Poet visit

11th June 2015Mrs K Shutler

poetYear 7 got their creative juices flowing in DLE during a workshop with local poet Matt Miller.

Pupils produced a class poem together about what makes them happy and then did some free-writing where they just let the pen go wherever their minds took them. They finished off with a performance session and learnt how to project their voices when delivering something to an audience.

Matt was very complimentary about our pupils. “Working with two separate groups of year 7 pupils at Chantry Middle School last Friday was a joy. In the time I had with each group, it was clear to see that there were inspiring levels of confidence, talent and willingness to share amongst the students, with some highly imaginative writing produced in a short space of time.”

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Deep Learning Experience

28th January 2015J Edwards

CPRAs part of our DLE carousel, year 7 students get the opportunity to learn life saving skills through 6 weekly sessions of first aid lead by Mrs Wilson.

During the lessons students gain an understanding of key principles of first aid from how to make and emergency call to administering CPR and bandaging different types of wounds.

The students are visited by Mrs Carrick, a member of Newcastle’s RVI Trauma Team, who talks to the students about careers in a hospital environment as well as providing demonstrations of CPR, recovery position and how to deal with a person who is choking.

The sessions are a hands on, interactive way of learning and students not only enjoy these sessions but find they are gaining skills for life.

More information about hands only CPD can be found here.