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Yr 8 March 9th Parent Evening Postponed until Thursday April 20th
Dear Parents/Carers,
I hope this email finds you well. We have had a very enjoyable week at Dr Thomlinson CofE Middle School.
World Book Day – March 2nd
We had a really enjoyable World Book Day on Thursday. Thank you to all our children who came to school on Thursday dressed as a literary character – the costumes were really imaginative and showed the wide range of reading that we all enjoy.
I especially enjoyed the “Shelfie” competition where staff took a picture of one of their book shelves. I always find looking at other people’s bookshelves fascinating and children could take part in a competition to match the member of staff to their bookshelf.
World Day of Prayer
Our school marked the Women’s World Day of Prayer on Friday, March 3rd with our school choir attending the Rothbury World Day of Prayer event at Rothbury URC. Well done to our school choir for all their hard work to prepare for this event.
Cuthbert House Service
OUr annual Cuthbert House service will take place at All Saints Church on Friday, March 17th at 10am for children of Cuthbert House – parents/carers are very much invited.
Boys Football
A huge well done to our Boys KS2 football team who enjoyed an excellent away victory to Horton Grange Primary yesterday evening. A Josh hat-trick contributed to a 4-3 victory in which Dr Thom,inson’s raced to a three goal lead only to be pegged back to 3-3. Wonderfully, it was Dr Thomlinson’s that were able to close out the match to secure victory.
Next week our U13 football team are away to Dukes School, Ashington on Monday and our U11 team are away to Newminster on Tuesday.
Dr Thomlinsonson taking the 40 Acts Challenge
Dr Thomlinson are marking the Christian season of Lent by taking the Forty Acts Challenge. Each school day each form class choose one of 40 Acts designed to remind people how they can be kind; friendly and respectful to each other. The idea behind the tasks is that Lent can be about doing something extra rather than giving something up. So each day each form class will decide on a act to do something extra such as being the first to say sorry; give someone a nice compliment or go the whole day without arguing…
Parent Evenings
Thank you to all the Year 6 Parents/Carers who attended our Year 6 KS2 Parent Information evening on Tuesday, February 28th. It was lovely to see so many people attending and I hope those attending found the evening beneficial. This is the first of our face-to-face parent evenings. Year 8 Parents/Carers are able to book appointments at the moment and we look forward to speaking to Year 8 Parents/Carers on Thursday, March 9th.
The window for booking appointments for the Yr 7 Parent Evening on March 16th will soon be opening and Parents/Carers will be informed on how to do this in a separate letter.
Dates of Parent Evenings:
March 9th – Yr 8 Parent Evening – 3:30pm – 7:30pm
March 16th – Yr 7 Parent Evening – 3:30pm – 7:30pm
May 16th – Yr 5 Parent Evening – 3:30pm – 7:30pm
May 23rd – Yr 6 Parent Evening – 3:30pm – 7:30pm
Proposed Merger of Tyne Community Learning Trust with The Three Rivers Learning Trust
Thank you to all those Parents/Carers who took part in the Parent Consultation evening for the proposed merger at Dr Thomlinson CofE Middle School at 6pm on Monday, February 27th. Please do take the opportunity to respond in writing to the proposal. All parents/carers have been sent the consultation document and these documents are also available on the school website here. This consultation will end on Friday 17th March at 5pm.
TOP Award Winners week beginning Monday, February 27th, 2023.
Core value – Reverence
5T – James
5H John
6O Matthew
6M James
7I Mary-Anne
7L – Edward
8N – Millie
8S – Harriet
P&Q Award winner – Gabriel in Year 7.
Well done to all of these award winners!
I hope you have a restful weekend.
Take care,
Liam Murtagh – Headteacher
Tomorrow is World Book Day! As part of our celebrations, we are having a ‘Shelfie Competition’ where pupils have to match the member of staff to the correct bookshelf.
Also, children can come in dressed as their favourite literary character if they wish. Please don’t spend money on expensive costumes. Pupils can dress up in complete disguise OR bring/wear three items that represent their character. There will be prizes for the most imaginative entries.
KS 2 and 3 will be designing a mask for a character in their English lessons too.
Happy Reading!
Dear Parents/Carers,
I hope this email finds you well. We had a very busy end to our half term.
KS2 Boys Football
Well done to our KS2 Boys Football team who were narrowly edged out in a glorious 3-5 thriller away to Ponteland. They say “goals win games” and Mr Pickup – the team coach – felt that our team created enough chances to comfortably win the game yet were unable to convert the opportunities. Well done to all those who took part.
Cuthbert House Service
Well done to the Cuthbert House Captains who planned their House Cuthbert Service with Canon Sinclair on Wednesday, 15th February. The service will take place at All Saints Church on Friday, March 17th at 10am for children of Cuthbert – parents/carers are very much invited.
Housepoint Shop
Thursday, 16th February saw our half termly Housepoint shop open for business and there were lots of children able to enjoy the spoils of their hard earned house points
World Book Day Celebrations. World Book Day ,Thursday 2 March
Mrs Watson, Head of English writes: We will be celebrating World Book Day with various activities in the week straight after half term. One such activity is a ‘Shelfie Competition’. Members of staff are going to share with pupils a photograph of their book shelf and children can match the shelf to the adult. (I need to give mine a bit of a tidy). Also, pupils are going to have the opportunity to design a mask for their favourite literary character at some point during the week. If anyone would like to come in disguise as their character on Thursday 2 March, that would be wonderful. One idea that really appealed to me is to just use three objects to bring or wear in role.To keep with our planet-friendly aims as a school, we are forwarding an electronic copy of the £1 book voucher that can be easily presented in any participating retailer. The tokens can be used from February 19 to the end of March. Happy Reading from us all at Dr T’s!
Digital World Book Day Voucher
https://www.worldbookday.com/
https://www.worldbookday.com/
Parent Evenings
Our Face-to-Face Parent Evenings will start to take place after February half term. All evenings will take place at Dr Thomlinson Middle School. Information regarding the Yr 6 KS2 Sats evening has already been sent to parents/carers and information about the other parent evenings will follow in due course.
Dates of Parent Evenings:
February 28th – 6pm – 7pm KS2 Year 6 Parent/Carer Sats evening
March 9th – Yr 8 Parent Evening – 3:30pm – 7:30pm
March 16th – Yr 7 Parent Evening – 3:30pm – 7:30pm
May 16th – Yr 5 Parent Evening – 3:30pm – 7:30pm
May 23rd – Yr 6 Parent Evening – 3:30pm – 7:30pm
Reminder of consultation regarding the proposed merger of Tyne Community Learning Trust with The Three Rivers Learning Trust
The Parent Consultation evening for the proposed merger of Tyne Community Learning Trust with The Three Rivers Learning Trust is taking place at Dr Thomlinson CofE Middle School at 6pm on Monday, February 27th
Take care,
Liam Murtagh – Headteacher
Dear Parents/Carers,
I hope this email finds you well. It has been a very busy fortnight at Dr Thomlinson CofE Middle School.
KS2 Live Spaceport Lesson
At Lamba Ness in Unst, Shetland, SaxaVord Spaceport is developing a launch site and ground station and this exciting venture was a part of a “live” lesson for our Year 5 and Year children on the afternoon of Friday, February 3rd. The lesson was really enjoyable and really contributed to the further understanding of our Science curriculum.
Yr 8 Mock Trial
A team of our Yr 8 children annually take part in the Mock Trial event where children take part in specially written legal cases comparing against their peers in a competitive event that introduces children to the workings of the judicial system, its venues and access to senior legal professionals. On Monday, 6th February this year’s team worked on their cases with a Magistrate in our main hall. The children found this session really beneficial and we have high hopes for them when they take part in the actual “Mock Trial” competition later in the year.
Yr 5 & 6 Theatre Visit
Yr 5 & 6 visited the Theatre on Tuesday 7th February to watch the play “Little Manfred”. Based on the book by Michael Morpurgo, this captivating play follows Charley and her little brother, Alex, in the summer of 1966 as they learn that friendships can be built around difficult circumstances. The children very much enjoyed their Theatre visit.
Yr 5 Safetyworks Visit
SafetyWorks! is a multi-agency interactive safety centre serving the community of Tyne and Wear that provides innovative, enjoyable learning experiences enabling visitors to participate safely in realistic situations illustrating everyday hazards and how to prevent them. The visit is a very important part of the work we do in the wider curriculum to teach children how to stay safe and our children found the trip very informative.
TOP Awards week beginning 30th January, 2023. The core value was Thankfulness
5T James
5H Sophie
6O Harriet
6M Daisy
7I River
7L Grace
8N Oliver
8S Phoebe
TOP Awards week beginning 23rd January, 2023. The core value was Hope
5T Jake
5H Poppy
6O Layla
6M Henry
7I Lewis
7L Emily
8N Chanon
8S Jordan / Jacob
Well done to all of these award winners!
I hope you have a restful weekend.
Take care,
Liam Murtagh – Headteacher
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:
Charlotte
Sarah
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
