Message from the Headteacher – 20.9.19

25th September 2019Miss T Carnaby

Dear Parents & Carers,

I hope you’ve had a lovely week. The school is basking in glorious autumnal sunshine so reminding us all of the recent summer holidays that seem now all so fleeting.

We have had a very productive two and a half weeks back at school and all the staff have been very impressive with the excellent attitude and behaviour displayed by all our students – both new to the school and those returning for another exciting academic year.

Our students are being guided by our newly appointed House Captains.

Congratulations to:

Jenny & Elliot – House Captains for Aidan House

Molly; Skye and Olivia – House Captains for Bede House

Catalina and James – House Captains for Cuthbert House.

Our House Captains will be joined by two form representatives from each form. Well done to:

Maisie and Cameron in 5H

Nathan and Fran in 5T

Daniel and Lara in 6O

Edward and Polly in 6M

Leah and Luke in 7I

Molly and Jacob in 7L

Logan and Daisy in 8N

Noah and Isla in 8S

Both our House Captains and Form Representatives have been elected by their peers.

Our Year 5 form classes visited All Saints Church, Rothbury on Tuesday and Thursday morning as part of their work in Religious Education. Studying the unit – “What do churches show about what Christians believe in God?” they enjoyed a very useful morning looking around the church with Rev Peters.

Next week sees the beginning of our sporting fixtures with our U11 & U13 Boys football teams playing Glendale School at home on September 24th and our U13 Girls netball team playing Glendale.

Our U13 netball team are playing away to NCEA on September 25th and our Girls U11 Football team play Whittingham at home on September 26th. We wish all our teams the very best of luck – Parents are very welcome to come and support.

Thursday, September 26th is our annual open day. The school is open to visitors on the afternoon of September 26th from 1:30pm and is then open in the evening from 5:30pm – 7pm. The best thing about our school is our students and we are delighted that so many want to give up their evening to come and help out. Each child helping out with the evening will receive a letter and we ask parents and carers to return the letter giving their consent. We look forward to a lovely day. Thank you to all of those students prepared to give up their time.

Friday, 27th September from 10am is our Year 5 Parent/Carer Macmillan Coffee Morning. The event gives an opportunity for Year 5 Form Tutors to speak to the parents/carers of our new intake. We invite those attending the event to bring a cake (to share – if they so wish); raffle prizes and a modest allowance to purchase said items. Year 5 children whose parents are not able to attend will be attending the event so they may wish to come with some funds to help join the fund raising event money for such a worthy cause. We look forward to a lovely morning.

Our Thomlinson Outstanding Pupils Awards were awarded to the following pupils for best epitomising our core values of Hope and Endurance.

5T – James

5H – Amy

6O – Harry

6M – Imogen

7L – Brett

7I – Leah & Isaac

8N – Molly & Elle

8S – Lulu & Luke

Well done to all of these award winners!

Have a lovely weekend,

Liam

Y5 visit to All Saints Parish Church

19th September 2019Miss T Carnaby

Year 5 pupils visited All Saints Church in Rothbury this week to engage in spiritual curriculum enrichment during their RE lessons.

Half Term Activities – Northumberland County Council

19th September 2019Miss T Carnaby

OPEN EVENING – THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2019

18th September 2019Miss T Carnaby

Dr Thomlinson Middle School would like to warmly invite parents/carers of prospective students to visit school and meet staff and students at our Open Evening on Thursday 26 September 2019 from 5.30-7.00 pm.

The portal for applying for school places in Northumberland is now open and closes on Thursday 31 October. Further information about the admissions process can be found by following the link below:

https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Education/Schools/School-admissions-places-appeals-1/Yr-5-Middle-Yr-7-Secondary-Yr-9-High-entry-applica.aspx#schoolentryapplicationsforyr5middleyr7secondaryyr9high

MacMillan Coffee Morning – Year 5

16th September 2019Miss T Carnaby

Year 5 Macmillan Charity Coffee Morning – Friday 27 September 2019

We would like to invite you to a charity coffee morning for families of Year 5 pupils on Friday 27 September at 10.00 a.m. Form Tutors will be present giving you the opportunity to discuss how your child has settled into Dr Thomlinson Middle School, whilst enjoying refreshments and raising much needed funds for an extremely worthy cause.

There is no need to book in, just turn up. Why not bring a friend or a family member – the more the merrier!

Donations of cake, biscuits, scones or raffle prizes would be greatly appreciated and are needed for the event. If these could be sent into school with your child first thing in the morning of the event, we would be most grateful.

If you are unable to attend, your child can still take part and you can send a small donation in with them to buy some cake. (Please note this event is for Y5 children only).

If you would like more information on the Macmillan Coffee Morning fundraising event, or fancy trying a new recipe, please visit www.macmillan.org.uk where you can find lots of information and recipes.