Morpeth Town Junior Cavaliers U12s are recruiting players for next season.
National Women in Engineering Day was set up by the Womenâs Engineering Society (WES) to celebrate its 95th anniversary.
The premise of the day is based on highlighting the  great opportunities for women in engineering, at a time when it has never been more important to address the engineering skills shortage.
The  year 7 girls took part in a full day of activities on 13th J
une to celebrate International women in engineering day. Throughout the day the girls were involved in a themed âZombie Apocalypseâ activity where they carried out a range of practical activities and problem solving exercises to avoid getting infected by the zombie virus!
The RAF roadshow at the end of the day gave all the KS3 girls and insight into a range of careers in the RAF.
We would like to thank the following organisations for their support during the day by sending out Ambassadors to either run or support activities.
- Nissan Sunderland
- Institute of civil engineers
- MWH Global
- Teeside university
- RAF engineering roadshow
A special thank you to Fritha Bevin-McCrimmon for facilitating the Zombie Apocalypse
Here are some quotes from the girls..
âMy favourite part of the day was the RAF presentation, I might end up joining!â- Louise
âGirls can do it tooâ-Fran
âIt has made me think about my future and what I want to beâ-Chloe
âI really enjoyed today, because the theme was funâ Amelia
On the penultimate day of the last half term, childrenâs crime writer, Robin Stevens, visited our combined Year Five. She talked about her early inspirations, explained how to construct a murder mystery and helped her young audience put together and solve a dastardly crime set in a museum!
We discovered that Hazel, one half of the Wells & Wong Detective Agency, is modelled on Robinâs teenage self. Robin felt as though sheâd been transported back one hundred years when, newly arrived from America and aged thirteen, she found herself at Cheltenham Ladiesâ College. Just like Robin, Chinese Hazel finds the food, traditions and uniform at Deepdean School for girls bizarre, hates the English weather and playing games in the rain and feels clumsily out of place.
To comfort herself at boarding school, Robin read voraciously, devouring Agatha Christie and Conan Doyle mysteries. Itâs not surprising that superior, calculating Daisy â the self-styled leader of the detective duo â is based on Sherlock Holmes while self-effacing Hazel takes the role of Watson and narrates the stories.
As a teen
ager, Robin was struck by the impossibility of solving Agatha Christie crimes and tries to emulate this style in her own writing – a fact that may contribute to the wide appeal of her work. A great number of students already had books by Robin Stevens and are eagerly awaiting publication of the next one. Now they can put a face and a personality to the author!
School: Abbeyfields First School
The Governors of Abbeyfields First School are seeking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic teacher to cover a maternity leave. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated team who enable all pupils to succeed.
We encourage candidates to visit our school prior to making an application, please contact Mrs Sharon Mungall on 01670 513582 if you would like to arrange this. Â Please also visit our website for further information about our school.
Closing date: 12 noon on 19 June 2017
The year’s Picnic in the Park takes places on Sunday 16th July.
For the past few months, Chantry and Newminster have had the pleasure of hosting Ruth Hedley in their MFL departments.
âAs a School Direct Languages Trainee, I spent my long placement teaching French (and a little German!) across both middle schoolâsâ in Y6-8.
Having spent my short placement in a High School, adapting to the pace of working with younger learners was one of the biggest challenges I faced. The initial experience of KS2 language delivery, and transition into the KS3 framework, was invaluable in terms of my appreciation of the challenges involved in striving for consistency across the key stages. Another beneficial aspect of this placement â and one new to me, despite having worked in schools for many years â was the experience of working within a Trust, and across two schools.
Of course, the highlights of my placement have been all about the students, and I remain impressed by the positive attitudes and âhave a goâ approach to learning by so many pupils. Much of my training has focused on group work and encouraging the students to create a supportive atmosphere. I can confidently say that all of my classes demonstrated some really wonderful collaborative skills, producing thoughtful work and reflections. TrĂšs bien fait! It was also rewarding for me personally to use my knowledge of the Swedish language to deliver DLE sessions to very enthusiastic Year 7 students â many of whom surprised themselves with the accuracy of their pronunciation. There are, in fact, many similarities between Northumbrian/Geordie and Swedish! Keep it up! A big thank you to everyone involved for making my experience at Chantry and Newminster so rewarding. HejdĂ„!â
We wish Ruth the best of luck âwith the rest of her training and continued success as aânâ NQT this September.
Au revoir et bonne chance.
The only local interschool competition that gives children whoâve always loved to read, a chance to display their knowledge and win prizes for it!
A record twenty-nine teams of students and two teams of staff from Tyne and Wear and Northumberland took part in this yearâs Mini Lit Quiz, which is written and produced âin house.â 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.
The sun shone down on the Key Stage Two students today as they enjoyed a variety of workshops to investigate how we can stay healthy and happy. This included trying out smoothies to keep us healthy, learnt how playing the djembe drums as a group helped our social skills, participated in zumba and hoopstarz to build up our physical wellbeing and made glitter jars to help our mental wellbeing.
On Monday 5th June KS2 pupils at Newminster and Chantry Middles Schools are to be treated to a performance by the Ned Corvan Shadow Troupe.
Ned Corvan was the first professional North East singer/songwriter and music hall star.
Here is a taster of the show:
