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Dear Parents/Carers,
I hope this email finds you well. This week was a busy week of sporting fixtures. On Monday Dr Thomlinson U13 Boys played away at Ponteland Middle School. The team did very well on a surface that had more resemblance to a swimming pool than a football pitch. Goals from Duncan and Dominic meant the team performed well in a creditable 2-7 defeat against a strong team.
In slightly better weather our Girls KS3 Rugby players did very well in a competition against the Duchess; Richard Coates and Newminster. The Year 7 Girls gained a draw and competed in two narrow defeats. Well done to Martha; Milly, Megan and Lilly for scoring some impressive tries. Our Year 8 girls had slightly better results recording wins against both of Newminster’s teams. Eleanor; Anna; Niamh and Amelie were the team’s stand out performers.
Wednesday saw our cross-country runners take part in a very well attended festival of running at Mowden Hall. The event was a cross-country relay with teams of two having to run the kilometre route. Only once both runners crossed the finish line was the baton allowed to be handed to the next pair in the team. Mr Heath was very impressed with the application and stamina of all those who took part.
Cross-Country Results:
U11 Girls
Year 6 – 4th
Year 5 – 12th
U11 Boys
Year 6 – 11th
Year 5 – 12th
U13 Girls
Year 8 – 8th
Year 7 – 10th
U13 Boys
Year 7 – 4th
Year 8 – 6th
At the time of writing this, our Under 11 Boys Football have still to play Richard Coates. We will report their result next week.
Next week is an even busier week with our rescheduled World Book Day celebrations; Sport Relief and Come Dine & Quiz.
World Book Day is on March 22nd . This year, we would like students to dress up their heads only as a character from a book; this could be with a hat, a wig, face paints, a mask or a head-dress etc. They must wear school jumpers and polo shirts but can wear non-uniform trousers and shoes. There will be prizes for the Best Dressed in our special WBD Assembly. Students do not need to bring £1 for this.
The Librarians (and avid helpers in the Library) will be holding a cake sale so please bring in money for that.
Come Dine & Quiz
5T – Tuesday March 20th, 2018
5H – March 21st, 2018
We look forward to seeing parents of the respective form classes from 12pm.
Parent Evening
Our first Spring Parent evening is on Wednesday, March 21st starting at 4pm. Parents/Carers are able to book times online.
TOP Award Winners Week beginning March 19th
5T – Oliver
5H Hannah
6O Thomas
6M Thomas
7L Ben
7I Chloe
8N Dylan
8S Ciaran
Mathemagician of the Week – Gregor
P&Q Award Winner – Eilidh
Rothbury & Coquetdale Youth project
Yr. 7 & Yr. 8 have been invited to a Young People’s Art Session for 12+ years upstairs at The Jubilee Hall, Rothbury – Thursday 22nd March 3:30pm – 5:30pm – youths can either do their own art boards or create some new work with artist John Craggs. Those attending must bring completed consent forms. For further details ring: 01665605846 – Gallery Youth.
Have a good weekend.
Cheers,
Liam
Dear Parents & Carers,
It has been another great week at Dr Thomlinson Church of England Middle School.
We were delighted to welcome Kev Sutherland to school on Wednesday, 21st February. He is an author and illustrator and he ran some really interesting workshops for our pupils on the art of narrative illustration.
This week was the beginning of a busy half-term of sport. Today we have Year 5/6 Hockey teams at Longhirst and our Key Stage Three rowers competing at Durham University. Next week sees our Key Stage 3 Boys Rugby team compete in the County Cup on Monday and then at Kingston Park on Tuesday. Tuesday also sees the Under 11 and Under 13 Girls Football League begin again and Dr Thomlinson Middle School will be hosting these matches after school on the evening of February 27th.
On Wednesday Year 8 will be visiting Safety Works where they will receive age appropriate advice that will make them more aware of everyday dangers and hazards.
World Book Day Celebrations
Thursday, March 1st will mark our World Book Day celebrations. World Book Day celebrates the joy and value of books and reading. Every student will receive a £1 World Book Day Book Token that can either be exchanged for one of ten World Book Day books or used to get £1 off any book. Your child will receive a token at the end of Thursday, which can be redeemed at most UK bookshops. Year 5, 6 and 7 students can also quiz any of the WBD books as they are all on Accelerated Reader. This year, we would like students to dress up their heads only as a character from a book; this could be with a hat, a wig, face paints, a mask or a head-dress etc. They must wear school jumpers and polo shirts but can wear non-uniform trousers and shoes. There will be prizes for the Best Dressed in our special WBD Assembly. Students do not need to bring £1 for this.
The Librarians (and avid helpers in the Library) will be holding a cake sale so please bring in money for that.
In form time, each class will hold a book swap. Please bring in a book (which you have already read) to swap for another good read.
Women’s World Day of Prayer
Friday, March 2nd will mark our school contributing to the Woman’s World Day of Prayer at the URC in Rothbury at 1:30pm.
Parent Questionnaire
Your views are very important to us and we ask you to complete our 2018 Parent Questionnaire. If you follow this link you can give your opinions on various areas of our school’s work.
Top Award Winners Week ending February 23rd
5T Taylor
5H Stan
6O Joe
6M Brandon
7L Lewis
7I Bertie
8N Charlie
8S Poppy
The Mathemagician of the week was Spencer in 5H.
Well done to all of these award winners.
I hope you have a lovely weekend.
Cheers,
Liam
St Cuthbert’s Day is on Friday 9 March.
Sports Relief is on Friday 23 March.
Dear Parents & Carers,
It has been a busy few weeks at Dr Thomlinson Church of England Middle School.
Well done to the 48 pupils who had gained a TOP Award this half-term. Yesterday they enjoyed their hard earned reward with half of the group being taught the skills of origami by Mrs Moss whilst the other half worked with clay with Mrs Healy. I had the pleasure of sampling both the activities and they were both enjoyable and creative.
Children had to be equally creative in celebrating Number Day on Friday, February 2nd. It was lovely to see so many children coming to school as a number or wearing a number. I think the award for creative dress goes jointly to Mrs Moss and Mrs Ryan who came to school dressed as a homage to the numbers 1 & 8 although not necessarily in that sequence.
Unfortunately the sequence 1-0 were two numbers that fell the wrong way for our U13 Boys football team in the County Cup Quarter Final match on 31st January against Newminster. The narrow defeat still showed great credit to our performance – an especial well done to William in goal who was simply outstanding!
The day after on 1st February our U13 Boys Basketball team played well in a tournament at Chantry Middle School.
Unfortunately almost all other sports fixtures have been cancelled and rearranged because of the weather so we are expecting a very busy second half to the Spring Term.
I say almost because sleet, snow and mud are perfect conditions for Cross Country running and Bertie in Year 7 ran very well in the sleet and snow at the Northern Counties cross country finals held at Barnard Castle on Saturday February 3rd, finishing 17th and has made it through to the next (and final) stage. What started as representing the school at Gateshead in October will culminate in representing the school and Northumberland in the National Schools cross country championships in Leicestershire in March. Well done to Bertie for this fantastic achievement!
Cold weather is the perfect weather for reading and 45 students hit their Accelerated Reader target for this half term. They all enjoyed a special breakfast on Thursday morning and Ryan in Year 7 won the raffle, taking home a £10 Amazon voucher. The class competition was won by 6M, who knocked 60 off the top stop only in the last few days of the challenge!
We also have four new Word Millionaires (students who have read over a million words this academic year): Ava, Ava, Noah and Jacob. They all took home a new book to mark this great achievement.
Mrs Corbett and Mrs Battista are enjoying running Book Club for the first time this term. 7 students are thoroughly enjoying meeting on a weekly basis over lunch to read and discuss Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon. If you are looking for a new half-term read, we’d all recommend it – for adults and children alike!
Top Awards Week beginning 26th January, 2018
5T Hugo
5H Aaron
6O Aiden
6M Emma
7L Rowan
7I Kimberly
8N Maddison
8S Marcus
Top Awards Week beginning 2nd February, 2018
5T Maddison
5H Kaci
6O Ben
6M Catalina
7L Jess
7I Lewis
8N Kai
8S Ben
Top Awards Week beginning 9th February, 2018
5T Gregor
5H Lily
6O Isaac
6M Brandon
7L Erin
7I Aaron
8N Robert
8S James
Well done to Jasper who was this week’s Mathemagician of the Week
This half-term’s House with the most House points was Aidan. The following pupils won the most House points in their form group.
5T Nicole
5H Hannah
6O Amy
6M Catalina
7L George
7I Lily
8N Eleanor
8S Sam
Have a lovely half-term break. We look forward to seeing everybody return on Monday, February 19th.
Cheers,
Liam
