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