As part of our ongoing work to promote healthy lifestyles and responsible choices, Newminster students in Year 8 will be taking part in a Health Related Survey during their PSHE and citizenship time. A letter has been emailed to all Year 8 parents and a copy of the questionnaire which is to be completed can be found on the link below. The results received will further help us to plan and ensure that we are providing the right information and health related information for our students.
As you may have become aware through reports in the media, National Curriculum levels to assess students’ progress in KS1, KS2 and KS3 are no longer being used. Schools have been given the responsibility to develop assessment methodologies which they believe are best suited to meet the needs of the children that they work with.
Over the last 18 months we have worked closely with Chantry and Rothbury middle schools, our feeder First Schools and the High School, to develop an assessment framework that does just that. The focus of the framework is very much on identifying what children can currently do and what steps are needed to enable them to progress further.
Further details about the new assessment framework and how we will be reporting on this will follow in due course, but in the meantime the following links may be helpful in providing you with some additional information about the context of this national change.
The Give it a Go Commuter Challenge encourages employees to travel to work in an energy saving way. Travelling via bus, train, bike, and on foot, will gain you points. By the end of the event your points will be tallied up for a chance to win the challenge. The challenge starts Monday 14th September and runs until Friday 16th October.
For more information see: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4cmfJKwyCGWUkxpbW4xMC1GMGItTUhQbzYwYU5qSDQ3eVVn
As we start the new academic year, we would like to share with you some fantastic news from last year. Playing an active part in the wider community is something that we consider important and actively promote with the students.
Throughout the year, we undertake many events and activities which are specifically aimed at raising awareness of important charities and causes and in doing so provide support to these charities.
During the course of last academic year (2014/15), Newminster pupils, staff and parents raised an amazing sum of £5,381.65 all of which was donated to a wide range of local and national charities. In addition to this there were a number of enterprising students who raised money through bake sales and donated these funds to local charities of their choice.
This is a fantastic achievement and will continue to be an important element of our Citizenship and community related work in school.
Many thanks for your support!
A great chance to join a community group and learn about the upcoming play Beauty and the Beast.
Come along to the open evening about the Morpeth Pantomime Society on Monday 7th September, 7pm at Morpeth Rugby Club and meet the director and team behind it!
New members are welcome, and for more information head to: http://www.morpethpantomimesociety.com/
We hope that you have all had a great summer break.
Just to remind you all that school starts back for the Autumn Term on Wednesday 2 September at 8.50am.
We look forward to seeing you all then, ready for the term ahead.
Congratulations to the overall winners of the Monthly Photography Competition.
They received fantastic art packs, including sketching pencils, watercolours, brushes and sketch pads.
The winners are:
Key Stage 2- Hannah Bishop
Key Stage 3- Jessica Gagie
On Wednesday 8 July, Strutt & Parker hosted the final showcase of their 40 shortlisted entrants and revealed the winner and runners up of the competition.
Congratulations to:
- Sophie Thomson (Y10 at KEVI) who won first place for her acrylic on canvas painting of Morpeth Clock Tower. She was awarded a £100 Amazon voucher.
- Well done also to Caitlin Scott (Y10 at KEVI) and Danny Lilico (Y8 at Chantry) who were the runners-up, winning £50 Amazon vouchers each.
- Furthermore, 6 students were awarded a highly commended award (£10 Amazon voucher) and these were Thea Viernes and Maddy Stewart (Newminster), Leon Smith and Michael Smart (Chantry) and Phoebe Hoggan and Emily Brannigan (KEVI).
Twenty Year 7 pupils have been attending the Science Big Bang Fair Club at Newminster.
The aim of this club is to encourage pupils to develop their scientific curiosity and to find solutions to problems in the same way as professional scientists do. Pupils have developed their own science projects and have each achieved a CREST Bronze Award.
On Tuesday 7 July the pupils presented their projects to judges at the North East’s regional Big Bang Fair at Northumbria University. Pupils also explored the fair’s industry stands and had the opportunity to explore careers in the STEM subjects.
Between 29 June and 3 July, 33 Year 7 pupils attended the Belgium Euro Space Tour 2015. They visited the Mini-Europe, Atomium and Oceade Wave Complex sites in Brussels, took part in a Eurospace Centre ‘Astronaut for the Day’ activity and visited Blankenberge Sea life Centre and the Coca-Cola Visitors Centre.
Pupils enjoyed experiencing an overseas residential experience and spending time with friends at Newminster and Chantry whilst on the trip. Pupils stayed at a hostel in the centre of Brussels, sharing a room with between 3 and 5 other pupils.
During their visit to the Eurospace Centre, pupils tried out various practical tasks which recreated the experiences of a trainee Astronaut. They also constructed rockets which were launched 100m into the air!
