Dear Parent / Carer,

It has been a really busy week at Dr Thomlinson Church of England  Middle School.

Easter Church Service

Thanks to all those who were able to attend our Easter Church Service on Thursday, March 30th at 1:30pm at All Saints Church, Rothbury. A particular well done to our school choir; musicians and House Captains who did so much to make the service very memorable.

Yr 8 Careers

Year 8 participated in a virtual career event on Tuesday 28th March which discussed the merits of becoming an Apprentice.  Year 8 found the event very informative.

PHSCE Music Event

On Tuesday, March 28th the school were delighted to invite singer “Zak – new teenage sensation” to our school.  Zak performed to the whole school as well as delivering important messages on anti bullying; Cyber Safety and Mental Health.  Zak was very well received by our school community and we enjoyed his rendition of “My Girl” – Zak’s latest single.

Lit Quiz

Well done to our two Lit Quiz teams who took part in the regional heat of the quiz about books.  Our teams finished a creditable 13th and 17th.

Our Yr 7 team were : Jonah, Miles, Cecy and Xanthe

Our Yr 8 team were : Luke, Wilf, Esme and  Fran

Parent Evenings

Please see a reminder of your forthcoming Parent evenings

Dates of Parent Evenings:

March 9th – Yr 8 Parent Evening – 3:30pm – 7:30pm – postponed due to bad weather to Thursday, April 20th

May 16th – Yr 5 Parent Evening – 3:30pm – 7:30pm

May 23rd – Yr 6 Parent Evening – 3:30pm – 7:30pm

 

Well done to Nieva in Year 8 who won our termly P&Q awards competition – Naive wins a £10 Amazon voucher.

 

I hope you have a lovely Easter.  We look forward to seeing children back at school on Monday, April 17th..

 

Take care,

Liam Murtagh – Headteacher