Dear Parent / Carers,
I hope this email finds you well. It has been a very busy fortnight at Dr Thomlinson Middle School.
Well done to all of the children who took part in our Christmas Celebration event on December 13th. The event comprised Christmas Drama; Poetry and Song and went very well.
Our Christmas Celebration event was part of a wider celebration of Christmas that saw our Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas Dinner Day on December 14th. Thank you very much to Mrs Muir and her catering team for an excellent meal.
Christmas carried on into the evening with our Christmas Disco and a special thank you to those parents/carers who helped out to volunteer to help staff the event – it was a night in which we literally rocked around the Christmas tree.
It was equally lovely to see so many people attend our Christmas Church Service at All Saints Church, Rothbury on December 22nd. Thank you to our choir and orchestra for their musical input and to our House Captains for their contribution to the readings.
Well done to all our Yr 8 children who took part in our annual Christmas Cake Decoration competition. Well done to the following prize winners:
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Charlotte
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Sarah
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Amber
Commendations go ot: Ben & Will
We finished term today with both Key Stages watching an online pantomime which was enjoyed by all – oh no it wasn’t..oh yes it was!
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a lovely Christmas and a happy new year and we look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Tuesday, 10th January, 2023.
TOP Award Winners – week beginning December 12th, 2022
Our core value for this week was Friendship
5T – Amelie
5H – Kaitlyn
6O – Liam
6M – Andrew
7I – Emma
7L – Ava
8N – Carter
8S – Amber
Well done to all of there award winners
Take care,
Liam Murtagh – Headteacher
Dear Parent/Carer,
It has been another productive week at Dr Thomlinson CofE Middle School.
KS3 Road Safety Drama
Giving children important messages regarding keeping safe is a really important par of our wider curriculum and on Tuesday, 6th December Yr 7 & Yr 8 children took part in a “Josh Green Education Theatre Performance ” in our main hall. The main message of the play was the importance of road safety and the play was very well received by our children.
Yr 8 Sport leaders
Thank you very much to the ten Yr 8 Sport Leaders who helped run our annual First Schools Football Festival on Thursday. Due to icy weather the festival was brought indoors yet it was still a great success.
We are looking forward to some very important christmas School events next week:
Christmas Celebration – Tuesday 13 December
Parents and carers who responded to our invite to take part in our Christmas Celebration event on Tuesday, 13th December will be joining us in one of two performances of the event on Tuesday afternoon. All those who said they wanted to attend have been sent an invitation and we look forward to the celebration. Mince pies and refreshments will be served during the event and we ask those invited to make a donation with all monies raised going to Shelter – the charity that supports housing and homelessness in the United Kingdom
Unfortunately this event is an invitation only event.
Student Christmas Dinner Day – Wednesday 14 December
Our lunch for students will be on Wednesday 14 December, this extra special meal will come with crackers and all the trimmings.
Thank you to all those who responded by the December 2nd deadline
Christmas Jumper Day – Wednesday 14 December
This day is also Christmas Jumper Day in aid of Save the Children. Pupils are invited into school wearing their favourite Christmas jumper plus their normal school uniform for a donation of £1.
Christmas Disco – Wednesday 14 December
Pupils are welcome to dance the night away at our Christmas Disco – 6.00 to 7.30 pm. Parent volunteers are always needed, please let the office know if you can help.
Christmas Church Service – Thursday 22 December
Parents and extended family are welcome to join us for our Christmas Church Service at All Saints Parish Church from 1.30 pm.
Panto – Friday 23 December
Pupils will watch a seasonal showing of Jack and the Beanstalk in the school hall.
School closes – Friday 23 December
School will close for students at 3.30 pm.
TOP Award
Week beginning 5th December – Core Value was Thankfulness
5T – Edwin
5H – Charlie
6O – Myles
6M – Maisie / India
7I Ethan
7L Cecily
8N – Ben
8S – Esme / Will
P&Q Award Winner – Daniel
Well done to all these award winners.
I hope you have a good weekend.
Take care,
Liam
Dear Parent/Carer,
It has been another productive week at Dr Thomlinson CofE Middle School.
Careers information is always an important part of our wider curriculum and on Monday afternoon Yr 8 took part in a Careers in NHS session. The main part of this afternoon was a drama that detailed the range of careers available in our National Health Service
Student Leadership is also an equally important part of our school and Tuesday saw more than 30 Yr 8 pupils taking part in training that will lead to a Young Sports Leader qualification. All those who took part really enjoyed the day.
Thursday saw the first day of December and we are busy planning the following activities to celebrate Christmas.
Christmas Celebration – Tuesday 13 December
Parents are invited to join us in school on the afternoon of Tuesday 13 December for a Christmas Celebration. If you wish to attend please – in the next few days – complete THIS FORM.
Student Christmas Dinner Day – Wednesday 14 December
Our lunch for students will be on Wednesday 14 December, this extra special meal will come with crackers and all the trimmings. Our Catering Manager, Mrs Muir & her team, would like to invite all pupils to enjoy their special Christmas lunch. We are providing this at the same cost of our normal school lunch. Payment will be taken off the normal lunch account on the day, so please ensure there are enough funds to cover this cost. Choices include a meat or Vegetarian option. As always we will cater for those with gluten and nut allergies.
Thank you to all those who responded by the December 2nd deadline
Christmas Jumper Day – Wednesday 14 December
This day is also Christmas Jumper Day in aid of Save the Children. Pupils are invited into school wearing their favourite Christmas jumper plus their normal school uniform for a donation of £1.
Christmas Disco – Wednesday 14 December
Pupils are welcome to dance the night away at our Christmas Disco – 6.00 to 7.30 pm. Parent volunteers are always needed, please let the office know if you can help.
Christmas Church Service – Thursday 22 December
Parents and extended family are welcome to join us for our Christmas Church Service at All Saints Parish Church from 1.30 pm.
Panto – Friday 23 December
Pupils will watch a seasonal showing of Jack and the Beanstalk in the school hall.
School closes – Friday 23 December
School will close for students at 3.30 pm.
TOP Award
Week beginning 28th November – Core Value was Wisdom
5T Joy
5H Jenson
6O Harriet
6M Emily
7I Leo
7L Jonah
8N Nathan
8S Ben
P&Q Award Winner – Will
Well done to all these award winners.
I hope you have a good weekend.
Take care,
Liam
Dear Parents/Carers,
We have had a very busy two weeks at Dr Thomlinson Middle School.
Anti Bullying Week
14th November to 18th November was Anti Bullying Week and this important event was marked through our Odd Sock Day on Monday, November 14th – all pupils who wore odd socks to school were awarded with house points for their efforts. The theme of this year’s anti bullying week was “Reach Out” and in PHSCE during this week we looked at how we all have a part to play in reaching out to people we trust if we need to talk about things that are troubling us and how we need to reach out to people we think are upset. We looked at how it is important to reach out to be the change we want to see in the world.
Football
There have been only two really important football matches taking place over the last fortnight and they were our U13 Girls Football team and our U13 Boys Football team playing at Ponteland High School. Well done to our Girls football team who played three matches on 15th November. Goals from Maisie and Zara in Year 8 saw a great win over Ponteland B.
On Wednesday November 23rd our Boys U13 team played Ponteland High and played really well in a 4-0 victory. I was really pleased with the football we played with Gus Dodd putting an imperious display of ball control and passing in the centre of midfield.
Cross Country
Well done to the 12 pupils in KS3 who qualified for the Northumberland Schools Cross Country Championship in very, very difficult conditions on Friday, 18th November. We were so proud of all our pupils who participated. Many congratulations go to Danny; Miles; Cecily; Emily; Amber; Emma; Mary-Anne; Samantha in Yr 7 and Michael and Nieva in Yr 8 – these children go forward to the next stage of the competition on 17th January, 2023.
Children in Need
Thank you to the many pupils who organised a host of fund raising activities on November 18th for Children in Need. the school raised over £500 and we had a lot of fun in doing so. There was a real buzz and excitement about the school.
St Aidan Day – November 25th
On November 25th the members of AIdan House celebrated the life of their patron saint in a church service planned and written by the Aidan House Captains. A huge well done to Ben and Michael (ably supported by Will and Toby in Yr 8). We look forward to the Bede and Cuthbert Saint Days in 2023.
Thank you
Thank you to all those pupils who made a donation to Sport in Mind – a charity whose mission is to improve the lives of people experiencing mental health problems through sport and physical activity – by wearing England colours on Monday, 21st November. We raised over £120. Often the excitement of England opening a World Cup campaign is seldom matched by the performance, however Monday’s match proved an exception. Let’s hope such form is carried on into the rest of the tournament.
Top Awards
14/11/22 – The theme this week was Compassion
5T Iona
5H Harry
6O Grace-Mae
6M Grace
7I Emily
7L Joe
8N Nieva
8S Laney
Well done to Poppie who won the P&Q award
21.11..22 -The theme this week was Humility
5T IArchie
5H Bobby
6O Rosie
6M Jake / Emily
7I Poppie
7L Sam
8N Oscar
8S Hannah
Well done to Zara who won the P&Q award.
We are all looking forward to Christmas – especially as our Yr 8s are currently taking part in our annual Christmas Cake Decoration activity. Please find enclosed a letter detailing the other school Christmas events scheduled.
I hope you have a good weekend.
Take care,
Liam Murtagh – Headteacher
Dear Parents & Carers,
I hope this email finds you well.
Remembrance Day
Our children marked Remembrance Day today with an impeccably observed two minute silence. Thank you to our House Captains who will be laying a Poppy Wreath on behalf of our school at the Rothbury Remembrance Service on Sunday at All Saints Church, Rothbury.
House Points Awards
Today saw the award of prizes for our first half term House Point competition. Well done to Aiden House who won the overall competition. A special well done to Hentry in 6M who won the individual House Point award with 139 points.
U11 Boys Football
Well done to our Under 11 Boys Football team who secured an excellent draw away to Meadowvale Academy. This very impressive result was secured with a goal byTeddy and excellent defensive work by our joint “men of the match” in our Captain Oliver; Josh and Mackenzie who were all outstanding in the match.
Reading
Thank you to all those who contributed to our Readathon in July. We raised over £600. Awards were given today to two people who really helped our Readathon efforts – Jonah and Charlotte in Year 7.
Yr 6 Welfare Meetings
On Monday 14th November we will have our Year 6 Welfare Meetings. This year parents/carers will have the opportunity of a virtual meeting with their form tutor in the Autumn term as well as an opportunity for face-to-face meetings with their child’s subject tutors in either the end of the Easter Term or the beginning of the Summer Term.
TOP Awards – the TOP Awards in the week beginning October 31st and the week beginning November 7th were both both for our core value of Reverence
5T – Ben
5H – Betsy
6O – Lucinda
6M James
7I Hylton
7L – James
8N – Emma
8S – Luke
5T – Mackenzie
5H – John
6O – Teddy
6M – Jessica
7I – Elsie
7L – Edward
8N – Toby
8S – Alice
Our P&Q award was won by River.
Well done to all of these award winners!
Monday 14th November Odd Socks Day for Anti Bullying Week
Children are invited to come wearing odd socks on Monday, November 14th
Children In Need Friday 18th November
Please be aware that each Form Class is planning a stall that they will run during the lunchtime of Friday 18th November to raise money for Children in Need.
I hope you have a good weekend.
Take care,
Liam Murtagh – Headteacher
