The latest School Sports newsletter is now available on the School Sports Programme page.
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.
On 16th March 2016 Newminster and Chantry steel pannists took part in the Wansbeck Festival. They competed in many classes through out the day including solos, small ensembles and steel bands.
Caitlin J said, “It was a great experience for all of us who participated and we thoroughly enjoyed it. At first, I felt nervous, but the end result was amazing and I have learnt a lot about how to perform.”
Well done to everyone who took part and Miss Gilberg and all her wonderful tuition.
Under 13 Ensemble –
1st – Eve M, Harry J and Georgina F (CMS)
2nd – Holly P, Megan W (CMS)
3rd – Victoria S and Erin C (NMS)
Under 11 Solo – 1st Lottie G-S (CMS)
Under 13 Solo – 1st Eve M (CMS)
Steel Band Under 13 –
2nd – Chantry 5 and Newminster 3
Steel Band Under 11 –
2nd – Chantry 1 and 2
3rd – Newminster 1 and 2
Some of our students are off to Alpe D’Huez, France this week.
Follow their adventures here:
For the first time in a few years the year 9 intake for The King Edward VI School has not been over subscribed; in fact a small number of spaces are available for a September 2016 start.
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
- Mrs Urwin delivered a solar mechanics activity.
- Technology Tom gave an interactive workshop about scientific developments.
- Alan Jones from the National Energy Alliance worked on a drama based energy workshop.
- Year 5 staff had the students working on Baskerville linked circuits
Year 6
- Michelle Payne a biomedical scientist from Sunderland university ran an infection workshop
- Tracy Atkins launched the pedometer challenge
- Mrs Brown (one of our parents) volunteered to run an engaging physics workshop
- Fran Mockford from IHC got the students bridge building in her engineering workshop
- The much loved Creepy Crawley roadshow offered the students to get up close to some of their favourite minibeast including a snake!
Year 7 activities were co-ordinated by Northumberland Education Business Partnership.
- The egg rocket challenge was enjoyed by all
- The digital Skills workshop was delivered by Newcastle College and the students designed their own games
- Piramal delivered a workshop which gave an insight into the pharmaceutical industry
- The roller coaster engineering workshop gave students an opportunity to work at their engineering skills.
Year 8
- Jess Stangward travelled all the way from London to discuss animal researching
- Teeside university delivered a forensics workshop and a bridge building activity
- Hannah from Newcastle University talked about chemistry in your world
- ICE (Institute of Civil Engineers) delivered a water filtration workshop
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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.
