We are excited to offer parents the opportunity to order a tote bag with their child’s artwork on. I have attached some pictures of some that were created this week at the craft event.

G28 students are going to undertake the production of these bags and guarantee the 1st 30 orders will be ready by 20th December (making it the perfect Christmas gift for family members).

We know from the craft event this week that this will take a great deal of time which G28 students will be giving up at social times and after school. As a result, we are charging £5 for the bags and the money raised will go towards helping to fund the Silver Duke of Edinburgh expeditions.

If there is appetite for it, we will reopen orders in the new year but due to time constraints we can only at this stage guarantee the 1st 30 orders will be done in time for Christmas.

To order a bag you must use this Shopify link. It will show as sold out once 30 orders have been made. It is crucial that you leave a note on your order with your child’s name, Crew and the artwork you would like printed on the bag. Without this, we will not be able to create your bag and therefore it may not be ready by 20th December. 

If the artwork you are requesting is digital, it is very easy; your child simply needs to share the piece of work with Miss Tatters.

If it is a physical piece, it is very important to us that the student artwork is kept safe and secure. For this reason, we are asking your child to follow these steps once you have ordered a bag.

1. Inform your child you have ordered a bag and which piece of work you have requested.
2. The student will then collect the piece of artwork from their folder during their next art lesson (or at break or lunch)
3. They will bring the artwork to G8 and place it in the purple folder on the teacher desk (ensuring their name is on the work either on the back or by attaching a post-it note). Without this, we will not be able to proceed the order. 
4. When the bag is printed, we will hand the bag and the original artwork back to the student who will need to return the artwork to their art folder immediately.

We are really excited to be able to showcase the student work in this way and get it out into the community!

Elina Donlan Jones took her Grade 2 singing exam last week and passed with merit. In addition to this she got the news that she has landed a part in a short film due to be filmed next year!

What a talented young lady! Well done Elina, we are all very proud of you.

On 24th November George Dobson, Crew Darling, successfully passed his Shodan 1st Dan at Kaizen Karate and is now a Black Belt in Shotokan Karate. 

A huge well done to George for his hard work and committment

Beautiful work George. We are all very proud of you! 

Another fabulous achievement for Brooke and her partner Chloe, who achieved 2nd place and a silver medal at the South Tyneside International Acro Cup during the half-term break.

Well done Brooke!

We are delighted to announce that Danny in G28 has been selected to play for Durham County Cricket club under 15s after attending many training sessions and trials.

His hard work and dedication has paid off! Out of over 700 juniors in the north east, 40 were selected to attend trials and with a view to then being selected to represent Durham in the 2025 season.

Danny’s talent stood out and the coaches have therefore selected him to play for Durham. We know that Danny is going to make a massive difference to this team due to his passion for the game, determination and skills.

He has started his intense training this week to make sure he is ready for the upcoming season.

Well done Danny!

I hope everyone is having a nice start to their half term break.

A few weeks ago, as part of National Poetry Day, all students started to plan and write their own poem around the theme of ‘The Beautiful Truth’ in line with a national Young Writers poetry competition.

I set a deadline of 18th October for this in line with our half term break and have had 3 entries from Y8 students. The official deadline for entries is Friday 25th October and I would like to give this last call-out for any more poems that students may want to enter (there was a lovely buzz around school on National Poetry Day around this).

Please encourage your child to share their poem with Ms Tatters before Friday so I can ensure all student entries are submitted.

Thanks for your support!

Thank you to everyone who made the effort to enter a pumpkin today – Crew Stanton were blown away by the creativity and craftsmanship and quality shown!

These were the shortlisted entries:

Congratulations to Olivia in Y8 for winning the XPG student entry and Riya who won the younger sibling category.

I would also like to thank the members of Crew Stanton and their parents for their contributions to the bake sale as well as to all the students who purchased sweet treats today.

Thanks to all of you, we have managed to make over £200 for Tiny Lives with this event. 

Have a lovely (and spooky) half term everyone!

Crew Stanton

Brooke brought a very special guest to school earlier this week, her silver medal from her first gymnastics competition! Brooke’s partner also did brilliantly in their first acrobatics section too. Beautiful work Brooke! Well done.

We are very excited to have a copy of Through Their Eyes in our school library which contains the poem ‘Abuse’ by Elina in G30.

Congratulations!