CORBRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER 2015
W
elcome to the new term at Corbridge Middle School. In particular may I take
this opportunity to welcome all our new students in Year 5, as well as the
additional 10 students who have joined us in Years. 6, 7 and 8. Our new
members of staff are settling in very well and we hope your children are
too!
Our new Year 5 students have created a fantastic first impression. These are some of the
thoughts they shared with their Year 8 buddies on Thursday afternoon.
“I like this school because you can go to different classes and teachers” Charlotte
“My first few days have been exciting, filled with opportunities. I’m looking forward to Art, DT and
French” Scarlet
“I think the school dinners are delicious!” Calum
“If I could put in in three words I would say Exciting, Amazing,
Fun!” Ruby
“I like music and all the instruments” Max
“The teachers are very friendly and helpful” Ruby
“Amazing Playground!” Hannah
“I enjoy being able to choose what I would like for lunch” Scarlett
“I cant wait to try out the new clubs” Chloe
“I like science because we do fun experiments” Eliza
“I liked doing PE on one of my first days, and meeting some new friends” Sam
CORBRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
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Our Staff
SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM
Mrs J Kennedy
Headteacher
Mr D Johnston
Deputy Headteacher / Humanities Coordinator
Mrs L Hamilton
Assistant Head (KS2 Leader) / English Subject Leader
Mrs D Ricketts
Assistant Head (KS3 Leader) / SENDCO
TEACHERS
Form Class
5S
5H
5M
6B
6F
6M
7BA
7BL
7P
8G
8V
8WT
Teacher
Mr M Swinney
Mrs L Hamilton
Miss M Maury
Miss J Bell
Mrs B Fisher
Mr R McKee
Dr M Batchelder
Mr M Blatherwick
Mrs L Parkin
Mrs S Gardner
Mrs E Volpe
Mrs G Walker-Thomas
Mrs J Kidd
Mrs H Samuels
Mrs D Stanley
Mrs A Clarke
TEACHING SUPPORT STAFF
Higher Level
Mrs V Parkinson
Teaching Assistants Mrs L McDonald
Teaching Assistants
SUPPORT STAFF
Administration
General Assistants
Catering
Apprentice
Caretaker
Mrs E Dixon
Mrs S Firth
Area of Responsibility
Senior Leadership Team
RE Coordinator
Music Coordinator
Science Subject Leader
PE Coordinator
Computing Coordinator
French Coordinator
Art and Technology Coordinator
Food Science Coordinator
Maths Subject Leader
Home School Link Worker
Cover Supervisor
Mrs S Liddle
Mrs H Vickers
Mrs A Harvey
Support Manager
Mrs J Davison
Admin Assistant
Mrs L Ellman
Resource Assistant
Mr N Coates
IT Technician
Mrs S Pemberton
Librarian
Mrs L Ballantyne
Catering Manager
Miss C Ross
Kitchen
Mr T Winter
Kitchen
Miss E Brison
TA Apprentice
Mr D Wootton
Caretaker
Mrs D Alexander
Cleaner
Mrs E Garbutt Cleaner
Ms R Wood
Cleaner
Should you need to contact us the school office is open between 08:30—4:30.
Telephone: 01434 632191
Mrs Harvey and Mrs Davison will be pleased to assist you, or direct your query to
the relevant person.
Alternatively you can email the office on [email protected]
Can we please remind you that pupil absence should be reported by 9am.
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Meet with Mrs Kennedy
We would like to make you aware of several opportunities over the next few weeks where you will be
able to come into school and learn more about us. Some of these events are aimed at Year 5 parents,
others are open to all.
If you would like to attend one of these events please email :
[email protected] so we can ensure that we have
enough refreshments!
Date
Time
Event
Aimed at
Tuesday 15th
September
6:30 –
7:30
Welcome to Corbridge Middle
School information evening
Thursday, 24th
September
9:00 10:00
Coffee morning/ Tour of the school
with Mrs Kennedy
Monday, 28th
September
11:00 –
12:30
Year 5 parents
Wednesday, 30th
September
3:45 –
4:30
Join in with your child’s Literacy
lesson and then stay and have a
school dinner with your child
Optional informal drop-in session
with your child’s form teacher
Wednesday, 7th
October
3:45 –
4:30
Optional informal drop-in session
with your child’s form teacher
Year 5 parents
Monday, 12th
October
2:45 –
3:25
Harvest assembly
All Welcome
Tuesday, 13th
October
11:00 –
12:30
Year 5 Parents
Wednesday, 14th
October
6:30 –
7:30
Wednesday 14th
October
3:45—
4:45
Join in with your child’s Maths lesson and then stay and have a
school dinner with your child
Information evening for anyone interested in their child having peripatetic music lessons
Optional informal drop-in session
with your child’s form teacher
Friday, 16th
October
1:30 –
3:00
KS2 R.E./PSHE afternoon
Year 5 and 6 parents
The first week of term has gone smoothly and
we hope your child has settled well.
If you have any concerns either now or in the
future please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
We would usually recommend that you contact your child’s form teacher in the first instance.
Year 5 parents and parents of new pupils in
Year 6, 7 and 8
All welcome
Year 5 parents
All
Year 5 parents
CELEBRATING SUCCESS
If your child achieves something
outside of school please let us
know so we can congratulate
them!
We are in the process of putting together the calendar of events for the year. Please look
out for more detail on the October newsletter. As the dates are decided they will also be
added to the calendar on the website.
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CORBRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
School News
Enrichment Project
“I am passionate about teaching and learning and believe education is about developing the
whole person socially, emotionally and spiritually as well as academically. In Key Stage 2 the
PSHE and Religious education curriculum has been combined to form our ‘Culture and Care
Curriculum’ and will be taught through a topic approach, mainly on Friday afternoons. In Key
Stage 3 the students spend Friday afternoons involved in our new ‘Enrichment Project’.
Through these activities we hope to cover the Citizenship curriculum, promote the school values
and ‘light their fire!”
In order to help to facilitate taking the students out of school, inviting specialists into school and
buying relevant resources and equipment we will be having a whole school sponsored walk.
This will take place on Friday, 25th September; whatever the weather! The sponsor form is
provided with this newsletter and your support in helping your child to raise as much money as
possible would be much appreciated.
Mrs Jane Kennedy
Uniform
The children look very smart. Thank you so much for ensuring that they are dressed smartly
and appropriately. Please ensure that all items of uniform, equipment and packed lunch boxes
are named. We have introduced a ‘Cuff Club’ – an attempt to ensure that the cuffs on the school
jumpers remain intact and we are trying to eradicate the chewing of the cuffs! If you have any
queries regarding uniform, including shoes and hairstyles, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Reports and Parent’s Evenings
As you may be aware, assessment arrangements in first, middle and high schools are changing
alongside new curriculum content. We are now entering ‘Life without Levels’. In an attempt to
make it easier for parents to see how their child is doing, we will now be reporting whether your
child is at, below or above national expectations for their year group. The children in Year 6 will
no longer receive a level in the SAT tests either. We will soon be setting targets for the end of
this academic year and will aim to keep you well informed throughout the year. Please see the
calendar at the end of the newsletter for advance notice of all the main dates for the year. Whilst
we will do our best to keep to these dates; they may be subject to change.
Homework Club
Homework Club will start again on Wednesday
9th September 3:30—4:30, and will then run
every Wednesday.
Come along and get your homework done with
Mrs McDonald and Mrs Parkinson to help you.
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School News
Mobile Phones
School Dinners
If your child wishes to bring a mobile phone
into school they may do so, providing this is
left in the mobile phone trolley which is kept
in the school office during the day.
It must be switched off and put into the trolley before morning registration, and can be
collected at the end of the day.
Shortly Year 8 students will have the opportunity to have a locker where they will be
able to keep their belongings
We are delighted that so many children
are choosing to have a school dinner.
The cost of a dinner is now £2:40. We
hope that you will find it helpful to see
the menus in advance so that you are
able to discuss them with your child to
help them to make an informed choice.
Menus are attached to the back of this
newsletter.
Lost Property
Local Police Office Space
As mentioned in the last newsletter we have been able to offer
the local police officer and community officer some office space
within our school. I am pleased
to inform you that this move has
now gone ahead. I would like to
reassure parents that this will
just be office space – there will
be no visitors, criminal or otherwise, onto the school premises
and certainly no need for cells! I
am pleased that the school is
able to support the local community in this way.
Please, please, please make
sure that all of your child’s
clothing and personal items
are clearly labelled, otherwise
it is very difficult to find and
return items to their correct
owners.
No valuable items should be
brought into school.
Important Information Regarding Allergies
If your child has any food allergies would you please
let the school office know, even if they do not have a
school dinner.
Student Journals
All children have been given a new student journal. Please could you
sign this every week so that you can respond to any messages your
child may have, and to show that you are monitoring your child’s
homework.
If your child loses their journal there is a replacement charge of £3.
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School News
SATS RESULTS
We were delighted with the excellent Year 6 SATS results last term.
Congratulations to all the students on their fantastic achievements!
It is always wonderful to hear about the achievements of our former
students too. Congratulations to all our past students who did so well
in their Year 11 and Year 13 exams over the summer
Key stage 2 school results and national results
Reading
Writing
Maths
GPS*
% level
4+
% level
5+
% level
4+
% level
5+
% level
4+
% level
5+
% level
4+
% level
5+
2015 School
Results
95.7%
59.4%
97.0%
56.0%
98.6%
50.7%
88.4%
68.1%
2015 National
Results
89.0%
48.0%
85.0%
33.0%
87.0%
42.0%
80.0%
56.0%
CLUBS TIMETABLE
Here is a provisional list of our very popular range of extra-curricular clubs for this term. A complete clubs timetable will be available next week.
DAY
LUNCHTIME
STAFF
AFTER SCHOOL STAFF
MON
TUES
WED
Friendship Club
Mrs Liddle
Ceilidh Band
Miss Stephenson
Languages Club
Miss Maury
Girls Rugby
Mr Blatherwick
Games Club
Mrs Dixon
Penpal Club
Mrs Volpe
Percussion Ensemble
Mrs Samuels
Hockey
Mrs Parkin
Gardening
Dr Batchelder
Taekwondo
Homework Club
Mrs Parkinson /
Mrs McDonald
Code Club
Mrs Gardner
Science
Boys Rugby
THURS
FRI
Mr Blatherwick
Brass Band
Friendship Club
Mrs Liddle
Football KS3
Mr Blatherwick
Football KS2
Mr McKee
Wind Band
Cuff Club
Mrs Kidd
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CORBRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
TERM DATES 2015/2016
PERIOD
DATE SCHOOL CLOSES
DATE SCHOOL REOPENS
FOR TEACHING
October Half Term
Thursday 22nd October
Monday 2nd November
Christmas 2014
Friday 18th December
Tuesday 5th January
Spring Half Term
Thursday 11th February
Monday 22nd February
Easter 2015
Thursday 24th March
Monday 11th April
May Day
Monday 2nd May
Tuesday 3rd May
Summer Half Term
Friday 27th May
Monday 6th June
Summer 2015
Tuesday 19th July
Tuesday 6th September
Teacher Training Days
Friday 23rd October 2015
Monday 4th January 2016
Friday 12th February 2016
Wednesday 20th July 2016