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On Tuesday 4th April the students of Newminster and Chantry Middle Schools collaborated to perform a spectacular evening of music.
There were performances from the Newminster and Chantry steel pan, jazz, ceilidh, samba, guitar and brass ensembles and a guest performance by the KEVI Community Jazz Band.
The following classes have earned a non school uniform day on Friday
Best attendance – 5C, 6C, 7N, 8HU.
Most class points – 5R, 6G, 7S, 8S.
The Year 5 annual residential trip to Hawkhirst Scout Activity Centre takes place on 22nd – 24th May 2017.
Click here for a useful booklet about the Hawkhirst trip.
You can see below the presentation that was shared with parents at our recent Hawkhirst parents’ information evening.
Tuesday 4th April 2017 at 6:30pm in the Chantry Middle School Hall
The Newminster and Chantry ensembles joined by the KEVI Community Jazz Band are performing in a Musical Ensemble Evening on Tuesday 4th April in the Chantry Hall to showcase the wonderful musicians we have here in Morpeth.
There will be performances from the joint middle schools Jazz Band, Ceilidh Band, Samba Band, Guitar Ensembles and Steel Pan Bands along with a guest performance from the KEVI Community Jazz Band.
Tickets for this event can be purchased on the door on the night and will be priced at £2 children £3 adults.
Refreshments will be on sale during the interval.
We do hope you can join us and look forward to seeing you there.
Monday 19th June – 6:30pm, Tuesday 20th June – 6:30pm
Performances in Chantry Hall.
Pupils at Newminster and Chantry have been rehearsing ready to perform the musical ‘The Rocky Monster Show’ in June.
Tickets will be available for the ‘The Rocky Monster Show’ performances at the school offices from Monday 15th May (strictly morning break times only). The tickets are priced at £4 adult and £3 child / OAP.
About the ‘The Rocky Monster Show’…
Bizarre, anarchic and very funny, this Rock ‘n’ Roll musical is a riotous mix of the Addams Family, Young Frankenstein and Phantom of the Opera, with Rebecca and The Rocky Horror Show thrown in for good measure!
Baron Frankenstein’s descendant, and ex-pop star turned professor of Genetics, creates DNA moulds of people in his computer. How these moulds come to life as the ultimate Rock Group, headed by a clone of Elvis himself is the highlight of the hilarious plot.
More traditional monsters also add spice to the explosive mixture. Audience and cast will love the Rock ‘n’ Roll score, much of which is an affectionate send-up of the 60’s.
Congratulations to Alex H, Rebecca and Alex B in Year 7 who were our winners of the French Spelling Bee Round Two.
These students successfully spelt the most French words – using the French alphabet – from a list of 100 in one minute.
They move onto the regional heat of the competition in May where they will face competitors from schools all over the North-East.
In previous years, we have had pupils from Chantry make it through to the Nationals in Cambridge so fingers crossed we can repeat that success. Bravo to all of our competitors who took part in the nail-biting heats.
Please note that there are no more after school practical sessions for those students currently taking part in the CREST Awards. The students should be completing their reports at home, using the template form they have all been provided with.Students are reminded that they will only receive the CREST Award if their report is completed to a good standard. If anyone needs any help with their report they should speak to Dr Jackson.
Students should return their completed reports to Dr Jackson as soon as possible. He will check them and provide feedback before submitting them for marking.
Well done and congratulations to Sam who represented our school at the British Schools’ Modern Biathlon Championships.
He qualified at a regional event run by Pentathlon GB in Hexham and casm 18th out of 73 in the under 13 boys category.
The event took place at Crystal Palace, London on Sunday 26 March.
He swam 100m freestyle in a new personal best of 1:08:91 in a long course 50m pool; ran 1600m, also in a new personal best of 5:43:35. His times were converted into 2323 points.
The Wansbeck Music Festival Steel Pan competition took place in the KEVI School on Saturday 25th March 2017. Newminster and Chantry Middle School pupils performed extremely well and the results were as follows.
First places:
Under 11 Band – Chantry Steel A
Under 11 Soloist – Ruby Houseman-Wilkinson (Newminster)
Under 11 Ensemble – Thomas, Pippi and Erin (Newmnster)
Under 13 Soloist – Charlie Haliford (Newminster)
Under 13 Ensemble – Lydia, Lottie and Eleanor (Chantry)
Second Places:
Under 11 Band Second – Newminster Steel A
Under 11 Soloist – Simone Syndercombe (Newminster)
Under 11 Ensemble – Naomi and Georgia (Chantry)
Under 13 Band – Newminster B
Under 13 Ensemble – Florence and Millie (Chantry)
Well done to everyone who took part.
