The school is closed today due to the weather conditions.
Our telephone lines are not working.
How can we develop Thankfulness in our school community?
In our busy days, how often do we take time to be thankful for what we have? Do we take more time thinking about what we haven’t got instead of being thankful for the things we do have?
We could further develop thankfulness in our school if we took time to appreciate all the things we do have. During our school break let’s think about how lucky we are to have an opportunity to take a break, to stretch our legs and (hopefully) feel a warm sun on our backs. Such an attitude would definitely make us feel positivity in our lives.
Let us all make a special effort to say thank you to our friends, teachers and family.
Dr Thomlinson pupils won the Core Values Award at the Northumberland County Council’s Lego League Competition
Mrs Muir has planned a multi-cultural lunch for Wednesday 4 March. The theme will be Indian. If your child normally has packed lunch and would like to have a school lunch this day please let us know.
Last term our Art students worked with Digital Artist Rosie Anderson to produce a short film.
Please take a few minutes to check out our Oracy in Art Sound & film on Vimeo.
Last night our students showed what exceptional talent Dr Thomlinson Middle School pupil’s have. Acts ranged from comedy, playing musical instruments, singing and dancing to a packed audience. Judges Mr Gray, Mr Murtagh and Mr Rowark found it very hard to choose a winner from such a close competition.
Last year’s winner Lois gave another performance of her winning song of ‘Naughty’ from Matilda.
Third place – Martha Buckley who sang and danced
Second place – Daisy Buckley who danced
First place – Luke McCurley who sang ‘The Greatest Show’
How can we develop Service in our school community?
It is interesting looking at the promises made by Cub Scouts and Brownies.
“I promise that I will do my best. To do my duty to God and to the Queen. To help other people And to keep the Cub Scout Law”
“I promise that I will do my best, to be true to myself and develop my beliefs, to serve the Queen and my community, to help other people and to keep the Brownie Law.”
The Brownie and Cub Scout Laws show the importance of thinking of others before themselves and doing a good turn every day.
An important part of Service and thinking of others before themselves is being able to listen to other people. Some people think that “listening” is becoming a dying skill.
Let’s remember that, in order for us to be truly interdependent, we need to listen to other people. To be truly heard by another person is a great gift we can give each other. Let’s really try to show service to each other by being excellent listeners.
Thirteen Year 8 pupils visited the Houses of Parliament yesterday to discover how our country’s laws are made. These pupils are taking part in the Magistrate’s Mock Trial at Newcastle Law Courts in March. They were accompanied by Mrs Line, Mrs Marriott and Miss Carnaby, and supported by Emma and Emily – students from the University of Brighton’s Criminology Course.
Dear Parent/Carer,
I hope this email finds you well. It has been a very busy two weeks at Dr Thomlinson Middle School.
Dr Thomlinson Has Got Talent!
The school is in the middle of our Dr Thomlinson Got Winter Talent Auditions. Thursday saw the auditions for AIdan; today saw the auditions for Bede and Monday will see the auditions for Cuthbert.
Already we have seen children reading riddles; a number of excellent piano recitals; a Singing in the Rain dance comedy skit; someone eating a cheese sandwich; Stand-Up Comedy; a homage to Horrible Histories aided by a child in a dinosaur suit; Tick Tock Mayhem (a dance act…); a family dance singing duo; a song and dance act; contemporary dance; an expert in the Cha Cha and…the Wolf Boys…they are a folk trio. We look forward to a dancer; four singers and another “Tic Tockers” act on Monday.
The acts that have made it through to the final will be informed on the afternoon of February 3rd.
Arrangements for Dr Thomlinson Got Winter Talent Final – Wednesday, February 5th 7pm
The auditions have been excellent so the final will be a really entertaining evening. I would really recommend coming along and enjoying what will be a great show. Performers are asked to arrive at Dr Thomlinson between 6:20pm and 6:30pm on the night of the performance.
The show starts at 7pm and admission is free – I hope you can make it!
Dr Thomlinson Designers Trophy Success
On Thursday, 30th January, a team of 10 Year 8 Coders, Designers and Builders attended the First Lego League City Shaper Challenge competition at one of the North’s leading software companies SAGE. They had designed, built and programmed robots to complete a series of tasks and had 4 heats against 8 other schools from across Northumberland. They also had a rigorous interview and presentation on a design and build challenge that would help the local area. The task that our team chose to design robots for was flood defence improvement in Rothbury. The team created an impressive powerpoint and demonstration model to show how this would work. They also had a lego build challenge that tested the cohesiveness and team work of our group.
Our team won the trophy for the category of CORE VALUES. The LEGO LEAGUE core values were “Fun/Discovery/Inclusion/
Well done to Billy; Catalina; Jenny; Zak; Silas; Logan; Murray; Ben; Joe; Oli; Elliot; Daisy; Skye; Logan; Ben.
Dr Thomlinson Students Visit Parliament
A group of Dr Thomlinson students are visiting Parliament on Tuesday, February 4th. The group are taking part in a workshop and touring the Parliament buildings. The group will be taking part in the Magistrates Mock Trial event in March of this year.
Science Experiment of the Week
If you would like to be further involved in the Science Curriculum follow the link below:
https://spark.iop.org/
Electronic Devices in School
One of the two electronic devices that had gone missing from children’s school bags during the school day during the last four weeks has been found unharmed and has been returned to the owner.
TOP Award Winners Week beginning January 17th, 2020
5T – James
5H – James
6O – Zac
6M – Jessica
7L – Emily
7I – Ava
8N – Murray
8S – Alice
Mathemagician of the Week – Archie
Well done to all of these award winners!
Have a good weekend,
Liam
How can we develop Hope in our school community?
This week begins with Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27th and ends with the Feast of Candlemas on 2nd February. Both days are linked with the symbol of the light of the candle.
This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau – a concentration camp in the 2nd World War – and, to show this, people are urged to create a Holocaust flame.
Candlemas is the day when all the candles used in a Church are blessed for a year. It marks the day when Baby Jesus was presented at the temple and Simeon called Jesus a light to the world.
Sometimes things are hard for both ourselves and others and we need to show resilience yet, we can do this. The symbol of light is a powerful one, it shows darkness will be banished,; it shows us that there is hope. We need to make sure the symbol of light is in our school and in our hearts. We must always work hard to do the right thing and to offer hope to all in our community.
