The King Edward VI School has been selected to become a National Teaching School.

Teaching Schools take a leading role in recruiting and training new entrants to the profession, identifying leadership potential and providing support for other schools, not least by exemplifying excellent standards of teaching.

The King Edward VI School is one of 52 schools in England to be granted teaching school status in the latest round.

Introduced in 2011, Teaching Schools are all rated as “outstanding”. They work with partner schools in an alliance to ensure high quality school-led initial teacher training and professional development opportunities for teachers at all stages of their career.

They raise standards through supporting other schools, engage in research and development, and ensure that the most talented school leaders are spotted and supported to become successful headteachers.

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The Three Rivers Teaching School Alliance delivers school-based teacher training programmes for both primary and secondary phases via the School Direct route.

Our trainees are placed in local schools for the school year and are trained by experienced and highly skilled professionals.  If you are interested in joining us to become a teacher in 2017, please visit our website.

Nǐ hǎo!  Wǒ hén hăo!

This summer, some of our current Year 6 pupils spent an amazing week in Surrey on a Chinese immersion trip.  They stayed at Frensham Heights school and spent the mornings learning the language and the afternoon participating in cultural activities.  Parents and friends were invited down on the final day to watch a performance showcasing what went on over the week.

“We learnt Kung Fu and Tai Chi.  The instructor showed us how some moves in Tai Chi can be used as self defence.”  Joseph Jackson

“We did 3 hours of language learning a day.  It was intense but amazing as we went from not knowing any words in Mandarin to being able to have conversations with our teachers and each other.”  Lottie Glover-Stewart

“We had a go on lots of different traditional musical instruments.  I especially liked the Chinese guitar.  We also learnt a folk song which we sang on the final performance.”  Lewis Harmer

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World Leaders have committed to 17 Global Goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years. End extreme poverty. Fight inequality & injustice. Fix climate change. The Global Goals for sustainable development could get these things done. If the Goals are going to work, everyone needs to know about them.

To find out more, go to www.globalgoals.org.

Staff at Newminster have been raising awareness – and some laughs – by taking part in the Dizzy Goals challenge. You can see their efforts here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFyzf6Ge6g8&feature=youtu.be

The beginning of October marks the beginning of KS2 Science Club. Nearly ninety Year 5 and 6 pupils have signed up to an 8 week block of science club activities including investigating slime, forensic science, fireworks and science busking. Pupils will develop their skills in science as well as enjoying a high quality extra-curricular activity and having lots of FUN! Activities will be delivered by Newminster staff and some sessions will be supported by facilitators from external agencies. Photos of pupils enjoying science club to follow…

 Year 8 pupils have recently enjoyed taking part in workshops delivered by Newcastle University’s Medical School Graduate Ambassador team. First, a recent graduate of Biomedical Science shared his experiences of studying with pupils.

Pupils also had the chance to practice using mechanical micropipettes – one hundred times more accurate than the pipettes we use in science lessons! Then, the following week, pupils took part in a hands-on demonstration extracting DNA from strawberries. Pupils were fascinated to see just how much DNA a single strawberry contains and particularly enjoyed getting their hands messy!

More Cafe Scientifique workshops will be arranged in the coming weeks to allow pupils the opportunity to experience a range of careers in the STEM subjects.

If you are a parent/carer with a career in Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths and would like to share your experiences with our Year 8 pupils at Cafe Scientifique please contact Mrs Urwin.

Following on from the success of the Summer Series, Active Northumberland will be running a similar indoor version cricket event, namely titled Winter Series! This will be taking place at the new Ashington Leisure Centre on a Tuesday from 16:00 – 18:00 (whilst there is no official date yet, it is though to be around mid-November).

The event is listed as Under 13s (Years 6-8), however both younger and older players are welcome to attend and take part. The games/sessions will be structured to suit students of all ages and ability.

P.E teacher Mr.Dick will have more information in the near future, you can contact him via email at; [email protected] if your child is interested.

If you have any questions be sure to see the FAQs; http://ncb.play-cricket.com/website/news_articles/156935