St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School

Rehearsals are well underway for our Celebration of Music, featuring the musical talents of all our Key Stage 2 children. Why not come along next week on Thursday 25th June at 2 pm? Tickets available on Arbor.

Year 4 had the most amazing time at the Life Science Centre today. We visited the many zones and investigated how sound and light travels; looked at dinosaurs; broadcast weather shows; experienced being in space and learned how static electricity can travel through us. In the brain zone, we had fun as we tried to trick our brains by doing things like drinking from a fountain that looked like a toilet. The Discovering Chemistry workshop was fantastic and we all dressed as chemists to work in the lab. We used Bunsen burners to create chemical changes; used chemical reactions to change states of matter and gasped in awe as the colours of substances changed dramatically before our eyes. To finish off our wonderful day, we watched a live science show all about dinosaurs. It was interesting to learn how much we have discovered about these fascinating creatures through the fossils found in the ground.

Don't forget to get your tickets for our Celebration of Music. Featuring our Key Stage 2 classes, school choir and even some piano solos! Tickets available on Arbor 🎤🎼

Congratulations to our Year 4 pupils who received the Sacrament of the Eucharist for the first time this evening. What a prayerful, joyous occasion 🙏

Our Reception and Year one children have had a wonderful time during their balance bike day. The developed confidence and coordination and showed great determination while learning new skills. They practised gliding, steering and stopping safely while taking part in exciting games and obstacle courses!

Today after school the Mini Vinnies went on a secret mission! They have been busy making Angels with messages for people in the community to find. With all the Angels ready, they set off around Dunston hiding them in all sorts of places! Keep a look out, you might find one yourself! If you find one let us know at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you!
Happy hunting!!!!

This week, Year 1 have been travelling all around the world from the comfort of their own classroom. Together they have explored the world map and how to use a compass. They have also been fascinated by Google Earth, finding out all about countries they may have visited or would like to visit.

Last week, our Year 1 class welcomed Joanne and Maria from the Gateshead Library Service. The children explored some wonderful stories around empathy and caring for everyone then they worked on some activities on how to make someone smile!

Mrs Saka, one of our parents kindly agreed to talk to Year 4 about Islam today. She brought in The Quran and some prayer mats for us to look at and explained that the timings of Ramadan and Eid are dictated by the crescent shaped moon. We played a game in class where we had to find the moon and Mrs Saka told us that before and during during Ramadan, Muslims look for the moon every night.
The Quran is written in Arabic so we couldn't read or understand it but one of our classmates has been learning Arabic so she read some for us. After listening to The Quran, we wished each other, "Eid Mubarak." which Mrs Saka explained meant " Blessed Eid." We than wrote a promise and a pledge to do something good and kind every day in school.
What a wonderful, insightful afternoon we had! Thank you so much for coming in Mrs Saka.

Thank you to Year 5 for leading a joyful Celebration of the Word this morning 🙏