Dear parents / carers   As you may know, there is National Teachers Strike action planned for Wednesday 1st February 2023.  We have been working hard to manage the strike in a way that minimises the disruption to our families.  This has caused an unavoidable delay in being able to update you with our plans.  …

HH Sports Coaching with Harry Hoggins is hosting a 3 day Multi Sports Camp during the February Half Term at King Edward Primary School on Monday 20th February, Tuesday 21st February and Wednesday 22nd February 2023.  To book a place, scan the QR code below or click on the link: HH Sports Coaching October Camp…

Dear parents / carers   As we approach the Weardale trip in March, we would like to share some further information with you about the trip.     Weardale consent form Your child will bring home a consent form with them tonight entitled ‘Weardale Adventure Centre Personal Information & Consent Form.  This form needs to be…

Dear Parents/Carers   I am writing to let you know that Mrs Miller our Care, Guidance and Support Leader is going to be absent from Wednesday 18th January 2023, due to a planned minor operation.  She will be absent until at least half term, pending the speed of her recovery.   In her absence, please…

Dear Parents / Carers, We are excited for our children in Y1, Y2 and Y3 to be taking part in the DoodleMaths Back-to-School Competition. To take part the children need to be working in the green zone from 20th January – 2nd February. After the 2nd February, the percentage of students in each class who…

Dear Parents/Carers Children need to be safe both at school and at home, and online safety is crucial to that. At the start of each school year, all pupils are taught strategies to stay online safely through our computing curriculum. This is to help the children understand and be aware of how they can stay safe…

Dear parents / carers   As you know, Year 6 will have the opportunity to take part in a residential visit to High Borrans this May!  We very much hope that all children who want to will take up this amazing opportunity.     High Borrans is an Outdoor Education centre near Windermere in the Lake…

We hope that you all have a special, happy and magical Christmas.  We are all more than ready to enjoy this much deserved and precious time with family and friends.  It has been an exceptionally long Autumn term, as it has been 15 weeks long!   Thank you for all of your support with our…

Dear parents/carers   Several parents have requested additional spelling materials to complete at home. Please find on your child’s Google Classroom account two documents for revising common Year 6 spelling patterns.  Please feel free to download/print the materials to complete with your child at home at their own pace.   Please note there is no…

Dear Parents/Carers   We would like to invite you and your child to a meeting regarding the Year 6 residential trip to the High Borrans activity centre in May 2023.  The meeting will take place on Monday 16th January 2023 at 5pm in our main hall.  We will look at some slides of High Borrans…

      Staying safe near frozen water: Coram Life Education have researched some resources that you might find useful for reminding your children how to stay safe near frozen water – lakes, canals, ponds etc. – following the tragic events in the news.   Produced by the Royal Life Saving Society, these resources look…

Dear Parent/Guardian,   Every year we collect information on the health of peoples’ teeth as part of the dental survey. The information helps to plan NHS dental services in your area.   This year the survey will collect information about the health of the teeth of children in year 6.  Your child’s school is taking part in…

School has had a visit today from the North Tyneside Council Dog Warden after recent complaints of dog fouling in the area.  We have been told the dog warden will be doing some patrolling around school in the next couple of weeks.   Parents are reminded that if they are taking their dogs on the…

Dear parents/carers,   It’s almost the end of what has been an exceptionally long term. By the time we get to our last day, on the 23rd of December, we will all have managed 15 school weeks!  Well done to all of us!  It’s the longest term of the school year and we’ll all be…

Dear Parents and Carers   We had an amazing rehearsal at Christ Church this morning!   Can all children please wear their school uniform tonight.  If children have made a Christingle could they please bring it along with them tonight.  If your child has not made a Christingle do not worry as many of the…

Dear parent / carer   Following on from last night’s post on Christmas Jumper Day, we would like to clarify a few points.   National Christmas Jumper Day Due to popular demand, we will take part in National Christmas Jumper Day!  This is on Thursday 8th December (not Friday 9th December as I incorrectly typed-apologies). …

Children are very welcome to come into school on Friday 9th December 2022 in a Christmas jumper or non uniform, as it is Christmas Jumper Day nationally.  Please do not feel you need to go and buy a jumper, own clothes are also absolutely fine.  But as it’s a national event we’d like to join…

Dear Parents and Carers, Important change to parking at the rugby club Our parents and carers are kindly allowed to park at the Rugby Club when dropping and collecting children. However, there has been a change at the rugby club.  The rugby club is now leasing out some of its premises and the car park…

A huge well done to all our raffle prize winners last night, if you have won a prize you can collect from the school office.  If you have won the flowers you will need to collect tonight if possible. Thank you Prizes Winners: Hamper 1 – Pink – 771 – 775 Hamper 2 – White…

Dear parents / carers, Several parents have requested additional maths materials to complete at home. On Google Classroom under ‘Revision’ are some documents which include a revision section with examples and questions. Please feel free to download / print the materials to complete with your child at home at their own pace. Please note there…

We still have tickets left for the Charity Fundraising Event which is at Percy Park Rugby Club, Tynemouth on Thursday 24th November 2022, tickets are £5 each or 2 for £8, you can also buy tickets on the night.  Doors open at 7.30pm.   We have a HUGE!!! amount of prizes for the raffle, tickets…

Active North Tyneside have a free Mini Movers Group at The Parks Sports Centre every Thursday for children ages 2-4, 1.30pm – 2.30pm.  Fore more information, please click the link: Mini Movers 2022

Next week sees the return of the Scholastic Book Fair.  We are delighted to be able – at long last – to welcome back parents and carers to an on site book fair!  If you would like to visit the book fair and purchase a book, please come along to the community room (access via sliding…

Dear Parents/Carers, We would like to invite you and your child to a meeting regarding the Year 6 residential trip to the High Borrans activity centre in May 2023.  The meeting will take place on Monday 16th January 2023 at 5 p.m. in our main hall.  We will look at some slides of High Borrans…

Dear parent / carers Thank you to all parents who put themselves forward for the role of parent governor and the time and effort invested during the application process.  Thank you also to all parents who took the time to vote.  The interest and support you have shown is very much appreicated. Voting closed at…

Dear Parents and Carers,   We are writing to you as concerned members of the King Edward Eco-Team.   We want to keep cars away from the school. We want to try to scoot, cycle and walk to school to get more exercise, or park cars away from school and walk the last part of…

“Heat” or “Eat” is a real choice for so many families this winter.  Christmas is something some families simply can’t afford.  Mission Christmas is here to help Santa reach children living in poverty.   Please click the link: Mission Christmas cashforkids for more information.   If you are able to help, please click on the link: Welcome…

Dear parents/carers, We are very proud of all the children and the work they have completed so far this year on DoodleMaths. As mentioned in the launch letter sent at the beginning of the academic year, we strongly advocate a ‘little and often’ approach with children using the app for just 10 minutes a day…

Every week millions of children play football, many of them in organised clubs and organisations. As part of its safeguarding response, the Football Association has created a safeguarding course for parents. The course is designed to help parents make informed choices about the football settings where they enrol their children. The course helps parents recognise…

Anti-Bullying week takes place from Monday 14th to Friday 18th November and the theme this year is ‘Reach Out’.  This event offers a great opportunity to further promote the importance of kindness and positive relationships which are always celebrated and embraced at King Edward Primary School. We will be marking Anti-Bullying week with a variety…

Dear parent / carer   Thank you to all parents who applied or expressed an interest in the Parent Governor vacancy.  We are extremely grateful for the level of support you have shown to school and are thrilled to announce we have received a number of applications!  As a result, we are now holding an…

Dear Parents / Carers, We are excited to be taking part in the England Rocks competition hosted by Times Table Rock Stars! The competition runs from 07:30 GMT Monday 14th November to 19:30 GMT Wednesday 16th November and is all done online via play.ttrockstars.com. Children can play in any gamemode with every correct answer to a…

Dear Parents / Carers, A Charity Fundraiser Event We are writing to invite you to A Charity Fundraiser Event that we are hosting on the evening of Thursday 24th November at Percy Park Rugby Club.  The evening will run from 7.30pm to 10.30pm and will include a bar, entertainment and raffle. As many of you…

About free school meals: You are eligible for free school meals if you receive any of the following benefits, even if your child is in Reception to Year 2 and they receive Universal Free School Meals, please still apply: * income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance * income-related Employment and Support Allowance * support under Part VI of…

Children in Year 3 have previously been entitled to universal free school meals from Reception to Year 2 which have now stopped since they started Year 3, to encourage more children to try the tasty new menu, Caterlink are offering all children in Year 3 a free school lunch for 2 weeks starting from next…

Dear parent / carer Although some may think it’s too early to start thinking about Christmas, we want to share our plans with you to make the season merry!  Please read below to see what we have in store to get our children, staff and parents in the holiday spirit. Christmas Dinner Christmas Dinner Day…

Dear parent / carers As part of the Year 6 RSE curriculum, the children learn about the many changes that occur in life. One of the objectives in the curriculum is discussing the feelings that can occur as a result of death and the strategies that can help an individual to cope with grief. On…

Dear parent / carer Following a review of site access, we have made some changes to site during OOSC holiday club.  The external OOSC gate will be locked after all children are on site.  The gate will be reopened for collection time.  If you require access out of these hours, or need to pick your…

With October half term round the corner, lots of restaurants have announced that kids will eat free (or for £1) over the week off: Kids eat for £1 all day with no adult spend at Asda Café Two children under 16 can get a free breakfast every day at Beefeater and Brewers Fayre with one paying adult Tesco…