Welcome Back!!

4th September 2024Fiona Goodwin

Welcome back!! We hope you’ve enjoyed a relaxing summer break. We’re excited to welcome you back for another amazing year, full of learning and opportunities for everyone to dive into!

We are looking for everyone to achieve their best this year and we are here to support all the children to achieve that. This doesn’t always mean in purely academic ways, it may be about becoming the best gymnast you can become, the most creative artist or just becoming the best friend to someone.

We understand that some of you might be feeling a bit nervous about coming back (both children and parents) – that’s totally normal and okay. 6 weeks is a long time to be off but as a school community we are all here to help and support. Just ask.

To our parents and carers, you are a crucial part of our school, our staff couldn’t do what they do without you, thank you so much.

We are going to have a fab year.

 

Rugby Awards Presentation – 18th July 2024

19th July 2024Fiona Goodwin

John, a kind and dedicated coach from Westoe Rugby Club, visited our school on Wednesday morning to present trophies and medals to our children. John regularly volunteers his time to coach our pupils at West Boldon Primary School, providing expert tutelage under his skillful direction. His efforts have been instrumental, with some of our former pupils going on to represent Westoe Rugby Club thanks to his keen eye for talent.

John’s generosity extends beyond the rugby field. If you ever see him in Asda or Tesco raising money for Cancer charities, please consider donating any of your loose change to the charities that mean so much to him. Our children are truly fortunate to benefit from John’s commitment and kindness.

Rocksteady Concert & Staff vs Y6 Rounders!

19th July 2024Fiona Goodwin

What a busy day! We started off with out first ever Rocksteady concert, this was fantastic and to think that these children have only been playing since Easter! We then had a staff BBQ at lunchtime followed by the annual staff vs Year 6 rounders match. This is always keenly contested and today was no different! For once the staff actually achieved a deserved victory.

Sunshine Nursery Paired Reading Visit

12th July 2024Fiona Goodwin

It has been so nice to build closer links with all our feeder nurseries this year and help the new Reception intake settle in so much better in September. The children had a chance to see their new teachers and their new classrooms. It was lovely!

Sports Day 2024

9th July 2024Fiona Goodwin

The weather was perfect today and enabled us to hold both Rec/KS1 and KS2 Sports Days. The children loved trying their best to be the fastest and we had huge support from our parents/carers as usual. We know the children will sleep well tonight!

 

South Tyneside Dance Festival – Year 4

1st July 2024Fiona Goodwin

16 children from year four took part in the South Tyneside Dance Festival at the Customs House on Thursday evening. There was a lot of nerves and excitement before we took to the stage, but even technical difficulties didn’t stop our little GaGa’s from taking the audience to the Edge of Glory! Well done Year Four, you were all absolutely fantastic, and did our school proud! A special mention must go to Miss Skiggs for putting so much time and effort into training the children, you are as amazing as the children.

French playground games!

27th June 2024Miss K. Wilkinson

We love our French lessons in Class 10. As a short brain break Madame Smith thought us a playground game to sing and play.

Year 3 visit the Theatre Royal!

26th June 2024Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 3 had a brilliant day at the Theatre Royal Newcastle today!

We had the opportunity to see the parts of the theatre that the general public don’t get to see. We saw dressing rooms, music rooms, backstage, under the stage and on the stage! What a view!!

Then we tried out the seats in all the levels, learned about the ghost of lady grey and even had a seat in the royal box.

Then we had an acting master class with Rhian. She was amazing and got us excited about theatre and creating our own plays!

Some of us would love to work in the theatre in the future, whether on the stage, behind the scenes or one of the many hidden roles we learned about today!

What a busy day!