Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• End of Term News

  Mon 21 Mar 2016

  The End of Term Is Nigh!

  With only three days to go we are all looking forward to the promise of rest and relaxation during the Easter break. Thank you to all our families for supporting our numerous events-it's been a case of how much can you squeeze into 4 weeks, but we did it and are buoyed up by our successes. School reopens on Monday 11th April and straight away Year 5 are off the starting blocks with their Bikeability training and assessment. Bikes essential!

   

  The Friends of Seaburn Dene Easter Egg Hunt (and other Celebrations)

  Last week the Easter Chocolate Tombola afternoon made a magnificent £450. The Friends are running an Easter Egg hunt tomorrow, completely free of charge. Every child will have an egg to win...look high and low everyone. What a lovely traditional activity and thank you friends for organising this.

   

  Tomorrow afternoon we will be holding the annual Easter assembly which will be led by Reverend Child. It's always important, when we are feverish with chocolate excitement, to think about the origins of Easter and the symbolism that goes along with it.

   

  Year 6 Led us to Victory!

  At Friday's performance Drop-In, Year 6 used the Battle of Harfleur speech from Henry V to rally the England rugby team into battle against the French. Clearly it did the trick! Here's Angel's rousing speech:

   

  Once more unto the pitch lads, once more;

  Thirteen years of sorrow and misery ends TODAY!

  We have tasted victory once in 2003, we can certainly taste it again.

  WE WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY! HISTORY WILL REMEMBER US!

  Act like a lion; think like a lion; BECOME A LION.

  Do it for yourself, your families ; and do it for your country, ENGLAND!

  As soon as the blast of the whistle hits your ears, tackle the first man down like an egg shell....

  It's time to get a waft of the sweet, sweet aroma VICTORY!

  Millions of fans cheering us on, years of practising and look where we've come-the final of the Grand Slam! NO PAIN, NO GAIN! There MAYBE sweat and blood-WHO CARES!

  No matter what, never give up and have resilience.

  Cry God for Queen Elizabeth, England and VICTORY!

   

  Congratulations Gabriel

  On Friday, at the very lively and exciting drop-in, we announced the winner of the Vanilla Van Ghost illustration competition. Author and Poet, Ivan Jones and his wife Mal Lewis Jones struggled to select a winner as the quality of entry was simply marvellous. They selected one or two winners from each year group then Gabriel from Year 3 as the overall winner. Here are some extracts from Ivan's message to the school:

   

  Dear Miss Purdy,

  Thank you so much for sending all the lovely pictures of Vanilla Van Ghost! I do hope the children enjoyed the poems as much as we enjoyed their pictures! The were all amazing in their own way and I do thank every person who did a drawing for their enthusiasm and time.

   

  I'm sending a few books for the school though maybe Young Spooky could be given to the overall winner? (I'll leave that to you). There are other Zot the Dog books but these were the ones I first published in 1982 and the drawings were done by an artist (now well known) friend of mine.

   

  Thank you all again-Miss Purdy, teachers (of course!) and lovely children.

   

  Love to you all,

   

  Ivan and Mal

  

• School Photograph Orders

  Tue 15 Mar 2016 S Baker
  You should have all received copies of your child's school photo taken by Tempest Photography last Friday.  If not, please contact Sheena Baker in the school office as soon as possible. The deadline for placing orders will be Tuesday 22nd March as we have arranged the collection for Wednesday morning. Tempest have advised that delivery usually takes place within 2/3 weeks of placing the order. Should you miss this deadline you can contact Tempest directly and place an individual order to be delivered to your home address.  

• Sorry the bulletin's late but ...........

  Tue 15 Mar 2016 M. Purdy

  ...........we're trying to squeeze eight weeks work into 23 days! What a frantic half term this is for staff, yet it is vibrant and exciting with so much wonderful learning for our children.

   

  Netball

  Last week our school became the second primary netball team in Sunderland, a remarkable achievement for such a small school. Mrs Smith was floating on air, being very proud of each of her players. Next we will represent Sunderland at Northumbria University in the regional tournament. Everything is possible-keep your Growth Mindset attitude and Go Team Seaburn.

   

  Chris Lloyd-What On Earth Books

  Yesterday, author Chris Lloyd spent the day with us and he was absolutely brilliant. His workshops celebrated the works of William Shakespeare and, with picking of themes of comedies, tragedies and history, we all soon began to spot the ghosts, romance and monarchs in Shakespeare's plays.

   

  Chris has a fascinating website with quizzes, competitions and amazing facts so here is the link https://www.whatonearthbooks.com/about/ then go into the Activities pages. We will also be running our own What On Earth Quizzes too.

   

  The Friends of the School

  The Friends of Seaburn Dene Primary School work tirelessly to provide activities and funds for your children. This term they have provided the finance to have stage lights installed in the hall, which will enhance all the plays we perform, whether the Key Stage 1 Christmas plays or Drama Club productions. They have also helped us to finance some of the visitors this term too. On behalf of the children, parents and staff let's applaud their work and show our gratitude to all the work they put into our school.

   

  Friday Drop-in

  On Friday at 2.30pm you are invited into school to see some of the work we have been doing on Shakespeare and Dickens. We will begin in the main hall with classes taking turns with a short recital or song, then you can visit classrooms. We look forward to seeing you then.

   

  Wimbledon Star in the Making...

  Chloe from Year 2 has been invited to a tennis training camp with Mike Woods, the under 10 national tennis coach. She was spotted whilst attending the county tennis fun day. Well done Chloe.

   

   

   

  

• Wonderful World Book Week

  Mon 07 Mar 2016 M. Purdy

  A Big Thank You

  To everyone who made our Reading Festival such a wonderful success. It was the best ever and photographs are beginning to appear across the website. Please click here to see the first group. Children and parents  have said:

  • I loved the Stories at Bedtime.  "The Tear Thief" is the most beautiful story.
  • I went straight home and watched "The Ghost Hunter" on YouTube.
  • We had to delay bedtime as we couldn't stop reading "Great Expectations".

   

  Netball Success

  Last week our netballers won their two matches 10-0 and 6-1. Thank you to Mrs Smith for the time spent training the team.  Team Seaburn is now one of the top four teams in Sunderland so good luck on Wednesday everyone.

   

  Easter is Coming-Chocolate Tombola

  Because the half term is squashed into 23 days, everything is happening within  a very short time span. On Thursday this week we are holding a non uniform day for children bringing in chocolate as the Easter chocolate tombola is taking place next Tuesday (15th March). It's always a very popular event so we look forward to seeing you in the main hall next Tuesday.

   

  Photograph Day-Friday

  Individual photographs will be taken on Friday. Children must be in full uniform with long hair tied back.