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…

HH Sports Coaching with Harry Hoggins is hosting a 1 week – 3 day Multi Sports Camp during May half term at King Edward Primary School for children in Years 2 to 6: Tuesday 30th May 2023 Wednesday 31st May 2023 Thursday 1st June 2023 To book a place, scan the QR code below or…

Dear Parent/ Carer On Monday 15th May, as part of our Science Curriculum the children will be taking part in a puberty lesson. This will cover the changes that occur in the body. Personal Hygiene will be discussed in a whole class setting.  Mr Denton will discuss changes to the male body separately to Miss…

To parents / carers, During 5th June- 16th June children in Year 4 across the country will be participating in the Multiplication Tables Check. The purpose of the check is to determine whether your child can fluently recall their times tables up to 12 x 12, which is essential for future success in mathematics and…

Please click on the link below to view a leaflet regarding healthy relationships in the home:   Relationship Matter Leaflet

Please click on the links below to view some new dates for hubs running in North Tyneside and Newcastle for the following: Introduction to support autistic children Supporting the emotional wellbeing of autistic children   North Tyneside Autism Hubs – May 2023   NEAS Autism Support Hub Newcastle – May 2023   Zoom webinars

Please click on the links below to view the Class Newsletters for Summer Term 2023:   Nursery Summer Term Class Newsletter   The KEEP Summer Term Class Newsletter   Reception Summer Term Class Newsletter   Year 1 Summer Term Class Newsletter   Year 2 Summer Term Class Newsletter   Year 3 Summer Term Class Newsletter…

Dear Parents/Carers, Our Healthy Living week begins on Monday 22nd May until Friday 26th May. We have lots of fun activities planned for the children that week! As part of Healthy Living week and our school games award we would also like to collect some data/information on how active our children are and which clubs…

John Spence Community High School are hosting a Mental Health and Wellbeing Fayre in partnership with @usActive on Wednesday 10th May 2023 at 5.00pm – 7.00pm in the main hall at John Spence Community High School. They have some fantastic informative stalls, wellbeing goodies and fun activities for people to take part in.  Bring some…

Dear Parents / Carers,    We’re really looking forward to our trip to Whitehouse Farm on Thursday next week and we’d like to share some reminders and a little more information.    We’ll be leaving school at 9:30am prompt by coach and will return by 3:00pm so there will be no change to the beginning…

Dear parent / carer   Can we remind all parents that you can no longer pay for meals using Caterlink’s Online Payment System.  Instead, please pay using School Gateway.  To pay for schools meals, go to: Home screen ‘Payments’ ‘School meals’ And follow the prompts to add credit to your child’s account    Each time…

Dear parents / carers As we approach the High Borrans trip in May, we would like to share some further information with you about the trip. High Borrans permission form Your child will bring home a permission form with them tonight entitled ‘High Borrans Dietary, Medical & Contact Information Form – Under 18’s’. This form…

The Healthy4Life Programme is hosting a 10 week course in May, which helps support you and your family make healthy lifestyle changes together (sessions do not run during the half term holidays):   Mini’s programme  for ages 4-7 on a Tuesday at The Lakeside Centre, 4pm – 5.30pm.  For more information please click the link:…

Dear parent / carer   From the 1st April, we are taking our school meals provision in house.  This means that we will be moving away from Caterlink and running our own catering service, without the restrictions imposed by an external company.  We are very excited to be taking on this service and the added…

Dear parents / carers   The cost of purchasing school uniform will increase from 1st April 2023.     These prices have been agreed by governors and are a direct result of increased costs from our supplier.  Sadly our supplier has seen increased costs over the past few years due to rising costs in their own…

Dear parent / carer   We are holding two drop ins relating to our MAT consultation.  If you have questions or comments that are not addressed by the MAT consultation site (available at this link), then please pop along and chat to us.  Consultation drops ins will be held at the following times:   Thursday…

Dear Year 4 Parent/Carer   To conclude our topic of Ancient Greece, we are welcoming into school a special visitor ‘That History Bloke’.  This will take place on Thursday 20th April 2023 and he will spend half a day with each class.   To cover the cost of this exciting workshop we would like to…

Dear parents / carers OOSC booking is now open for Easter 2023!  We are have a jam packed schedule of fun activites for the Easter weeks – CLICK HERE to find out more! The club will be open from 7.30am-5.30pm at a rate of £30 per day on the following dates: Monday 3rd April 2023…

HH Sports Coaching with Harry Hoggins is hosting a 2 week – 3 day Multi Sports Camp during the Easter Holidays at King Edward Primary School: Week 1: Monday 3rd, Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th April 2023. Week 2: Tuesday 11th, Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th April 2023. To book a place, scan the QR…

Our ‘Gadget Shop’ is linked to aspects of the National Curriculum. Each experiment or activity is interactive and requires children to ‘do something scientific’. There will be a superb selection of child friendly science activities to excite young minds.   Items at the ‘Gadget Shop’ are priced from £1.00 to £3.00 and the shop will…

Dear parent / carer, Next Tuesday, we celebrate a special day.  You may or may not be aware that, sadly, one of our Reception children died very suddenly in December 2020.  Frank had been previously diagnosed with neuroblastoma.  Next Tuesday Frank would have been celebrating his 7th birthday. It is hugely important to us, Year…

We have been informed that there are cases of head lice in several year groups around school.  Can we please ask parents to check their child’s hair on a regular basis and treat hair following the NHS guidelines below:   NHS Inform Head Lice Guidance   There is also a government / North Tyneside scheme…

Dear Parents/ Carers,   On the 13th March 2023, British Science and STEM Week commences in the UK and we’d like you and your child, along with other pupils and staff from our school, to be involved.  As a school we’re planning an exciting week of events and activities, one of which is the ‘Gadget…

Parents, guardians and members of the local community are welcome to attend our Science Fair to find out about their child’s learning in science. During the science fair samples of the children’s science work will be available and science ambassadors will be presenting their year groups learning. The science fair will be held in the…

REMINDER Dear Parent/Carer Your child has been selected to take part in the North Shields Dance festival, which takes place on Tuesday 7th March 2023. The festival is a celebration of dance and the theme this year is `New Beginnings`. The dance festival is a brilliant night and you and members of your family are very welcome…

Please click on the link below to view a press release that has been written about our school and our use of Doodle Maths!! Tyneside Primary School Announces Renewal of Multiyear Partnership Supporting Student Success in Maths

Dear parent / carer   We have noticed a small number of children have been coming to school in incorrect uniform.  Can we please remind you that all children should be in the correct school uniform each day as detailed below.     PE uniform Children should come to school in their full school PE kit…

Dear parents and carers. When we return after the half-term break it is Book Week at KEPS. Your child will be taking part in lots of exciting book related activities and celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 2nd March, when they can come into school dressed as their favourite character from a book or an interesting…

Dear parents and carers,   I wanted to update you on some positive changes that we have made during our latest INSET day. Over the coming weeks we will be working with our children across school to help them understand these changes and the reasons for them.     Positive behaviour  As of today we are…

Dear parents / carers   As per our advance notification, parents evening will take place after school on Monday 13th February 2023 and Thursday 16th February 2023.   About appointments Parents evening will be held in person in your child’s classroom with your child’s current Class Teacher.  Appointments are 10 minutes long and Teachers will…