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Dear parent / carer The Staffing and Finance (S&F) Committee met on 19th November virtually. During the meeting the following points were discussed: School is currently reviewing the school meal provider. Look out for some exciting future developments. King Edward Primary are currently trialing a new initiative in school, the tutoring programme. If successful the…

Dear Parent/Carers, This term our children will be discussing the NSPCC’s Underwear Rule in our RSHE lessons. During these discussions we will aim to teach our pupils the following important safety skills without giving explicit information or telling scary stories. We will be teaching our pupils the NSPCC’s Underwear Rule, using the ‘PANTS’ acrostic, which…

Dear parent / carer Our Curriculum and Pupil Outcomes (C&O) committee met for the first time this term and we were pleased to welcome our newest governor, Mhairi McCowan to this group. It was exciting to hear from Miss Byrne about this year’s planned training for staff including a range of national and accredited courses…

Dear parents / carers   Several months ago, the Government announced that schools would be able to provide some additional support to identified children, as a result of the impact of COVID.  Children identified by individual schools would have the opportunity to access some ‘catch up’ support for ‘lost learning’, caused by the COVID pandemic,…

We are overwhelmed by the huge collection of items our families have brought into school today to donate to Age UK North Shields.  Thank you so much for your kind generosity.  

North Shields Methodist Church, Hawkeyes Lane, North Shields are hosting a Musical Ensemble called Musical Pews.   The aim is to give children an opportunity to sing or play musical instruments and to have lots of fun together.   Practices on Thursday’s at 5pm – 5.45pm – any age welcome.   Please click on the link…

BBC’s Children in Need are having their annual appeal on Friday 19th November.  In support of this, we would like children to come to school in their pyjamas on Friday 19th November 2021.  Children need to be dressed sensibly and warmly, dressed for a cold day (wear their pyjamas on top of warm clothes) and…

Age UK Charity Shop have kindly asked us if we can support them with urgently needed donations for their shop in North Shields.   They are desperately in need of good quality items to sell in the shop such as:   Clothing Shoes Bric a brac Jewellery Bags Books   They are asking families in…

Dear parent/carer, We are excited to be taking part in TTRS England Rocks 2021! This is a friendly competition involving schools from England from Monday 8th November to Thursday 11th November and is all done online via play.ttrockstars.com. For every correct answer to a multiplication or division question, your child will earn their class a point. The TTRS…

Dear parent / carer We are delighted to inform you that your children have been very busy creating some amazing festive artwork for their Christmas cards 2021! As parent / carers you have the opportunity to purchase your child’s designs which can be displayed on various items such as Christmas cards, gift tags and coasters…