Celebrating World Book Day

11th March 2015Mrs K Shutler

IMG_2228We collected a superb £278.06 to support the work of Book Aid International in getting books to children in parts of the world that have none. Thank you for supporting this worthwhile charity.

Students were invited to celebrate World Book Day by dressing up as a character from a book. There were so many excellent costumes, it was quite difficult to choose the winners. In the end, a record seventeen students each won a novel and all the rest earned five class points each!

IMG_2226Mr Stink and his dog (alias Dominic Marshall) and The Iron Man (James Mullen, we believe) each won an additional book prize of their choice for the most effort put into a costume. Well done boys!

Enormous thanks to Aimee Reid and Bethany Matthews in Year 6 for patiently naming every one of 1,015 World Book Day tokens so everyone in each school could be sure of getting one. You are heroines, girls!

Book Fair

9th March 2015Mrs K Shutler

IMG_2218 Thanks to your tremendous support and generosity, our annual Book Fair was a record breaking success:

  • 30% more children used their World Book Day £1 discount vouchers when buying books
  • orders were up by 77%
  • book sales exceeded sales of stationery
  • and the magnificent total of £1,873.56 is our highest yet!

This year, Fair takings have raised £1,124 in commission, which will be spent, as usual, on books to stimulate literacy and a love of reading throughout school.

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Alpe d’Huez Ski Trip 2015 – Final Information

9th March 2015Mrs K Shutler
  • ski 1Meeting Point: Newcastle Airport – Departures – Sat 14.03.15 – 08:00 am
  • Flight details:
    • Outbound – Newcastle 10:20 – Geneva 13:25 Easy Jet Flight No 6465
    • Inbound – Geneva 14:05 – Newcastle 15:10 Easy Jet Flight No 6466
  • Contact details: Clubhotel Valle Blanche, Rue de Siou Coulet, Alpe d’Huez, 38750 France.
  • Finally, due to airport safety regulations and to avoid any confusion, please ensure your child does not have any liquids in their hand luggage, food is ok. They will be able to buy drinks etc at the airport shop after check in.

If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to call me at school.

Regards

Mr J Riley – Party Organiser

British Science Week

5th March 2015Mrs K Shutler

bsw2015Friday 13 March marks the beginning of British Science Week and we’ve got lots of things planned in and out of school.

This year, every student will have the opportunity to take part in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) enrichment activity.

Just a sample of the activities include:

  • Year 5 – Alice in Wonderland moving mechanical structures
  • Year 6 – Creepy Crawley Roadshow
  • Year 7 – Fire Service workshop
  • Year 8 – STEM Ambassador talking with a forensic scientist, radiophysicist and more…!

Help us make Morpeth bloom

4th March 2015Mrs K Shutler

As part of Morpeth In Bloom, the lunchtime craft club are knitting flowers.

We need lots of them, so if you’d like to help, please get knitting and bring the flowers into school before the Easter holidays.

Here is a how to video to help get started:

Accelerated Reader

26th February 2015Mrs K Shutler

Accelerated ReaderYear 5 have now completed their first half-term of Accelerated Reader.

At the end of the half term, it was 5J who had passed the most quizzes and they were rewarded with a special breakfast of croissants and juice which they thought was “amazing” and “awesome”.

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:

  • Christopher Johnstone, 5J
  • Ellen Davison, 5J
  • Chloe Robinson, 5J
  • Ruby Gerrard, 5S
  • Tom Robson, 5S
  • Megan Macinnes, 5S
  • Ami-Jane Green, 5B
  • Alice Heaton, 5B
  • Matthew Walton, 5B
  • Louie Gourlay, 5D
  • Karun Kahlon, 5D
  • Noah Ions, 5D

Congratulations to all of Year 5 who have been reading very hard.  There are more prizes to be won at the end of this half term!

 

Book Fair 2015

24th February 2015Mrs K Shutler

travelling-booksWe’d like to remind you that our annual Book Fair will be held in the school library from Monday 2 March to Friday 6 March.

On Tuesday 3rd, the Fair will stay open until 4:30pm to enable those of you who collect your children from school to view the books, if you’d like to. It would be lovely to see you!

All children will have the opportunity of visiting the Fair where they can purchase from an exciting range of books and items of stationery.

We strongly recommend a visit to their website, www.travellingbooks.co.uk, which describes in detail all the books on sale.

We are Artsmark Gold

23rd February 2015Mrs K Shutler

ARTSMARKGOLD_RGBWe are delighted to announce that Chanty and Newminster have been awarded Artsmark Gold.

Artsmark is Arts Council England’s flagship programme to enable schools to evaluate, strengthen and celebrate their arts and cultural provision.

We have been awarded Artsmark Gold as we offer a well planned, quality arts education, that supports the cultural development of all students.

The accreditation lasts until July 2017.

New Chair of the Board of Directors

16th February 2015Mrs K Shutler

Photo by Peter McCartney - Morpeth HeraldWe are delighted to announce Paul Carvin as the new Chair of the Board of Directors.

After 10 years as Chair of Governors at KEVI and then Chair of the Board of Directors for The Three Rivers Learning Trust, Roger Vaughan is stepping down from his role.

Paul Carvin will take over with immediate affect, while Roger will stay as a member of the Board.

Read an interview with Roger and Paul in the Morpeth Herald.

Photo by Peter McCartney, Morpeth Herald.