We would like to invite pupils to come to school on Friday 11th December 2020 wearing their Christmas jumper (all other uniform items apart from jumpers should remain the same). There will be a voluntary contribution of £1 for this non-uniform day with all proceeds going to Save the Children.

There is no need to buy a new jumper for this, how about swapping with a friend, decorating a jumper you already have with tinsel and baubles or wearing one from last year?

This is the best bit… by doing this we are raising money to change the future of children all over the world by making a positive difference to their lives.

Let’s get sparkly and Merry Christmas from all of us here at Newminster Middle School.

Newminster Middle School are taking part in the Music Partnership North’s ‘Christmas Virtual Performance’ of Fiona Lander’s song, ‘What Christmas is For’. 

Students will be recorded singing and signing this song at school.  Students will also need to practise at home as well as school as the deadline for filming is the end of November. The resources needed to practise are below;

 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18SFAqpwToOwcx6qAcGpMbOOrib3WN64Z?usp=sharing 

As part of this, there will be a video produced with all the schools who have taken part.  We are encouraging anyone viewing the video to donate to the homeless charity, Crisis.  A link showing how you can donate to this charity in the final video which will be released in December.

Get singing and signing.

Pudsey Art Show!

For this year’s ‘Children in Need’ Newminster Middle School in Morpeth, who have been recently awarded Artmark Platinum for the second time in a row, came together on Friday 13th November to produce a Pudsey Art show!

Although the whole school community couldn’t be together in person at the moment due to COVID19, their art could be on show as one united unit.

Each student and staff member in school created a piece of art for the exhibition (models, painting, sketches, baking, bunting, gem art, jewellery, textiles, lego, digital images) which covered the school hall using the theme of friendship, care, Children in Need, Pudsey and charity.

In addition to the art show they held a Pudsey themed non-uniform day to raise money for the charity with a raffle of a Pudsey themed hamper for this fantastic charity!

Findings from recent research shows that right now the coronavirus pandemic is having a huge impact on the mental health and well-being of UK children, and for those who were already facing disadvantages, life has become incredibly difficult. It has never been more important that Children in Need can keep funding life changing projects and charities, providing crucial services for vulnerable children and young people through this crisis.

Calling all local young artists!

Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Kim McGuiness needs your help.

Can you design a Christmas card that shows Northumbria Police and your community working together to keep you safe and improve lives?

As part of National School Meals Week, we are celebrating the Great British School Lunch on Thursday 12th November. The menu is packed with all your British favourites. Please see the attached menu and please remember to preorder your child’s lunch.

Northumberland Library has a digital library that can be accessed all the time. It contains eBooks and eAudiobooks for both adults and children. In the current climate it has proved to be popular with our library members and we would like to try and make more people aware of this free service. If people are not members, they can join online at the library website and get access straight away without having to come into the library to collect their card.

You can view what is available on the website here – https://fe.bolindadigital.com/northumberland. There are over 300 eAudio titles for children with lots of popular authors featuring such as David Walliams, David Baddiel, Liz Pichon and Roald Dahl.