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For parents who attend our ‘Stepping Stones Reading Group’, our last session will be held on Tuesday 2nd December at 2.15pm. Please return all resources in the plastic wallet on or before Monday 1st. Thank you.

As Year 4 are visiting Segedunum on Friday 28th November, their final swimming session will now be on Friday 5th December.

Our Year 4 children are visiting Segedunum on Friday 28th November. Please click on the link below for more information.
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Our Year 4 children need boxes as they are going to reconstruct Hadrian’s Wall! Please hand any you have to a member of staff. Thank you.

There will be an early riser’s football club held at school on Thursday mornings. Any child from Years 2, 3 or 4 who is interested needs to return the reply slip which can be downloaded below.
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Our Year 4 children are to take part in a Kwik Cricket Festival at JJB Soccerdome. Please click on link below for more details.
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On Monday 3rd November Year 1 are to visit Blyth Fire Station, on Tuesday 4th November Year 3 are to visit Woodhorn Colliery and on Wednesday 5th November Year 4 are to visit Arbeia Roman Fort. If you have not already returned your child’s reply slip for any of these trips, please do so as soon as possible. Thank you.

Year 4 are going on two trips in November to tie in with their Roman topic. On Wednesday 5th they are going to Arbeia and on Friday 28th they are going to Segedunum. Please click on the link below to download more information.
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All of next week is ‘Looking After Ourselves’ week at Stead Lane and the children will be taking part in various activities so will need their full P.E. kit every day, suitable for indoors and outdoors. We are always trying to encourage the children to eat healthily and next week will be awarding the healthiest packed lunch with a prize. We have various leaflets to share with parents/carers and these will be displayed every day at 3.00pm in the hall.

Please click on the link below to view Year 4's topic overview for the autumn term 08

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Just a reminder - we are holding our Harvest Festivals on Friday 17th October at Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church at Bedlington Station. Our Years 3 & 4 children will hold theirs at 10.00am and Reception, Year 1 & Year 2 will hold theirs at 1.30pm. Family and friends please meet at the church. We hope to see you all there.

As detailed in last week’s newsletter, we are holding our Parent’s evenings on Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th October. Times are still available with your child’s teacher, so please sign up outside their classroom every day from 3.00pm.

Following the success of our residential last term, we are proposing a return visit to Dukeshouse Wood Centre, Hexham, next summer. By booking early, I’ve secured another excellent deal for our children in Years 3 & 4. Please call at the school office for a letter with information regarding our meeting, if you have not already received one.

Please make sure all children have their named P.E. kit on Thursdays and Fridays.( Swimming kit needed on Fridays this term). Thank you.

Year 4 held a very emotional farewell assembly. We were pleased to see lots of members of our families there to support us. Stead Lane wishes all of their Year 4 leavers 'Good Luck' for the future!

There will be a final opportunity to claim any lost property in the school hall on Monday 21st July at 3.00pm. Any unclaimed items will be disposed of after this time.

School will close on Wednesday 23rd July at 1.30pm for the summer break and there will be no afternoon Nursery session on this day. Please fill out a reply slip (available from the office) so we know you are aware of this. Thank you.

Our Year 4 family assembly is on Wednesday 23rd July at 9.10am. We hope to see as many family members there as possible for their final assembly at Stead Lane!

Our Year 4 leaving assembly will be held at 9.10am on Wednesday 23rd July. All family members are welcome to attend.

Children in main school will be holding their sports day on Thursday 17th July. If your child is in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 sports will begin at 10.30am, if your child is in Year 3 or Year 4 they will begin at 1.30pm. We hope you will come along and support our children. Could all children please have their P.E. kits in school all week, so they have them if needed.

Years 3 & 4 are holding their sports at 1.30pm on Thursday 17th July.

Year 4 had a brilliant time performing at the Sage. We all felt like stars and our performance was fantastic!

Some of our Years 3 & 4 children visited Kingswood for a fun packed weekend!

Our Stepping Stones reading group will be held, as usual, this Tuesday 1st July, please meet at school at 1.45pm.

Year 4 are performing at The Sage on Wednesday 25th June. Uniforms must be worn on this occasion. Please ensure we have your consent slip as we cannot take your child out of school without it. Any parent attending the performance should arrive at the Sage for a 1.00pm start. Thank you.

As part of the process of transition to West Sleekburn Middle School our children have been taking part in a project with dancers and musicians from the Sage, Gateshead. Our children are to come together with children from other first schools and West Sleekburn Middle School at the Sage, to perform on Wednesday 25th June 2008. Parents are welcome to attend. Please contact office for more details.

Well done to our children in Years 3 & 4 who took part this week in the largest national walking bus record breaking attempt. You may have seen us on the news as we walked around our local area to promote walking to school safely. For the full story, see last night’s Chronicle and Journal.

For parents of children going to Kingswood, please find below some information which we hope you will find useful.

On Wednesday 11th June children in Years 3 & 4 will be taking part in a ‘National Walking Bus Guiness Book of Records Challenge’. Children all around the county will be walking around their local area on Wednesday to promote walking to school.

Year 4/5 TRIC funded Transition Project with The Sage

Work has now started in Year 4 on our transition project this term. Taking the theme “journeys”, our pupils are working with a number of dancers and musicians from the Sage in a collaboration with other children from Cambois, The Station and West Sleekburn. The theme is intended to represent their own personal journey moving on to a new school, exploring the feelings of fear and excitement that the children will experience at this point of change. The project will culminate in a final performance at The Sage on Wednesday 25th June. Parents and Governors will receive an invitation to the performance – details to follow.

Key Stage 1 held their Easter service at Bedlington Colliery Methodist church.

While Key Stage 2 held theirs in the school hall.

Our children had an exiting time on the 'Pride of Wansbeck' bus tour. We toured around our local area and earned lots of interesting things about where we live. We visited the iron works in Bedlington, the recycling centre at North Seaton, Newbiggin and Bothal.

Year 4 visited Alnwick Garden and Carole told us all about how the different water pools of the Grand Cascade are cleaned and cared for.
Each group were given a quiz by Mrs. O'Connor and we had to look around the garden to find our answers.
We looked at the water features and had great fun jumping across the rope bridge in the tree house!

The police visited Year 4 to talk about stranger danger, the role of the police and drugs.

Welcome to our Year 4 class.

Working hard in Literacy.

Year 4 invited their families to join them for a 'Hot & Cold' Activity Morning.
They designed healthy meals for hot and cold days and made their own thermometers.

We visited Rising Sun Country Park to get ideas for our school garden. We made maps, built animal houses and used our senses to discover more about the outside world.

All of Year 4 children took part in a Kwik Cricket Festival at the JJB Soccerdome. We were split into two teams, the Rockets and the Terriers and the Terriers went on to win! Both teams played well and we all had a fun day!

Mrs. Mallin teaches in Year 4 and is Assistant Headteacher. She is a fun teacher to be with. She does good activities with you and looks after everyone in school

Year 4 had an exciting day at Whickham Thorns Activity Centre!