Very proud of our football teams this week! On Tuesday the girl’s won their first 2 matches of the season 3-0 and then boys played their first match tonight winning 2-0! Excellent performances by all. Let’s keep up the good work! Simonside Primary

An absolutely amazing day at the Stadium of Light. 6 of our children as flag bearers representing our school. A lot of fun had and a great result at the end! Mrs Wright Simonside Primary

Having great fun OpenZone at The Word today with year 5. Learning how to program EV3 robots and finishing with a dance-off. Simonside Primary Mrs N Sultan

Half way there. Time for a spot of lunch. Next stop Thurston! Simonside Primary @ThurstonOEC Miss Pearce MrsHSmith Miss Quinn

A busy day so far at Thurston. Two groups off Ghyll scrambling in the snow and another group rowing on the lake. Now for some fun afternoon activities @ThurstonOEC Simonside Primary

Just want to let you all know everyone is having a wonderful afternoon doing different activities inside and out. The storm hasn’t hit us at all at the moment. Apologies about lack of pictures but the signal is very poor. Simonside Primary @ThurstonOEC

A great day had by all at Thurston. Climbing for one group and orienteering for the others this afternoon. Lots of happy faces. Simonside Primary @ThurstonOEC

Another day of activities today here @ThurstonOEC we’ve two groups having an adventure to Cathedral Quarry and one rock climbing then off to canoe on the lake. The weather hasn’t effected us - it is just a bit wet and cloudy.Simonside Primary pics to follow

A great day had by all. Lots of fun activities followed by tea then Thurston’s Got Talent before barn time. Children off to bed now some pictures will follow. Also we’ve had no issues with weather it has been pleasant conditions all day. Simonside Primary @ThurstonOEC

As promised here are some pictures from our time today and some from last night. Simonside Primary @ThurstonOEC MrsHSmith Miss Quinn Miss Pearce

Beautiful morning here at Thurston as we are getting ready to leave. The coach is collecting us at 11:00. We will keep you updated as we go with an ETA. Everyone looking forward to getting home but had a fantastic week. Thank you to @ThurstonOEC from all of us at Simonside Primary

Lots of tired children on their way home. We are not far from stopping for lunch now. Still aiming to be home around 3:30. Simonside Primary

Very proud of our 5/6 football team today. After coming top of our league earlier in the year we were in the champions league event today and we finished 3rd! Very proud of you boys! Simonside Primary South Tyneside School Sport Network Mrs Allsopp

Great start to our week of adventures at Thurston. Arrived safe and had some fun on and in the water. Simonside Primary Mrs Allsopp MrsHSmith

More pictures from our great at Thurston. Everyone in bed now and looking forward to a day full of activities tomorrow. Simonside Primary

A lovely way to end a day of adventures. Rolling down the hill and taking in the wonderful sunset. Simonside Primary Mrs Allsopp MrsHSmith

We ended the day in a lovely way today - a whole group game of rounders. After great adventures including one group climbing mountains, one group sailing and another exploring the caves. Simonside Primary Mrs Allsopp

A few great images from our group that were sailing today. Simonside Primary