NurseryReception
- Peter Rabbit Story Trail
Year 6 and Reception met up this afternoon to complete the Peter Rabbit story trail; they had a lovely time… Read more: Peter Rabbit Story Trail - Peter Rabbit Day
What a wonderful day in school celebrating Peter Rabbit: Tale on the Tyne for St Oswald’s hospice. We decorated bunny… Read more: Peter Rabbit Day - May Procession for Our Lady, Mary
- Back in Church
It was a joy to return to Church this week following the work to the roof being completed. The whole… Read more: Back in Church - School visitors
- Special Friends
This afternoon, to celebrate the end of term, Year 6 spent some time on the field with their Special Friends… Read more: Special Friends - Big Lent Walk 2026
- Gathering in Mass
Today in R.E the children used role-play to learn the order of a Mass. We had a visit from Father… Read more: Gathering in Mass - Winter Olympics Video
On Wednesday, each class in school competed in Stella’s Winter Olympics 2026. Despite the weather, we all had such a… Read more: Winter Olympics Video - Early Years Olympics
On Tuesday the children took part in the Winter Olympics. They enjoyed four activities in their house teams and worked… Read more: Early Years Olympics - Special Friends
On Friday afternoon, to celebrate a fantastic week, Year 6 visited their special friends in Reception. They coloured in, supported… Read more: Special Friends - People Who Help us
This term our topic is ‘People who help us’. We started the term learning about road safety, a visit from… Read more: People Who Help us - Reception Nativity 2025
- Christmas Dance-a-thon 2025
Today, the whole school got involved with a Christmas Dance-a-thon. Each year group had a slot in the hall with… Read more: Christmas Dance-a-thon 2025 - Christmas Cards for our Special Friends
At the beginning of the school year, Year 6 created a bucket list to decide everything they wanted to do… Read more: Christmas Cards for our Special Friends - A Whole School of Harvest Helpers
As suspected, we really are a brilliant bunch of ‘Harvest Helpers’.In our very first week of this year’s food bank… Read more: A Whole School of Harvest Helpers - Remembrance Liturgy Video 2025
Stella Remembrance Day Prayer and Liturgy.As a whole school community, we took part in a moving act of prayer to… Read more: Remembrance Liturgy Video 2025 - Baptism Party
To conclude their Baptism topic in RE this half term, Reception hosted their very own baptism party; Year 6 were… Read more: Baptism Party - Just One Tree Day in Reception
- KS1 & EYFS Disco
KS1 and Early Years had the most amazing Halloween Disco last night! They returned to school dressed in the most… Read more: KS1 & EYFS Disco - Reading Together
After another lovely week in school, Year 6 spent some time with their special friends in Reception. Reception came down… Read more: Reading Together - Macmillan Coffee Morning 2025
Thank you to all the parents, carers and friends of Stella for a wonderfully successful Macmillan Cancer Support event. Our… Read more: Macmillan Coffee Morning 2025 - A visit from Bishop Stephen
This week we were blessed to have Bishop Stephen visit our school. He celebrated Mass with all of our children… Read more: A visit from Bishop Stephen - Rosie’s Walk
Reception have read the story ‘Rosie’s Walk’ for Literacy this week. We explored prepositional language, made our own story map… Read more: Rosie’s Walk - Fun in Gardening Club
This week, our school gardening club went on a harvest hunt, gathering apples and pears from our school grounds. We’ve… Read more: Fun in Gardening Club - Celebrating Attendance!
Children who had 100% attendance last academic year received their certificates along with a sweet treat for their amazing effort.… Read more: Celebrating Attendance! - Special Friends
Excitingly, Year 6 met their special friends in Reception today. The Year 6 children wrote their special friend a letter… Read more: Special Friends - STELLA FEST 2025
This afternoon was our annual ‘Stella Fest’. It’s been amazing! Thank you so much for your generosity! - KS1 Sports Day
KS1 loved their sports day on Monday! They all completed a carousel of activities and finished their afternoon with an… Read more: KS1 Sports Day - Endangered Animals
In Reception this week we have learnt about Steve Irwin the conservationist from Australia. The children have discovered the animals… Read more: Endangered Animals - Pentecost Parade 2025
- Children’s Cancer Run
We’ve made a video documenting our afternoon running the Children’s Cancer Run, you can watch it here: Cancer Run video… Read more: Children’s Cancer Run - The CAFOD Big Lent Walk 2025
Together we took part in the CAFOD Big Lent Walk. Each class set a fundraising target after exploring and choosing… Read more: The CAFOD Big Lent Walk 2025 - Summer term begins at Stella
Summer has arrived in Stella. Our gardening club planted these with the help of Mrs Bowden. Welcome back everyone after… Read more: Summer term begins at Stella - Spring Disco – KS1 and EYFS
Tonight, KS1 and Early Years enjoyed a Spring disco. They’ve danced, played corners and had a game of pass the… Read more: Spring Disco – KS1 and EYFS - Almsgiving for Lent
Today the children came to school with a sweet Easter treat to be donated to our local Gateshead Foodbank. As… Read more: Almsgiving for Lent - Speak Out Stay Safe NSPCC
Our children took part in a national programme developed by the NSPCC which empowers our young people to speak out… Read more: Speak Out Stay Safe NSPCC - Ash Wednesday
On Ash Wednesday the whole school took part in a reflective Liturgy and Celebration of the Word with Father Rose.… Read more: Ash Wednesday - World Book Day in Year 6
Today, Year 6, took part in a range of activities to celebrate World Book Day. We started our celebrations with… Read more: World Book Day in Year 6 - Pilgrims of Hope
Message from the Bishop - We are Pilgrims of Hope
Today in school we launch our Jubilee Year celebrations. The theme for this year is ‘Pilgrims of Hope’. The Bible… Read more: We are Pilgrims of Hope - The Big Garden Birdwatch
The children are getting ready for the Big Garden Birdwatch with the RSPB #BigGardenBirdwatch - People Who Help Us
This term in Reception, our Topic is ‘People Who Help Us’. We will learn the important roles of people in… Read more: People Who Help Us - Gateshead Food Bank
Today we launched our Christmas drive for Gateshead Food Bank. On this day, we ask everyone to bring in food… Read more: Gateshead Food Bank - Celebrating our achievements
We had a wonderful visit today from our Trust CEO, Mr Hurn, who presented our school with a plaque to… Read more: Celebrating our achievements - Anti-Bullying Week 2024
Throughout this week our children have taken part in activities which raise awareness of bullying of young people. Each child… Read more: Anti-Bullying Week 2024 - Remembrance Day
Lest We Forget - Lucy Turner Team GB Athlete in School
On Tuesday we had an incredible day in school training with two Team GB athletes, Lucy and Chris. All children… Read more: Lucy Turner Team GB Athlete in School - Macmillan Coffee Afternoon 2024
Last week, our Mini Vinnie Team along with staff from school, organised a successful coffee and cake afternoon to raise… Read more: Macmillan Coffee Afternoon 2024 - Football coaching for Reception
Today we welcomed Steven a Middlesbrough football coach to work with our Reception class. They warmed up, took part in… Read more: Football coaching for Reception
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Newcastle Foundation – Careers Hub
This morning, Year 6 visited the Newcastle United Foundation Careers Hub in the metro centre. They spent time thinking about the skills and qualities they need when they get a job. They also got to visit The Entertainer and interview their manager. The children behaved beautifully and it was great to hear the foundation staff […]
Published: May 21, 2026
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