Dear Parent/Carer,

It has been a busy opening fortnight to our second Autumn Half term.

Our Scholastic Book Fair was very popular during the week beginning November 4th and it was clear from its success that our pupils have a real love of reading.

On November 6th we had a really productive Parent Curriculum Consultation evening. The evening was an excellent opportunity for the school to share its curriculum intent with its parent body and I thank the parents/carers for attending. Their contribution was very valuable. There will be further curriculum events throughout our school year.

Well done to our team of avid readers who attended the regional heat of Kids Lit Quiz in Gosforth. The Lit Quiz is a worldwide competition designed to test children’s knowledge of our Literary Heritage. Our teams consisted of four Yr 8 pupils (Daisy, Matilda, Jenny & Dylan) and 4 Yr 7 pupils (Eilidh, Isobel, Lily & Noah) and competed against 30 other schools. Our Yr 8 team finished in 6th place (the best the school has ever achieved) and our Yr 7 team finished only two points behind. Well done – to both teams.

November 8th saw our school cross country runners compete in the North Northumberland Cross Country at Longridge. Well done to Noah, Isaac, Steven, Katie, Elliott and Skye who all placed in the top 15 of their respective races. A special well done to Molly in Year 8 who finished runner-up in her event. The conditions were very wet and muddy and all our students showed remarkable resilience to do so well.

Thank you to all seven of our school House Captains for representing the school at the Rothbury Remembrance Day Service at All Saints Church. The House Captains laid a wreath at the Rothbury War Memorial on behalf of our students, staff, parents and academy councillors.

On Tuesday, November 12th our Key Stage Two Boys and Girls mixed 6 aside football team showed equal resilience to compete in the teeth of rainstorm at Cochrane Park, Newcastle. The team were competing in a Premier League football competition to see who would be the team to represent Newcastle in a national football event. The team beat Whytrig Middle School and Moulton Primary School before being defeated narrowly against Bede Academy and Seahouses Primary (the latter the result of a freak deflection). Well done to Edward, George, Cameron, Maisie, Emily, Lara and Zara.

Well done to the Boys KS2 Football team who played very well against Northburn Primary on Thursday, November 14th. Despite dominating large parts of the match they were unable to find the decisive goal and ended up losing in a narrow 3-1 defeat.

On November 11th we welcomed our Community Safety Officer to speak to our children about Social Media. The children really enjoyed the presentation and our Community Safety Officer is returning to our school on Tuesday, 19th November to present an Information Evening about Social Media to any interested Parents. We hope you are able to attend.

On November 14th the school further developed its children love of reading by inviting the school library service into school to train a number of keen children librarians. Our school has really invested in our school library and the library is open every lunchtime from 12:30 – 1pm.

Well done to all the people who contributed to a great day raising money for Children In Need on Friday, November 15th. There was an impressive range of stalls and activities at lunchtime to supplement the money raised through our non-uniform day.

Would your child like to be confirmed?

The Bishop of Newcastle will be conducting a Confirmation Service in All Saints Church, Rothbury, on Sunday 8th December at 10.15am. Once confirmed a person is a full member of The Church of England and is able to partake of the bread and wine at Holy Communion services.

If there are any pupils aged 10 or upwards who would like to be confirmed please contact the school by Friday 22nd November, 2019 (email: [email protected] – subject Confirmation Service – for the attention of the Headteacher.

Pupils would need to attend three 30 minute preparation classes which will happen during school lunchtimes from 12:30 on 26,28,29 November as well as the rehearsal which is in All Saints Church on Friday 6th December at 6.30pm.

Tuesday – 19th November – 6pm – Parent Information Evening – Social Media

Our Community Safety Officer will be in school for an information presentation regarding Social Media. All Parents/Carers are welcome to attend.

Thomlinson Outstanding Pupil Awards

Week ending October 24th

5T Edward

5H Lily

6O Daniel

6M Daisy

7L Hugo

7I Luke

8N Daisy

8S Trinity

Week ending November 8th

5T Will

5H Bibi

6O Imogen

6M Kaitlyn

7L Joseph

7I Lois

8N Emma

8S Chloe

Week ending November 15th

5T Gus

5H Luke

6O Freddy

6M Daisy

7L Katy

7I Isaac

8N Emma

8S Chloe

Well done to Wilf, Esme and Ryan who were awarded Mathemagician of the Week awards.