Canoeing, Kayaking, Stand up Paddling.
After School Club at Morpeth Riverside. More fun on the water!
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If you enjoy playing or are interested in playing Netball and in Year 5 or below Morpeth Junior Netball Club are looking to set up a new High 5 section.
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Students in KS3 Geography lessons have been learning about the importance of buying Fairtrade. In their English lessons they have written poems for the ‘Divine Chocolate Competition’ that highlight the importance of supporting Fairtrade. Here is one of the fabulous entries that Sam, in Year 8, wrote below:
Fair Trade Chocolate
The sight of the chocolate made his mouth water,
He thought of the Easter egg he’d bought for his daughter.
The price on the chocolate was only 99p,
But the cost that was paid was more than that fee.
The money was paid and went into the till,
He was happy with his purchases, happy until…
His daughter saw the chocolate and he saw her smile fade,
When she spotted the chocolate wasn’t Fairtrade.
The daughter said what she was taught at school,
That nothing about chocolate was fair at all.
African farmers, they toil in the fields,
Work night and day to keep up the yields.
They harvest the beans, dry them off in the sun,
And never have time to have any fun.
At the end of the season they look what’s been made,
To check in their wallets, they’ve barely been paid!
With fair trade in action, the farmers are smiling,
The harvest is in the beans, they are piling.
The quality is higher and the prices are fair,
With money in their pocket, they take much more care.
His daughter convinced him that Fairtrade is best,
With respect to the farmers, it passes the test.
He returned to the shop to get back what he paid,
And the shopkeeper asked him, ‘So what is Fairtrade?’
Sam Best – Year 8
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Thank you to those parents who attended the PTA meeting on Tuesday 21st May. There are lots of events planned for the remainder of the year.
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On Thursday 23rd May, Key Stage 2 pupils will be meeting Robin Stevens, award-winning author of the Murder Most Unladylike series, and will be able to buy signed and personally dedicated copies of all her books, featured below.
Agatha Christie meets Malory Towers in these thrilling detective mysteries set between the two World Wars. Neatly plotted, they have plenty of twists and a particularly engaging narrator in Hazel. Linking the books is the development of the two central characters, Wells and Wong, which is as fascinating as the crimes they strive to solve.
Blackwells Bookshop will be selling all the books on the day for a discounted cash purchase price of £5.00. Please note that we cannot, therefore, accept cheques.
The event promises to be exciting and inspiring and we are very much looking forward to it!
All of Chantry’s Year 8 pupils were given the opportunity to spend time with representatives from Northumberland Fire and Rescue Services as well as the Environment Agency. The workshop was aimed to raise awareness of water safety and provided the pupils with the opportunity to practise some safety training techniques as they were shown how to throw the line and how to wear a safety vest. The event was a huge success and feedback from Chantry pupils said they “enjoyed the chance to learn how to throw the line,” “it was exciting to try out some of the life-saving equipment” and “understood that it was important to be stay safe when near the water.” We would like to say thank you to both Northumberland Fire and Rescue Services and the Environment Agency for taking the time to join us at Chantry.
We would like to say a huge thank you to Freja, Jack Gebhard (the Mayor of Morpeth) and Wendy Fail (from Groundwork NE and Cumbia) for taking the time to join us at Chantry to raise our awareness and understanding of the problems caused by plastic misuse. We were encouraged to think about how we could become ‘plastic clever’ and reduce our use of single-use plastics both at school and at home. So how can you help? Could you use a reusable water bottle rather than a plastic bottle? Use a bag for life rather than a single use plastic bag? Help join in with a little pick in the local area? By working together we can all make a difference.
Some students in year 8 visited EDF’s Nuclear Power Station in Hartlepool as a satellite event of British Science Week. Students found out more about how a gas cooled nuclear reactor works and saw how safety was the overriding priority on site. During the tour students got to see the reactor, boiler, turbines, condenser and transformer. They also found out about the 3 categories of nuclear waste and how the waste is processed.
