Seventh Annual Lit Quiz

4th May 2017Mrs K Shutler

owlOur 7th Annual Lit Quiz will be held at Chantry on the afternoon of Friday, May 19th, starting at 1:30pm and finishing by 4:15pm.

This literary competition gives children who’ve always loved to read a chance to display their knowledge and win prizes for it!

Topics will be very wide-ranging and teams can expect questions on every type of fiction, including comic strips, picture books and the classics as well as current popular novels. There will be a Pictionary round and, as knowledge is acquired from reading, there may be a little general knowledge thrown in as well!

There will be five rounds of themed questions to be answered in teams of four students. Between the rounds there will be opportunities for individual prizes to be won. The rules will be similar to those of the national Kids’ Lit Quiz competition.

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Lingucast Day Out at Newcastle Uni

3rd May 2017L Dickinson

20170426_144813Some of our Year 7s went to a Lingucast languages day at Newcastle University last week. The day promoted the benefits of learning a language and where they may lead you to after your school career.

“It was an amazing day and I learned so many new things – I can now greet people in quite a few different languages!” Abi Barrass

“We had a Korean taster session which I absolutely loved. Although their alphabet is completely different to ours, Helen taught us a few tricks to help remember which symbols make which sound. It was challenging but has made me interested in learning such an unusual language in the future.” Alice Hepton

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Students write their way to success!

3rd May 2017L Dickinson

IMG_2884Nearly 80 students from Chantry entered this year’s Rotary Club writing competition; students wrote creatively on the theme of ‘Reflection’.

The judges of the competition were so impressed with the wide range of imaginative responses they received and head judge, Simon Foley, said: “What has really impressed us is the quality of writing.  All the individuals who took part must be congratulated.  Reading the entries was interesting, entertaining and exciting by turn.  The range and variety of responses is remarkable and very encouraging.”

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Ich spreche Deutsche

28th April 2017L Dickinson

20170406_103309Our MFL department played host to Claire Brown and Grace Dodds before the Easter break. As primary teaching students at Newcastle University, they spent a few days in Chantry to see how languages are taught in our school. They then did some German taster sessions for some of our Year 6 and 7 pupils.

“Our Languages placement at Chantry was a really fun and informative experience. We were able to observe the teaching of a variety of different languages then teach our own German lessons! The children were all incredibly enthusiastic about the sessions and did extremely well – it is clear they enjoy learning different languages. I now feel more confident about teaching MFL myself, and look forward to doing so in my next placement.” Claire Brown.

Amy Sparham, Y6: “I enjoyed learning a bit of German, particularly how to greet people in different situations.”

Jay Pearson, Y7: “We currently do French and Spanish so it was great to add a third language into the mix. Sehr gut!”

Lewis Beattie, Y6: “I think knowing how to speak other languages is a really useful skill to have. I would like to go travelling when I am older and be able to talk to people in French or German.”

Bronze Arts Awards

28th April 2017L Dickinson

IMG_5218The Bronze Arts Awards pupils’ fantastic work is up on display at the Laing Art Gallery alongside other schools from throughout the region as part of the ARTiculate project. This is a culmination of several workshops on visual literacy and digital photo editing with the Laing education team and local photographer, Nicola.

They enjoyed a wonderful preview evening on 27th April with students showing their work to friends and family. The comments book included  ‘ Lovely to see the students’ work exhibited so professionally, thank you’, ‘Well done guys the work is really individual and well executed’ and ‘ I have really enjoyed the whole experience of Arts Award as I was so free to do whatever I wanted’.
The pupils’ work will be on display at the Laing until May 22nd.
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Trout Ticklers

24th April 2017Mrs K Shutler

Well done to everyone who fished as part of the Trout Ticklers at Thrunton on Saturday 8 April. It was a lovely day – the scenery was spectacular and the sun was shining.

Although not idea conditions, everyone enjoyed the day and three fish were caught – one by Joseph Jackson and two by Ryan Foggin.

We look forward to our next visit to Thrunton on 6 May – more information
to follow.

 

Operation Encompass

11th April 2017Mrs K Shutler

Operation Encompass is a new innovative project in which schools in Northumberland are participating, and which is run in partnership with Northumberland County Council and Northumbria Police. Many other Local Authorities, both nationally and locally have successfully implemented Operation Encompass.

Operation Encompass which commences on 3rd April 2017, aims to support children and young people who are affected by domestic abuse. Witnessing domestic abuse is really distressing for a child or young person, who often see the abuse, hear it from another room, see a parent’s injuries or distress afterwards or can be physically hurt by trying to stop the abuse.

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