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THE LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES FROM RED HOUSE SCHOOL SPRING 2014

ISSUE NO. 35

THE NO.1 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL IN THE AREADEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION 2013 PERFORMANCE TABLES

NO.1 CO-EDUCATIONAL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL IN ENGLAND*SUNDAY TIMES PARENT POWER 2013 LEAGUE TABLES*Ranked No 1 co-ed independent school, without a 6th form, in England in the Sunday Times Parent Power 2013 League Tables

Investment in Technology | Olympic Winter Torch

Ancient Greece | PTA News | Sports Round Up

“WE ARE DELIGHTED TO MAINTAIN OUR RANKING AS THE NO.1 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL IN OUR AREA IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION PERFORMANCE TABLES AND TO ACHIEVE THE TOP POSITION, WITHIN OUR CATEGORY, IN THE SUNDAY TIMES LEAGUE TABLES. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE ON THIS TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT.”MR ALEX TAYLOR, HEADMASTER

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

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HARVEST FESTIVAL

A staggering 357.5kg of food was donated to our Harvest Festival collection at the Prep & Senior School.This was given to Bil l ingham Food Bank

which provides emergency food and

suppor t to local people in cr isis . The

Nurser y & Infant School also held a

Har vest Ser vice , which raised £390 for

the Omwabini Project in Kenya.

CHILDREN IN NEEDYear 10 organised a guess the name of Pudsey’s brother, a Pudsey treasure hunt and a cake stall .

They also sold Children in Need

merchandise , held a tombola, a raff le

and a spotted non-uniform day.

Nurser y & Infant pupils dressed up in

outfits themed ‘What I would l ike to be

when I grow up’.

They sold delicious cakes and

performed an enter taining dance

routine . The teacher s also got involved

and wowed the audience with their

dance moves!

HOSPITAL VISITPupils from Year 10 & 11 visited the Stroke & Rehabilitation ward to deliver Christmas presents to patients.

The patients were delighted to see

them and enjoyed l istening to their

performance of Chr istmas carols.

EMERGENCY BAGS

The Nursery & Infant Pupil Council supported St. Mary’s Church Mothers Union, by gathering essential items for emergency toiletry bags, which are given to people who are unexpectedly admitted to hospital.

JUSTICE FIRST

Year 9 held a collection for Justice First, a charity which provides support to those seeking asylum in the UK.

HOMESTART

Years 4-6 donated toys for children supported by Home-Start, a charity that helps families on Teesside.

HOPE NORTH EAST

Year 7 collected enough food for twenty parcels to be made which the charity, Hope North East, distributed to local people that are homeless or living in temporary accommodation.

HARBOUR REFUGE

Year 8 donated toiletries for Harbour Women’s Refuge in Stockton.

TFM MISSION CHRISTMAS

Over 120 donations from the Nursery and Infant pupils were collected in support of the TFM Christmas appeal which helps locally disadvantaged children over the Christmas period.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD UK APPEAL

Reception children enjoyed learning about how we can help others by making gift boxes to send to children who are less fortunate and do not experience the joy of Christmas.

PTA FUNDRAISING & EVENTS

LOTS OF FUNDRAISING TOOK PLACE LAST TERM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND GENEROUS DONATIONS.

BBC CHILDREN IN NEED £1,435.61

DEC PHILIPPINES APPEAL £988.47

BUTTERWICK HOSPICE £275.00

BRITISH LEGION POPPY APPEAL £166.21

OMWABINI PROJECT IN KENYA £390.00

FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES

It was another busy term for the PTA with lots of fundraising activities and celebrations taking place in the lead up to the Christmas holidays.

Thank you to the PTA for all their hard work.

MACMILLIAN COFFEE MORNINGThe Nursery & Infant School was fi l led with parents and relatives who enjoyed a cup of coffee and delicious homemade cakes in support of the MacMillan Coffee Morning which raised over £188.

At the Prep & Senior School pupils l ined

up to buy tasty treats and raff le t ickets to

tr y and win a beautiful cake made by Mrs

Mor iar ty.

CHRISTMAS PARTIESEveryone got into the Christmas spirit and had lots of fun at the PTA Christmas parties held at the Prep & Senior and Nursery & Infants School.

SURPRISE VISITORThe Nursery & Infant children were delighted

when they discovered that Father Christmas had come to visit them. Their faces lit up as they entered the grotto and received a present.

TRAVELLING BOOK FAIRThe PTA Travell ing Book Fair once again proved very popular with children.

EDITORSARAH TOMLINSON.

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CONGRATULATIONS GO TO...

Mrs Bessey on the birth of her twins, Sophie and Jack, who were born on 9th October 2013. Jack weighed 5lbs 3oz and Sophie 4lb 14oz.

Mr Andrew Mallory on his engagement to his partner Lyn. We wish you well with your wedding plans.

LAST TERM WAS FULL OF ACTIVITIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE RUN UP TO CHRISTMAS. We also received bri l l iant news that Red House School has once again been ranked Number 1 in the Department of Education and the Sunday Times league tables.

Red House Times once again ref lects the many dif ferent aspects of Red House School. Thank you to al l the children and staf f who have contributed work or articles to this edition, it is a wonderful ref lection of the l i fe at the School.

STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS

A WELCOME FROM THE HEADMASTER

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Come and join the PTAWe are always in need of extra suppor t.Contact Lucie Fleming for fur ther information.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY-----------QUIZ NIGHTFRIDAY 14TH MARCH-----------PTA BALLSATURDAY 28TH APRILAT HARDWICK HALL

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NURSERY & INFANTS 2013 CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCES

On the last day of term the Nursery & Infant assembly was full of Christmas cheer.A few video cl ips from the assembly are on our YouTube channel for

you to enjoy - make sure you keep a lookout for Rudolph and also

the teacher’s performance of the Twelve Days of Chr istmas!

http://t inyur l .com/rhsyoutubexmas/

The music department were kept very busy in the lead up to Christmas with a number of performances taking place.These included the School Carol Ser vice at Stockton Par ish Church,

the Nurser y & Infants ‘Sing Carols with Us’ and the Carols and Cocoa

Concer t, which saw children and their famil ies coming together to

l isten to an array of performances, whilst singing along to Chr istmas

carols and relaxing with a hot dr ink!

NURSERY & INFANT CHRISTMAS ASSEMBLY

FESTIVE SPIRIT

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Congratulations to Kate S, Gi Dong, Kate P, Iris and Stella who attended the Kings Academy Centre and achieved distinctions in their solo performances.

Also congratulations to Gi Dong who performed with the National Youth Orchestra at the prestigious Proms in London and for The Queen’s Coronation Anniver sar y Celebrations. This is a tremendous accomplishment; Well done!

Congratulations to Charlotte and Matthew who were finalists in the Junior Language Challenge. Over 1000 pupils took part in this national competition and pupils had to learn Spanish, Greek and Chichewa.

Char lotte and Matthew travelled to London for the final where they competed against 33 children from 23 different schools. They both performed exceptionally well and achieved fantastic results.

Char lotte and Matthew met Mar tha Payne who created the ‘Mar y’s Meals’ blog and has raised more than £100,000 for char ity. Mar tha gave a ver y humbling and inspirational speech and awarded them with their cer tificates.

MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENTS

A leading piece of Design & Technology equipment arrived in school last term - An A2 sized LaserCAM which is the latest in laser cutting technology.

The LaserCAM is capable of

cutting a wide range of sheet

mater ials ranging from paper and

card, through to plastics and some

timber boards. It can even engrave

ver y detai led designs onto glass!

Pupils were ver y excited by its

arr ival and are exper imenting

with different designs and creating

br i l l iant items.

Mr Alex Taylor said

“The LaserCAM represents a signif icant investment for the school and enables us to provide leading edge technology to enhance our pupils learning. Through Design and Technology we encourage pupils to understand processes, products and manufacturing techniques using the ‘design and make’ principle. This new equipment wil l al low them to create high quality and innovative products”.

INVESTMENT IN NEW DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT

JUNIOR LANGUAGE CHALLENGE FINAL

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We are also thr i l led to achieve the top posit ion in the Sunday Times League Tables. It is a fantastic achievement, as we are not only ranked the top within our region; we are ranked the top performing co-eduactional school in our categor y, in England.

I am immensely proud of our talented pupils . Their hard work and determination, the dedication of our teacher s and the strong suppor t from parents have produced these results.”

NO.1 INDEPENDENT SCHOOLRED HOUSE SCHOOL HAS BEEN RANKED...

THE NO.1 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL IN THE AREA IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION 2013 PERFORMANCE TABLES.

THE TOP PERFORMING CO-EDUCATIONAL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, WITHOUT A 6TH FORM, IN ENGLANDIN THE SUNDAY TIMES PARENT POWER 2013 LEAGUE TABLES.

MR ALEX TAYLOR, HEADMASTER, SAID

“WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT WE HAVE MAINTAINED OUR RANKING AS THE NUMBER 1 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL IN OUR AREA IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION PERFORMANCE TABLES. WE CONSISTENTLY RANK THE HIGHEST IN THESE TABLES AGAINST OTHER LOCAL INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS.

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TEES VALLEY SKILLS SHOWYear 9 & 10 pupils visited the Tees Valley Skil ls show which is the largest skil ls event for young people in the Tees Valley area.It provides pupils with the oppor tunity to find out more about the education and training options avai lable in the Tees Valley. Colleges, training provider s, univer sit ies and employer s were al l on hand to offer advice as well as fun and interactive activit ies demonstrating the ski l ls used at work.

YEAR 3 CONQUER ROSEBERRY TOPPING!As part of their topic on Mighty Mountains children from Year 3 visited ‘Go Outdoors’ in Stockton to help prepare them for their expedition to Roseberry Topping. They learnt about the different types of outdoor clothing and equipment required for their journey compared to mountaineer ing in the Himalayas! Dur ing their cl imb up Roseberr y Topping the children learnt a number of practical ski l ls including how to use a map and compass, measure wind speed and temperature and there was even time for field sketching.

DIAL 999Nursery visited Stockton Fire Station where they discovered

how Fire Officers keep us safe .They had fun sitt ing in the fire engine and tr ying out the hose!

CAPTAIN COOKYear 2 enjoyed learning about Captain Cook’s l i fe and his voyages around the world during their visit to Captain Cook’s Birthplace Museum.

They studied lots of ar tefacts and had fun dressing up and pretending to l ive on a ship.

HORRIBLE SCIENCE!BY DAISY WILLIAMSON - YEAR 5Coming alive, its coming alive! Horrible Science is coming alive, gruesome, amazing, fantastic and drastic . Horrible science is coming alive!On the 8th November Year 5 went to Dar l ington to see Horr ible Science . The categor ies were… blood bones and body bits, fatal forces, shocking electr icity and microscopic monster s. It starred Bil ly a cur ios pupil , T.I .M (which meant The Intel l igent Machine) then there were the scientists who never answered Bil l ie’s questions. Fir st they went to microscopic monster s and Bil ly found out that not al l bacter ia are nasty, some are in yoghur t and cheese .Next they went to shocking electr icity where Bil ly found out that to make a circuit you need some metal to conduct the electr icity and you need to put the batter y in the r ight way. Then they went to blood bones and body bits where we al l found out (by wear ing boggle goggles and using the boggle scanner) how we digest i f we digest too quickly you wil l … you know! Then Bil ly went to fatal forces where he found out a force was a push or a pull . Then the dreaded thunder dome where the scientists went through (a sl ightly annoying) song… I say, I say, I say, what do you say? Electr icity can ki l l you if you go near anything l ike clock towers, a kite , water and trees. When Bil ly went through the l ightning dome Bil ly switched off T.I .M and ever ything was back to normal.

DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY MUSEUMYear 9 visited the Durham Light Infantry Museum where they researched genuine Durham families’ war histories.

They even had their own ‘dog tags’ which al lowed them to research their own family histor y.

RECEPTION VISIT PRESTON PARK MUSEUMReception visited Preston Park Museum where they took part in a Victorian toy workshop. They learnt about toys from the past and how they are different from the toys we have today.

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM - TRIPS & TOURS

After a one o’clock in the morning start and a turbulent plane journey, we finally arrived at our hotel in La Plagne, France in the early afternoon.

With a quick turnaround we were straight back out to the ski hire

shop to get fitted up for the week. After a well earned night’s sleep

we were up ready to hit the slopes ear ly the next morning. A good

fir st days ski ing was had by al l and we al l managed to get back into

the swing of things!

The next day’s ski ing was just as good and we enjoyed team quizzes

on the night.

The third day’s ski ing was ver y memorable for a number of

reasons, one being the fantastic crash by Kate Lowcock and Will

Johnson! That night was also fi lm night and although we only

watched five minutes of Indiana Jones before we gave up, Mr

Makin and Miss Burel enjoyed it !

AFTER ANOTHER GOOD DAY OF SKIING WE PLAYED MR FRANK’S TRADITIONAL BINGO, WITH HATS AND MILKA ON OFFER FOR THE WINNERS!The next day proved to be eventful ! With it snowing and the visibi l ity being poor, the

conditions were dangerous. Mr Middleton final ly braved ski ing with the advanced group, which

unfor tunately resulted in a broken arm after he f lew straight down the

slope and had a real ly bad fal l . That night we caught a bus to a nearby

shopping centre , where we bought souvenir s for our fr iends and family.

We woke up the next morning to even more snow and after a great days ski ing we spent the night ice-skating and

playing ice hockey. We al l real ly enjoyed it ; it was probably one of the best après ski activit ies!

The next day, after our final day of ski ing, we had a presentation from our instructor s and there was a bar of Milka for

the best skier s and the most improved skier s from each group.

We set off for home ear ly the next day, after a great holiday.

We would like to thank all the teachers for taking us.

RED HOUSE HITS THE SLOPESBY KATE LOWCOCK AND BETHANY LAMB

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NETBALL REPORT BY MISS EWING

We have experienced some very good results for all of our teams so far this year with a total of 15 wins and 9 losses.

Thank you to al l members who have shown a real commitment to practice and best of luck for you f inal matches of the year!

A FEW LEAGUE MATCH REPORT HIGHLIGHTS.

YR7B TEAM VS EGGLESCLIFFE

Yr7B team had an excellent star t against Egglescl i f fe taking a lead of 6 going into the second half . Super shooter Evie put al l but one of the scores on the board but it was Far isai Chikengezha’s excellent defence and some lovely through cour t passing from Megan Dudiak that made sure that Egglesclffe were kept ver y quiet in the fir st per iod. Changes in the second half didn’t affect the B teams f low as it did dur ing their fir st match of the season. Footwork was neat and the gir ls should be ver y pleased with the 7-1 final score .

YR 7A TEAM VS EGGLESCLIFFE

Yr7A team player s found it hard to get this game going. We had lots of oppor tunities in the fir st half but we just could not score! Thankful ly we managed to pull the game away in the second half through some excellent mid cour t play from Maddison Hockborn and Emma Hewitt and the team were ful ly deser ving of the 8-5 win against good netball opposit ion.

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES:

Congratulations to the following girls who have maintained their Representative Honours in netball :

LAURIE ELDER (YR 10) Nor th East Regional U17 squad

MEGAN KAVENAGH (YR 9), OLIVIA SMALL (YR 8) AND JESSICA BROWN (YR 8) - Durham County U16 squad

JESSICA HIBBERT (YR 9) AND PHOEBE MATTHEWS (YR 7) Durham Satel l ite U14 squad

ANNA DUNNE (YR 9), EMILY SNOWDON (YR 9) FARYAL IJAZ (YR 9), ALICE BUTTERFIELD (YR 7) MADDISON HOCKBORN (Y7) South Durham Satel l ite U14 squad

REBECCA HALL (YR 8) AND LUCY TODD (YR 8) Stockton Schools Distr ict squad

MILLE ALLENCongratulations to Mill ie who has won the Best Pony Rider 2013 at the prestigious Showjumpers Award Ball in Birmingham.

This is the second year Mil l ie has won this award and she is also the r ider with the most FEI European medals for a r ider 16 and under. This is a tremendous achievement; Well done!

HOCKEYThe U12s have enjoyed an outstanding season so far and they have recorded impressive wins against Yarm (5-0) and Egglescliffe . They also won the County 7 a-side Tournament in emphatic style .

RUGBYThe U11s enjoyed a very pleasing season during which they played with energy, commitment and considerable skil l .They lost narrowly to a talented Terrington side, drew with Cundall in a thri l l ing encounter and recorded impressive victories against Durham Choristers, Teesside High and Queen Ethelburga’s / Chapter House.

U11 beat Queen Ethelburga’s 26-12 and drew with Cundall Manor 14-14 in a match of tremendous quality for that age group. They also beat Teesside High School, and Durham Choristers.

U13 beat Durham Choristers 43-0 and Hipperholme Grammar School 81-7! They also recorded victories against Aysgarth ‘B’, Teesside High School, Fyl ing Hall School, and Argyle House.

U15 recorded good victories against Fyling Hall 24-19 and Yarm ‘B’ 34-17.

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES:RUGBY WILL DEXTER, HARRY THOMPSON, CHARLIE CASWELL, JAMES BORTHWICK AND SAM NORTHAll selected for the U13 South Durham squad.ROSS HARLLSelected for the U14 South Durham squad.

FOOTBALL WILL SOUMARESelected to represent the U13 North East ISA.

HOCKEYMATTHEW TAYLOR U17 High Performance Assessment Camp - North of EnglandTOM COPELAND U16 Junior Regional Performance Centre - North East SAM MASTERSON U15 Junior Regional Performance Centre - North EastMICHAEL ANDREWSJunior Regional Performance Centre - North East

HOCKEYU16 HOCKEY CLEVELAND COUNTY TOURNAMENT

Red House won their pool at Norton, with victories against Laurence Jackson and Kings Academy. The girls then travelled to Egglescliffe School to play Teesside High in the County final. They won this game 2-1 and were crowned Cleveland County tournament champions for the 2nd year in succession.The team went onto represent Cleveland County in the North East Semi-Final at Pocklington School in York in November. There is no doubt that our U16s were the underdogs at this stage of the National competition but I was very impressed at how our girls approached this tournament – being drawn against larger independent boarding schools; St Peters and Pocklington. I was delighted at how we matched the opposition on pace and skil l , and the girls gained a very respectable draw against Pocklington and 1-0 loss against St Peters. Unfortunately, Pocklington and St Peters drew against each other in the f inal game, which resulted in us fai l ing to reach the next round on goal dif ference - one goal... this is the closest we have come to reaching the next stage in many years so a very proud performance from the girls – well done!

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS:REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS IN HOCKEY:HIGH PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CAMP LAURA HILL AND MATTHEW TAYLOR were selected for the North “HiPAC” squad (High Performance Assessment Camp) as part of England Hockey ’s pathway to the National squad. They attended a three day event at Li l leshall Nationa Sports Centre in Shrophshire in October as 1 of 4 HiPAC squads in England.

Each squad had special ist coaching sessions throughout the weekend as well as tournament against al l the other HiPAC squads. This is an extraordinary achievement for both Laura and Matthew as these assessment days are preparation for potential future involvement in the National squad. Many congratulations to both pupils and al l the very best of luck with the rest of the season – well done!

STOCKTON DISTRICT HOCKEYCiara Fleming was selected for the U16 Stockton District Hockey Squad. She wil l now play in the Cleveland Tournament and other f ixtures, against other Districts in the County throughout the season. Congratulations!

STOCKTON DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – PRESTON PARK.

Highlights included the following placements from our Yr 7 pupils. With almost 100 runners in the race, congratulations to:

STELLA DOORIS (14TH)

TOM HEARMON (14TH )

BEN STEWART (15TH )

MEGAN EDWARDS (20TH)

The best team placement of the day came from the Junior Girls (U14) with 120 points total from 6 runners.

All of our Yr 8 girls were competing a year young in this category and they al l ran exceptionally well to come 2nd out of 14 schools in the team event. Well done to al l the team REBECCA HALL, JESSICA BROWN, LUCY PEARCE, LUCY TODD, BETHANY WEBSTER, ELEANOR WRIGHT AND LUCY ARMSTRONG.

The best individual performance of the day came from REBECCA HALL – with

102 runners in the race, Rebecca ran extraordinarily well to win the race (she is a Yr 8 in an U14 race!) a bril l iant performance.

ISA NORTH SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS - LIVERPOOL AQUATICS CENTRE

This event gave some of our senior school club swimmers a chance to compete for Red House and I am delighted to report a tremendous amount of success. With six swimmers competing in two races each, all pupils performed exceptionally well with the following placements:REBECCA HALL - 1st in Fly and Breastroke

JOSH SCOTT - 1st in Backcrawl and Freestyle

MATTHEW SCOTT - 1st in Backcrawl and 2nd in Fly

CALLUM BRASS - 2nd in Individual Medley & Backcrawl

SAM CHELL - 2nd in Breastroke and 3rd in Freestyle

LUCY TODD - 2nd in Backcrawl and 3rd in Freestyle

In addition to the winners of each race, Sam Chell wil l also been invited to compete at Nationals as part of the North relay squad. Well done to al l swimmers for a fantastic set of results and good luck to al l competitors who wil l now represent the North at the ISA National Swimming Championships.

BOYS’ SPORTS REPORTBY MR CREWE AND MR KITCHING

GIRLS’ SPORTS REPORTBY MISS SWEENEY

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AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS 3.30 PM – 6.00 PM

MONDAY Dance Reception - Yr 2 Enter CIC Art Yr 2 - 3 Mr McKay Craft Reception Mrs Cooper

TUESDAY Sport (Indoor & Outdoor) Yr 2 - 3 Mrs Jackson

WEDNESDAY Media & ICT Yr 3 Miss Warnock Lego Yr 2 - 3 Mrs Summers Speech & Drama Yr 1 & 2 Enter CIC

THURSDAY Digital Photography Yr 2- 3 Mrs Waldock Cookery Reception Miss Dring Outdoor Club (Sept – Oct) Yr 1 Mrs Kitching Science (Nov – Dec) Yr 1 Mrs Kitching Art Y1 Miss ThompsonChess Yr 3 Mr Haywood

FRIDAY Karate Yr 1 – 3 Tashido Karate Club Speech & Drama Yr 3 – 7 Enter CIC

TUTOR TIME LOCATIONYEARGROUPACTIVITY

MONDAYPhotography Club Y7-11 Mrs Fraser, Mr Kitching, Mr Wilkinson 1615-1715 Art RoomPuzzle Club Y4-6 Miss White 1615-1715 Room 16Film Club Y4-9 Mr Brown, Mr Hutton 1615-1715 Room 18Duke of Edinburgh Training Y10 Mr Palmer, Mr May, Mlle Burel, Mr Heaton 1600-1700 Room CLatin Club Y6-7 Mrs Jones 1330-1400 Room CFootball Y4-6 PE 1320-1350 FieldGirls’ Netball Y7 PE 13.00-13.30 Sports HallGirls’ Hockey Y9-11 PE 13.30-13.55 Sports HallBook Club KS4 Mrs Williamson 1300-1330 Library

TUESDAYScience Club Y4-6 Mr Frank 1615-1715 Chemistry LabsDance Club Y4-9 Mrs Lindsay-Symington 1615-1715 Hall / Sports HallRugby Y7-8 PE 1320-1350 FieldGirls’ Hockey Club PE 1320-1350 Sports HallBook Club KS3 Mrs Williamson 13.30-1400 LibraryHandwriting Support Group Y4-6 Ms White 1320-1335 RoomJunior Orchestra Staff 0830-0900 HouseBoys’ Hockey Y5-7 Mr Crewe 0800-0840 Sports Hall

WEDNESDAYCookery Y4-11 Mrs Roberts, Miss Ince 1615-1715 KitchenGraphics GCSE Y10-11 Mr Wilkinson 1615-1715 Technology RoomArt GCSE Y10-11 Mrs Fraser 16.15-5.15 Art RoomTable Tennis Y4-6 Mr Heaton, Mr Jones, Mr Middleton 1615-1715 HallLatin Y4-6 Mrs Jones 1615-1700 Room COrienteering Y5-11 Mr Jones 1540-1700 VariousBook Club KS2 Mrs Williamson 1330-1400 LibraryFootball Y4-6 PE 1320-1350 FieldJunior Wind Orchestra Mrs Taylor 1330-1400 HouseArt Club Mrs Fraser 1315-1355 Art RoomNetball Y4-6, Mrs Ewing 0800-0840 Sports HallNetball Y10-11 Mrs Ewing 1300-1330 Sports HallNetball Y8-9 Mrs Ewing 1330-1355 Sports HallGeology GCSE Mr Makin 0800-0845 Physics Lab

THURSDAYCross-Country Y5-Y8 Mr Jones, Mr Butterfield 1615-1715 CourseCreative Crafts Y4-9 Mrs Blyth, Mrs Garrett 16.15-1715 Art RoomGirls’ Hockey PE 1320-1350 Sports HallOrchestra Y5-11 Mr McReddie 1330-1400 HouseDance Club KS4 Mrs Lindsay-Symington 1330-1400 Hall/Sports HallYoung Engineers KS2 & KS3 Mr Wilkinson 1325-1355 TechnologyFootball Y7-8 PE 1320-1350 FieldSenior Vocal Group Mr McReddie 1055-1115 HouseGeology GCSE Mr Makin 0800-0845 Physics Lab

FRIDAYLAMDA Y4-8 Enter CIC 1615-1650 N & IFootball Y7-8 Mr Kitching 1330-1400 FieldChoir Y4-11 Mr McReddie 1320-1350 Music RoomMaths Surgery Mr Middleton 1320-1350 Room YBoys Hockey Y7-8 Mr Crewe 1320-1350 Sports HallSenior Vocal Group Mr McReddie 1055-1115 Music Room

Niera visited us on Monday the

18th November. She was dressed

in a peplos dress which was two

pieces of material put together

with pins.

The fir st half of the visit was about ancient

Greek dai ly l i fe . It was interesting to

learn about clothing and what the typical

chi ldren’s clothing was.

Two people dressed up. Alexander dressed

up as a typical barbar ian boy with a simple

Hamation, which was a simple square of

mater ial . You could wrap it around you as

some sor t of cloak and poor people even

used them as blankets at

night. Did you know that

any piece of clothing took

about 6 to 8 weeks to

make? Then Lucy Aitken

dressed up as a typical

barbar ian gir l . She wore a

pelos l ike Niera but Lucy

wore safety pins. She put

them on and then Niera

told us a stor y of where

there was a soldier that was on his own in

a battle field because Zeus had made an

ear thquake and a huge hole was made and

al l the soldier s but him fel l in and died! He

ran back to the vi l lage to tel l ever yone the

news but the wives (widows) thought that

he had ran from the battle field and left the

other s to be ki l led so the ladies took out

their pins and stabbed him to death! Let’s

come away from the gor y stuff and talk

about what happened in the war s!

In the war s the ancient Greeks were ver y

clever. They had big armour that they

polished before battles and the enemy’s

were ver y scared of the

Greeks so they thought I don’t

want to fight people with that

many muscles so the enemy

retreated! The next day the

Greeks would have to walk

to the next battle which was

usual ly 20 to 30 ki lometres

long and the soldier s had their

own slaves to carr y al l of their

weapons, armour and even their

food and dr ink supplies!

We had great fun and when your chi ldren

are in Year 6 they might even be able to

have the same visit .

BRINGING LEARNING TO LIFEThank you to al l of our vis itors who have shared stor ies and their exper iences .

FESTIVAL OF DIWALI Kirtida, a Hindu priest, visited Year 2 to talk to the children about the festival of Diwali.They were told the stor y of

Rama and Sita, had their hands painted with mehandi ar t and dressed up in tradit ional clothing. The children had a br i l l iant t ime and enjoyed learning to meditate!

ORGANS OF THE BODYDr Pam White from Durham University held a workshop with Years 4-6 focusing on the Heart and its functions.

ANCIENT GREECE BY WILLIAM BAKER - YEAR 6

CREATIVE WRITING & STORYTELLINGA leading author and storyteller, Adam Bushnell, held an inspiring and creative workshop for Year 8 & 9 pupils.Pupils from Year 9 then proudly delivered their own stor ies, which they had created, to the Nurser y & Infant chi ldren who had lots of fun l istening to their excit ing tales.

2014 WINTER OLYMPIC TORCHMr Taylor brought the 2014 Winter Olympic torch into nursery.The children were thr i l led to see the torch and had lots of fun creating their own mini torch relay!

LINDISFARNE GOSPELSChildren in Years 2 and 3 were treated to a workshop based upon the Lindisfarne Gospels.They saw a facsimile (replica) of the book, which weighed a stagger ing eight ki lograms! The children dressed as monks and they put their Anglo Saxon wr it ing ski l ls to the test! Year 8 also visited the Lindisfarne Gospels at Durham Univer sity as par t of their Religious Studies and Ar t tr ip. Year 8 and Year 4 both took par t in workshop with members from Durham Univer sity education outreach depar tment.

PEOPLE WHO HELP USDr Robinson & Ms Shearsmith talked to the children about the role of doctors and nurses and how they make people feel better.Police Community Liaison Officer s came and spoke about their role in the community and how they keep us safe .

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARYAll the impor tant dates for the next term

NURSERY & INFANTSPREPARATORY & SENIORDATE

Tuesday 4 March Y10 Trip to Poetry Live Pancake Day

Wednesday 5 March Y7 Parent Evening World Maths Day

Thursday 6 March PTA meeting PTA meeting World Book Day

Tuesday 11 March British School Karting Championships Y8-11

Thursday 13 March Y9 Parent Evening

Friday 14 March PTA Quiz Night PTA Quiz Night

Thursday 20 March Art Exhibition

Friday 21 March Sports Relief

Monday 24 March Parent Meetings Nursery - Y3

Tuesday 25 March LAMDA Examinations Parent Meetings Nursery - Y3 British School Karting Championships Y8-11 LAMDA Examinations

Wednesday 26 March Y4 Consultation Evening Nursery trip to Hardwick Hall Nursery Parent Meeting

Thursday 27 March Y4 Consultation Evening

Friday 28 March Y11 Art GCSE Easter Service at St Mary’s Church

Monday 31 March PTA Cinema Night PTA Cinema Night PTA Tombola Y11 Art GCSE

Tuesday 1 April Last Day of Term Last Day of Term Y6 visit RNLI Redcar Easter Fun Day Music Workshop

Wednesday 2 April - Sunday 6 April German residential visit to Freiburg

Spanish residential visit to Andalucia

Wednesday 2 April - Tuesday 22 April Easter Holidays Easter Holidays

Tuesday 22 April Staff INSET Staff INSET

Wednesday 23 April Start of Term Start of Term

Friday 25 April Y4-6 Swimming Gala

Saturday 26 April PTA Ball PTA Ball

Thursday 1 May Y10 Exams

Friday 2 May Y10 Exams

Monday 5 May Bank Holiday Bank Holiday

Tuesday 6 May Y10 Exams

Wednesday 7 May Y10 Exams

Thursday 8 May Y10 Exams Travelling Book Fair

Friday 9 May Y10 Exams Travelling Book Fair

Saturday 10 May Open Morning Open Morning

Tuesday 13 May Y6 visit to RSPB

Monday 19 May - Friday 23 May Y7-9 Exams Jogathon (23rd May)

Monday 26 May - Friday 30 May Half Term Holidays Half Term Holidays

Tuesday 3 June Y1 visit to Ormesby Hall Y2 visit to Bede’s World

Wednesday 4 June -Friday 6 June Y10 Geography Field Trip

Monday 9 June Y10 Parent Information Evening

Tuesday 10 June ISA North Athletics at Wigan

Monday 16 June ISA North Athletics at Birmingham

Tuesday 17 June Y3 visit to Murton Park

Wednesday 18 June Nursery & Reception Sports Day

Thursday 19 June Y7-10 Sports Day at Clairville Stadium Y1-3 Sports Day at Prep & Senior School

Monday 23 June New Nursery Parent Information Meeting

Thursday 26 June Transition Day

Friday 27 June Y11 Leavers Ball

Saturday 28 June PTA Summer Fete PTA Summer Fete

Thursday 3 July KS2 and KS3 Evening of Drama

Friday 4 July County Primary School Athletics at Clairville Stadium Fair Trade Stall

Y3 Herbs & Spices Workshop

Monday 7 July Reception, Y1 & Y2 Parent Information Meetings

Tuesday 8 July Nursery Parent Information Meeting

Wednesday 9 July Prize Giving at the Stockton Tabernacle Reception End of Year Assembly

Thursday 10 July Festival of Achievement Festival of Achievement

Friday 11 July Last Day of Term Last Day of Term

Thursday 21 August G.C.S.E. Results

Monday 14 July - Tuesday 2 September Summer Holidays Summer Holidays

Monday 1 September Staff INSET Staff INSET

Tuesday 2 September Staff INSET Staff INSET

Wednesday 3 September Start of Term Start of Term

WHOLE SCHOOL

OPEN MORNING

SATURDAY

10TH MAY 2014

10AM – 1PM