Diary 2024-2025

Below are the dates for the school year 2024-25.

School Holiday Dates can be found here: Term Dates

December 2024

20 School closes for the winter break at 3.15 pm

January 2025

06 Welcome back to school for the spring term

06 Art and DT Week

07 Robinwood Parents’ Meeting 5 pm – 6 pm

13 SEND Coffee Morning 8.45 am

13 Year 2 Curriculum and Coffee 2.30pm

14 Reception Curriculum and Coffee 2.30pm

15 Year 4 Curriculum and Coffee 2.30pm

17 Post Adoption Lunch 12 pm

17 PTFA Cake Sale hosted by Class 7 in school yard

20-31 Class 7 Swimming

22 Year 1 Curriculum and Coffee 9am

22 Year 3 Curriculum and Coffee 2.30pm

24 Family Learning for Years 1 and 2 Wellbeing and You – 4 weeks

29 Metro Safety Workshops

February 2025

03-14 Class 8 Swimming

03 Chinese New Year Workshops

10 Post Adoption Coffee Morning 8.45 am

10 Online Safety Parent’s Meeting with GEM Education 3.30-4.30 pm

14 PTFA Cake Sale hosted by Class 6 in school yard

17-19 Year 4 to Robinwood

17 Class 3 Parent Lunch

17 Class 6 Assembly 2.45 pm

18 Year 3 to Vindolanda

18 Class 5 Assembly 2.45 pm

19 Class 2 Parent Lunch

19 Art Assembly led by Laing Art Gallery

20 Winning Team VIP Day

20 School closes at 3.15pm for the half term break

21 Gosforth Schools’ Trust Staff Development Day: Staff will be working with colleagues on curriculum development

March 2025

03 Welcome back to school for the second part of the spring term

03 Art and DT Week

03 Class 5 Parent Lunch

31 That History Bloke working with Year 3 – Ancient Egyptians

April 2025

01 Year 1 to the Laing Art Gallery

02 Year 2 to the Laing Art Gallery

02 Class 9 Parent Lunch

02 Class 7 Assembly 2.45 pm

03 Class 8 Assembly 2.45 pm

07 STEM Week

08 Winning Team VIP Day

09 Year 4 to the Laing Art Gallery

09 Class 1 Parent Lunch

11 School closes at 3.15pm for the Spring break

28 Welcome back to school for the summer term

May 2025

20 Class 2 Assembly 2.45 pm

21 Class 1 Assembly 2.45 pm

23 School closes at 3.15pm for the half term break

June 2025

02 Staff Development Day

03 Welcome back for the second part of the summer break

30 Class 3 Assembly 2.45 pm

July 2025

01 Class 4 Assembly 2.45 pm

02 Whole School Transition Day

02 03 Year 4 Middle School Transition Days

18 School closes at 3.15pm for the summer break

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The start of the school year 2024

September 2024

02 School is closed to children for a staff development day. The staff will be taking part in PACE training with ASK Psychology

03 School opens at 8.45am – Welcome Back!

03 Reception New Starters Coffee Morning 1 at 9 am

04 Reception New Starters Coffee Morning 2 at 9 am

09 Art and DT Week

11 Nursery New Starters Coffee Morning 1 at 9 am

11 Year 1 Come and meet the teachers for coffee 9 am

11 Year 4 Come and meet the teachers for coffee 2.30pm

12 Year 2 Come and meet the teachers for coffee 9 am

13 Year 3 Come and meet the teachers for coffee 9 am

16 SEND Coffee Morning 9 am

23 Cycle to school week

23 Year 1 to visit All Saint’s Church

24 Author Toby Glover visiting school

25 Spanish Day in School – linked to the European Day of Languages

25 Reception and Year 1 Reading Meeting for Parents/Carers 5-6pm

26 Class 4 and Class 8 to Shiremoor Adventure Playground

27 Class 3 and Class 7 to Shiremoor Adventure Playground

27 Time to Talk 4 week sessions begin

30 Year 3 to the Great North Museum

30 Poetry Week

30 Class 6 Parent Lunch 12 pm

October 2024

04 Durham University Workshop for year 1

04 Post Adoption Group Lunch 12 pm

04 Year 4 Forest School Day

07 Year 2 to Quayside

08 Year 2 Forest School Day

11 Year 3 Forest School Day

11 Friday Phonics Session 1 for Reception Parents 9am

14 Class 9 Assembly 2.45 pm

15 Class 10 Assembly 2.45 pm

16 Individual School Photographs

18 Year 1 Forest School Day

18 Winning Team VIP Day

18 Friday Phonics Session 2 for Reception Parents 9am

21 Themed Week: Maybe…

21 Harvest Assembly led by Reverend Andrew Shipton

21 Year 3 to Gosforth Park

23 Year 4 to Lilidorei

23 Class 7 Parent Lunch 12 pm

24 School closes at 3.15pm for the half term break

25 Staff Development Day: Staff will take part in Training with staff from Carr Manor for Restorative and Relational Practice

November 2024

04 Welcome back to school for the second part of the autumn term

04 Art and DT Week

06 Dogs’ Trust Assembly

06 Dogs’ Trust workshops

07 Year 3 to the Rising Sun

07 Class 4 Parent Lunch 12 pm

08 Friday Phonics Session 3 for Reception Parents 9am

11 Nursery Rhyme Week EYFS

11 SEND Coffee morning 8.45 am – 9.45 am

11 Parents Evening – Classes N1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 only 3.30- 6.00pm

12 Parents Evening – Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 only 3.30- 6.00pm

14-20 Scholastic Book Fair

14 Parents Evening – N2, 8, 9 3.30-6.00pm

15 Friday Phonics Session 4 for Reception Parents 9 am

19 Year 1 to Newcastle Castle

19 AFS PTFA AGM at 3.15pm in school – everyone welcome

20 Daisy Chain Workshop  8.45 am – 11 am

22 Snowflake Christmas Craft session

22 Post Adoption Lunch 12 – 1 pm

25 PTFA Cake Sale hosted by Class 9 in school yard

26 Flu vaccinations for children in Reception to Year 4

27 Year 4 to Beamish

December 2024

03 Zones of Regulation Parent Event 9 – 10 am

03 PTFA Christmas Fair for the children in school time

03 Nursery 1 and Class 1 Christmas Stay and Play 2 pm

05 Nursery 2 and Class 2 Christmas Stay and Play 2 pm – DATE CORRECT TO 5th December

06 Year 1 to Year 4 to the Panto

06 Christmas Zoolab for EYFS

09 Nursery Christmas Songs 10 am

09 Year 4 Christmas Concert 2 pm

10 Year 3 Christmas Concert 9.30am

10 That History Bloke working with Year 2

10 PTFA Cake Sale hosted by Class 8 in school yard

11 Class 2 Nativity 9.30 am

11 Christmas Jumper/Outfit Day & Christmas Lunch

11 Nursery Christmas Songs 2 pm

12 Winning Team VIP Day

12 Class 1 Nativity 9.30 am

12 Year 2 Christmas Concert 2 pm

13 Year 1 Christmas Concert 9.30 am

16 Post Adoption Christmas Coffee Morning 8.45 – 9.45 am

16 Year 3 and Year 4 Christmas Party

16 Nursery 1, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Christmas Film Afternoon (wear your pjs)

17 Year 1 and Year 2 Christmas Party

17 Year 3 and Year 4 Christmas Film Afternoon (wear your pjs)

18 Nursery and Reception Christmas Party

19 Christmas Service at All Saints Church 1.30pm

20 School closes for the winter break at 3.15 pm