5B & 5I took part in an enterprise activity led by Business Ambassador, Carole Richards. A number of Business Ambassadors supported the session form HMRC & DWP.
Students worked in teams of 6 to design and manufacture products and agreed their roles within each company group. Students experienced being a Sales Executive, General Manager, Buyer, Production Worker, Accountant or Quality Controller.
All students developed their leadership, decision-making, negotiating, teamwork and listening skills during the session as well as learning about the world of work and employability. Well done to Evie, Daisy, Robbie, Eve & Owen for being on the winning team.
5N and 5R will take part in Clowning Around on Friday the 19th of January.
Parents, teachers and students have been given the opportunity to help shape the new Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) curriculum.
In 2017, legislation was passed by Parliament to make relationships education compulsory in all primary schools and sex and relationship education compulsory in all secondary schools. The curriculum for the subject is also being updated.
Staff and students from our school are taking part in this year’s Morpeth Pantomime Society’s production The New Adventures of Alice from 25-27 January.
As part of DLE on a Friday afternoon, 7M took part in an enterprise project in conjunction with “The Key” and “Leading Link”. The project is a real experience of creating an enterprising idea, persuading a Dragons Den style panel to invest up to £125 per team, making the product and then selling the product.
The children were split into groups in September and they all had to take on a role within their groups: project manager, finance manager, sales manager to name a few. They then brainstormed and researched their business ideas. As they knew they would be selling their products at a children’s Christmas market in December, the theme very quickly became Christmas for all five teams.
Lydia said “I found cooperating as a team was difficult at this stage because everyone in the group had their own ideas and we had to try and narrow it down once we knew what we could buy.”
Lewis said “The finance manager had a hard job. We nearly didn’t get finished in time and we couldn’t have got the money if we didn’t finish but Miss Mackenzie helped and we made it in time.”
Once they had decided on their business idea they then needed to research, cost and work out potential profits before standing in front of a Dragon’s Den style panel. The aim of which is to persuade them to invest up to a maximum of £125 per group. It was a nerve wrecking time as this was something most of the children had not done before. Thankfully, all teams were successful and could therefore proceed with ordering their items.
Benji said “I enjoyed presenting our ideas to the Dragon’s Den panel.”
Joe said “I was quite nervous during the Dragon’s Den panel, answering the questions was difficult and trying to explain the amount of profit we would make!”
Once the deliveries arrived, the excitement built and the productions lines began. There was glitter, ribbon and Christmas packaging galore as all the children worked extremely hard to get their products made, priced and packaged within the time frame.
On Saturday 9th December, the children attended a Christmas Market in Morpeth Market Place which was made up of stalls run entirely by school children. The children had a great time and learnt an awful lot. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed by buying products or simply coming along and talking with the children about their products.
Sienna said “I most enjoyed selling the products at the market because people got to see what we do at Chantry Middle School and what we had made. There were children from King Edward VI High School too we could show what middle school children are capable of.”
George said “I really enjoyed our time at the market and persuading people to buy our products. I stayed most of the day as I was enjoying it so much!”
The children also sold their products at the Christmas Fayre in school. The total amount of money will be totalled soon but it looks as though this will be around £500. The children would like to invest some of this money on improving the KS3 outdoor space as well as donating money to a charity which is important to them. Further information to follow in due course.
Lucas said “Thank you to The Key and Paul, Julie and Lyn from Leading Link. We couldn’t have done it without you!”
Please find below information about the expansion of the Trust from April 2018, to include Thropton First School, Harbottle First School and Dr Thomlinson Middle.
Chantry and Newminster choir performed the Christmas musical ‘Miracle Child’ to a packed church full of parents, carers, governors, staff and friends of the schools at St James Church on Wednesday 20th December.
The story …
There were two ‘miracle children’ in the heart-warming Christmas musical ‘Miracle Child’: one was obviously the baby born at Bethlehem, but the other is materialistic Rikki, who is transformed as she learns the importance of giving.
What does the Christmas story mean to self-centred Rikki, 2000+ years after the miracle of Jesus’ birth? ‘Miracle Child’ begins with a family party on Christmas Eve, and Rikki expecting loads of presents – but having forgotten to find something to give her parents.
She attempts to sort out the problem in time for Christmas Day…
A poignant, entertaining and modern take on the Christmas story.
Simon Taylor, CEO of The Three Rivers Learning Trust said “Last night’s concert was superb! Well done to everyone involved with the production.”
As part of The Three Rivers Road Safety Committee, we are asking parents to be more considerate when parking on Mitford Road at the beginning and end of the school day.
Did you know we have a Student Newspaper? There’s been some new additions to the page including reviews, stories and poems! Click here to see the stories from our reporters.
Check back each week to see what they’ve been up to. The page is in the Student menu.
As part of DLE on a Friday afternoon, 7M took part in an enterprise project in conjunction with “The Key” and “Leading Link”. The project is a real experience of creating an enterprising idea, persuading a Dragons Den style panel to invest up to £125 per team, making the product and then selling the product.
Once the deliveries arrived, the excitement built and the productions lines began. There was glitter, ribbon and Christmas packaging galore as all the children worked extremely hard to get their products made, priced and packaged within the time frame.
There were two ‘miracle children’ in the heart-warming Christmas musical ‘Miracle Child’: one was obviously the baby born at Bethlehem, but the other is materialistic Rikki, who is transformed as she learns the importance of giving.
