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@GSHS_School
GSHS
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Wow, what a brilliant morning. Huge thanks to @thebodycoach for joining on his UK Schools Tour and delivering a 30 minute workout to all our wonderful students and staff. It really was a day to remember! Huge thank you to Mrs Patrick for organsing this - you are awesome!
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Huge thanks to the @GSHS parents and carers who found a way to keep their children at home today. We have small, manageable numbers in school which makes stopping the spread of the virus much much easier. Thank you!!
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@GSHS_School
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We would like to say thank you to all our young people and their families for their very generous donations to the @TheBAYFoodbank this time of year on our non-uniform day. Merry Christmas! 🎄🎄🎄
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Well done to all of our amazing Year 13 students on their results today. Despite all of the negative press and last minute decisions from the government you should be incredibly proud of your hard work and achievements - we certainly are! 👏🏻
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What a fabulous day! We are so proud of all of our Year 11 students who received their GCSE results today. Well done to all and best of luck for the future.
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We are very much looking forward to welcoming everyone back again on Monday. It was great to see all students today and we are delighted to report 98% attendance! It is clear our young people are very keen to get back to school as we all are. Year 7 students have settled superbly
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GSHS is open for all students tomorrow. Please be patient with us while we work through the implications of today’s government announcement on school closures, effective from Friday. We will provide an update for parents and carers as soon as we can on our website.
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Off to the slopes for our first morning. Busy morning!
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4 years
GSHS are incredibly proud of our Year 11 and Year 13 students and the GCSE and A-Level results they have achieved. It has been such a difficult year, but our young people deserve the success they have enjoyed today and last week and we wish them all the very best for the future.
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4 years
Watch out for Mrs Patrick who may well be on @BBCTheOneShow on Monday doing her PE Workout with Joe Wicks @thebodycoach at home with her children!!
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4 years
Well done to all of our wonderful staff, parents and students for everything they've done to keep everyone safe and ensure that school adapt to the "new normal". We wish everyone a restful and safe half term.
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4 years
A message to all our wonderful parents and carers our there! You’ve got this!
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2 years
Arrived at Dunkirk and ready for our overnight drive through France.
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2 years
Ski update: 2 hours to the hotel. Making great progress.
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2 years
The ski staff would like to thank our students for a fantastic week. Their behaviour and resilience has been outstanding throughout. The skiing has been fantastic, the sledging was amazing and the ice skating was… unique. It’s been a privilege to have this group away and…
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4 years
Delighted to see such a fabulous response from our young people and their families today. All donations will be going to @WEFoodbank to help those most in need.
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@GSHS_School
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Following our recent Ofsted inspection , we are delighted to report that George Stephenson High School is a “Good” school (Ofsted December 2019) – Please see our website for full details.
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@GSHS_School
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7 years
School closed again tomorrow (Friday 2nd March).Amber Warning extended until 10am Friday & police continue to advise against travel where possible. We have made this decision tonight to give parents time to make plans for tomorrow. We plan to re-open on Monday 5th March.
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6 years
Such fantastic ambassadors for our school!
@BBCNEandCumbria
BBC North East
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Girl power 🏃‍♀️ 🙌 the after school running club boosting girls' confidence
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2 years
Ski update: just about to board the 18:00 ferry. Traffic free journey down. Plain sailing ahead we hope.
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6 years
The GSHS/Killingworth History Society Centenary partnership is now in its 4th year. We are proud of our impeccably behaved and respectful Year 10 students who presented 30 wreaths to St John’s Church to remember 30 Killingworth soldiers who lost their lives. #WeWillRememberThem
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Contractors are on site to repair the water main. Further details with regard to whether we can re-open tomorrow will follow.
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4 years
GSHS is open again for all students tomorrow. Yr 11 and Yr 13 students can attend a leaver's assembly until 9.45 and will be expected to leave the site by 11 am. If they could return any books/study guides this would be appreciated. It is also a non-uniform day for all.
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4 years
We were delighted to welcome back our first groups of Year 10 students today. It was so lovely to have some normality in school again. Thank you to all of them for arriving at the correct time and being so positive. We are excited to see the other tutor groups as the week goes on
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School Closed Monday 11th February . GSHS will be closed for students and staff on Mon 11th Feb 2019 due to a burst water main discovered on site on Sunday morning. We expect to re-open on Tues 12th Feb but please check the school website, Twitter and ParentMail for updates.
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We are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty The Queen. She faithfully served the nation as our Sovereign during her long, happy and glorious reign. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to The Royal Family.
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Congratulations to our wonderful Year 11 students on a great set of GCSE results! We are hugely proud of you all and wish you all the very best in the future - looking forward to seeing many of you back in 6th form.
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We are in our way home! Students and staff have performed miracles to get us away by 6pm Italian time. We will push through the night. Expect early morning updates. There’s hope of an early eurotunnel crossing. Wembley parents please monitor.
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Wow! What amazing GCSE results! Well done Class of 22! We are so very proud of you.
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… and there’s been hundreds of little moments that have made us proud of our young people. They’ve risen to every personal and collective challenge admirably. Hope to see as many of you as possible on the slopes in 2024 (with better food… I promise!)
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7 years
Our thoughts and prayers are with family & friends of this remarkable young man today @holystoneschool #WeWillRemember #sobrave
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6 years
Emotional farewell to Year 11 this morning - you have been a joy to know. See lots of you back in 6th form, good luck to everyone who is moving on, we will miss you.
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George Stephenson High School will be open tomorrow (Wednesday 18 March). We have had contractors on site all day working to fix the burst water main and the school is now fully operational.
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@GSHS_School
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Wembley passengers dropped off. Thank you to all parents/carers for being ready for us. It’s greatly appreciated. On the way back to George Stephenson now. 3pm looking quite likely for our leading buses. 3.30 for year 11, 8 and sixth form.
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School will be closed today (Thursday March 1st) due to the worsening conditions overnight and the ongoing severe weather warning. We expect to re-open again on Friday 2nd March but we will confirm this by ParentMail and the school website
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Congratulations to our Year 8 students who took part in a MEGASOLE last year, along with students in Dublin. Sugata Mitra from Newcastle Uni judged the answers given and this group were the winners! Well Done!
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So proud of our Year 10 students who hand delivered all the donation bags to Maggies and the Freeman Hospital today. We have raised £820 so far for this fabulous cause @MaggiesCentres
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All checked in and ready for Barcelona.🇪🇸✈️ Buen Viaje to our fabulous students and staff jetting off to Spanish today.
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And they’re off! Goodbye to our fabulous, hard-working , resilient Year 11s who sat their final exam today. It’s been emotional but we couldn’t be any prouder of the fabulous young people you’ve become and are so excited for your futures.
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Congratulations to our wonderful class of 2023! All of your hard work and patience has paid off and you've achieved some fantastic GCSE results. We could not be prouder. Thanks to all our wonderful staff and parents for their support over the past 5 years!
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@GSHS_School
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More photographs of our fabulous young people! 👏👏👏👏
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A full house again tonight for the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious finale of' Mary Poppins Junior'! Well done to all our students and staff - amazing!
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Wow! Our Year 10 girls have been busy after school pulling together all the fantastic donations from non-uniform day into gift bags for @MaggiesCentres and cancer wards at the Freeman Hospital. We are so proud of them! Thanks to @FoundFutureNE for all their support too.
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7 years
Quite rightly jumping for joy! Well done Y11 2017 - you are ALL superstars!
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6 years
Welcome back to all our young people at @GSHS_School . Students have made a super start to the year!
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Thank you to all our wonderful students who entered our Photography Competition over half term. There are some stunning shots! We are currently in the process of shortlisting the winners and hope to announce these tomorrow. Stay tuned!
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Thank you so much to our families and school community for all their donations to the @MaggiesCentres today who we know will be delighted with all the toiletries collected for residents there. We have been overwhelmed by your generosity! Have a wonderful half term!
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And some more..! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Congratulations to GSHS student Archie who was crowned British Youth Speedway Champion this Sunday!
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Fantastic turnout on Saturday for GSHS's takeover of the Rising Sun Park Run. So many students and staff raising money for @stoswaldsuk in memory of Sheila Hall. Brilliant volunteering from our young people and superb home made cakes. Thanks also to @GreggsOfficial for donations
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@GSHS_School
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We would like to wish our Year 11 students the best of luck for tomorrow and remind you that GCSE results will be emailed to your school account from 8am tomorrow (Thursday). Please ensure you can access this account as we are unable to send out results to other email addresses.
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We're looking forward to welcoming our new Yr7 students tomorrow! Remember to go straight to the hall and sit in the same groups you were in for the induction day, ready for assembly. There'll be lots of staff around to help too. See you tomorrow!
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Well done to our staff, families and young people who are adapting so brilliantly to remote learning. We miss you very much but are delighted with the quality of work which students are producing at home. Here is one such example from English this week.
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@GSHS_School
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And finally...
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A huge well done to Lewis in Year 10 whose hard work paid off at the World Karate Championships last week. Lewis did incredibly well, bringing home 3 medals for the SEKA England Team from the 3 events he competed in. 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal - fantastic!
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6 years
Congratulations to our Year 13 students on their A-level results - we are so proud of you all!
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4 years
A message for all our fab parents/carers: please don't worry! We understand how difficult remote learning can be and that you are parents, not teachers. We have produced an overview of a few small things that you may like to do as busy parents to support your child: 😀
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Dear Parents, all Form Tutors are making calls for their tutees over the next two weeks to check their wellbeing and how they are coping with home learning. If you receive a call from an unknown/withheld number we would urge you to answer it as it will probably be them!
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Arrived, ski fit done, fed and having a couple of hours before bed. Hit the slopes at 9 tomorrow (9 til 12, lunch, 1 til 3).
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Well done to all of our fabulous Year 7s who started their first day of high school here at GSHS. They have made an excellent first day, lots of smiles and laugher all round. We can't wait to see them again tomorrow! Superstars! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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School will be open as usual tomorrow (Monday 5th March). Looking forward to seeing everyone and getting back to the business of learning.
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Well done to Year 7 for making such a fantastic start to GSHS!
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Congratulations to our new Head Girl, Deputy Head Girls, Head Boy & Deputy Head Boy for next year - we are looking forward to working with you and excited about your ideas for school improvement.
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Congratulations to our fantastic Year 13 students. A brilliant set of results, we are very proud of you all. It has been great to see so many secure places at universities, apprenticeships, employment. Thanks to parents, staff and our wider community for their support.
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An amazing day had by all yesterday in Barcelona. After a busy morning of travel we had a lovely afternoon on “Las Ramblas” and by the port in the aquarium.
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Great to see our students have arrived safely and are having a brilliant time in Iceland. First photo is of the group standing between North American and Eurasian plates and the second is outside the Cathedral in Reykjavik. @RayburnTours
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One of the highlights of our school year is always the Senior Citizens Christmas Party at Killingworth Social Club. Well done to all the staff and Sixth Form students for organising such a great event! Merry Christmas!
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Good luck to all of our Year 11 students starting their GCSEs today - the exam season begins! You have all worked so hard & we wish you every success.
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5 years
This week is #AntiBullyingWeek and students and staff at GSHS are doing brilliant work to raise awareness of how we deal with this in school. Yesterday, a 'Kindness Tree' with positive statements written by our students or a good deed that they pledge to do.
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Well done to our Year 13 students today on an excellent set of exam results. 39% of grades were A-A* compared to 36% nationally. We are incredibly proud of what they have achieved despite the challenges of the last few years and wish them all the very best with their future plans
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Ski Trip underway after a lengthy game of luggage Jenga.
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4 years
Well done to all of our brilliant students nominated for #hotchocfriday this week. There were over 130 staff nominations, but the ones below were selected as this week's winners. We hope you all have a hot choc at home to celebrate. We would much prefer to be with you in person!
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Year 8 were delighted to see up and coming band "New Rules" perform for them this morning. Excellent performances and key messages were delivered about mental health. Thank you to the boys for making time to talk to students at the end.
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Fantastic news! Well done @MarcusRashford 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@MarcusRashford
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An Open Letter to all MPs in Parliament... #maketheUturn Please retweet and tag your local MPs
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Wow! Well done to our brilliant Year 8 students working towards their British Heart Foundation CPR Certification in Health Ed today!
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A very proud moment for all involved in the 1914 Killingworth Centenary Project. The final event in the 4 year programme was held at St John's. Students from 11 local schools lay 11 white wreaths and 293 poppy wreaths to commemorate Killingworth residents who lost their lives.
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Following yesterday’s Government Announcement about A Level Results, Year 13 students should have received their Centre Assessed Grades awarded by the school. These were issued to students’ school email addresses this morning.
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We are excited about seeing the Year 6 students today for their induction day - hope you all have a fabulous day!
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Congratulations to Year 13 today for their brilliant results. It has been great to see so many secure places at universities, apprenticeships, employment and all sorts of other adventures. Thanks to parents, guardians and our community for your support over the past 7 years.
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Huge congratulations to two of our GSHS students on being selected for the England Schools Ski Squad - what a fabulous achievement!
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Arrived in France and hunkering down for the overnight stint. Too dark for Mr Houghton to give his coach a history lecture on Dunkirk, unfortunately.
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5 years
Congratulations to all students who have 100% attendance this week! There were over 1000 students with 100% attendance which we are "eggstatic" about!! Happy Easter to all from GSHS.
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7 years
So proud of our Y11 students today - they worked so hard through a very tough year & deserve the excellent grades achieved!
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5 years
Our annual Senior Citizen's Christmas Party organised by our Sixth Form students is in full swing this afternoon. Great to see our young people giving something back to the community.
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School will be closed today (Tuesday 17 March) due to a burst water main. Please check the school website for further details.
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4 years
Our Sixth Form "Christmas Elves" are beginning to make some hampers with the amazing donations from GSHS students and our local community for Senior Citizens in our area. Fantastic to see our young people giving something back to the local community. Well done!
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Well done to all our amazing students who have gone "above and beyond" this week at GSHS. Our first ever #Hotchocfriday will now become a weekly tradition in our school.
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Brilliant to see these happy faces today! Well done Year 13!
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Congratulations to Ewan Hall, Caitlin Creaby, Lauren Creaby and Ruby Stubbs for competing in the Northumberland Schools Cross Country Championships today at Temple Park, South Shields. Everyone ran really well! Well done to Caitlin and Lauren for qualifying for the next stage!
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Calling all students! Please check your inbox where you'll find your Weekly Wellbeing Bulletin from Mrs. Patrick and Mrs. Little. Lots of top tips for staying safe and regulating your emotions if things get tough.
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Here are our fabulous GSHS Dance Squad who were due to perform Salute by Little Mix for The North Tyneside Dance Festival on Wednesday and had worked all year on it! Well done girls - we salute you!
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Top tips on how to look after your mental health during self isolation. Worth a read 👇🏻
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2 years
Ski Trip 2023 involving 104 students and 13 staff scheduled to depart Sunday 9.30am. Please be at school by 9am. Please remember to leave the turning circle free for our coaches.
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6 years
Fantastic end to another amazing Dimensions Day! Thank you @lionsofzululand
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2 years
It's not often that students secure a scholarship to Alabama Space Camp but Adam from Year 11 managed to do so! The Camp covered astronaut training, with 3 hr long simulations and a water tank. It looks like a fantastic experience. #STEM
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Well Done Year 8! Students have been using the British Heart Foundation mannequins to do CPR during Health Education lessons. They have practised with one each and then get assessed in small groups. They have now passed, are getting their certificates and are ready to save lives!
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A huge well done to our students for helping with Morrisons' fundraising for St Oswald's Hospice this afternoon. We hope you smash your target!
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The Year 9 and Year 10 coaches have made it onto the 7.20 eurotunnel. Unfortunately, the Year 8, Year 11 and sixth form coach has missed the check in by a few minutes. They’ll push as hard as they can once through, but it is likely those year groups will be later to Watford Gap
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And the winners are: 1st place: Harry C yr9 🏆 2nd place: Joshua B- yr9 🏅 3rd place: Tamsin C- yr 7 🏅 🎉CONGRATULATIONS!!!! 🎉 Your vouchers will be sent out in the post soon. All students who entered have also received a LORIC Card. Big thanks to Miss. Stewart for organising.
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