Visit to Piramal Healthcare

8th June 2015Mrs K Shutler
DSCF5156Year 7 students have been learning more about careers in the STEM sector, by visiting local pharmaceutical company Piramal Healthcare.During their afternoon visit, the students received an introductory talk about the company before visiting the Quality Control labs, trying their hand at paper chromatography and seeing how an electron microscope works.

Speaking after the visit, Glen in 7C said: “It was good because you learnt about why medicines were made the way they were. We also saw some of the different equipment used by the scientists there.”

A big thank you to Dr Paul Nott and his colleagues at Piramal for hosting our visit.

5th Annual Mini Literary Quiz

5th June 2015Mrs K Shutler

Lit QuizOur 5th Annual Mini Lit Quiz will be held at Chantry on the afternoon of Friday June 26 finishing at 4pm.  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!

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Careers Afternoon

4th June 2015J Edwards

On Wednesday 3 June Chantry hosted our first careers fair for the entire school. We attracted 21 visitors to run workshops for all year groups. We were delighted that 6 of our visitors were parents and one was a previous Chantry student. Thank you to all of the visitors that took part.

vetYear 5 the student workshops were led by:
  • Mr Chatterton from IHC Merwede
  • Mr Able from Nissan
  • Mrs Fish from Alnorthumbria Veterinary Practice
  • Mr Nainby from Northumbria Police
  • Mr Mein, a motor mechanic
Year 6 student workshops were led by:police2
  • Mr Bramley from the BBC
  • Mr Drinnan from the NHS
  • Mr Parekh from Accenture
  • Mrs Watmore from Manchester College
  • Mrs Norris from Northumberland College
carYear 7 student workshops were led by:
  • Mr Yates from Hewlett Packard
  • Mrs Jones from the NSPCC
  • Ms Desai from Wansbeck Hospital
  • Mrs Howe from Northumbria Police
  • Mr Jeffrey from the NHS
Year 8 student workshops were led by:
  • Mr Moorhead & Ms McCallum from Northumbria Police
  • Mrs Williams from the NHS
  • Mr Naylor from Henry Colbeck Ltd
  • Mrs Donnelly from the NHS

Art Competition

3rd June 2015Mrs K Shutler

IMG_1966Key stage 3 pupils from Newminster and Chantry have been working hard creating Paintings reflecting life in Morpeth for the Strutt and Parker art competition.

Watch out for the winners in July.

Click to see more images.

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Big Bang Science Showcase Event

2nd June 2015Mrs K Shutler

BB1Since the start of the year, twenty-one Year 7 students have been working towards the British Science Association’s Bronze CREST Award in special after-school sessions.

On 22 March, we hosted a special showcase event, for students to present their completed projects and discuss ideas with professional scientists and engineers.

BB2The standard of work was very high and we’re pleased to confirm that all of the students’ project work has been selected for exhibition at the regional Big Bang Science Fair in July.

Well done to all of the students involved and a big thank you to everyone who supported the event.

Rugby Report

1st June 2015Mrs K Shutler

Cheviot Final v Kings-2015-04-30-069This year has been hugely successful for the Cheviot rugby team. I have already written about the various successes this year but now the season is officially over I would to congratulate all the boys who represented the U13 school team this year. The trophy cabinet is looking extremely healthy once again after successfully winning The County Cup, The TSSSA Cup and the NSB 7’s.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the parents for their continued commitment and support as well as kind donations throughout the year which includes new playing kit, t-shirts and medals. The school has never been so well supported at home and away fixtures so thank you.

The school is now building its reputation nicely and I am hoping to see a high number of new players training next year. The U12’s started off really well this year but due to lack of fixtures their season ended early. As of September they will be the top team and I am already busy sorting fixtures.

If you have played for the school already or are new to rugby please come along and give it a go because the better the commitment the more fixtures we are able to fulfil.

Finally I would like to thank the Head Teachers, all office staff and all staff members who have supported me this year, your help is always appreciated.

Tickets for We Will Rock You

By Mrs K Shutler19th May 2015

IMG_7093Tickets for We Will Rock You will go on general sale on Monday 1st June from the school offices break times only – Please support the students and all their hard work.Performances:

Performances:Monday 15th June

  • Monday 15 June
  • Tuesday 16 June
  • Wednesday 17 June

All performance start at 6:30pm in Chantry Hall

Adults £3
Children/Concessions £2

Morpeth Fair Day

By Mrs K Shutler18th May 2015

morpethmarketday-fpThe cast from We Will Rock You have been invited to perform on and in front of the Morpeth Fair main stage on Sunday 14th June at 11am in the Morpeth Square. Please come along and support them.

Any performers are to return their slips to Mrs Jones and Mrs Woolley by Friday 22nd May. Please arrive in costume supervised by a parent or carer at 10:45am. Mrs Woolley, Mr Johnson and Ms Jones will be waiting next to the stage. 

Thank you for your support and see you there.

Morpeth Town Art Competition

By Mrs K Shutler15th May 2015

Working across all schools in the Trust, Strutt & Parker have launched a competition for students to design a piece of artwork based on Morpeth’s town centre.

Strutt & Parker are a UK-wide estate agent and the winning entry will be displayed in their Morpeth branch.

Art comp