St Martin's Centre

20/08/2026

That’s a wrap! 🌞

Our Early Years Summer Programme has officially finished for 2026.

Over the last 5 weeks, we hosted 10 Family Fun sessions, 4 Messy Plays and 1 Baby Rave 🕺🏻

A huge thank you to Jo-Anna, Olivia and our volunteers who helped make the sessions so much fun for everyone 💛

Enjoy some of our favourite photos from the last few weeks, including yesterday’s special visit from the ice cream van🍦

Our usual Early Years timetable returns on Monday 14th September, so keep an eye on our socials over the coming weeks for the new timetable – we can’t wait to welcome you back! 🌈

19/08/2026

Early Years Summer Giveaway! 🌈

As our Summer Programme comes to an end, we’d love to hear what our families thought.

If you attended any of our Early Years Summer Programme sessions, complete our short questionnaire and you could win free entry to Adventure Valley, Durham for 2 adults and 2 children 🎟️

Your feedback helps us understand what you enjoyed and how we can make our future Early Years activities and sessions even better.

For a chance to win:

1️⃣ Complete our Summer Programme questionnaire: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ul7q5LRdr0qIKRNS_oBQDJ6fknQOdYVBleEo1fbKYTlUNFhINDBLSExDQVNJSjhKV1VIREhUTTRGVC4u

2️⃣ Follow both St Martin's Centre and St Martin's Centre Early Years on Facebook

3️⃣ Comment a 🌈 on this post once you’ve completed all 3 steps

The winner will be announced on Wednesday 26th August 2026.

Good luck! 🍀

17/08/2026

📣 Early closure on Wednesday 19th August 📣

Our Centre and Coffee Shop will close at 1:30pm this Wednesday.

We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

15/08/2026

Keswick bound! 🚌

Yesterday, our group set off bright and early from St Martin’s Centre for a day trip to Keswick – and they were certainly lucky with the weather ☀

We hope everyone had a lovely day and enjoyed the sights 💙

A big thank you to Yvonne for making the trip possible and Tony from Wardley Coaches for getting everyone there and back safely.

14/08/2026

It’s the final day of National Stottie Week! 🥪

There’s still time to pop into The Avenue and try one of the special stotties from our National Stottie Week menu, made using freshly baked stotties from our friends at Big River Bakery.

For our final Stottie Spotlight, we’re featuring the Bykerdelic – pastrami, Emmental cheese, pickles and mustard mayo. 😋

Drop in before 3pm today for your last chance to try one ✨

Which stottie has been your favourite from our menu?

13/08/2026

What a fun way to finish our Messy Play sessions! 🌳🐾

Today we headed into the world of The Gruffalo, with plenty of messy, creative fun inspired by the book.

Thank you to all the families who have joined us for Messy Play as part of our St Martin's Centre Early Years Summer Programme. We hope you've had as much fun as we have! 💛

There’s still one more chance to join us this summer, with our final Family Fun session next Wednesday, 19th August 🌞

13/08/2026

A few tickets remain for one of the final events in the St Martin's Centre Early Years Summer Programme! 🌞

Join us for a Baby Rave, a special one-off session with music, lights and plenty of dancing! 🪩

🎟️ Secure your place here:

Music, dancing and sensory fun for children aged 6–24 months. Available to families living in the NE6 postcode area.

12/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Nursery Open Day yesterday! 🌼

We had a lovely time and it was great to welcome some new faces to St Martin’s Centre Nursery.

We still have a limited number of places available for children aged 2 - 4 years to join us from September 🧸

If you couldn’t make it to our Open Day but would still like to come and have a look around our Ofsted Outstanding nursery, we’d love to welcome you for a visit 🌈

To find out more, arrange a visit or enquire about a September place, please contact:

📞 0191 276 4002

10/08/2026

This week is National Stottie Week! ✨

We’re joining in with the celebrations thanks to our friends at Big River Bakery, the team behind National Stottie Week. They’re also supplying the freshly baked stotties for our menu 🍞

Our Catering Manager, Sharon, has put together a special menu for the week, with six different fillings to choose from - Available at The Avenue until Friday 14th August.

First up in our Stottie Spotlight is ‘Walker This Way’, filled with Lincolnshire sausage, mature cheddar and caramelised red onion 😋

Pop into our coffee shop this week and celebrate this North East favourite with us! 🥪

📍 St Martin’s Centre, Roman Avenue, NE6 2RJ
🕘 Opening hours: Monday 9:30am–3:00pm, Tuesday to Friday 9:00am–3:00pm

10/08/2026

Our Nursery Open Day is tomorrow 🌈

Come along, meet our team and take a look around our nursery.

We're looking forward to seeing you there! 💛

Join us for our Nursery Open Day! 🌼

Whether you're starting to explore nursery options or are ready to apply, we'd love to meet you.

Come along for a tour, meet our friendly team and find out more about the care and learning opportunities we offer for children aged 2 - 4 years.

📅 Tuesday 11th August
🕙 10:00am - 2:00pm
📍 St Martin's Centre Nursery, Roman Avenue, NE6 2RJ

🌐 Find out more about our Ofsted Outstanding Nursery here: https://www.stmartinscentre.org.uk/nursery/

✨ Please share this post with anyone who may be looking for a nursery place.