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Are you in Years 6, 7 or 8?
Are you an enthusiastic and mature reader with a ZPD greater than 6.5?
Do you enjoy talking about what you are reading?
Are you interested in meeting authors and getting your books autographed?
If so, would you like to help select this year’s winner of The North East Book Award?
If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these, click continue reading to find out more.
Well done to everyone who took part and Miss Gilberg and all her wonderful tuition.
Some of our students are off to Alpe D’Huez, France this week.
Follow their adventures here:
There has been a reduced number of students joining from the 3 middle schools this year due to population demographics.
Enquiries for admissions should be directed to Mark Simpson, Head of School.
| Number of admissions | Number of places available | |
| September 2013 Intake | 326 | 320 |
| September 2014 Intake | 324 | 320 |
| September 2015 Intake | 318 | 320 |
| Projected September 2016 Intake | 306 | 320 |
Last Wednesday, twelve students from Chantry, Newminster and King Edwards, attended the North East Teen Book Award ceremony at The Centre for Life in Newcastle. All were really looking forward to meeting the authors of the six books that they’ve been studying since October. Some were rather nervous because they would shortly be presenting one of the authors to an audience of about five hundred peers and adults!
The Teen Book Award is aimed at Y10 students and presents a considerable challenge for Key Stage 3 in terms of the number of books to be read, their themes and complexity. It’s also fair to say that, sometimes, the subject matter can be controversial. It’s greatly to the credit of our younger students that they’re so keen to give it a go!
To read more click ‘continue reading’.
Thanks to your tremendous support and generosity, our annual Book Fair was a record breaking success, topping £2000 for the very first time and raising a magnificent £1,274 in commission! This will be spent on books to stimulate English lessons and promote a love of reading throughout all key stages.
Once again: “THANK YOU”!
Everyone is involved in making our Fairs a success: our customers (of course!) but also our student Fair Makers. A BIG BIG “THANK YOU” goes to the Year 7 team of Eve H, Sophie B, Barney H and Charlotte R who, between them, gave up every break and lunchtime in January to staple over 1000 letters to Fair fliers to publicise the Fairs at both schools, provided lots of support during the Fair and distributed the orders and helped to tidy up on the last day. We couldn’t have done this without you!
To read more about what went on at book fair click ‘continue reading’.
On 11th March we had our annual British Science Week celebrations.
The day was packed with fun activities to engage students with the STEM subjects. We had a host of external STEM ambassadors who came in to share their expertise and passion for their given specialism . The purpose of the day was to engage all the students with a wide range of STEM activities.
Here is a flavour of the activities that took place during the day.
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7 activities were co-ordinated by Northumberland Education Business Partnership.
Year 8
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To view a gallery of images from the day click ‘continue reading’.
If pupils would like to audition for a place in the Summer Showcase Variety Performance then they need to add their act name, names of participants and classes to the audition lists which are up around school. They have until close of school on 11th March to sign up. An audition timetable will then be made and auditions will be held the week before the Easter holidays.
There is a list outside the music room at Chantry and in the Music block at Newminster and there are also others around school.
Our annual Book Fair is on now and will remain in school all week!
For every £1 we spend, 60p comes back to school to be spent directly on our children to help promote a lifelong love of reading!
Take a look at the books on sale by visiting the Fair after school on Tuesday or searching on-line at www.travellingbooks.co.uk.
From here you can also purchase discount vouchers which give your child at least 20% more book buying power at the Fair.
The Travelling Books free helpline is 0800 731 5758
Lastly, don’t forget World Book Day on Thursday!
Children with the best book character costumes are eligible for a book prize from the Fair!
Together, we can make this Fair the best yet!
