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Solar Eclipse & our own happy snapper

20th March 2015Mrs K Shutler

Chantry students took a break from normal lessons on Friday 20 March to observe the solar eclipse taking place in the sky above.

Students assembled on the back yard with their solar viewers, welding masks and pinhole cameras. Such a rare cosmic coincidence had to be experienced first hand.

Despite cloud obscuring the view, we were able to see the magical moment when almost 95% of the Sun was blocked out by the passing Moon. For 3 or 4 minutes an eerie silence fell across the yard as the sky darkened and the Sun appeared to smile.

Year 8’s David Dowson has a keen interest in photography and took some amazing shots of the eclipse.

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House Matches

20th March 2015Mrs K Shutler

House matches take place next week. See below for further details:

Day	Period	Year Group
Monday	4 & 5	6
Wednesday	4 & 5	5
Thursday	4 & 5	8
Friday	2 & 3	7

Y5 & Y6 will be doing football and handball. Team sheets are on the PE notice board.

Y7 & Y8 girls – netball and boys – football

All pupils must wear house coloured PE kit.

Please get changed at lunch time and when the bell rings for afternoon lesson go to the gym and sit down.

The International Festival of Culture

18th March 2015Mrs K Shutler

Some of our Year 8s went to The International Festival of Culture at Newcastle University. The event promotes the importance of languages both in education and the wider world.

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

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Easter Disco

18th March 2015Mrs K Shutler

Tuesday 24 March, Chantry

7pm – 8:30pm, Chantry School Hall

Skiing 2015

13th March 2015Mrs K Shutler

Some of our Year 8 students are off to Alpe d’Huez, France this week.

Follow their adventures here:

#CMSski15 Tweets

Steel Pan Band at Wansbeck Music Festival

13th March 2015Mrs K Shutler

Good luck to all the Steel Pan groups who are performing in the Wansbeck Music Festival on Wednesday 18th March.

This takes place at The King Edward VI School in the Lower School Hall at 5pm.

There is a small charge by the Wansbeck Festival at the door for anyone who would like to go along and support them.

Find out more about the Wansbeck Music Festival on their website.

Magistrates’ Court Mock Trial Competition

13th March 2015Mrs K Shutler

On Saturday, a group of Year 8 students attended the Magistrates’ Court Mock Trial at South East Northumberland Law Courts in Bedlington. This is the fourth year that we have competed in the local heat and were winners in 2013 & 2014. We competed against teams from Dukes Middle, Seaton Sluice Middle, Whitley Bay High & Cramlington Learning Village.

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Readathon 2015

12th March 2015Mrs K Shutler

Today saw the launch of this year’s Readathon – a whole school initiative which aims to improve the lives of seriously ill children through sponsored reading.

We are encouraging all pupils to join in for the next two weeks and read as much as they can whilst raising money for the following charities: CLIC Sargent, Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity and Together for Short Lives.

Pupils can read anything: books, comics, e-books, magazines, fiction, non-fiction …. the list is endless. All that we ask is that they ask family and friends to sponsor them in their reading. Any amount raised will be fantastic All pupils will receive a Sponsor Card which contains full details on how to complete. If you are sponsoring, please don’t forget to fill in all the details for Gift Aid – this enables the charities to claim an additional 25% from the Government.

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