Coquet Park First School

Welcome to Coquet Park First School

Welcome Message

Dear Parents, Carers and visitors to our school,

Coquet Park First School is a happy, one form entry coastal school that welcomes children from 3 to 9 years old.

We aim to promote a safe and secure environment in which children learn to be members of a caring community. We believe that children are able to achieve their full potential in a happy and supportive environment, whilst enjoying their time in school.

I am privileged to work with enthusiastic, caring and hard working pupils supported by a dedicated, talented staff and a skilled Governing Body. As a whole school community, we work closely in partnership with parents and other family members to make every day a valuable and memorable learning experience for all pupils. Through this, we aim to encourage every child to become confident, caring individuals with a love of learning and lifelong skills to flourish in future years.

Myself and the senior leadership team work closely together to ensure that high standards in teaching, learning and communication are constantly maintained. We strive to address any issues swiftly and effectively whilst working on future key initiatives that move us forward.

We warmly welcome visits from new parents. Please contact the School Office to arrange an appointment. Please do not hesitate to contact the school if you have any queries.

Please follow us on X or click this link to see all the wonderful work we do.

Mrs C. Ward

Headteacher

Stained Glass Window Unveiling

It is with great pleasure that we can unveil our new stained glass window which is located between the Y3 and Y4 classrooms.

We proudly welcomed Councillor Pat Oliver to unveil our fabulous stained glass window which was generously made and donated by The GlassHouse.

Inspired by ideas from the children, it is to recognise the efforts of all key workers and the school community during the pandemic.

Thank you GlassHouse for our beautiful window.

Castle Point Winners Autumn 1... Warkworth Castle

Castle Points Winners Autumn 2... Bamburgh Castle

Music Mark Award

We are excited to announce that Coquet Park has been awarded the Music Mark. North Tyneside have recognised our commitment to a broad and balanced curriculum and the value that we place on music.

Music Mark is the UK Association for Music Education, championing and supporting access to music for all children and young people. There are many exciting benefits to being a Music Mark school which we will be able to enjoy in the coming year.

PE Platinum Award

We are thrilled to announce we have achieved the Sports Games Platinum Award. A huge achievement by the whole school, but particularly Mrs Houghton who leads our PE curriculum.

Sing Up Day

Digichoir - Blossom Out

Coquet Park enjoyed taking part in Sing Up Day this year. The whole school came together to sing this year's song Blossom Out. Our choir then performed the song to be part of Sing Up's Digichoir. Can you spot us?

New School Library

Using a grant, the Reading Ambassadors set the school a competition to redesign our library space. Once all entries were in, the Reading Ambassadors held a meeting to diligently select the winning entries and, using a range of ideas from pupils across school, pupils voted for the best features of each idea to come up with an holistic design for our new library. The Reading Ambassadors worked with Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Stores to select the furnishings to fit the Forest School theme chosen.

The Reading Ambassadors and School Councillors visited The Bound bookshop in Whitley Bay to select a range of non fiction, fiction, poetry and graphic novels which represented a range of cultures and ethnicities to promote the diverse world our children are growing up in.

Green Flag Award - 7th Green Flag

This is in recognition of the continuing projects and work carried out throughout school, in every class, to actively support the environment.

Each class have Green Ambassadors who work together with Miss Strachan to develop the projects across school. We are very proud of all the children, their hard work and determination to positively support the eco values represented by the Green Flag Award.

Thank you to Miss Strachan who leads the work across school and submits a very detailed application for the award every year.

The flag was proudly raised and it was noted by North Tyneside that Coquet Park is one of only a handful of schools who have achieved this number of Green Flags. They thanked us for our continued commitment to sustain and achieve this for this many times.

To see our journey to this amazing achievement click here.

Eco Green Flag Presentation - From North Tyneside News

Click here for the full article

STEM

STEM is another of our 'Golden Threads'. We teach STEM throughout the year and we celebrate it during our STEM Week. We showcase what we have achieved throughout the week by inviting parents to visit the work completed in classes. Every year, we choose a theme. Last year, our theme was 'Space'. We were delighted to welcome Morgan, an astrophysicist from Northumbria University and a past pupil who came into school and explained to the children what her job entails. Morgan, and her colleague Shannon, also ran two workshops across KS2 about satellites. This is our STEM Page.

Forest School

Nursery and Reception enjoy taking part in Forest School at least weekly. With a dedicated Forest School Leader, Mrs Stores, who leads a varied range of wonderful activities it is a highlight of many children's week! Mrs Stores brings stories alive in the Forest School Curriculum. Here is the book spine for these stories.The older children are also given the opportunity to further develop their Forest School skills when they take part in a workshop by ForestEd. Castle point winners are also given the chance to visit the Forest School area as part of their Castle reward afternoon.

Please click here to visit our dedicated Forest School page.

Art Project

During the summer term the whole school took part in an Arts project. We were very lucky to have a local artist, Kate Hunter, come into school and run the project for us.

Due to our love of nature and our Forest school, we wanted to create a tree unique to Coquet Park. We took inspiration from the book, 'Under the Canopy' by Iris Volant and Cynthia Alonso. We found out about different trees from around the world and listened to stories or the folklore behind them. Each year group embarked upon creating a different aspect of the tree, ready to take pride of place in our school entrance. We used different techniques and learnt new skills, including, designing, mark making, threading, printing and stitching. Click here to see more photos.