On Tuesday, Man United lost against spanish side Sevilla after a 0-0 first leg game in spain. It was 0-0 half time and looked like it would go to extra time until Ben Yedder came on as a substitute. With the first three touches he scored past De Gea to make it 1-0 to Sevilla on 74 minutes.

Four minutes later, Ben Yedder scored another one, a corner came in and a header was spilt into the net and that made it 2-0. Man United fans were disgusted with their players and were heading home until Lukaku scored on 84 minutes to make it 2-1. But that was the only goal Man United scored and it ended 2-1 Sevilla.

Man United join Chelsea and Spurs as the Premier league teams that have been knocked out in the Champions league this season. Are Premier league teams falling behind of their European counterparts?

Will (Year 8)

On Sunday the 18th March, the steel panners are heading over to KEVI for the morning to perform in a competition called the Wansbeck Music Festival. All panners will play as a band and some people will be playing in a solo or ensemble. There are 4 age categories: Under 11s, Under 13s, Under 16s, Under 18s.There will be some amazing songs to look forward to on the day. Two of my all time favourites are Cake By The Ocean ( By DNCE) and I Need A Dollar (by Aloe Blacc).

The people who are entering the competition have been working on it for months now. They are all looking forward to it. Last year, the under 11s Chantry group D  won the under 11s award and they are hoping to win the under 13’s this year!

Good luck to everyone who’s entering!By Lexie (Year 7)

A tower of flats in London were set on fire and caused many fatal injuries and even death. Even though this event happened about nine months ago, police have found more evidence of why it has caused so many people to lose their lives.

Luckily, over two hundred people who formerly lived in the tower survived the fatal disaster but did unfortunately lose their home.The fire was accidentally caused by a Hotpoint fridge freezer and spread across the whole building. About two hundred firefighters tried to get rid of the blaze but in the end, it took almost a day to get rid of.

The most recent bit of news to have been revealed has been that the doors of the tower were meant to last for thirty minutes protecting people in the tower, but hardly lasted for half the time meaning that the people who lived in the tower didn’t have enough time to escape.

I think that this affected the amounts of lives lost by quite a lot because some of the people in the tower may not have known what was going on until it was too late. It is very unfortunate with the amount of lives lost but luckily the firemen could put out the fire before it spread or killed even more people.

Naomi (Year 7)

World Book Day is an annual event that schools around the world take part in. It’s always held on the first Thursday in March and started over twenty years ago.  On this day,everybody dresses up as their favourite book character.

This year at Chantry all the teachers dressed up as staff from Hogwarts and there were special events like sponsored reads and themed lessons. The winners – two from each year – won bags of sweets.  There was lots and lots of great costumes from Gangster Granny to Tom Gates!

Here are the winners!

The winners of the best dressed costume, were dressed up in great costumes and they all won a bag of sweets.

The teachers joined in the fun too!

The teachers were all dressed up on the theme of Harry Potter.    

By Emma 8J                                                                                     

On Monday 26th February, The Three Rivers rugby team won the county vase at the County finals night. They eased past St Cuthberts and Kings to get the cup. I spoke to The Three Rivers winger, Jack Loughnane:

Q: How do you feel about winning the county vase?
Jack: I’m really happy because it took a long time to get there and it was good beating rivals to win it.

Q:Do you think you played well?
Jack: I think I played alright but not my best.

Q:Whats your aim for the rest of the season?
Jack: Hopefully to win more silverware with school and Morpeth.

Q:Who was your man of the tournament?
Jack: Either Dan, Nathan or Oli.

Will (Year 8)

The i heart radio music awards took place on March 11th 2018 in The Forum in Los Angeles. The awards show gathers some of the biggest names in the music industry today to honour them with an award. DJ Khaled and Hailey Baldwin hosted the amazing not to miss show. The awards also had an incredible line-up set to perform. These people included: Camila Cabello , Cardi B, Ed Sheeran, Maroon 5, Charlie Puth and The Backstreet Boys.

Some types of awards given out were, Best Solo Singers, Best Girl/ Boy bands, Best fan army , Breakthrough artist , Latin artist etc. These awards went to:

Song of the Year

• Shape of you, Ed Sheeran

Female Artist of The Year

• Taylor Swift

Male Artist of The Year

• Ed Sheeran 

Best New Artist

• Cardi B

Best Duo / Group of The Year

• Maroon 5

Best Collaboration

• Something Just Like This, The Chainsmokers and Coldplay

Best Fan Army

• BTS, BTS Army 

Cutest Musicians Pet

• Toulouse, Ariana Grande 

Best Boy Band

• BTS

Best Remix

• Little Mix & CNCO 

That night, Pop-sensation Taylor Swift, premiered her new music video at the award show for her song ‘Delicate’ off her sixth studio album ‘Reputation’. The video was shown after Taylor won the award for best female artist.

BTS were nominated for these awards and won them both! They did not get to attend the awards ceremony in LA for their own reasons, that they may be too busy creating their new album, ‘Face Yourself’. Many people are looking forward to this new album which releases on April 4th.

A new category that was added this years was ‘Cutest Musician’s Pet’ which was won by one of Ariana Grande’s dog Toulouse. Ariana has 8 dogs that she adopts from rescue shelters. Ariana did not attend the award show as she is currently working on her 4th album but she sent in a video of Toulouse saying thank you for the award. Ariana and Toulouse celebrated the award with friends and family with balloons and a cake saying ‘Congratulations Toulouse’!

New popstar, Camila Cabello, performed her hit single ‘Havana’ in style. She won. Later she won an award and made a powerful speech about never giving up on pursuing your dreams. Camila Cabello pursued her dream as a solo pop artist as she used to be in a girl band called ‘Fifth Harmony’ but left the group to make her debut album Camila early this year.

Aria and Elisa (Year 8)

Gemma, a student here at Chantry, is raising funds for her gymnastics trip to Malta. We are helping her through the journey right until her flight but this trip is mostly relying on funds. Therefore we’re helping her fundraise. Starting by raising awareness for the cause. We are arranging a bake sale around the 23th of March to raise money for this trip.

Q: So what are you going to be doing in Malta?
A: I will be doing an international gymnastic competition and then doing a five day camp.

Q: How many people are competing with you?
A: There will be 9 people going from my gymnastic club including myself.

Q: Will you be competing all four pieces?
A: Yes, I will be competing beam, bars, floor and vault.

Q: Which one is your favourite?
A: Definitely floor.

Q: What makes you like floor the most?
A: Because it shows off people’s personalities and almost everyone’s floor routines are unique to them.

Thank you for your time and good luck!

By Katie and Emily (Year 8)
Featuring Gemma

Mary Poppins Returns is out in cinemas on December 21st, 2018 in the UK. It is set in the 1930s and Jane and Michael are all grown up.  Michael has three children: Annabel, George and John; they live in Cherry Tree Lane in the same house as Michael growed up in. They live with a housekeeper called Ellen.

Cast

• Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins
• Ben Whishaw as Michael Banks
• Emily Mortimer as Jane Banks
• Pixie Davies as Annabel Banks
• Joel Dawson as George Banks
• Nathanael Saleh as John Banks

This Mary Poppins has a range of thoughts on it some people think their shouldn’t be another one but some people think it is a great idea. Emily Blunt is such a inspiration to young women who want to act or get their voice heard.

Imogen (Year 7)