Chantry were delighted to be able to welcome Joe Slater, Dhillan Bhardwaj and Hussain Manawer for a careers talk this week to Years 7 & 8.
Joe Slater is an English singer-songwriter originally from Liverpool. Since 2013, Joe has appeared as character Lenny Brown on the BBC Drama ‘Waterloo Road’ With musical inspirations hailing from The Beatles to Oasis, Joe confidently plays five instruments including the piano,
guitar, bass, drums and ukulele. Here is a YouTube link of him below;
Joe was accompanied by 18 year old entrepreneur and designer Dhillan Bhardwaj. Dhillan has had an interesting journey which has taken him from designing t-shirts in his garage, to Number 10 Downing Street. From clothing Miley Cyrus to drinking tea with the Prime Minister, Dhillan Bhardwaj, is living his dream. In the last two years he has opened his own store, employed 30 people, and has a turnover of over £1million. His determination has helped him to succeed in his market, and his story is quite remarkable. Check out the press links below;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-26607825
Finally we were fortunate enough to have Hussain in school who is most well known for his You Tube channel called ‘Hussain’s House’. In his short videos he is often seen interviewing celebrities such as Kevin Hart and Joey Essex as well as appearing on an episode of Eastenders. Hussain has also won the chance to be one of three young ambassadors to go into space in 2018, due to his hard work and commitment to inspiring young people around the world.
Our students found the message simply inspiring as the visitors shared their own personal stories about their education and how they have been gained success in such a short amount of time.
The students at Chantry said;
‘It was inspirational and fascinating because we could easily relate to them all’
‘It was really interesting and everyone was keen to listen, it was great that they showed interest in us and our thoughts.’
Last week Year 5 took part in a team building day at Kirkley Hall. Activities included team games, zip line, an assault course, archery, climbing and orienteering to name but a few! The students had an amazing day and it gave them the opportunity to get to know their new peer group. It was a great start to life at Chantry.
Chantry Year 7 students Miriam Cummins and Stephanie Shek have qualified for the National Science and Engineering Competition finals, which will be held in Birmingham in March 2016.
wenty-one Chantry Year 7 students attended the annual Big Bang North East Fair at Northumbria University on 7th July.
Northumberland County Council, Carole Richards. Four Business Ambassadors supported the workshop. Miss Phillips, Employment and Skills Manager and Miss Gray, Sales & Marketing Graduate both represented GallifordTry, one of the UK’s leading housebuilding and construction groups. Mr Walker, Policy Officer for Public Health represented Northumberland County Council.
learning about all of the different sports clubs and societies at the University and Aria Donaldson in 5I liked finding out about the wide range of courses on offer at University and was particularly interested in all of the options within the School of Creative Arts. 
Year 7 student workshops were led by: