It has been a busy three weeks at Dr Thomlinson Church of England Middle School.
We have had a number of sporting fixtures.
Many congratulations to Bertie in Year 8 and Molly in Year 7 who won their respective Cross Country races at Longridge Towers on Friday, November 9th. We performed very well as team with four girls placing in the top 12 of the Year 7 race alone. Well done to everyone involved.
Well done to the Year 5 boys who took part in the football competition at Chantry Middle School on Tuesday, 13th November. Goals from Kai and Max saw victory against Newminster. Max was on the scoresheet again in a narrow defeat against Darras and Archie scored in an equally narrow defeat against Chantry Middle School. Consequently the team qualified for the Shield Competition and, with a solitary goal from Luke, gained revenge with a 1-0 win over Darras yet lost in their second match against Newminster. Obviously the lesson was to never play the same team twice in a competition!
On Tuesday 13th November our Year 8 Handball team played Richard Coates; Ponteland and Newminster in a round robin tournament at Chantry Middle School. It is really great to see our school taking part in a wide range of competitions and the team acquitted themselves very well.
On Thursday, 15th November our U13 Girls team played Chantry Middle School in the Girls Berry Cup. The team played very well but were unable to convert a number of chances. Bella was player of the match in a 3-0 reverse.
On Friday 16th November our Year 6 Hockey team played in a competition at Morpeth Hockey Club. The team enjoyed victories over Newminster Middle School and Richard Coates with Kobi scoring twice as well as Noah notching a goal. We qualified for the Shield competition and William scored in a second 1-0 win over Newminster Middle School. Obviously we had learned from our exploits in the Football equivalent earlier in the week. The team did very well to finish runners-up in the competition.
Monday, 19th November saw Dr Thomlinson U13 Boys team play Cramlington Learning Village at Cramlington. It was very much David vs Goliath in terms of size of school and, on this occasion, size won however the team played very well, especially Thomas who was simply outstanding in goal!
Our school KS3 Boys rugby team played some very big schools in terms of pupil numbers on Thursday of this week – playing Wallbottle; Long Benton and Ponteland. It is to our team’s huge credit that they remained unbeaten throughout the competition – a fantastic achievement!
Another great achievement was the £804.97 we raised as a school during Children in Need day last Friday. I was ever so impressed by the events and stalls that out students created in order to raise money for such a worthy cause. It was a great day and I really got the impression that everyone was enjoying themselves.
Thomlinson Outstanding Pupil Award Winners – Week ending 9th November
5T – Demi
5H – Luke
6O Taylor
6M Corey
7L Dexter
7I Olivia
8N Jess
8S Nicola
Thomlinson Outstanding Pupil Award Winners – Week ending 16th November
5T Daisy
5H Lucy
6O Hugo
6M Abi
7L Amy
7I Amelie
8N Charlie
8S Stas
Well done to Lucy and George for winning Mathemagicain of the Week awards.
Well done to all of these award winners!
Have a lovely weekend,
Liam
