Marsden Buddies are children who have dedicated their time to making Marsden a happier and safer place. Once a week, they put on their buddy vest and give up part of their lunch time to act as role models to the EYFS and KS1 children. They show them how to play turn-taking games, talk about how they are feeling and encourage the children to use their words to resolve any conflict.
They are a credit to Marsden!
The Marsden Buddies are winners of a fabulous FAB Awards (Friends Against Bullying) for their fantastic work to combat bullying.
Names were put in a hat for some representatives to explain what being a buddy means to them and to receive the award on behalf of the Buddies.
We were also proud to see two ex-pupils being nominated for individual awards.
Today Wayne and Rob, from the Red Bench Project, came to collect their £900 cheque – they were so grateful to the whole school community and know the money will make a huge difference.
Thank you
Some of our buddies represented the school fantastically at the Fab Awards at Jarrow Focus. They won the main award for their work towards antibullying. They presented poems about what buddying means to them and they were outstanding. Well done girls!
Reception had a brilliant time taking part in the Superhero sporting event. Our Sports leaders lead the activities brilliantly also and all children represented our school fantastically.
Well done!
Congratulations to our winners!
Child of the Week
Spelling Shed
TTRockstars
Goodbye and Good Luck to Eleanor!
Well Done to our Buddies on winning the FAB award
Our Sporting Stars
Yet again, the Buddies continue to support the younger children’s play skills at Marsden. This year, we have seen the largest number of Year 5 children step up to be superb role models and, together with the Year 6 Buddies, they are making playtimes more enjoyable.
Buddies you are brilliant!
The Buddies continue to work with children in Reception, Year 1, and Year 2 at lunchtimes to support their play skills. Year 6 Buddies have worked hard over the last year and have shown just how much they care. We now have new recruits from Year 5 who are keen to help younger children.
What a great team they are!
We have a strong team of buddies who work each lunchtime to ensure that our children are happy when they are on our playground.
We have once again won the FAB award because of the wonderful work we do.
The Marsden Buddies have been presented with a FAB (Friends Against Bullying) Award for their outstanding work, at lunchtimes, with Reception and Key Stage One children.
Six Buddies travelled to Boldon School on Wednesday 18th November to collect the award, on behalf of all the Buddies. While there, they had to inform others of the role of Buddies at Marsden and present some of their own poetry.
Well done, Buddies!
