This is an innovative project in which schools and colleges in Northumberland are participating, and which is run in partnership with Northumberland County Council and Northumbria Police. For more information click here.
Chantry Mini Police really enjoyed travelling in the police riot van as they visited Bedlington Police Station to find out more about their new role. They were in for a shock when Mr Johnson was arrested by Police Officers Dave & Ed, put in handcuffs and locked in the police cell! They were told lots of interesting facts about what would happen if this were for real! They were shown around the custody suite before meeting a range of people who work in the station and keep us safe in our communities. They would like to thank Police Officers Dave & Ed for organising the morning and are looking forward to their next deployment on Saturday 17th November at the Switching On of the Christmas Lights in Morpeth Town Centre. Look out for them there!
Please click here to see the updated list of extra curricular activities happening in school.
We are delighted to welcome Christy Scott-Shirley, Lauren Robinson & Millie Maloney to Chantry Middle School this half term. Christy & Lauren are on their first PGCE teaching placement from the University of Northumbria and are working in Year 6. Millie is also working in Year 6 and training through the School Direct programme with the Three Rivers Teaching Alliance, for which Chantry is the primary lead school. If you would like further information please contact Sue Brown, Lead Professional for Primary School Direct by emailing 3rts@the3rivers. You can find out more information by visiting our Teaching Alliance website – please click here
Thank you for all the fantastic contributions for the Wansbeck Valley Food Bank. The donations were collected this afternoon by two volunteers from the organisation who thanked the students and parents for their magnificent generosity. If you would like more information about this local organisation please visit www.wansbeckvalleyfoodbank.org. They will accept donations throughout the year. Thank you once again
If your child is starting school or transferring to a different phase of education in September 2019 you need to apply for a place.
Congratulations to Joshua, Eva, Abbey, William, Anna, Oscar, Martha, Adam, Sofia & Max who have been chosen to represent Chantry as Mini Police for 2018/19. We were overwhelmed by the number of applications for these 10 positions – all children wrote very good job applications and it was very difficult to make the final decision. The children will work with CSO Dave Johnston over the next year in their new roles. We were delighted to welcome Peroni and Punch from the Mounted Police section of Northumbria Police to school today. The mini police will be on duty at the Switch On of the Morpeth Christmas Lights and will be visiting Bedlington Police Station to find out more about the work of the police.
A massive well done to Scout, Ryan, Rhys, Andrew, Kody, Lara, Matthew, Lucy, Jess & Sev who have now retired from the mini police. They have throroughly enjoyed their year in post and count the visit to the police helicopter and being on duty at the Coca Cola Truck Visit to Morpeth as amongst their highlights. CSO Johnston is very proud of you all!
The minutes from the last PTA meeting can be found here.
The date of the next meeting is Tuesday 27th November 2018 at 7pm.
The Three Rivers joint Ceilidh Band (Newminster, Chantry and Dr Thomlinson Middle Schools) were lucky enough to have had a workshop with the incredible folk musician Sophy Ball on Tuesday 16th October 2018. Not only is Sophy a professional folk musician but she is an arranger. KEVI music department asked Sophy if she could create an arrangement of Ceilidh Tunes especially for the Middle school bands to perform using money donated at the joint Three Rivers Ceilidh last year.
Wonderful music making and we are looking forward to the next Three River Ceilidh in February 2019.
Year 5 pupils entered the world of Lord Armstrong during a recent visit to Cragside. They enjoyed exploring his home, which is full of his ingenious gadgets and inventions. Pupils also enjoyed dressing up as Victorians and playing with traditional toys used at the time. Their favourite activity by far was making lemon barley water because: “it tasted delicious!”
