Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle @ The School Gate @HTStJosephs Volume 3, Issue 3 July 2015 Inside this issue: So Long, Farewell.. Oh I do like to be 2 D e a r fantastic children at our she stays in beside the P ar e n t s school. They are enthusiastic, t o u c h — t h e Seaside! & Carers, caring, creative, driven and allotment needs her! Well what a year! above all supportive of each Although any departure is ‘Skipping A Beat’ 2 With two inspections, other—the current Year Six tinged with sadness, I am to ‘The Nights’ some fabulous SAT results and exemplify this. They have been looking forward to the new lots of sporting success, it has a brilliant cohort and I am year, which should be an Bicycle Race 3 been a busy 10 months. I am positive that they will flourish exciting one. It’s the school’s delighted with where the at St Thomas More. Good luck 30th Anniversary on this site and school is currently and I’m sure Year Six. we welcome two ex-pupils Flower of 4 that you’ll echo me in thanking To continue the goodbyes, I back as teachers—Miss Hurst in all my wonderful staff for all have two very special members Scotland Y5 and Mrs Douglas in Y6 as that they do for your of staff to thank. well as Mrs Boland who is wonderful children and that is First is Mrs Hepple who has replacing Mrs Geddes and Miss Sailing 4 the key to our strength as taught here at St Joseph’s for Robinson who will be school —relationships and 7 years. She will be a huge supporting Y3 next year. people. miss and I’m sure that she I know this is a good school and You’re So Fine 5 I am privileged to have a continue to work incredibly my team and I will work dedicated and caring team hard, knowing each and tirelessly to continue making it who work hard to make sure everyone of her pupils even better because that’s Lean On Me—Let’s 5 your children get the very extremely well, ensuring that what your children deserve. I Play Fair best. I am lucky to have such they achieve all that are am confident that you will supportive parents who always capable of, just as she has support me in this and I look Going for Gold! 6 turn up to support their done here. Thank you. forward to welcoming a new children; whether for a liturgy, Secondly, I would also like to Reception class to St Joseph’s a sporting event, for thank Mrs Maughan for 24 years in September. Like To Get To 6 fundraising or even just of care and love that she has Have a safe and happy holiday. Know You Well helping getting homework shown your children. She has God bless. done. However, I am had a long standing connection Gimme Shelter 7 especially blessed to have such to the school and I hope that Mr A Ramanandi Dates for your 8 One Day Like This Diary The day did not start big trees and the like a normal day wonderful local because we had our environment. Finally we Head Teacher's 8 bikes and were dressed got to the park, where Roll of Honour for a ride. When we got we started playing while to school we saw Ben we waited for Callie to (our bike leader), some come, so then we could parents and our teachers discuss our safety rules, we set eat our lunch. After our play waiting with their bikes. As we off on our adventure to and lunch, we made the long walked to our bikes, we put Newburn! journey back up the hill to our helmets on and did final After a brief delay, thanks to school. Everybody had a checks to make sure we were locked gates, we could set off fantastic day; it was the best fit for the ride. After that we on our journey. On the way we bike ride ever! went up to the infants yard to saw lots of beautiful scenery, By Kiera and Elliot Yr 5 St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School The Catholic Primary School serving the Parishes of St. Anne’s, Winlaton & St. Joseph’s, Blaydon Volume 3, Issue 3 Page 2 Oh I do like to be beside the seaside! On Wednesday 8th snack, Robyn and I jumped onto The rai n July, Year 3 went the soft golden sand and ran down finally stopped to Cullercoats to the sea to collect some water in and we were allowed Beach for the our buckets. Good job we weren’t to continue playing on the day. When I swimming in the sea as it froze my sand. After that, Mr Hannah got to school I toes. We dug a hole and filled it took us into the caves and told us w a s s o with the water to make our own of the scary Captain Scarface. He excited that private paddling pool. The only was such a horrible pirate that he we were about to trouble was that the sand must used to cut his victims with a knife leave. Mr Hannah, Mrs have had a leak in it as we kept so they would have 4 scars on Blakey, Mrs Bullerwell, two having to refill the hole, funny how their face, finally killing his parents and Mr Hannah’s daughter that always happens at the beach. victims by cutting their throat. It Amy were going to be looking after Next we played tag and rounders. I was a little bit scary but good fun us for the day. Unfortunately as enjoyed both games and it kept all the same. We only had a few we set off from the school, the you warm as it still hadn’t more minutes playing before we weather didn’t look that brightened up. had to get back on the coach. promising. It was grey skies and After a while Mr Hannah called On the journey back, everyone starting to drizzle. I hoped it everyone to have our packed was quite tired. We all thought we would brighten up while we were lunches. I had a delicious ham and had had a great trip, despite the on the coach. My partner was cheese wrap, a packet of cheesy weather. Robyn and we sat near the back quavers, some grapes, a crunchy By Chloe because Mr Hannah had said we carrot stick, a ginger bread man could sit anywhere on the coach. and a bar of chocolate. I know it He usually doesn’t let us do that. sounds a lot but it was just right as The journey took about 45 minutes I was starving. During lunch, the but the grey clouds didn’t wind started to pick up and finally disappear. the rain started. Mr Hannah and When we got to the beach we Amy had golf umbrellas so some us were allowed to have a little snack huddled together under them until from our lunches. It’s funny how the shower passed. Some of us just you are always dying for lunch ran around, playing as usual, it Y3 time on school trips! After our didn’t really bother me. ‘Skipping A Beat’ to ‘The Nights’ This term Year 4 were involved in a skipping routine we had individual skipping festival at St Thomas competitions against the other More’s. About a month before the schools. Ty and Shannon did the festival a lady named Liz showed us double bounce, Lucy and Eleanor how to skip, and lots of new did the butterfly, Amber and Ellie skipping routines. We had to Purvis did ‘Face to Face’. practice these before we competed Eleanor and Lucy won gold for the against other schools in the Butterfly, Ty won silver for double festival. We did exercises to get us bounce. Amber and Ellie Purvis won warmed up; Apart from individual bronze for ‘Face to Face. Elise, skipping skills we also had to think Leila, Jessica, Katie, Emma, Tom, of a skipping routine for the whole routine. Layla, Ellie Knotts Smith, Megan class with our teacher. After a vote We competed against Sacred Heart, and Grace won bronze for the team we decided to create a routine to Saint Matthew’s, Saint Agnes’ and skip ‘Keep the pot boiling’ and the song ‘The Nights’ by Avicii. Saint Mary’s. We were all scared Jessica, Layla, Grace, Ellie Knotts We learned a lot of new skipping about showing our skipping routine Smith, Harry, Emma and Megan also skills like double bounce; speed but our school went first, we were won bronze for the Team skip ‘Run bounce, pretzel, cross over, side worried in case we made a in run out’ swing and the hop scotch. When we mistake, we were lucky because no We had a great day. got there we were really excited one made a mistake. By Shannon and Amber Y4 we just wanted to do the skipping After all of the classes did their Volume 3, Issue 3 Page 3 Bicycle Race On Monday 1st June Year 4 the ramp because it was too ended up in a new housing went on an outstanding bike steep to peddle, then we got estate but we were going the ride to Newburn. First we on our bikes and cycled along right way. We were very close came to school in non- the grass out of school.