G28 kicked off the new academic year with an impressive first week. The students were guided by the question: “How can we ensure that our future selves will thank us for the next two years?” This question set the tone for a week filled with exploration, reflection, and growth.

Throughout the week, students explored various future career paths, gaining valuable insights into what lies ahead. To help them reflect on how aspirations evolve over time, they watched clips from The Up Series, a documentary that follows a group of children from ages 7 to 21. This series provided a unique perspective on how early dreams can align—or diverge—from reality as life unfolds.

On Tuesday, the students took a trip to Gateshead Career Centre, where they participated in workshops focused on different post-16 options. This experience broadened their understanding of the diverse opportunities available to them. A special congratulations to Lily and Anya, who excelled in the apprenticeship quiz competition, and to Crew Frank, who worked collaboratively to construct a bridge closely resembling the iconic Tyne Bridge

After their insightful morning at Gateshead Career Centre, students were well-prepared to start crafting their CVs. They teamed up with their critical friends to exchange constructive feedback, fine-tuning their CVs to ensure they were polished and professional. These revised CVs were then sent off to their interviewers, ready for the big day on Friday.

When the day of interviews arrived, G28 students stepped up, taking on various roles with enthusiasm and professionalism. They meticulously prepared the interview rooms, arranged refreshments, and provided ambassador tours of the school.

Each student then participated in a 20-minute interview, during which they showcased their skills, experiences, and aspirations. The interviewers provided valuable feedback, giving students practical insights to help them refine their approach and boost their confidence as they continue their journey towards their future careers.

Well Done G28 and thank you to all our expert interviewers it was a brilliant experience for our students!

Congratulations to Mia in Year 8, who has successfully auditioned to be part of the ensemble of dancers in Dick Whittington this Christmas in South Shields.

Well done Mia.

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Freya is now a published artist! Her work was chosen to be curated at the Royal Academy of Arts for their Young Artist Summer Show.

Freya’s pigeon will be viewed by thousands of people over the coming years. We believe he is called Mr Pigeon! Fantastic work Freya, what an achievement.

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Absolutely stunning work and a great achievement Freya! Well done.

Winnie and Scarlett completed the Great North Swim open water challenge in lake Windermere.

As well as swimming in England’s largest lake at 10.5 miles long and at its deepest point is 219 feet. The girls got to listen to inspiring speakers about the health benefits of swimming outdoors include everything from enhancing your happiness to boosting your immune system.

At his recent presentation for Felling Magpies, nNot only did Connor walk away with a merit trophy he also won ‘Most Man of the Match awards’, ‘Players’ player’ and the ‘Keith Rankin award’.

The Keith Rankin award is the highest level of achievement within the club, named after one of the leading founders at Felling Magpies and players are nominated by managers across the club. What an achievment!

All three students have been chosen to be published in a Young Writers Anthology with their short stories on the theme of ‘Mission:Catastrophe’.

This was a national competition, and all three of our entries for the school were chosen to be published. It is of note that Eliza, Lyra and Leo can now all say they are published authors…twice!

Congratulations on such a fantastic achievement. We’d love to see more students entering in the next competition which has a poetry focus. More details from Miss Tatters soon!

G28 started their GCSE English Literature course today by annotating the poem Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes. They will be exploring 5 of the nature poems from their poetry anthology within the context of their current expedition ‘How does water shape our world?’

They’ve made a great start and have attached some examples of their beautiful work below. Whilst working on this, I showed the students a poetry anthology revision guide that is useful. This is NOT a necessity and certainly is not needed now but some students were keen to get a copy and asked that I share the link via the website. So you can buy it on Amazon here but just to reiterate, this is not compulsory or a necessity it would simply support students’ revision of the poems.

If you are looking to support your child further with this, I also suggested the pens with 4 colours and a highlighter with 3-4 colours too (to support with annotations.) Again, we do have different coloured pens and highlighters in school so this is not a necessity but something that would be useful if you wanted to purchase for your child.

Adam’s football team Wrekenton Nou Camp won their recent tournament which was played over two days, this on top of winning their league too. Adam was delighted to receive his trophy from professional footballer Wes Morgan.

During the Easter Holiday Grace passed her Grade D assessment in riding skills and horse care. Grace, her family, and we are very proud of her achievement.

Great work Grace!