November 16, 2007
September 7, 2007
Ms H Gofton - Head Teacher
September 6, 2007
Mr Gardener - Assistant Head
"My teacher is called Mr Gardener, he has 4 jobs, he has worked in Shiny Row School, Thorney Close School and The Drive. He is the assistant Head Teacher for The Drive.
He was brought up in Penshaw, where he started his first school. Then he moved to a school called Shiny Row. His first comprehensive school was Shiny Row Comprehensive.
Mr Gardener has a sister called Carole and a son called Stuart. He is married to a lady called Dawn and has no pets."
September 3, 2007
Mr Bell - Year 4/5
"My teacher Mr Bell he is really really funny. He is really nice. He is the best teacher in the school. He loves football and he supports Newcastle United. He wears shirt and tie, he normally gives jobs to me. His best subject is P.E. His favourite singer is Steve Marriott from Small Faces. He has green eyes, grey and brown hair. His favourite hobby is playing on his guitar. He lives in Sunderland. He is cool!! But he always talks about football. He used to go to Mortimer Road School."
August 6, 2007
Mrs Spours - Early Years

"I like painting with Mrs Spour and doing our exercises."
Mrs Robson - Early Years

"Mrs Robson helps us with our work and helped us make puppets."
Mrs Dunkerton - SEN

"Mrs Dunkerton takes groups out to help them with their reading and writing. She has stickers if children are very good. She has rozy red cheeks and black hair. When it is our birthday we get special stickers from Mrs Dunkerton."
Miss Russell

"Miss Russell teaches year 1/2. She always wears her hair down. She wears boots and has rosy cheek. Miss Russell plays the piano and likes to hear people sing nicely in assembly. Miss Russell takes a group out to do some special writing. If we do it nicely she is very proud and gives us a sticker."
Ann our Helper

"Ann helps out in our school. She helps us if we need paper. She always wears her hair in a lovely bun. She wears a beautiful flowery dress. We could not do without Ann in our school. She is very kind."
Lesley the Cleaner

"Lesley the cleaner cleans our school so that it is nice and tidy for us. She always polishes the tables and hoovers the carpet for us for the next day so that we can learn in a nice tidy class room. Lesley always has a smile on her face. Lesley always has tea with Mr Allen on the golden table. We are very lucky to have her in our school."
Mrs Fahy

"Mrs Fahy has dark hair and she is a good dinner nanny. She has brown eyes and curly hair. She makes sure people line up. I like her because she keeps us safe."
Mrs Orton

"Mrs Orton gives us the registers. She always smiles and she is happy. She is kind and lovely. She has blue eyes and she has shiny blonde. Mrs Orton wears lovely trousers and lovely shoes. She has lovely red lips. She talks on the telephone."
Ms Brand

"Ms Brand is nice and helpful and kind. She has blonde hair and blue eyes, wears a top and a skirt and high heels. She makes sure everyone listens and makes sure people line up. She takes people to the hospital when people hurt themselves badly and gives them presents for being brave."
August 5, 2007
Diane

"Diane the cook cooks lovely dinners. I love her pizza. She wears a hat so that her hair doesn't get on the food. She's always happy. She always makes us laugh at her funny jokes. She makes the loveliest food in the whole wide world."
Mrs Etherington

"Mrs Etherington is nice, she has got brown hair. She is tall and she smiles a lot. She wears lovely jewellery, she wears a red top and shiny black shoes."
Mrs McCartney

"Mrs McCartney is my teacher.
If you are good she will give you a merit point. We love to learn about history. It is good fun we have travelling rabbits. Mrs McCartney has wavy brown hair and green eyes."
Mrs Smith - Early Years

"I like it when Mrs Smith plays on the building carpet with me"
Mr Allen - Caretaker

"Mr Allen is our Caretaker. He helps to keep our school tidy. He looks after our school."