Fellside Community Primary School

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Calling all parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles, neighbours! All welcome!

Feel Good On A Friday @ Whickham Library

Friday 3rd February   10am - 12pm

Lets all forget our stresses and FEEL GOOD FOR THE DAY!!

Come along and try stress busting activities, improve your health and self.

Why not have a hand massage or try a different beauty treatment, indulge in fresh fruits or a fitness session on the Wi!!

Plus lots, lots more.......

Chill with the staff who will be wearing their favourite pyjamas for the day!!

Everyone Welcome - refreshments too

We look forward to seeing you there

Maria Buckley

Senior Library Assistant

Sunday 15th January Closing date for Primary Admissions
Tuesday 17th January 'Spanglish' Family Learning Session
Mon 6th - Thurs 9th Feb Parent Consultations
Mon 13th - Fri 17th Feb Half Term
Friday 24th February School Photographs
Mon 27th - Wed 29th Feb Year 6 to Robinwood
Mon 27th - Wed 29th Feb Book Fair
Thurs 1st March FOF World Book Day Discos
Friday 30th March Finish for Easter holiday
Monday 16th April All children return after Easter holiday

Welcome to our whole school Christmas Performance.

This year every Reception child had a line to say in our Nativity play, and with lots of enthusiasm and practice, they all performed exceptionally well and made all at Fellside very proud!

Again Key Stage 1 classes joined together to perform 'Christmas with the Aliens'. Most of Year 2 played aliens who were stranded on Earth and invited to learn about Christmas by the children from Fellside.

Year 3 & 4 joined together to perform 'The Greatest Story Ever Told'. The performance switched between a modern day Grandad's living room on Christmas Day and Bethlehem at the time of Jesus' birth. The performance had rock guitarists, a choir, some lovely singing and some superb acting! The Year 3 and 4 children showed great enthusiasm throughout the performances - a great success!

Year 5 performed a modern day 'Cinderella', the children practised incredibly hard to put on a very entertaining show, filled with beautiful singing, superb acting and a lot of laughs!

Year 6 continued the fairy tale theme and put on an excellent performance of 'Sleeping Beauty'. All the children embraced their roles with mountains of enthusiasm and put on a really spectacular show!

Hope you enjoy the Animoto...

As always we welcome your comments.

It all began when several children pledged to create a healthy tuck shop in their election speeches. Mrs Lamb thought this was an excellent idea so decided to help the children do something about it.
Mrs Lamb contacted 'Fruit to Suit', a company that specializes in healthy snacks for schools, and arranged for Lisa to come in and give us some training.

We thoroughly enjoyed our training day! The children were given jobs from marketing directors to finance managers. We learned how to check an invoice, stock take, make an order, balance a float and most importantly... we sampled the snacks and picked our favourites!
The children then worked very hard to promote the tuck shop. They made posters, wrote letters to the children's families and gave an assembly to all of Key Stage Two.
The big day finally arrived and the first tuck shop took place on Friday 2nd December. All the hard work and preparation paid off and the children are now eager to continue the hard work.
The tuck shop will be open every Wednesday playtime from now on, in the Key Stage Two yard. All snacks are 40p, contain no traces of nuts and are healthy too.

If you would like further information about the company please click on the following link Fruit to Suit

  Training Day.

Presenting our ideas to KS2 in our assembly.

 The big day! Our healthy tuck shop.

Tuesday 6th December Christmas Performance - Afternoon
Wednesday 7th December Christmas Performance - Morning
Wednesday 7th December Christmas Lunch
Thursday 8th December Christmas Performance - Morning
Friday 9th December Nursery Christmas Performances AM & PM
Monday 12th December Year 3 and 4 Christmas Party
Tuesday 13th December Nursery Christmas Parties AM & PM
Tuesday 13th December Carol Service at St Mary's Church
Wednesday 14th December Year 5 and 6 Party
Thursday 15th December Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Party
Friday 16th December Last day of term
Tuesday 3rd January Children return to school
Sunday 15th January Closing date for Primary Admissions
Tuesday 17th January Spanglish for families session (more details in the New Year)
Monday 6th February Parent consultation week
Friday 10th February Start of half term break

What a super show! As you can see, a great response from everyone, with baubles, tinsel and even a Christmas tree! Choosing a 'Bling yer Bike' winner was a very difficult task for Alan Barlow our Bike It Officer.

Victory!

Years 5 and 6 held a fabulous street party to celebrate VE day as part of their 'Bombs Away' topic. They invited grandparents to join them for an afternoon of singing, dancing, eating and memories. What a wonderful afternoon it was, the children learned a huge amount by listening to the many stories and tales of childhoods past and sampling the splendid rationing recipes kindly brought in by their families. Many thanks to everyone who came along from near and far!

Please post a comment below of your special memory!

 Please note ... 'Bling yer bike day' is Tuesday 29th November not Monday 29th  as stated in the letter from Alan Barlow 'Bike it Officer.

Can you help run a stall?

Can you donate any of the following?

• Cakes - brought in on the day in a named tin/box
• Toys/games/books - clean and unbroken please (From Monday 21st only please)
• Bottles for the Bottle Tombola - if everyone bring a bottle in, this stall alone will raise over £300!
• Children's Tombola Prizes
• Raffle prizes - do you run a business? Would you be happy to donate a raffle prize? Our raffle is always very popular and raises the most money at the fair - but we need quality prizes. If you can donate a prize please fill in the form that was sent home, and bring it in with your prize. 

 Please take all donations and offers of help to the school reception -

thanks in anticipation from F.O.F!

Monday 31st October - Friday 4th November was Parliament Week. To celebrate Key Stage Two invited Dave Anderson the MP for Blaydon, into school to talk to us in assembly. Dave told us about his job as an MP (Member of Parliament) and told us what it was like to work in Westminster and the Houses of Parliament. The children listened incredibly well, asked Dave some excellent questions about being a politician, and we all learned a lot. Our School Council is feeling inspired to continue their great work on behalf of the pupils at Fellside after listening to Dave's experiences and advice.

Diary of Planned Events to January*

Monday 14th November Training Day (School closed to children)
Friday 25th November Friends of Fellside Christmas Fair
Tuesday 29th November 'Bling Yer Bike'
Tuesday 29th November Early Years & Year 1 children to Northern Stage
Thursday 1st December Year 2 & KS2 children to Northern Stage
Tuesday 6th December Christmas Performance - Afternoon
Wednesday 7th December Christmas Performance - Morning
Wednesday 7th December Christmas Lunch
Thursday 8th December Christmas Performance - Morning
Friday 9th December Nursery Christmas Performances AM & PM
Monday 12th December Year 3 and 4 Christmas Party
Tuesday 13th December Nursery Christmas Parties AM & PM
Tuesday 13th December Carol Service at St Mary's Church
Wednesday 14th December Year 5 and 6 Party
Thursday 15th December Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Party
Friday 16th December Last day of term
Tuesday 3rd January Children return to school

Wednesday 12th October Reception & KS1 Cycling
Thursday 20th October FOF Halloween Discos
Friday 21st October Break up for Half Term
Monday 31st October Return to School
Monday 14th November Training Day (School closed to children)
Friday 25th November Friends of Fellside Christmas Fair
Tuesday 29th November 'Bling Yer Bike'
Tuesday 29th November Early Years & Year 1 children to Northern Stage
Thursday 1st December Year 2 & KS2 children to Northern Stage
Tuesday 6th December Christmas Performance - Afternoon
Wednesday 7th December Christmas Performance - Morning
Thursday 8th December Christmas Performance - Morning
Monday 12th December Year 3 and 4 Christmas Party
Tuesday 13th December Nursery Party
Tuesday 13th December Carol Service at St Mary's Church
Wednesday 14th December Year 5 and 6 Party
Thursday 15th December Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Party
Friday 16th December Last day of the term
* Further information will follow regarding many of these events

Tracey from 'kids R fit' came to school today and each class took it in turn to have a hoopstar session. Everyone gave it their best shot (including members of staff) and they all had a fantastic time. It was amazing to see how many different activities and games the children could do with a hoop and good music! 

 

      

  Click on the following links to view short video clips of the children in action -

hula hoops 082.avi   hula hoops 086.avi    hula hoops 095.avi  

hula hoops 111.avi   hula hoops 131.avi   hula hoops 168.avi 

Hope you enjoyed the photographs and videos of the children 'hooping'. Tracey is going to view the pictures and videos. Would children from each class please leave a message for Tracey in the comments box below, to let her know which part of the 'hooping' experience you enjoyed the most and if you would like to do it again in the future.

 

  

Looks like Mrs Maitland will need to practise a bit more to catch up with one of the children in Year 6! He managed to twirl 4 hoops in one go! If you would like more information about 'kidzRfit'  you can click on the following link to visit the website - kidzrfit   

 

 

 

 

 

Just a reminder, children in Years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 start school Tuesday 6th September. For children in Reception and Nursery, please see packs given out at the induction meetings. Thank you.

The weather wasn't in our favour on Monday, however very kind to us on Tuesday and we managed to go ahead with our Sports Day. Starting with the Nursery Sprint Race we then continued with the rest of the school taking part in Relay Race, Egg & Spoon Race, Basketball Shoot, Standing Long Jump and other sporting events.
Everyone participated with great effort, determination and enthusiasum wanting their team to win. This year the result was so close, the winning and second team were divided by only one point. The Yellow team won followed by red then close behind was the green and blue team.

A great day was had by all, thank you to everyone who came to support our Annual Sports Day.

Sports day cancelled today. Will go ahead Tuesday 1.30pm.

We are going to go ahead today with sports day 1.30pm.

Some of our Key Stage 2 children recently participated in the Gateshead Athletics Festival at Gateshead International Stadium. The children competed in many different events, including sprinting, jumping, throwing and relays. They represented Fellside brilliantly with their behaviour and attitude and managed to win several medals! Well done to everyone who took part - it was a great day!

Well done to our Year 3 tennis team who recently competed in the Tyne and Wear Grand Final at Sunderland Tennis Centre. The team qualified for the Grand Final after winning two previous tournaments. They performed superbly at the Final to finish in 6th place overall - a fantastic team effort! The children enjoyed playing singles matches and working as a team to complete the tennis challenges. Well done everyone!

Our Year 6 took part in the Tag 2 Twickenham National Rugby Finals on Wednesdasy 13th July in Warwickshire.

A huge thank you to PJP Sports, in Whickham, RFU at Gateshead / Whickham School Sport Partnership at Whickham School. Also to Mr Machin, Mrs Nevin and Miss Knox for all their help. Finally well done to all who took part.

What a performance, what a show... the sound of sweet music drifted through the school. We had solo performances to an orchestral finale, with harmonious performances in between. Every child played and sang with ease and confidence to a delightful audience.

At times the concert brought a tear to the eye, especially when one of our Nursery children played the violin.

Thank you and well done to all who performed, and to all who came and supported.

Well done to everyone who took part in the Kensho Karate Club competition today at Whickham School. All competitors represented our school incredibly well, the success of every child who took part throughout the day has meant that Fellside has once again won the trophy and come first in the competition. If anyone has photographs from the day, we would love to have a copy for school.

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear

Rhys, Matthew, Caitlyn, Ben & Harry,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

happy birthday music 

Thankfully the weather was kinder this weekend than last and the Pedalling Picnic took place this morning. With about 60 riders in total, it was another super event, well done to all families who came along. It was wonderful to see children from Nursery to Year 6 cycling together. Thank you to Alan Barlow and Gary Haley for organising this event.

Alan Barlow our 'Bike It Officer' arranged for Ben Slinger & Danny Butler from the Mad Cycle Stunt Team to perform at our school. Enjoy the Animoto of the dedicated and talented twosome, as they perform their outstanding bike stunts.

What was your favourite stunt ? Leave a comment and let us know.

Year 6 reached their target. A huge thank you to everyone for their support.

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear

Amy & Erin,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

happy birthday music  

Apologies, cancelled today, taking place Saturday 25th June.

Year 6 took part in an all day cricket event at the Glebe Cricket Ground in Whickham on Tuesday 7th June.

Teams from Rowlands Gill, Winlaton, Whickham and other areas took part in a knock out competion. As usual the children gave 100%, all played extremely well, and even though some of the games were very difficult, they continued to work hard to get good results.

However, as usual, due to our rather predictable weather, rain stopped play. The head coach decided that the team with the overall highest score would be the winning team. After the challenging and highly competitive games, it was great news to hear that one of our Fellside teams had won. Fellside are now through to the next round on Wednesday 22nd June. More details to follow.

Well done and good luck for the next round !

Year 6 are doing their Enterprise Project starting Monday 13th June - Friday 24rd June. Please click on the following link to see their Enterprise Project Newsletter -

Year 6 Enterprise.doc

is the target the children have set and they are working together in groups to try and raise the full amount. The list of activities are as follows- 

support Year 6. Help them reach their target, so they can achieve their dream, and have the best Year 6 school leaver's party ever!

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear

Elizabeth, Emma, James & Alex,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

happy birthday music  

 Ice cream, pop corn, candy floss, cake stall, bottle raffle, surely you don't need any more clues... have you guessed yet?
Yes it's Friends of Fellside Summer Fair.

 

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear

Sarah, Sarika, Marc & Jude,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

happy birthday music 

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear

Joshua, John, Ellen, & Emily,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

happy birthday music 

Sarah Balkwill, Sue Wilkinson & Juliet Wrate accompanied by Sock Monkey, are taking part in the annual  'Moon Walk'  Saturday 14th May in London, to raise money for breast cancer. The ladies will all be dressed up in decorated bras for the event, and of course Sock Monkey has made the effort to be appropriately dressed (with light up bra) for the occasion too.
If anyone would like to contribute to the 'walk the walk' for breast cancer charity they can do so by using the following link.    sarah balkwill moonwalk donations 

We wish them luck on the walk and if you would like to leave a comment please do so in the box below.

We are all really proud of our rugby team who played today in the 'National Tag to Twickenham Rugby' regional finals at Kingston Park Rugby Club. Our school came second, out of over 900 Northern schools who originally entered which means they now qualify to go on to the National finals which will be held on 13th July 2011 at Rugby School in Warwickshire. As usual their performance was exceptional, they showed great sportsmanship and passion. As always they were a credit to our school. Thanks to Mr Machin and Mrs Nevin for their assistance today. Please show your support to the team by leaving them a good luck message in the comments box below.

Further details will be issued nearer the date.

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear

Hanna & Daniel,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

happy birthday music 

On Thursday 14th April we came to school dressed in the royal colours for an early celebration of the wedding between William & Kate. At assembly time we sang The Royal Anthem, and enjoyed a picnic lunch in the yard. Luckily the weather stayed fine and we all had a wonderful wedding party.
When William & Kate look at our website they will certainly be impressed to see possibly the first of their wedding celebrations. 

Hope you enjoyed the photographs of our Royal Wedding Picnic.We look forward to your comments, especially from William and Kate.

On Tuesday 5th April, pupils from Year 6 went to Parochial's school to play the final round of their East League fixtures. If Fellside won every game they would win the whole tournament, then going on to face the winner of the West League. In their first match they beat Parochial 2-0 with Dan Hand scoring a tap in after a brilliant pass from fellow striker Harry Sharpe. This turned out to be the fastest goal of the tournament - only 18 seconds! Fellside then comfortably won their next four games. In the final and deciding match of the tournament, it was Fellside against arch enemys - Front Street. It was deadlock until Alistair Thom scored a wonder goal (which was from his own half) that soared over everyone and ended up in the back of the net! Fellside had won! We now go on to face the winner of the West League. I would like to thank, on behalf of the successful team, Mr.Machin for taking us in his own time.

By Dan Hand, Year 6

On Wednesday 6th April pupils from Year 6 took part in the Durham County 5-a-side finals in Darlington. All of the boys played excellently and made super progress since last time and finished 3rd. We were rewarded with the prized Durham County medals.We had a great time and I would like to say thank you to Mr. Mordue and Mr.Machin for taking us.

By Dan Hand (Year 6)

 Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear,

Emily and Anya,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

happy birthday music 

On Friday the 1st of April, 14 pupils from Year 6 went to Madien Castle in Durham to represent Gateshead in the tag rugby Durham County Finals. We did brilliantly and finished 2nd overall. However, out of all of the qualifiers we'd won we finished 2nd out of a whopping 413 teams! We now go on to play at the North East finals played at the Newcastle Falcons stadium, Kingston Park. On behalf of all my team I would like to thank everyone who was involved in organising it.

 Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear,

Thomas, Dylan, Jessica and Megan,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

happy birthday music 

On Wednesday 23rd March, our Year 6 netball team took part in the Gateshead Finals at Heworth Grange School. Despite not having had much match practice, the team put in a huge effort and only missed out on a place in the semi-finals in a penalty shoot-out! The team represented the school superbly with their attitude and sporting behaviour - well done!

Doors opened at 8 o'clock, it wasn't long before bikes were parked up, and everyone inside having a healthy Bike it breakfast. Well done to everyone taking part in the Big Pedal. Watch the website for the final race position.

What did you have for your Bike it breakfast?

Please leave a comment if you enjoyed the 'Big Pedal Challenge' also your bike it breakfast.

Who did you see, and what were they wearing red?

 

Please leave a comment if you enjoyed our Red Nose Day. 

Don't forget to cycle to school as much as possible over the next three weeks to meet the Big Pedal challenge. Click on the following link for the website The Big Pedal Challenge 

It was a cold, damp, foggy, miserable day today!

 

Infact it was so good, we did it all over again with the afternoon children and parents, and yes, the weather was still cold, damp, foggy and miserable!!

Some of the money raised from the sponsored Toddle will be used to pay towards a surprise in Nursery after Easter. Well done to all who took part and a huge thank you for your kind support.

Tuesday 15th March Year 3 took part in the Gateshead Schools 2011 Dance Festival. They performed a dance called MOVE IT! which represented the 2012 Olympics. The whole school was lucky enough to see their final rehearsal, and wish them luck before they left for the big show.  Please enjoy the photos and video of their brilliant 'trial' performance.

Don't forget to leave a comment if you enjoyed watching the video, or even better, if you performed in it!  Also Year 3, please let us know what it was like infront of a huge audience at the Sage.

Last night our Year 6 football team took part in the latest round of league fixtures, which were hosted here at Fellside. The team played extremely well - only losing 1 out of 7 matches, scoring plenty of goals while not conceding many! This keeps Fellside within the top two places of the league as we enter our last round of fixtures in April. Well done everyone!

Home at last, both safe and sound after their incredible journey.  Well done to John Baines and his fearless companion Sock Monkey, for their heroic challenge (nearly as tough as the challenges year 6 faced at Robinwood) to raise money for the charity COCO. Sock Monkey was so brave throughout the journey, wasn't at all fazed by the altitude, however a little camera shy at the summit. John will be in school soon to talk to the children about his mission, his visit to the school in Londoto and how the money raised will help the children. 

CONGRATULATIONS!  WHAT A GREAT TEAM!  WHAT A GOOD CAUSE!

You can click on the following link to see the amount raised so far for COCO.

 www.justgiving.com/John-Baines

Last night our Fellside 5-a-side football team took part in the regional finals at Consett Leisure Centre. We represented Gateshead after winning the local finals last month and played against teams from Sunderland, Washington and Consett. The players, inspired by a good luck message from Newcastle defender Fabricio Coloccini, were superb and managed to win two out of their three games to qualify for the county finals next month! Again, the attitude and sportsmanship shown by the team was excellent and we wish them the best of luck next month - details to follow shortly!

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Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear

Emily & Anya

Happy Birthday to you.

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  Enjoy a selection of photographs from our Robinwood Experience

We took 362 pictures in total, for those wishing to view them all... this one's just for you!

 Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear,

Anthony, Eloise, James and Maddie,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

happy birthday music 

Today we celebrated World book Day with our Fellside Families. The youngest family members brought in their favourite book for everyone to share. What a delight it was to see all children from our school community spending quality time together.

Remember to leave a comment of your favourite book or character.

The Friends of Fellside World Book Day disco will be held on Thursday 3rd March.
Key Stage One and Nursery 4.45 - 5.45 pm
Key Stage Two 6.00 - 7.15 pm
There will be prizes at each disco for the best girl and boy fancy dress outfits, come as a character from your favourite book.

 Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear,

Daniel, Mikey, Sarah, Rebecca and Sophie,

Happy Birthday to you!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Hi everyone,
We're off up the Baranca wall into the glacial area today - that's the picture.

Sock Monkey is in good form and hasn't had any symptoms of altitude sickness. I have some photos of him on my camera; he has met a friendly toy bunny too! Well, must dash and climb the wall! It is a series of volcanic flows and boulders!

Hope to have a signal when I get to camp and will have more time to write.

See you all soon.

John and Sock

Last week, our Year 5 basketball squad took part in a tournament at Whickham School & Sports College. We entered three teams who all represented Fellside brilliantly with their enthusiasm and determination! Well done to all of our Year 5 basketballers!

Hi all,

Its 2pm local time and we're at one of COCO's community projects in Moshi. This project works with local 'Mama's' (women) who run this nursery school for pre 7 year old to give them basic education and life skills. The Project is called Uwawayaki womens project and the majority of the children are orphans. 

John and Sock Monkey

Don't forget to leave some encouraging comments, support and good wishes for John and Sock Monkey, I'm sure they will need and appreciate them.

If you would like to contribute to this great cause you can do so by clicking on the link below. You can also see how the fundraising is going.

John Baines our school Chair of Govenors and Sock Monkey set off on Sunday 6th February to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, to raise money for the charity COCO (comrades of children overseas).
Keep watching the website for regular updates of their incredible journey.

   Sock Monkey doing a last minute kit check. All present and correct, including new boots!!

Checking out the flight deck.

Service with a smile!

Sock enjoying the view.

Monkey landing in Amsterdam

Monkey was really helpful on the flight. A 3 year old girl called Poppy was crying an wailing - Monkey to the rescue with tales of cycling Lands end to John O'Groats and talks of the mighty mountain he's about to climb. Hooray for Monkey all the passengers near by cheered! Tune in for more Monkey Tails soon (ok-bad pun! Tales)

Bye for now John & Sock.

If you would like to contribute to this great cause you can do so by clicking on the link below. You can also see how the fundraising is going.

www.justgiving.com/John-Baines

Fellside's 5-a-side football team took part in the Gateshead Finals on Wednesday at Gateshead Leisure Centre. They competed against the three other winning teams from the previous tournaments. Fellside managed to win every game therefore won the competition and will represent Gateshead at the Regional Finals in March - a fantastic achievement! Wel done to our brilliant team of Year 6 footballers who showed an exemplary attitude once again. Good luck for the Finals!

On Wednesday 19th January, Fellside's Year 6 5-a-side football team took part in the annual Gateshead Schools Tournament at Gateshead Leisure Centre. The team did brilliantly and have qualified for the Finals on Wednesday 26th January (without losing a single match!). The team represented our school superbly by showing plenty of sportsmanship and having a great attitude in every match. Well done and good luck for the Finals!

Take a look at some of the BLING in the BIKE SHED ! 

 

  

Who does the following bling belong to?  If you can remember, or would like to take a guess, please leave the answer in the comments box below .  

    

   

Our school choir had a lovely time singing in Whickham Co-op. Customers and staff enjoyed the performance too.   

Comments please.

We are now signed up as a school to the Olympic 2012 website.

This can be found at:
http://getset.london2012.com/join-us/register/pupil-registration

The children sign in with the following:  25427-maitland
Once they have done this they need to create a username and password, this will be forwarded to me for approval.
They will then have access to a whole range of activities, resources and information about the London 2012 Olympics.

Tues 18th Jan   -  Bling Yer Bike
Mon 14th  - Thurs 17th Feb   - Parent Consultations
Mon 21st  -  Fri 25th Feb  -  Half Term
Mon 28th  Feb - Wed 2nd Mar    -  Year 6 to Robinwood
Thurs 3rd Mar -   FOF World Book Day Discos
Thurs 17th March  -  School Photographs
Mon 18th Apr  -  Mon 2nd May    -  Easter Holiday

We need donations for raffle prizes and bottle tombola.

Please start bringing bottles for the tombola as soon as possible. If we get just one bottle for every child in the school we'll have 180 bottles and will raise about £300 on this stall alone.

If you are a parent who runs a business, we'd also like to invite you to donate a quality raffle prize to the Christmas Fair. Our raffle is always popular and raises lots of money for the school. Please see Mrs Tinson or Miss Knox at the school reception for a donation form.

Bottles and raffle prizes can be dropped off at the school reception from now until the morning of the fair.

Donations for the toys and games stall won't be accepted until Monday 29th November 2010.

Diary of Planned Events to January

Tuesday 2nd November Pupils return to school
Tuesday 30th November Foundation Stage & KS1 Performance at Northern Stage
Thursday 2nd December Year 2 & KS2 Performance at Northern Stage
Friday 3rd December FOF Christmas Fair
Tuesday 7th December Christmas Performance PM
Wednesday 8th December Christmas Performance AM
Wednesday 8th December Christmas Lunch
Thursday 9th December Christmas Performance PM
Friday 10th December Nursery Christmas Performances AM & PM
Monday 13th December Year 3 and 4 Christmas Party
Tuesday 14th December Nursery Christmas Parties AM & PM
Tuesday 14th December Carol Service at St Mary's Church PM
Wednesday 15th December Year 5 and 6 Christmas Party
Thursday 16th December Reception & KS1 Christmas Party
Friday 17th December Break up for Christmas Holiday
Tuesday 4th January Return to school following Christmas Holiday

This year one of the fund raising events in our school is supporting the children's charity COCO.

The PDF documents below give information about the charity events, also details of what we are doing to help. 

Coco Lon to Tanzania Brief.pdf        COCO Info.pdf

Children from Reception to Year 6 took part in a "Sports Circuit" to help the charity. Take a look at the photographs of our sponsored event, if you click on each letter you will have a better view of the individual photographs.

If you would like further information or to look at the COCO website please click on the following link. coco.org.uk

We welcome comments from parents, we would also like the children to leave a message if they enjoyed taking part in the sponsored event.

A terrific £137 was raised during the MacMillan coffee morning for the cancer charity, thanks to everyone who came along and gave support.

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 Halloween Disco 

Thursday 21^st October

Tickets available on the door and cost £2 which covers entrance fee, a bottle of water and a bag of sweets.

Nursery, Reception and Key Stage 1 - 4.45 - 5.45
Key Stage 2 - 6.00 - 7.00

There will be prizes at each disco for best girl and best boy fancy dress outfits.

Latest Diary Events

Before the summer holidays children from Year 5 and Year 6 competed in a number of sporting events.
Click on the links below to see the photographs.

Well done to everyone who competed in the football, hockey and athletics.
A fantastic result in all events.

We would love you to leave a comment and congratulate them on their success.

oh what a night...

Thank You

Thank You

Thank you....

To everyone who made contributions to the Year 6 Enterprise Projects. They have made a staggering £1175.26 profit, a school record! The end of term party will certainly be one to remember!

Design Technology Challenge 2010 .... Dens!
Over the years we have set a variety of challenges - building bridges, chairs, scarecrows and wind-powered devices. This year, as I'm sure you'd expect, something different - dens!
One only has to glance over the fence at anytime to see a variety of 'dens' made from seasonally available materials - leaves, sticks, snow and currently grass clippings. Every child in school (and most adults!) expressed enthusiasm for den building by inviting real den construction in our grounds which will be opened specially for this challenge after school week beginning 21st June (Monday to Thursday) and on Saturday 26th June.
Immediately after half term we will provide more details for this exciting challenge.

Bike it Breakfast, Pedalling Picnic
Last Monday more than sixty children and adults came to school early for 'Bike it Breakfast' with Alan Barlow. Alan carried out some routine maintenance on bikes during the morning. All thirty Year Six children had an afternoon of fun on bikes including team pursuit races, slow bike race and a tricky mountain bike race round the perimeter of the school field.
This year's Pedalling Picnic (the ninth) is on the morning of Saturday 19th June.
Once again there'll be the choice of two routes - the longer route from Shotley Bridge (11 miles of largely gentle down slope) meeting those on the shorter route (through Derwenthaugh Park approximately 3 miles) before a picnic at the Green at Swalwell.
Details after the half term break.
This year we can access a 20 bike trailer from Sustrans which could be of use for transporting bikes to Shotley Bridge. If you have a tow bar fitted to a suitable car and wish to help with transporting bikes please contact school.
The bike raffle was a huge success raising £185 for our school fund. The bike was
won by Larissa Tait in Year 3. Well Done.

Friday 28th May Break up for May Half Term

Over the last few weeks Year 6 have been planning, researching and developing ideas for their enterprise projects this year. They have had some fantastic expertise and guidance from Louise Levy, a governor and parent, and Mike Wood from Gardiner Richardson. They have been guided through the process of developing ideas, teamwork, planning, marketing and advertising. They are hoping to make a substantial profit this year to pay for their end of year party. Watch this space for more details.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who put a contribution inside the trainers and shoes. We managed to raise a wonderful £430 for Sport Relief. Thanks to Annabel and Mia for the great idea and organising everything! Thanks to Miss Knox for all the counting too!

Today we saw creativity at its best. In amongst the heaps of snow grew snow dragons, icicle sculptures, forts, volcanoes, The Angel of the North, snow tunnels, Buckingham Palace, snow crocodiles, the list is endless!

The last two weeks have been amongst the busiest ever, we've had 3 whole school Christmas concerts, a cantata at the church, 3 fantastic Christmas parties and visits to the theatre. In amongst all of this cards, calendars, decorations etc have been made by all children.

Merry Christmas to all and a peaceful New Year.               

What a superb turnout on Saturday 13th June with at least eighty children and adults taking part in our ninth Pedalling Picnic. With a choice of two rides of four or ten miles the majority of children took the longer option and of those on the shorter route (still four miles!) most were in their first year of cycling.

Long route or short, it's clear that the impact of training through our involvement in the Bike it scheme has greatly improve confidence and competence on bikes.

A memorable morning and the best attended to date. The weather was kind too. Thanks to all who took part and particular thanks to Gary Haley for his organisation of yet another successful event.

Many thanks to everyone who came dressed in red to help raise money for Comic Relief. At the final count we raised a superb £225. Thanks to Charlotte for the photographs and the idea in the first place!

Our children from Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 took part in the Athletics Festival at Gateshead Stadium on Friday 27th June. Girls and boys from the school claimed a bumper crop of medals, including five gold and four silver. A fantastic time was had by all and many thanks go to Mrs Bowren and Mrs Potts for all their support on the day.

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On Saturday 14th June around 60 children and parents took part in our annual Pedalling Picnic (the eighth event).

The majority of participants opted for the long ride - 10 miles from Consett to Swalwell - riding at a cracking pace (for children as young as 5) to reach Swalwell in just over an hour.

The sun shone for the picnic element of this enjoyable event.

Thanks to all who took part and particularly to Gary Haley for his work on the organisation of what has become a traditional summer event at Fellside.

Anyone for breakfast?

Today saw the first ever bring your bike and have your breakfast event! There were over forty children and parents who cycled to school and then enjoyed fresh juice, croissants, toast and time to chat with friends. Many thanks to James, our Bike-It officer, who organised and ran the event. Watch out for more activities during Bike-It Week, week beginning Monday 16th June.

This year’s technology challenge was to design and make something that would harness the power of the wind. What a spectacular array and assortment of machines, devices and turbines there were! Well done to everyone who entered, the standard was extremely high. Congratulations to the winners Olivia, Charlotte, Luke and Ellen.
Take a look at some in action!
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On Friday 22nd June children from Years 3 to 6 travelled to Gateshead International Stadium to take part in this years Gateshead Primary Schools Athletics Festival.

Everyone competed brilliantly and a good day was had by all, the journey home was accompanied by the tinkling of the various medals won, from bronze through to gold.

You will find a full listing of the events happening until the end of term using the following link.

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