St Bede’s Catholic Primary School

Children across five primary schools have raised thousands of pounds for this year’s Children in Need appeal. The Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust schools took part in various fundraising activities last week to boost this year’s Children in Need fundraising campaign.

Whitley Bay Playhouse saw more than 200 young performers take to the stage for a musical celebration of the partnership of their schools. Organised by St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy in Bedlington, the Partnership Celebration Performance brought together around 220 dancers, singers and musicians from the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust’s member schools.

Budding Billy Elliotts got a chance to show off their skills when they performed at Dance City in Newcastle, thanks to an initiative run by The Royal Ballet. The children from St Bede’s Catholic Primary School in Bedlington were participating in the Chance to Dance programme, which introduces ballet to young people across the country.