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July 19, 2008

Sorry to See You Go

Even though we are sorry to see year 6 leaving our school, we have many fond memories of them. However, these are their memories of life at St. Joseph's School.

Reception Class

In Reception I mostly enjoyed meeting new kind friends and having an older Year 6 pupil to look after me called a special friend. I also remember playing with the bikes, scooters, and going down the slide. My teacher was Mrs Crozier and her helper Mrs McSherry. I felt very special because in the school play I was a star. I really enjoyed going to White House Farm to see all the animals.

By Michael Renwick

Year 1

Year one was a better year because I knew everyone really well. My reading was really starting to come on and I could read more words. We went to South Shields beach again as always the weather was lovely and perfect for building sandcastles. Miss Forman was our teacher she was really nice and always kind. I loved show and tell. I once brought in these long black hair pony tales as a joke Miss Forman thought they were real. I joined skipping club run by our head teacher. I loved it was extremely fun.

By Katie Gray

Year 2

In year 2 I remember learning about the Great Fire of London. I enjoyed that because I learnt a lot of things. In year 2 I had two teachers, Miss. Eley and Mrs. Hague they were both very nice and caring. I remember learning about Josephs multi-coloured dream coat that was fun too.

By Sam Hamilton

Year 3

In Year 3 our teacher was called Miss Westgarth. She used to teach us about the Romans, World War 2, and she also took us on a trip to Bede’s World. We Watched a Video Called The king of Egypt it was about Moses saving the Egyptians from the Pharaoh. It was really good fun and Great year to start in KS2.

By Declan Watts

Year 4

I liked it in year 4 because I had lots of good memories.
My teacher was Mr Hannah. We went to a multi skills tournament it was me, Kate, Jennifer, Donnielle, Ryan, Benidict, Declan and Burro. We won the tournament and we all felt good. In year 4 we learned to speak French I wasn’t very good but I still liked it. I can remember doing dance with Elaine, some of the girls did an after school club with her. Also we used to go swimming every Wednesday morning I used to love going and on the first time we went it was so funny because Paige fell in the baby pool. I know I shouldn’t be laughing but it was funny.
By Marcella Connelly

Year 5
In year 5 I had one of my favourite teachers- Miss Shepherdson! She was really kind and everyone liked her! She took us to the enterprise, where you had to design any product you like. Our class designed jigsaws! They were called St. Joseph’s jigsaws and we made a banner, a song, some posters, a poem and a power presentation! I was in PowerPoint group with Michael Renwick, Connor Smith and my best friend Katie Gray! One time, Miss Shepherdson took us to the dance festival after teaching us a dance for Christmas then changed the music to panpipes! There were lots of groups there and a huge audience. My Dad and my grandad came to watch but my grandma couldn’t come because she had a bad back! To finish our day we all got certificates!

By Jennifer Cumberledge

Year 6

My worst memory from Year 6 is when we had SATS, I hated them.
However my special friend is Rachel and she has blonde hair and is really cute. I love her to bits.
My best memory was probably Victorian Day. We dressed up as Victorians for the day, learnt their lessons and did cross-stitching in the afternoon.
My most favourite trips were Killhope lead mine and pond dipping. I loved Killhope lead mine because we had to wear our wellies and go down the mine.

By Sian Patterson

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July 10, 2008

DT and Art Evening

On Tuesday 24th June the children of St Joseph’s held a fantastic exhibition of their Art and Design and Technology work. There were wonderful examples of children’s work from reception to Year 6.

All of the children proved themselves to be very talented and creative! Each class also cooked and decorated cakes and biscuits to sell at the event which proved to be very popular! There was fantastic support from parents and family who came in their droves to look at the exhibition of work and of course to sample the cakes and biscuits.

The event was a huge success and we managed to raise £264 which will help to buy resources in school. Again we would like to thank everyone who contributed to this fantastic event.

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July 5, 2008

Budding Artists at St. Joseph's

My painting of bluebells reached the final of the Northumbria in Bloom Children’s painting competition.
In June I was invited to the award presentation. There were lots of children there from schools around the region and the TV and Radio presenter Marian Forster gave out the awards. She presented me with a certificate of merit.
Although I didn’t win the overall prize for my age group, I was very proud to be in the final ten and I am looking forward to entering the competition again next year.
By Charlotte Year 3.

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Piglets, Lambs and Llamas

On Wednesday 7th May, the Reception Class went to Whitehouse Farm on the bus for our summer trip. Mr Hannah, Miss Eley and Mrs Gibbons all came to help us.

When we got off the bus we met our guide Toni and she took us to put our packed lunches in the barn. Then we started to look at the animals.

In the barn, we saw some piglets, we fed the cows, llamas and the lambs. After that, we had a ride on the tractor, it was very bumpy but we enjoyed it. Then we went into the maze and we all managed to find our way out! We also had a race down a field where we had to run to Miss Eley who took our photograph.

In the barn we saw other creatures like a big spider, an iguana and a Dragon Lizard, which Mr Hannah held.

We had a lovely packed lunch in a big barn and at the end of the day we all went on the soft play – it was great fun.

Here are some pictures to show what an interesting time we had.

Then it was time to get on the bus and go back to school, after a lovely day learning lots about the farm.

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July 2, 2008

Holy Communions at St. Anne's

Congratulations and well done to all the children who made their First Holy Communion at St. Anne's Church on Sunday. You were a credit to the school and the parish community.

Here are just a few of the photographs taken by friends and family on Sunday. Don't they all look smart. Click on the link to see them.

Holly and Chloe

Adam and Rebecca

Holly

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