White Mere Community Primary School

Year 3 and 4 went on an exciting trip to the Roman fort of Arbeia

Y5 and Y6 pupils have thoroughly enjoyed their Superhero topic recently. It culminated in a Cape making competition in which parents were invited to assist - as side kicks of course ! In addition, pupils had to submit a comic strip design on A3 card as part of their homework - with the winning entry to be recreated as a mural within school on a much grander scale by a local artist. Needless to say with such a prize at stake the competition was fierce !

CONGRATULATIONS TO LAURA & HER CREATION 'BULLET BOY!'

Y5 and Y6 performed brilliantly during a recent tag rugby tournament held at Joseph Swann School organised by Gateshead Thunder. Both teams came in the top three of the tournament narrowly missing out on playing each other in the final by the slimmest of margins - 1 try. Y6 as runners up progress to the regional finals held at Gateshead Stadium. Miss Sykes was extremely proud of both teams as they demonstrated excellent sportsmanship - a big thankyou to the Captains who were master tacticians - William & Lewis !

Last week, Richard Stephenson from the Gateshead Heritage Centre visited Year 4, and brought with him all kinds of wondeful World War Two artefacts for us to explore...