Year 6 Visit to Windermere

19th June 2015Mrs K Shutler

YCHSbN1wWwAA8L6dear 6 spent a fantastic week in the Lake District, staying at the YHA in Troutbeck.

Everyday we awoke to glorious weather and magnificent scenery.  As we ate our cooked breakfasts each day we wondered what we had done to be so lucky.

Over the week, we took part in kayaking, ghyll scrambling, searching through spooky tunnels, building rafts and seeing which of us had the makings of a new Bear Grylls!!  Turns out all of us did.

We had a fantastic week and would happily go back.

Click below to see more photos from the week.

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Accelerated Reader

5th June 2015Mrs K Shutler

Accelerated Reader smallYear 5 have now completed their third half-term of Accelerated Reader.

At the end of the half term, it was 5S who had passed the most quizzes and they were rewarded with a special breakfast of croissants and juice.

There were also some individual prizes for children who had achieved 100% in a quiz and were entered into a raffle.  These were the winners:

  • Tom Wales, 5J
  • Keira Cowan, 5J
  • Joseph Nicholson, 5J
  • Tom Robson, 5S
  • Alastair Pearse, 5S
  • Bronwen Rees, 5S
  • Sam Parker, 5B
  • Hannah Bishop, 5B
  • Mathew Walton, 5B
  • Kacy Conroy, 5D
  • Jacob Buxton, 5D
  • Alice Dalgleish, 5D
We have also had more ‘Word Millionaires’ who have read over a million words since we started our Accelerated Reader programme in January!  Huge congratulations go to Keira Cowan in 5J, Matthew Walton in 5B, Tom Wales in 5J and Amraj Thindal in 5D who have reached this fantastic achievement and will be receiving a special prize soon.
Congratulations to all of Year 5 who have been reading very hard.  There are more prizes to be won at the end of the year!

5th Annual Mini Literary Quiz

5th June 2015Mrs K Shutler

Lit QuizOur 5th Annual Mini Lit Quiz will be held at Chantry on the afternoon of Friday June 26 finishing at 4pm.  This literary competition gives children who’ve always loved to read a chance to display their knowledge and win prizes for it!

Topics will be very wide-ranging and teams can expect questions on every type of fiction, including comic strips, picture books and the classics as well as current popular novels.  There will be a Pictionary round and, as knowledge is acquired from reading, there may be a little general knowledge thrown in as well!

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Art Competition

3rd June 2015Mrs K Shutler

IMG_1973Key stage 3 pupils from Newminster and Chantry have been working hard creating Paintings reflecting life in Morpeth for the Strutt and Parker art competition.

Watch out for the winners in July.

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CREST Award and Big Bang Fair

2nd June 2015Mrs K Shutler

TIMG_7881wenty Year 7 Newminster pupils have been awarded their Bronze CREST Awards following their successful completion of their science projects.

They presented their work at a joint Newminster and Chantry fair to family, friends, staff and guest judges.

The judges feedback was extremely positive and they recommended that all pupils present their projects at the regional Big Bang Fair at Northumbria University in July.

Well done to our Junior Scientists!

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Help Needed

1st June 2015Mrs K Shutler

PrintAre you able to offer support for our annual careers fair? Date: 2nd October 2015

Date: 2 October 2015

Target group: Year 8 (aged 12-13)

Core purpose: To raise awareness in a range of different careers and make students aware of general employability skills

Please contact Mrs Razzaqi for further information.

Little Shop of Horrors

21st May 2015Mrs K Shutler

IMG_7374Newminster pupils enjoyed their trip to the Northern Stage to see The Sage Academy’s performance of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’.

Niki Pell thought that ‘”all the surprises in the storyline were amazing”. Megan Jones said ‘ I loved it when the plant became human- it really shocked me!’

Megan Jones said “I loved it when the plant became human- it really shocked me!”

 

Y8 in London

By Mrs K Shutler19th May 2015

Year 8 are in London this week. Check out their adventures on our Twitter feed.