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Dear parents/ carers,   Firstly, thank you for your continued support in helping our children develop into confident, independent readers. Ensuring every child has the necessary skills they need to read is an essential component of literacy education. It enables children to not only learn across the curriculum but also to access numerous aspects of…

On Wednesday 21st June Year 5 will be watching ‘Alright Charlie’, a primary school safeguarding resource which aims to highlight the warning signs of grooming in an age appropriate way. If you wish to watch  this see the link below and if you  have any questions, please get in touch with our Year 5 team (year5@kingedward.org). https://youtu.be/jm86h2tbLnk

Dear parent / carer You may have heard that a Teacher strike day has just been announced for Wednesday 5th July.  We anticipate that we will be open to all children as we have been on previous strike days.  However, as some of our Teachers will be exercising their right to strike, we are moving…

Your child will bring home a proof copy of their class photograph today.  This will include details of how to order and pay for your prints.   You may notice some light patches on the grass in front of the children, when you receive your ordered prints the grass patches will have been corrected.  …

Dear parent / carer We have received a very kind donation of lettuce seeds from one of our parents, Mr Crowley.  We are very happy to be able to share this with all children who will come home tomrrow with one Seed Cell Plantable Pod each.  The pod contains full instructions on how to grow…

Dear parent / carer We can confirm two of our three INSET (teacher training) days for academic year 2023-24 will be held on: Monday 2nd October 2023 Monday 8th January 2024 On these days, school will be closed to all children and parents, including Nursery.  OOSC will be open all day and booking will open…

Dear parents / carers,   As a part of our current topic ‘The history of our local area’ we will be visiting the North Shields Low Lights Museum. The children will take part in different workshops during the day, including a tour of the Fish Quay where they will learn about its history. The visit…

We are pleased to inform you that we have a new date for our schools Sports Day which is Friday 23rd June 2023 (weather permitting). Times are: From 9.30am – Years 3 to 6. From 2pm – Reception, Year 1 and Year 2.   Sports day will take place on the school field. Could children…

Dear Parent/Carer, NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe. programme I am pleased to inform you that we are participating in the NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe.  Programme this term. Speak out. Stay safe. is a programme for children aged 5-11 which aims to help children understand abuse in all its forms and to recognise the signs…