Do you own your own business?
Would you be willing to come and give our students in Year 6 a brief introduction about working in business?
The event will be on Friday 13th November.
If you’re interested please contact Mrs Foot or Mrs Razzaqi.
The 5th Mini Lit Quiz, written and produced in-house, was even bigger than last year’s – there were more schools, more teams and more prizes! Thirty teams from Tyne and Wear, Teesside and Northumberland took part and, with an additional four schools pledged to join us in 2016, the contest seems set to grow.
Newminster A: Ben Walker, Jake Hewitt, Charlotte Rae and Eve Haines
Newminster C: Lydia Goldsmith, Rose Gibson, Izzy Gale and Lottie Dwyer
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.
This, the tenth year of the North East Book Awards, didn’t get off to a promising start when most of our Y7 participants discovered that the ceremony clashed with their trips to Belgium or Austria. When it became clear that only two of the five shortlisted authors would be coming, we were very downcast. However, this pair – joined by the charismatic and popular local author, Dan Smith – more than made up for the absences
with their engaging personalities and lively talks. If the intense heat took its toll of the adults, it didn’t seem to dampen the enthusiasm of our young judges.
The November Club are holding Drama Workshops on 19 and 20 August.
Well done to everyone who took part in the Girls Beach Rugby Festival at Tynemouth.
All three teams played very well with fantastic attitude, determination and ability. A fitting end to a great season with this group.
Congratulations to the following students have been short-listed for the Morpeth Town Art Competition sponsored by Strutt & Parker.
| The King Edward VI School | Newminster Middle School | Chantry Middle School |
| Paola Hristova (Y9)Emily Brannigan (Y9)
Amber Johnston (Y9) Charlotte Fatherley (Y9) Naomi Kendall(Y9) Isabel Webb (Y9) Shellby Patterson (Y10) Phoebe Hoggan (Y9) Deanne Shotton (Y10) Kiri Lamb (Y10) Toby Gormley (Y10) Gracie Bolton (Y10) Sophie Thomson (Y10) Bali Nelson (Y10) Amber Jones (Y10) Caitlin Scott (Y10) Emily Streener (Y10) |
Alex Carr (Y7)Jesscia Gagie (Y7)
Maddy Stewart (Y7) Ciaran Evans (Y7) Victoria Smyth (Y8) Zoe Jones (Y8) Jay Bradwell (Y8) Lottie Dwyer (Y8) Thea Viennes (Y8) Summer Allan (Y8) |
Michael Smart (Y7)Rebekah Hudson (Y8)
Alistair Wilson (Y8) Jack Simm (Y8) Jamee Re[path (Y8) Libby Thompson (Y8) Alex Harley (Y8) Danny Lillico (Y8) Leon Smith (Y8) Lisa McCullough (Y8) Lauren Jackson (Y8) |
These students and their parents/carers are invited to attend the showcase and prize giving event at Strutt & Parker, Morpeth, on Wednesday 8 July at 5:30pm.
A judging panel will be voting for a first place (£100 Amazon voucher) and 2 runner up places (£50 Amazon vouchers). This panel will consist of Corrymella Scott (art dealer) and representatives from Strutt & Parker and The Three Rivers.
More Year 7 adventures – this time in Belgium!
Thirty Year 7 pupils attended the Great North East Space Expo event at the Discovery Museum.
The pupils enjoyed an extremely interesting and inspiring visit including a presentation by Dr Lewis Dartnell, a UK Space Agency research fellow and Astrobiologist based at the University of Leicester.
Dr Dartnell described his fascinating studies into how life, and signs of its existence, might survive in our solar system. There
There was also a range of trade stands and workshop activities delivered by professionals to help pupils understand what it takes to have a career in the incredibly exciting area of space exploration and discovery.
Sixty-th
ree Year 7 girls were involved in a day dedicated to raising the profile and celebrating the achievements of women in engineering.
The launch of the day included a speech from Shiva Dowlatshahi from the Women’s Engineering Society. Shiva talked about engineering in our day to day lives as well as her own job. Dr Roger Vaugn, a Director at The Three Rivers Learning Trust also attended the launch event.
Here is a flavour of the challenges of the day….
- Product analysis challenge
- Archimedes screw activity
- Building towers and bridges
- Egg drop!
- Routes into Engineering workshop from Professor Rob Davidson, Institute of mechanical
- Engineering, Newcastle University
1st Place – Caitlin Johnstone
Many congratulations to the following students who took part in the Summer Bake Off 2015:
- Caitlin Johnstone (1st Place)
- James Seabrook (2nd Place)
- Maddy Stewart (3rd Place)
- Fran Mullen
- Julia Swinglehurst
- Lewis Creighton
- Erin Carr
- Jess Gagie
- Robbie Brown
- Charlotte Urwin
- Josh Gair
- Charlotte Layton
- Laura Wilson
The cakes were absolutely superb and demonstrated the students exceptional talents and skills. A big thank you to all the parents/carers of those who took part in the competition for their continued support. Well-done!
Click below to see all of the entries.
