Morpeth Amateur Swimming Club is a competitive swimming club based in Morpeth. The club has grown considerably in membership over the last few years and is one of the fastest improving clubs in the region. Over the last 12 months swimmers have won medals at both County and Regional level as well as qualifying for National Championships.
The club is close to capacity but some spaces are available. We are looking for swimmers born 2009-2012 to join our younger squads.
We will be holding trials on the following dates at Morpeth Riverside Leisure Centre NE61 1PR (swimmers need only attend one trial date).
Sunday 18th November 2018 4:00pm
Friday 23rd November 2018 6:30pm
The trial is suitable for swimmers who have completed Stage 6/7 of NPTS and can confidently swim 100m continuously.
Please email Head Coach Becki McGuire to book your place – [email protected]
Any swimmer who was born before 2009 and/or has previous ‘club experience’ should state this when booking as a different trial date may be more appropriate.
Becki McGuire
Morpeth ASC – Head Coach
On Friday 19th October, Local Councillors were invited into school, as part of ‘Local Democracy Week 2018’ to offer Year Seven Students the opportunity to pose questions to a panel of County Councillors.
Councillor Beynon, Councillor Towns, Councillor Byard and Councillor Tebbbutt were keen to engage with our students and offer an insight into their own roles as well as tackling local issues. This project was delivered in collaboration with the Northumberland Youth Service.
The Three Rivers joint Ceilidh Band (Newminster, Chantry and Dr Thomlinson Middle Schools) were lucky enough to have had a workshop with the incredible folk musician Sophy Ball on Tuesday 16th October 2018. Not only is Sophy a professional folk musician but she is an arranger. KEVI music department asked Sophy if she could create an arrangement of Ceilidh Tunes especially for the Middle school bands to perform using money donated at the joint Three Rivers Ceilidh last year.
Wonderful music making and we are looking forward to the next Three River Ceilidh in February 2019.
On Friday 5th October, Year 8 students entered the world of work and for the first time ever, the annual Careers Conference took place at Linden Hall.
The core purpose of the day was to provide students with the opportunity to engage with employers from a range of different sectors. The day is a central part of the careers programme for Year 8 students as they will soon embark on their journey towards high school education and be required to make GCSE choices very early on. We hope that this day. along with various other planned events in Year 8 will help prepare the students to make informed career choices for the future. The event highlighted alternative careers pathways such as apprenticeships as well as the more traditional routes into employment.
The careers speed dating session involved students grilling employers and Business Ambassadors from a range of local employment sectors to get a flavour of career pathways and typical working days.
The afternoon workshops were delivered by Northumberland Fire and Rescue, Police, RAF and the Navy. The workshops highlighted all of the different roles in various organisations as well as key skills needed to be successful and addressed common misconceptions.
Liz Kinninment, Headteacher at Newminster Middle School, gave a keynote speech to launch the day’s activities.
“At Newminster we are committed to encouraging students to think about their future careers from a very early stage. Being able to offer students the opportunity to experience a live working environment like this is invaluable. The experience certainly opens their eyes to the possibilities available and will hopefully help inspire their future career choices.”
The conference day was delivered in partnership with Northumberland Business and Education Partnership and we would like to thank all of the businesses that made the day a success.
Contributors for the speed dating activity included
- NCC
- NCC Apprentices
- Newcastle College
- Interserve
- Newcastle University
- HMRC
- RAF
- Northumberland Fire & Rescue Service
- Police Service
- British Army
- Robertsons
Here is what the students had to say:
“There are a lot more job opportunities in some jobs that you wouldn’t expect”
“It was an inspiring day”
” I have a new understanding of my future career”
A group of Year 8 pupils attended the Bring It On event at the Beacon of Light in Sunderland on Thursday 4th October. The event showcased many exciting engineering businesses and opportunities across the North East and aimed to inspire, educate and motivate pupils to explore Engineering as a future career.
Pupils took part in many exciting activities including gaming demonstrations, using 3D plastic printing, creating cable structures, operating machinery and using virtual reality headsets.
Pupils really enjoyed the event and came away with lots of inspiration for their future careers.
Congratulations to all of our Big Bang Fair Competition Entrants – on Thursday 4th October they presented their CREST STEM projects to judges at the Regional Fair, which was part of the ‘Bring It On’ exhibition at the Beacon of Light in Sunderland. Pupils spoke confidently about their work, the judges were extremely impressed and two projects were awarded with prizes. One of our projects will be representing the North East at the Big Bang Fair National Finals 2019 at the NEC in Birmingham, and these pupils have also been invited to a special event at Parliament next month. Well done everyone, we are very proud of you.
Parentalk – The Primary Years from Care for the Family is a DVD-based course for parents of children aged 4 to 11 years. Providing common sense, jargon-free information and ideas to help you to engage with your children and boost your relationship.
The King Edward VI High School would like to warmly invite parents/carers of prospective students to visit school and meet staff and students at their Open Evening on Thursday 11 October 2018 from 4.30 pm – 7.00 pm.
There will be a presentation at 5.00 pm in the Lower School Hall. This presentation will be repeated again at 6.00 pm. Please attend whichever presentation is most convenient for you.
Please note that parking is restricted on the school site, therefore it would be appreciated if you could car share or walk where possible to this event.
The portal for applying for places in Northumberland is now open and closes at midnight on Wednesday 31 October. Further information about the admissions process can be found by following the link below:
http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Education/Schools/Admissions.aspx
Music is an international language and Great Britain and Ireland is home to some of the most talented young instrumentalists and vocalists in the world. The RotaryGBI Young Musician competition encourages this talent by providing an opportunity for the thousands of young people who enter each year, to demonstrate their musical skills.
Starting with club level competitions, winners progress to district events followed by regional contests with the hope of progressing to the national final. There they compete to take home the prestigious title of RotaryGBI Young Musician of the year.
The organiser for the District Competition in District 1230 (West of Scotland) is William H Campbell who can be contacted at [email protected]
Entries in Solo Instrumental and/or Vocal categories are invited from clubs within District 1230. These should be submitted to Bill Campbell by Friday 9 February 2018.
