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…

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…