Dear Parent/Carer,

I hope this message finds you well.  We have had a really good week at Dr Thomlinson CofE Middle School.

Anti-Bullying Week

This week was national Anti-Bullying Week and our school celebrated Odd Socks Day – a day when we celebrate diversity through wearing odd socks to school.  Thank you to all of those children who participated in this event.  We were particularly impressed with the odd socks of the following pupils and those listed all won a prize.

Odd Sock Day Winners:

Yr 5 – Emily & Jonah

Yr 7 – Max; Lucy; Daisy; Isla

Yr 8 Isobel; Felix; Elidih

We were so impressed with Mrs Wilson’s odd socks that she won a prize as well.  Well done Mrs Wilson!

TOP AWARDS –  this week’s Thomlinson Outstanding Pupil award was awarded to those pupils who had best exhibited Wisdom – one of our school’s core values.

Nov 16th – Wisdom

Well done to Sarah in Year 6 who has been published in a national publication.  The title of the book is “Ridiculous Writers” and Sarah’s story was entitled “The Un-Colourful Rainbow”.

The Un-Colourful Rainbow

The colourful rainbow created an amazing arch above the bath bomb factory.  One day, Bomb Dalton, the blundering scientist, put real bomb powder into the bath bomb mix and made the factory explode in a dazzling cloud of fruit, glistening glitter and sparkles.  The fragrances drifted upwards and made the rainbow sneeze so much that she sneezed out all her vibrant colours, leaving her dull and miserable.  Her friend, Una the Unicorn, carefully collected the bath bomb dyes gushing out of the factory.  She flew up to the un-colourful rainbow and perfectly painted her radiant and cheery again.

Well done to all of these award winners

Christmas @ Dr Thomlinson’s

Christmas Dinner Day is Wednesday 16th December.  We will also be celebrating Christmas Jumper Day on that day as well.

Our Christmas Tree will be in the foyer for the whole of Advent

“Stars for the Church”

This year each child at Dr Thomlinson CofE Middle School will be given a Christmas Star.  They will be able to decorate this star in a festive manner and then, on the back of the Star give a Christmas wish and message.  These stars will then be collected by Canon Sinclair on December 11th and will be displayed over the festive season in All Saints Church, Rothbury so our Christmas wishes can be shared with the whole of our community.  We suggest that all children providing a star for the display make a suggested £1 donation to the Alnwick Food Bank. Of course staff are welcome to join in this festive scheme.

This year’s Christmas Star display will, for this year, replace the giving and receiving of Christmas Cards in School.

Take care,

Liam Murtagh