Year 6 had a fantastic afternoon performing a heart dissection, to end their unit of work on the human circulatory system. They used all their knowledge to be able to identify the key parts of the heart and the structure of the heart. A big thank you to Mr Robertson and Mrs Atkinson from Sacred Heart High School who supported us in this amazing opportunity.

Dear Parents and Carers, Following news in the press about the ‘MOMO Challenge’ we would like to offer you the following advice: While scrolling through the news or social media, you may have glanced an image depicting a stretched, disfigured face with bulging eyes and large smile, attached to a bird’s body. This freakish creature has become the mascot for an obscure urban myth called the Momo Challenge, a game which allegedly encourages children to perform acts of self-harm.

We hope you all have a fantastic half term! We will see you when we return to school on Monday 25th February 2019.

Today we took part in Art Day. We all had a 'fruit of the holy spirit' to focus on and an artist. We painted different pictures representing the fruit in the style of the chosen artist. What beautiful artwork!

Reception have had a fantastic day at St Aloysius! They have made biscuits, played outside, played with their toys and even had hot chocolate in the secret garden. We have made lots of new friends and we can't wait to see them again soon. 'This has been the best day ever!' said Emily. 'I love 'saint wishus and michaels' said Anthony.

A huge congratulations to Mrs Charlotte Chapman, who today was successfully appointed as Head teacher of St Michael’s RC Primary. Mrs Chapman is extremely excited and will take up her role on September 1st 2019. We wish her the very best!

The football team won 3-1 in the Newcastle Catholic u11 Cup tonight at St Cuthberts Walbottle. They displayed excellent sportsmanship and skill to progress into the quarter finals. Special mention to Milan who scored a screamer from his own half into the top corner. Well done team.

Y5 took part in an excellent creative writing workshop at the Live Theatre!

On Tuesday 5th February 2019, we celebrated Chinese New Year! First, Miss Allison told us the story of Chinese New Year and how each animal has a year. This year, it is the year of the pig. Then we listened to some Chinese music and had a feast of rice and prawn crackers. The chopsticks were very tricky! After that, we watched a video about Chinese New Year and saw how Chinese people celebrate. We celebrated by writing wished for our wishing tree, using chopsticks in the home