If you enjoy playing or are interested in playing Netball and in Year 5 or below Morpeth Junior Netball Club are looking to set up a new High 5 section.
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Free Biker’s Breakfast for every pupil or staff member who rides their bike or scooter to school – (please refer to p.16 in the school planner to ensure you are following safe cycling)- and remember to wear your helmet, stay safe near roads and bring a lock!
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On Monday 20th May we took Year 6 pupils to visit The Natural History Museum’s famous Dippy the dinosaur as he visits Great North Museum: Hancock as part of his UK tour. Unveiled to the British public in 1905, Dippy was cast from the a specimen found in America. The full skeleton is 21.3 metres long, 4.3 metres wide and 4.25 metres high. When visiting the museum, pupils had time to explore the Dippy About exhibition, visit Dippy the dinosaur himself, took part in some fossil handling activities and explored the rest of the exhibitions.
This was a very special visit for pupils and staff to enjoy and we hope pupils felt inspired by the natural world.
Pupils shared their thoughts after the visit;
“Today, I learned that plants can be fossilised and that if we use too much energy, half of the North East could be covered in water. I liked Dippy because I could understand how big a real life dinosaur would have been.”
“I enjoyed seeing Dippy because he was so big! I learned that people who look at fossils learn a lot about that species. I would like to study fossils because they are interesting.”
“I enjoyed seeing Dippy as it was a once in a lifetime experience. The length of Dippy was amazing
and that was the actual size, as it was a fully casted model.
On Friday 3rd May Year 5 pupils had the opportunity to enter a StarLab: a portable, inflatable planetarium. A Senior Mechanical Engineer from Durham University’s Department of Physics volunteered to bring the StarLab into Newminster and set it up in the gym for form classes to crawl inside and be transported into space!
Pupils shared their thoughts after the visit;
“I enjoyed the planetarium as I learned about space today. While I was in it I felt excited and amazed about how much I did not know about space for example how pressure and gravity act upon stars and how stars can live and die. The visit has made me more interested in space and I would like to find out more.”
“My experience at the planetarium was incredible. We are so lucky that Marc gave up his time just to help us learn more about the Solar System.”
Our Year 5 and 6 students enjoyed their recent Health and Well-being Day. Louisa said that she learnt how to keep her body and healthy, Maisy stated that she learnt how to communicate and collaborate in large groups and Sam liked meeting the lady from the Blue Cross Charity as he says he wanted a new dog. They all had different ideas on which was their favourite session.
Activities included frisbee throwing, den building, Djembe drumming, puppet workshop, smoothie tasting, staying safe near animals, hoopstarz and Rockout workout with beat sticks.
Our visitors commented once again on how well our pupils behave and what a joy they are to run workshops with.
Calling all ex pupils of Morpeth First School!!!
During the Spring Term, the English focus for pupils in Year 8, was the World War 1 play ‘Journey’s End,’ written by R.C. Sherriff and poetry from the period. In order to broaden the learning experience for our students and take ‘Learning Outside the Classroom,’ we invited the Army Cadets into school for the day.
The focus was to enable pupils to experience the transition from civilian to soldier; understand the importance of team work, responsibility to others, following orders and respecting authority. The day provided an opportunity for all pupils to take part in ‘Command Tasks,’ ‘Field Craft,’ scale a challenging ‘Climbing Wall’ and listen to a fascinating ‘WW1 Battlefield Presentation.’
The day proved to be a huge success, taking our students outside their comfort zone, where they were encouraged to embrace new challenges and in the process learn more about themselves too.
We will be visited by one of the UKs top Pro Disc Golfers who has also appeared on Blue Peter trying to break a world record for the most speed putts using a Frisbee! He will be teaching us how to throw and catch a Frisbee as well as teaching us dynamic, fun Frisbee games and challenges to play. We hope to gain an insight into some of the official Disc Sports, such as Ultimate Frisbee and Disc Golf and of course to be wowed by some awesome demonstrations by Chris!
Why not check what it is all about on http://www.catchthespirit.co.uk and find out more about the “way of a Frisbee”.
Should you wish to buy a Frisbee after experiencing first-hand the fun that can be had, Chris has agreed to bring the Frisbee he recommends for families.
The Aerobie Superdisc is the main disc used for key stage 2+ and retails at £9.50 plus postage in the Flying Disc shop on the website but Chris has kindly offered to will sell them for £9 on the day.
For younger children the Aerobie Dogobie is a good choice – £7.50 online, just £7 on the day.
Collectable mini Frisbees in a variety of colours! These are just £1.50 each.
Chris also has a brand new freestyle model called the ‘X-Disc’ just in the from the USA. There are a limited number of these exciting spinners available at £12.
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