me feet for dancing”, organised by the Gateshead Music Hub, we have had a brief feature in a video compiling all the schools who were also involved. Please click the link below and enjoy.

Sign Language Week 17th March 2025- 23rd March 2025 All classes spent last week learning how to sign and raising awareness of signing as a method of communication. They designed flags, learnt to finger spell, watched signed stories and created fact files about sign language.

Year 4 lead us in our Lent liturgy this morning. The liturgy was inspired by the Parable of the Fig tree and our call to be patient and let our fruits (good works) grow. Year 4 dramatised the Parable and lead us impeccably in meditation and praise.

This week Reception class have enjoyed creating different pieces of art representing spring. We used different techniques, painting, collaging and printing. We also enjoyed looking at the artist Henry Matisse and discovered that he enjoyed creating paintings from still life so we too had a go at some observational drawing.

As part of our cookery topic in DT, the Year 2 children enjoyed making healthy wraps. They had already studied the importance of a balanced diet and understanding the food groups needed to maintain a healthy diet. As part of the topic, they planned out their own Menus, trying to balance the food groups. The […]

A celebration assembly focusing on the cup final highlights, followed by children from all classes sharing their thoughts and feeling about the game. Then straight outside to celebrate with an extra break time. As part of our sign language week, we also all learned how to sign ‘black and white army’ A great experience for […]

A thoughtful and well delivered liturgy for pupils, staff and parents this morning. Thank you to our wonderful Y3 children who composed beautiful prayers and chose appropriate readings for the second week of Lent.

This week we have had so much fun learning all about the life cycle of a frog. We looked at the different stages of their cycle and learnt all their names. We loved some of the funny words, frogspawn and froglet being some of the favourites. We also discovered lots of facts about the habitats […]

Today in Year 3 they discussed and practiced how to do an appliqué stitch. The children began by discussing the health and safety rules and were reminded how to do a cross stitch. The children showed great resilience during this lesson as it was a tricky skill to master.

Lent lasts for 40 days, echoing the period of time Jesus spent in the desert. It is a time of preparation for the greatest feast in the Church year: Easter. Year 2 led us beautifully this morning in our first Lenten Celebration of the Word, focusing on when Jesus was sent by the Holy Spirit […]

What a fantastic retreat at the Emmaus Village. The Year 5’s have enjoyed many engaging activities focusing on the Jubilee theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope’. They have shared their retreat with other local schools and have mixed very well, making new friends along the way. There was time for a beautiful walk in the woods where […]