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.
“As a School Direct Languages Trainee, I spent my long placement teaching French (and a little German!) across both middle schools 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 – and one new to me, despite having worked in schools for many years – 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 ‘have a go’ 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. Très 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 – 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. Hejdå!”
We wish Ruth the best of luck with the rest of her training and continued success as an NQT this September.
Au revoir et bonne chance.
The only local interschool competition that gives children who’ve 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 year’s Mini Lit Quiz, which is written and produced ‘in house.’ 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:
We’ve partnered with Go Raise – a brilliant and effortless way to raise money for our school.
Simply shop as usual with all your favourite retailers and, as a thank you, they will donate a percentage of the amount you spend to us at no extra cost to you!
So whenever you buy anything online – from the weekly grocery shop to renewing insurance or booking a holiday – you could help us raise £1000s in additional free funding this year.
Simply sign up to support us before you shop.
How it works:
- Sign up to support us at https://www.goraise.co.uk/newminster-middle-school
- Click through to shop with your favourite retailers – there are over 3,000 to choose from including M&S, John Lewis, Expedia, Boots, Sports Direct, Argos and more.
- When you make a purchase, a donation is generated and Go Raise will pass this on to us.
School: The King Edward VI
An enthusiastic and well qualified graduate is required from 1 September 2017 to cover a maternity leave. This would be a full time role, and would be suitable for an NQT. The successful applicant will be able to teach Biology across the full age and ability range up to Key Stage 5, and Science to Key Stage 4.
We are an outstanding school (OfSTED 2014) and a well established convertor academy. Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for the successful candidate.
Please visit The King Edward VI School website for more information.
Closing date: 12 noon on 5 June 2017
On Thursday 25th May, Y5 will be meeting Robin Stevens, award-winning author of the Murder Most Unladylike series, and will be able to buy signed and personally dedicated copies of all her books, featured below.
Agatha Christie meets Malory Towers in these thrilling detective mysteries set between the two World Wars. Neatly plotted, they have plenty of twists and a particularly engaging narrator in Hazel. Linking the books is the development of the two central characters, Wells and Wong, which is as fascinating as the crimes they strive to solve.
Blackwells Bookshop will be selling all the books on the day for a discounted cash purchase price of £5.00. Please note that we cannot, therefore, accept cheques.
The event promises to be exciting and inspiring and we are very much looking forward to it!
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Morpeth Tennis Open Day at Longhirst Hall, NE61 3LL. 1-4pm Sunday 28 May 2017
Free Tennis from 1-4pm.
The Cricket, Hockey and Tennis clubs will all have activities running from 1 until 4pm at their Longhirst Hall grounds 2 miles north of Morpeth (post code NE61 3LL).
From 1-4pm: Tennis taster sessions for beginners of all ages and abilities.
Mini tennis for children ages 4-11 (i.e. small racquets, half court, small nets and soft balls). Older children can play with responsible adults. Annual membership for children is £25.
Adults/teenagers can hit with friends or club members, who will offer guidance and encouragement on how to play the game. Adult players can come in a group or as individuals. We are keen to offer support to all adults/teenagers wanting to get back into tennis. Racquets and balls will be available please wear non marking shoes/trainers.
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