Diary 2023-24

April 2024

15 Welcome back to school for the summer term

15 Year 2 visit to the synagogue

16 Year 4 visit to the Laing Art Gallery

16 Class 2 Parent Lunch

19 Post Adoption Lunch 12pm

19 PTFA Bake Sale – Class 4 3.15 pm

22 World Earth Day at Archibald

29 SEND Coffee Morning 9-10am

May 2024

01 Year 4 optional visit to the Theatre

01 Class 8 Parent Lunch

08 Class Photograph Day

09 RNLI Safety Talks

13 – 24 Class 7 Swimming Sessions

13 Year 4 Safety Works Talk

15 EYFS to Whitehouse Farm

17 PTFA Bake Sale – Class 3 3.15 pm

20 SEND Coffee morning with Fiona Tierney from Daisy Chain autism charity 

20 Class 6 Assembly 2.45 pm

21 Class 5 Assembly 2.45 pm

23 Archibald’s Got Talent – Out Talent Show

24 School closes at 3.15pm for the half term break

June 2024

03 School closed for the Gosforth School’s Trust Staff Development Day

04 Welcome back for the second part of the summer break

10 Refugee Week – School of Sanctuary

17 – 28 Class 8 Swimming Sessions

21 ‘World Make Music’ Day at Archibald

24 Class 4 Assembly 2.45 pm

25 Class 3 Assembly 2.45 pm

July 2024

01 Class 2 Assembly 2.45 pm

02 Class 1 Assembly 2.45 pm

03 -04 Year 4 Transition Visits to middle school

03 Transition visits

05 Year 2 Enterprise Workshop

08 Year 4 Leaver’s Celebration Day – children only

08 Nursery 1 Sports Day 9.30 am

08 Year 3 Sports Day 1.30 pm

09 Reception 1 Sports Day 9.30 am

08 Year 1 Sports Day 1.30 pm

10 Year 4 Leaver’s Assembly 9.30 am – parents / carers of Year 4 children

10 Year 4 Sports Day 1.30 pm

11 Nursery 2 Sports Day 9.30 am

11 Year 2 Sports Day 1.30 pm

12 Reception to Year 4 Beach Visit

19 School closes at 3.15pm for the summer break

September 2023

04 School is closed to children for a staff development day. The staff will be taking part in Maths training with Richard Brown from North Tyneside Local Authority

05 School opens at 8.45am – Welcome Back!

05 Reception New Starters Coffee Morning 1 at 10 am

06 Reception New Starters Coffee Morning 2 at 10 am

07 Reception New Starters Coffee Morning 3 at 10 am

11 Nursery New Starters Coffee Morning 1 at 9 am

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

13 Nursery New Starters Coffee Morning at 12.30 pm

14 Class 4 and Class 8 to Shiremoor Adventure Playground

15 Year 4 Come and meet the teachers for coffee 9 am

15 Class 3 and Class 7 to Shiremoor Adventure Playground

15 Post Adoption Group Lunch

18 SEN Coffee morning 9 am

18 Year 3 to visit Friends of Gosforth Park

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

20 Andrew Moffat delivering No Outsiders to each class

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

25 Walk and Wheel to school week

25 Durham University Workshop for year 1

26 Year 4 Fire Safety Talk

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

28 Harvest Collection

28 Harvest Assembly

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

October 2023

02 Year 3 to visit the Great North Museum – Science

02 Class 10 Parent Lunch

02 Anxious or Anxiety – A Workshop for Parents with Chameleon Counselling 2 pm

03 Gosforth Central Middle School Open Evening for current Year 4 families 4.45pm-6.45pm

04 Individual School Photographs

04 Closing Date for Parent Governor Nominations 3.30pm

04 Gosforth East Middle School Open Evening for current Year 4 families 6pm-8pm

06 Creating Connections – (School) Community Coffee Morning – 9 am – 10.30 am Cake donations and loose change welcome for MacMillan Coffee Morning

09 Gosforth Junior High Academy Open Evening for current Year 4 families 4pm-6pm

10 Class 9 Parent Lunch **Please note date**

10 Year 2 visit to the Discovery Museum – Bridges

13 Just One Tree Day – suggested donation £1 as every pound raised plants one new tree

13 Friday Phonics for Reception Parents 9-9.30 am

16 Parent Evening – Class 7 and Class 9 only 3.30-6.00pm

23 Take One Book Week at Archibald

25 Halloween Disco

26 PTFA Bake Sale – class 10 3.15pm

26 School closes at 3.15pm for the half term break

27 Staff Development Day – Poverty Proof Training with Children’s North East for all staff and governors (am) and History Development with an external trainer (pm)

November 2023

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

06 Year 3 to Gosforth Park

07 Year 3 Squash Taster Session (PE kits please)

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

08 Parents Evening – Nursery 3.30-5.30pm

09 Parents Evening – Nursery 9.00-11.00am

09 Year 1 to visit All Saints Church

10 #GSTRemembers for Remembrance Sunday

13 Odd Socks – children are invited to come into school wearing odd socks

13 Year 3 to visit Rising Sun – Stone Age

13 Year 1 to visit Newcastle Castle

13 Class 6 Parent Lunch

14 That History Bloke visiting Year 2 in school

14 Parents Evening – Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 3.30-6.00pm

14 Parents Evening – Nursery 3.30-5.30pm

16 PTFA AGM 3.15 pm

17 Friday Phonics for Reception Parents 9-9.30 am

17 PTFA Bake Sale – class 9 3.15pm

21 Flu vaccinations for children in Reception to Year 4

24 Friday Phonics for Reception Parents 9-9.30 am

27 HSBC Workshops with Years 1-4

27 Prevent Training for Year 4

29 Year 4 visit to Beamish

29 Class 5 Parent Lunch

December 2023

01 Reception visit to the library for Christmas stories

04 Year 4 Christmas Concert 2.00 pm

05 Early Years Stay and Play session 2-3 pm (Nursery 1 and Class 1)

06 Year 3 Christmas Concert 2.00 pm

07 Early Years Stay and Play session 2-3 pm (Nursery 2 and Class 2)

11 Nursery 1 Christmas Songs 9.30am

11 Year 1 Christmas Concert 2.00 pm

12 Class 1 Christmas Nativity 9.30 am – 10.30 am

12 Year 2 Christmas Concert 2.00 pm

13 Class 2 Christmas Nativity 9.30 am – 10.30 am

13 Christmas Lunch

13 Nursery 2 Christmas Songs 2.00 pm

14 Reception and Year 1 visit to the Tyne Theatre Pantomime

15 Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4 visit to the Tyne Theatre Pantomime

15 PTFA Bake Sale – class 8 3.15pm

18 Year 3 and Year 4 Christmas Party

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

19 Year 1 and Year 2 Christmas Party

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

20 Nursery Christmas Party (Nursery 1 am, Nursery 2 pm)

20 Archibald Christmas Service at Trinity Church (tickets for 1 adult per family due to space) 1.30 pm

21 Nursery 2 Christmas Film Afternoon (wear your pjs)

21 Reception Christmas Party

22 School closes for the winter break at 3.15 pm

January 2024

08 Welcome back to school for the spring term

10 Reception Curriculum and Coffee 9 am

11 Year 2 Curriculum and Coffee 9 am

12 Year 1 Curriculum and Coffee 9 am

12 Year 3 rescheduled visit to the Rising Sun

12 Class 1 Parent Lunch

15 Year 3 Curriculum and Coffee 9 am

16 Nursery Curriculum and Coffee 2.30 pm

16 Year 4 Curriculum and Coffee 9 am

18 Nursery Curriculum and Coffee 9 am

19 PTFA Bake Sale – Class 7 3.15 pm

30 Artventurers visiting Nursery 1 (cancelled-date to be rescheduled)

February 2024

01 Digital Literacy Evening 3.20pm – 4.20pm

01 Artventurers visiting Nursery 2 (cancelled-date to be rescheduled)

05 Year 4 Structures Workshop

06 Year 3 Enterprise Workshop

06 Year 2 Structures Day

06 Reception to the Discovery Museum

06 Class 7 Parent Lunch

08 Year 4 Enterprise Workshop

08 Lion Dance Team for Chinese New Year to work with Nursery to Year 2

09 Post Adoption Lunch

09 PTFA Bake Sale – Class 6 3.15 pm

12 Class 10 Assembly 2.45 pm

13 Class 9 Assembly 2.45 pm

14 Year 2 Author Visit in school

14 Love yourself: Ways to Wellbeing Session 9-11am

16 School closes at 3.15pm for the half term break

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

26 SEND Coffee morning 9am

26-28 Year 4 at Robinwood

27 Class 3 Parent Lunch

28 Year 1 visit to the Laing Art Gallery

29 Year 2 visit to the Laing Art Gallery

29 Class 4 Parent Lunch

March 2024

01 Natwest Money Sense workshop for Year 3

01 GST Photography Competition launches

04 Understanding Bereavement Workshop with St Oswald’s 2-3pm

05 Ballet Workshop with Year 1

06 That History Bloke – Year 3

07 GEM Education working with Year 2 – Microbits

08 Natwest Money Sense workshop for Year 1

08 PTFA Bake Sale – Class 5 3.15 pm

11 Egyptian Workshop from Durham University for Year 3

19 Parents’ Evening Nursery to Year 4 3.30pm-6pm

20 Year 3 to the Cathedral for their singing performance

20 PTFA Spring Disco

25/26 PTFA Easter Egg Hunt

25 Class 8 Assembly 2.45 pm

25 Class 9 Parents’ Evening 3.30pm-6pm

26 Class 7 Assembly 2.45 pm

27 Parents’ Evening Nursery to Year (not Class 9) 3.30pm-6pm

28 School closes at 3.15pm for the Spring break