To mark the end of the Year 6’s time at Marsden, the staff came together to show them what teachers really get up to when the school bell rings!
We hope they enjoyed the video and wish them all every success in their future at Whitburn Academy.
Today the Year 6 put on an excellent Leavers Assembly to mark the end of their time at Marsden. There were a few tears shed and lots of laughter. We celebrated your talents as footballers, netball players and most importantly as people.
The annual Deputy Head Award went to Deacon Mackie and the Head Teacher Award went to Sophie Sutton. Very deserving winners!
Well Done Year 6, we will miss you so much!
Oh how they’ve grown!
We gathered together today to celebrate all of our children at Marsden and to present some special awards. Below are those children who were selected for their Positive Behaviour, Progress or Pride and Presentation.
Everyone at Marsden are so proud of them:
Pride and Presentation:
Nursery: Ellie and Poppy
Reception: Matthew
Year One: Jayden
Year Two: Ethan
Year Three: Harry
Year Four: Harvey
Year Five: Alistair
Year Six: Charlie
Positive Behaviour:
Nursery: Tom and Eleanor
Reception: Aimee
Year One: Dakota
Year Two: Grace
Year Three: Tamzin
Year Four: Amelia
Year Five: Georgie
Year Six: Poppy
Progress:
Nursery: Harriet, Sonny and Rhys
Reception: Alyssa
Year One: James
Year Two: Jace
Year Three Cole
Yea Four: Aiden
Year Five: Alania
Year Six: Phoebe
PC Wilkinson joined us to present the Citizenship award.
The nominees were:
Nursery: Millie
Reception: Georgie
Year One: Connie
Year Two: Jace
Year Three Maisie-Rae
Yea Four: Lyra
Year Five: Lucie
Year Six: Faith
Lucie was chosen as the winner as she has raised over £400 for charity by cutting her hair to donate to children undergoing cancer treatments. Well done!
We also celebrated the special talents of our engineering team, footballers, bikeability and the wonderful attendance from our whole school this year.
WELL DONE
On Thursday 12th and Friday 13th July, the Year Six children attended their new secondary school to see what life there would be like in the next academic year.
Meanwhile, back at Marsden School, each class moved up for a taster of their new class. A lot of nervous and excited children came into school on Thursday morning but fears and worries were soon put at rest when they entered their future classrooms.
Year five talked about their successes of the past year and their hopes for the future; then they wrote a letter to Mrs Watson who will be their new teacher in Year Six.
Here they are hard at work composing the letter and trying to make a good impression. We are confident that they will do very well in the coming year.
Year Five, heads down – trying to show how they can write a letter and making a good impression.
On Monday 9th July, Year 6 children along with Mr and Mrs O’Brien cycled to the sea-front at South Shields and back in an event organised by the local community police.
Children from Whitburn Primary also took part and around 90 children cycled in a line along the cycle route to Minchella’s for an ice-cream.
Mr. Roberts (Cery’s Dad) came along too and, with the police and teachers he helped to make sure that the children got there and back safely.
Year Six get ready for their bike ride.
Massive congratulations to the the Year 5/6 girls football team who topped the South Tyneside league!
A massive achievement which was well deserved.
Well done girls and thank you to Mrs Carr, Mrs Potter and Mrs Davies for helping to organise and attend the matches.
Well done again to the Key Stage Two Dance group who performed again last night at the Customs House.
Another fantastic night.
The Key Stage Two dance group performed at the South Tyneside Dance Festival tonight and there can only be one word to describe them, Wow!
As always they behaved impeccably and made us so proud, well done!
On Wednesday of this week, year six children met with three retired miners who had all worked at Westoe Colliery.
The visitors were in school as part of a project to help young people learn more about the industrial and social heritage of our area.
The miners explained what it was like to work down a mine, how important coal was nationally at an industrial and at a domestic level and how mining communities had grown up and declined in the North East.
The children listened well and engaged enthusiastically with the miners who each told their stories and gave accurate facts about our rich mining heritage. The event signalled forthcoming opening of the St. Hilda’s Pit heritage Centre in South Shields.
This was a worthwhile experience which all of the children enjoyed. Thank you to Jacky, Jerry and Jimmy.
One of the miners explains the value of The Davey Lamp in keeping miners safe underground.
The pit shovel has many uses- not just for holding coal!
The children had prepared a wide range of questions about life as a miner. Here the miners are being quizzed.
This week, a visitor from South Tyneside Council spoke to the children of Year Six about making decisions when travelling on their own.
As the children prepare to leave Marsden Primary School and move up to the secondary school, parents and carers often give them more freedom as to where they visit and how they travel there.
The children were informed of and discussed the practicalities of travelling unaccompanied on bus, metro, by bike or on foot.
