Big Bang Fair North East 2015

29th July 2015Mrs K Shutler

Twenty Year 7 pupils have been attending the Science Big Bang Fair Club at Newminster.

The aim of this club is to encourage pupils to develop their scientific curiosity and to find solutions to problems in the same way as professional scientists do. Pupils have developed their own science projects and have each achieved a CREST Bronze Award.

On Tuesday 7 July the pupils presented their projects to judges at the North East’s regional Big Bang Fair at Northumbria University. Pupils also explored the fair’s industry stands and had the opportunity to explore careers in the STEM subjects.

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Belgium Euro Space Tour 2015

21st July 2015Mrs K Shutler

IMG_0630Between 29 June and 3 July, 33 Year 7 pupils attended the Belgium Euro Space Tour 2015. They visited the Mini-Europe, Atomium and Oceade Wave Complex sites in Brussels, took part in a Eurospace Centre ‘Astronaut for the Day’ activity and visited Blankenberge Sea life Centre and the Coca-Cola Visitors Centre.

Pupils enjoyed experiencing an overseas residential experience and spending time with friends at Newminster and Chantry whilst on the trip. Pupils stayed at a hostel in the centre of Brussels, sharing a room with between 3 and 5 other pupils.

During their visit to the Eurospace Centre, pupils tried out various practical tasks which recreated the experiences of a trainee Astronaut. They also constructed rockets which were launched 100m into the air!

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Business Ambassadors Needed!

20th July 2015Mrs K Shutler

Do you own your own business?

Would you be willing to come and give our students in Year 6 a brief introduction about working in business?

The event will be on Friday 13th November.

If you’re interested please contact Mrs Foot or Mrs Razzaqi.

The 5th Mini Literary Quiz

15th July 2015Mrs K Shutler

The 5th Mini Lit Quiz, written and produced in-house, was even bigger than last year’s – there were more schools, more teams and more prizes! Thirty teams from Tyne and Wear, Teesside and Northumberland took part and, with an additional four schools pledged to join us in 2016, the contest seems set to grow.

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Newminster A: Ben Walker, Jake Hewitt, Charlotte Rae and Eve Haines

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Newminster C: Lydia Goldsmith, Rose Gibson, Izzy Gale and Lottie Dwyer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Quiz is modelled on the Kids Lit Quiz (UK) with both individual and team prizes, but has five rounds instead of ten and its own unique style. Each round of ten questions follows a particular literary theme but, unlike the KLQ, there is also a Pictionary round featuring picture clues and between round elimination competitions for cash prizes.

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Girls Beach Rugby Festival

7th July 2015Mrs K Shutler

Beach rugbyWell done to everyone who took part in the Girls Beach Rugby Festival at Tynemouth.

All three teams played very well with fantastic attitude, determination and ability. A fitting end to a great season with this group.

Town Art Shortlist

3rd July 2015Mrs K Shutler

IMG_2074Congratulations to the following students have been short-listed for the Morpeth Town Art Competition sponsored by Strutt & Parker.

 

The King Edward VI School Newminster Middle School Chantry Middle School
Paola Hristova (Y9)Emily Brannigan (Y9)

Amber Johnston (Y9)

Charlotte Fatherley (Y9)

Naomi Kendall(Y9)

Isabel Webb (Y9)

Shellby Patterson (Y10)

Phoebe Hoggan (Y9)

Deanne Shotton (Y10)

Kiri Lamb (Y10)

Toby Gormley (Y10)

Gracie Bolton (Y10)

Sophie Thomson (Y10)

Bali Nelson (Y10)

Amber Jones (Y10)

Caitlin Scott (Y10)

Emily Streener (Y10)

 Alex Carr (Y7)Jesscia Gagie (Y7)

Maddy Stewart (Y7)

Ciaran Evans (Y7)

Victoria Smyth (Y8)

Zoe Jones (Y8)

Jay Bradwell (Y8)

Lottie Dwyer (Y8)

Thea Viennes (Y8)

Summer Allan (Y8)

 Michael Smart (Y7)Rebekah Hudson (Y8)

Alistair Wilson (Y8)

Jack Simm (Y8)

Jamee Re[path (Y8)

Libby Thompson (Y8)

Alex Harley (Y8)

Danny Lillico (Y8)

Leon Smith (Y8)

Lisa McCullough (Y8)

Lauren Jackson (Y8)

These students and their parents/carers are invited to attend the showcase and prize giving event at Strutt & Parker, Morpeth, on Wednesday 8 July at 5:30pm.

A judging panel will be voting for a first place (£100 Amazon voucher) and 2 runner up places (£50 Amazon vouchers). This panel will consist of Corrymella Scott (art dealer) and representatives from Strutt & Parker and The Three Rivers.

Year 7 in Belgium

2nd July 2015Mrs K Shutler

More Year 7 adventures – this time in Belgium!

June update

30th June 2015Mrs K Shutler

Northumberland School Games

23 & 24 June

Well done to our pupils who attended this prestigious event. Prior to this, our teams had to compete against the other schools of our Sports Partnership to qualify. It ran very similar to an Olympics event, including: an Opening Ceremony; special guests from the world of sport; the actual competitions and a medal ceremony.

Over the two days we had a Bronze medal winning Y8 netball team, Silver for our Y5/6 Quadkids team and a fantastic Gold for the Y5/6 Girls football team. Special mention also goes to our Y8 Sports Leaders who ran the Quadkids event and entertainment provided by our Y8 Cheerleaders and our Samba band.

Sports Days

25 & 26 June

All our pupils took some part in our Sports Days in either Track or Field events or both! The events went particularly well with a fantastic level of competition. All pupils who took part and helped gain points for their House must be highly praised. Particular mention goes to James Herron (Y6 Long Jump), Joe Buxton (Y6 Howler throw), Josh Grenfell (Y5 High Jump) and the relay teams from Collingwood Y6 Girls, Dacre Y6 Boys, Howard Y7 Girls for breaking the school records (and Ben Waterfield’s record equaling High Jump)!

Final results + House winners – Field – Mitford; Track – Collingwood; Overall – Dacre.
Overall House winners for all Sports events this year will be announced after the Swimming Galas.

County Athletics event, Gateshead Stadium

27 June

Huge praise and congratulations go to our athletes who took part in this event. They qualified from the Area Event earlier this year, which in itself was a fantastic achievement, and from this we were the highest represented school in the Area. Well done to all those who took part, all of them can take great credit knowing they competed against the best athletes in the North East.

Full results will be available on their website. 

Future events

30 June – Y8 Multi-Sports Festival at Ponteland Middle.
3 July – KS2 Swimming Gala
6 July – Y7/8 Girls’ Beach Rugby Tournament at Tynemouth
10 July – KS3 Swimming Gala

Trip to the Great North East Space Expo

26th June 2015Mrs K Shutler

image2Thirty Year 7 pupils attended the Great North East Space Expo event at the Discovery Museum.

The pupils enjoyed an extremely interesting and inspiring visit including a presentation by Dr Lewis Dartnell, a UK Space Agency research fellow and Astrobiologist based at the University of Leicester.

Dr Dartnell described his fascinating studies into how life, and signs of its existence, might survive in our solar system. There

There was also a range of trade stands and workshop activities delivered by professionals to help pupils understand what it takes to have a career in the incredibly exciting area of space exploration and discovery.