Dear Parents/Carers,

I hope this email finds you well.

We have had a very good start to term at Dr Thomlinson CofE Middle School.  It has been meeting our new Year 5 children as well fondly welcoming back our returning Year 6, 7 & 8 children.  We have been doubly blessed with such lovely weather for our opening week.

 

TOP Awards 8th September 2023

Our Thomlinson Outstanding Pupil Award is given to the child in each Form Class who, in the opinion of their form tutor, has best shown our core value of the week.

We are concentrating on the core values of Hope[e; Service; Koinonia; Friendship and Service this year as our school feels that these values will help us best raise awareness of the United Nations 17 sustainability goals that have been devised to help us tackle Climate Change.  Through this important work we feel that we will best live our school mission statement of using our skills and talents for “the good of all”.

This week our core value was Hope.

Well done to the following award winners:

5T – Ollie

5H -Kate

6O -Elise

6M – Joy

7I – Hannah

7L – Teddy

8N – Alfie

8S – Samantha

 

Every week we also award a P&Q award – this award is drawn from all those children who were awarded a P&Q slip – slips given to those who show caring behaviour to others during our school day.  This week this award was awarded to Rafe in Year 6.

 

Well done to all of these award winners.

 

Please see below an invite to attend an Online Safety Session

Invitation to attend – Online Safety Education Session For Parents

As part of our responsibility to effectively safeguard all children within our Trust, we

are holding some parent support and education sessions this month. These will be

delivered by professionals from our Safeguarding partners at Clennell Education

Solutions.

In order to provide meaningful age specific support to parents, we will run 2 sessions

per evening, split by age category.

Sessions will take place at the dates and times –

Monday 18 September 2023 at Dr Thomlinson Middle School, Rothbury

● 5.30pm – 6.20pm – Early Years to Year 6

● 6.30pm – 7.20pm – Year 7 to Year 13

To aid our planning for these sessions, it would be helpful if you could complete this

Google Form if you plan to attend.

 

Below I have included a message from Autism Family Support

Autism Family Support Drop In Centres

Come along to access free support and advice in your local area  for children aged between 0-19 years. There is no diagnosis! Join us at:

Blyth Central Family Hub – Monday 25 th September 11 am-3.30pm

Hexham Family Hub – Tuesday 3 rd October 11 am-3.30pm

Ashington Family Hub – Tuesday 10th October 12 pm-5pm

Berwick Family Hub – Thursday 19 th October 11 am-3.30pm

 

I hope you have a good weekend.

Take care,

Liam Murtagh – Headteacher