Chantry Middle School

Chantry pupils in Year 6, Year 7 & Year 8 took part in this year’s area Sportshall Athletics competitions.

Students competed at the Chantry sports shed and were hopeful of getting far in their respective events. We had some really good wins but unfortunately haven’t qualified for the finals this year.

Well done to everyone involved for their efforts on the day, there’s always next year!

Could I make a plea that all students bring warm clothing to my lessons. We will be outside as often as possible, while the weather is dry, as it is a very long winter and I expect to be in the gym and shed for a long period soon.

I hate seeing children cold so please feel free to send your child in with a hat, gloves, skins, long sleeve tops and tracksuit bottoms as I am more than happy for them to wear them! That way they can lose layers if they feel like they are warm.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Mr Ord

The U11 girls took part in their first tournament on Thursday the 12th November.

The oppositions were tough but they played some impressive football. They played together as a team and their attitudes were fantastic!

Well done girls!

We are putting a Jazz Band concert with three bands playing at KEVI this coming Friday 20th November in our Lower School Hall at 7.30 pm (finishing about 9.30 pm).

Students aged 12 and under are free and adult tickets cost just £5. There will be a bar with soft drinks and alcohol (for adults) available and supplied by VIP Brewery.

The concert will be very informal with cafe style set up (chairs around tables) so people can move around and each band will only play for about 20 – 25 mins each then there will be a short breaks.

Tickets can be bought from the KEVI General Office (01670 – 515415) or on the door.

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Well done to both Chantry and Newminster Middle Schools who donated £2000 to the Great North Air Ambulance after a very successful fun run earlier in the term.

The charity was chosen after the Mayor of Morpeth, Alison Byard, visited the schools to talk to the children about her work as Mayor and why she had chosen this charity for her year in office. She has aimed to raise £5000 so she is two fifths there! Rose Akenclose & Patricia Ford from the GNAA accepted the cheque on behalf of the charity and thanked the students for their amazing hard work.

Please visit www.greatnorthairambulance.co.uk for further information about the charity.

Thursday 12th November 2015

All Y5 did Tag Rugby, here are the results:

Wednesday 11th November 2015

Chantry Y8 girls did Netball, and boys did Rugby. Here are the results:

For pictures of the house matches click ‘continue reading’.

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Some of our Year 8s attended an MFL careers day at Newcastle University last week.  They got the chance to try their hand at Italian and interview a selection of people whose jobs revolve around languages, including Rich.

Rich wasn’t allowed to give us his surname and we’re not sure that was his real name!  He works for GCHQ which is a British intelligence and security agency that monitors communications between ‘people of interest’.

Rich passes on vital information to MI5 and MI6 so we actually met a real life spy. He studied French at school but decided to step out on a limb and learn a brand new language for his degree – Korean!  Having had no experience or knowledge of the language before starting university, he is now fluent and uses it every day.

It is amazing to think where your current or future languages might just take you.

Chantry Y6 did Bench ball for house matches Monday 9th November, here are the results:

For pictures of the house matches click ‘continue reading’.

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