Careers Talk

22nd October 2015L Dickinson

IMG_3171Chantry 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;

https://youtu.be/yRPzaqymNvc


IMG_3160Joe 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.’

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Former Student in Children in Need Challenge

21st October 2015Mrs K Shutler

p0356f6dFormer KEVI and Chantry student Lucy Wox will be taking part in this years Rickshaw Challenge.

Lucy, 16, has cerebral palsy, deafness and sight problems but her buoyant personality and can do attitude have meant that this hasn’t held her back.

Doctors had originally thought she may never be able to walk or talk, but Lucy proved them wrong. For the last four years, she has attended the Cramlington Voluntary Youth Project (CVYP), a BBC Children in Need funded group that works with young people with disabilities. With support from the project, Lucy recently passed her Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award.

To help raise money for Children in Need young riders are biking across the country. This year’s team will cover a 470-mile journey from Land’s End to the East End to help fundraise for BBC Children in Need.

Lucy CiNShow Your Support

To support the challenge, you can donate either £5 or £10 by text. To donate £5 text the word TEAM to 70705 or to donate £10 text TEAM to 70710. Texts will cost your donation plus the standard network message charge. All of your donation will go to BBC Children in Need. You must be 16 or over and please ask for the bill payer’s permission. Here’s all the info and full terms and conditions.

We will be holding a non-uniform day on Friday 13 November.

Applications to KEVI for Year 9 2016

19th October 2015Mrs K Shutler

We would like to take this opportunity to invite parents and carers of all children in Year 8 to submit their application for The King Edward VI School, Morpeth before the deadline of 31 October.

Please follow this link to view our presentation to Year 8 parents.

We also welcome applications from parents and carers of children who are not currently in our feeder schools. Our projected numbers indicate that there will be spaces available from outside of the feeder schools so please indicate our school as preference if it is your first choice. If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact County Hall and ask for the School Admissions team.

Y8 see ‘Suffragette’ Movie

19th October 2015Mrs K Shutler

suffragette_1shtFollowing on from the work on democracy covered in citizenship lessons, our Year 8s took a trip to the cinema to see ‘Suffragette’.

“The movie showed what women’s rights used to consist of a hundred years ago, which was basically very little.  Before I watched the film, I didn’t realise how brutal the road was for women to get the vote and how hard the Suffragettes fought for equality.”  Jacob Russan-Pritchett

“It was a very interesting film and it has made me understand the struggles of women in the past.  I am very appreciative of what the Suffragettes went through to bring us things a lot of us we take very much for granted these days.”  Cara Wray

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KEVI chosen to help train the next generation of teachers

12th October 2015L Dickinson

NationalTeachingSchoolThe King Edward VI School has been selected to become a National Teaching School.

Teaching Schools take a leading role in recruiting and training new entrants to the profession, identifying leadership potential and providing support for other schools, not least by exemplifying excellent standards of teaching.

The King Edward VI School is one of 52 schools in England to be granted teaching school status in the latest round.

Introduced in 2011, Teaching Schools are all rated as “outstanding”. They work with partner schools in an alliance to ensure high quality school-led initial teacher training and professional development opportunities for teachers at all stages of their career.

They raise standards through supporting other schools, engage in research and development, and ensure that the most talented school leaders are spotted and supported to become successful headteachers.

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Tetrahedron workshop

9th October 2015J Edwards

Tetra Oct 20156C & 6F took part in a Tetrahedron workshop led by Business Ambassador for
Northumberland County Council, Carole Richards. Two Business Ambassadors supported the workshop. Miss Phillips represented GallifordTry, one of the UK’s leading housebuilding and construction groups and Mr Neal represented the legal department from Northumberland County Council.

The workshop is part of our Carers Education, Information and Guidance (CEIAG) and Enterprise programme of study. The experience aims to develop the students understanding of the world of work and develop their teamwork, organisation and entrepreneurial skills.

Grace and Izzy from 6C, enjoyed taking part and appreciated the opportunity for the whole class to work together as a team. They quickly realised that if they were going to be sucessful at the task that they had to co-operate with each other.

Congratulations to 6C for winning the competition after creating and testing an impressive structure.The other 2 year 6 classes will take part in the Tetrahedron workshop later in the year.

New Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Arrangements

9th October 2015L Dickinson

As of September 2014, a revised National Curriculum for England and Wales came into being. The schools of the Three Rivers Learning Trust have worked closely together to plan, write and deliver a new curriculum for our students. In 2014/15, the new curriculum was implemented with Years 5 and 7, in 2015/16 the new curriculum is being implemented with Years 6 and 8 and from 2016/17 the new curriculum will be implemented in Year 9.

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The World Marathon Challenge 2015

9th October 2015L Dickinson

StartChantry Middle School took part in the World Marathon Challenge on Wednesday 7th October at KEVI athletics track with students from Newminster Middle School and King Edward Vl High School.

The aim was to try and beat the World Marathon time: 2:02:57 men and 2:15:25 women, with student taking it in turns to run 200 metre legs to a total distance of 26.2 miles. 69 students took part and were split into an A team and a B team. It took 2hrs 4 mins for team B and 2hrs 7 mins for team A to complete the run. Our times were fed into the computer and we are waiting to hear how we performed nationally.

The weather was pretty miserable on the day so a great big thank you goes to all the students who took part in this fun event.

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European Day of Languages

5th October 2015L Dickinson

laure26th September was European Day of Languages. Every year, Routes into Languages North-East run a competition to celebrate the event. This year, the theme was Peace. Some of our pupils put forward entries to be sent off in hopes of winning the regional KS2 and KS3 titles. This inspirational drawing is by Year 8’s Laurie Blacklock. Good luck to all who entered and fingers crossed we will have a winner in our midst very soon. Bonne chance! ¡Buena suerta! Buona fortuna! Viel Glück! уда́ча! Szczęście!

A taste of China

30th September 2015L Dickinson

20150813_161943Nǐ hǎo!  Wǒ hén hăo!

This summer, some of our current Year 6 pupils spent an amazing week in Surrey on a Chinese immersion trip.  They stayed at Frensham Heights school and spent the mornings learning the language and the afternoon participating in cultural activities.  Parents and friends were invited down on the final day to watch a performance showcasing what went on over the week.

“We learnt Kung Fu and Tai Chi.  The instructor showed us how some moves in Tai Chi can be used as self defence.”  Joseph Jackson

“We did 3 hours of language learning a day.  It was intense but amazing as we went from not knowing any words in Mandarin to being able to have conversations with our teachers and each other.”  Lottie Glover-Stewart

“We had a go on lots of different traditional musical instruments.  I especially liked the Chinese guitar.  We also learnt a folk song which we sang on the final performance.”  Lewis Harmer

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