Freebrough Flyer Vol 24 December 2018

Inside this issueA word from our principal...........page 2 Our Primaries ..............................pages 7-11PRIDE Students............................page 12

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100th Commemoration Anniversary of WW1

Students from Freebrough Academy and from across Teesside Learning Trust

ran a series of events to mark the 100th anniversary of the conclusion of the First World War.

All students in the school spent time researching the story of the Unknown Soldier, and why this is of such signifi cance. To conclude these activities, students wrote their own message to the Unknown Soldier and these messages have been displayed around the Academy. There will also be new additions to the Academy’s permanent war memorial, which is at the entrance to the building; this was designed and created in 2014 by students from the Academy. Every year, our new students create a short poem to add to the memorial. This tradition will continue at the Academy as students and staff know they have a responsibility not to forget sacrifi ces made in the past.

Students also participated in assemblies during Remembrance Week, culminating in a period of silence when the whole school stopped to

remember the fallen. In July,2019, students will follow this up by travelling to the battlefi elds of Belgium and France, as some did in 2014. Here, each participating student will be taking their own memorial cross, endorsed with a personal message, to lay in a place of their choice. They will also have the opportunity to visit a German war cemetery and Lijssenthoek cemetery, where one of the fallen soldiers was killed on the very last day of the First World War. Students will visit Tyne Cot Cemetery and attend the Ceremony of the Last Post at the Menin Gate. In addition, they will visit the Thiepval Memorial in France and various sites around the Somme Valley, where they will remember the fallen from our community, and indeed all fallen soldiers.

Staff and students are fully aware of the important role that our armed services have in protecting our liberty. At the centenary of the end of the Great War they are more determined than ever to preserve the memory of the past. Lest we forget.

On F r i d a y 28th October

youngsters were able to participate in various Halloween activities, from pumpkin carving to apple bobbing; this was made possible by a generous donation from Morrisons at Guisborough.

The store kindly donated the youth club a £20 voucher which was used to purchase pumpkins, apples and “decorate your own scary gingerbread house”.

Youngsters had great fun and were able to keep their carved pumpkins. The youngsters just wanted to say a massive thank you to the store manager Mr Grainger.

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A word from our PrincipalWelcome to this first edition of a new and exciting year for

Freebrough Academy. This year has seen the introduction of our new school uniform, and

I am sure you will join with me in congratulating our students on how smart they look. The uniform has certainly been a hit with the local community, and with the students receiving many compliments on the way they look. Of course, the success of our uniform would not have been possible without the support of parents, so on behalf of everyone at Freebrough, thank you.

The Autumn term in any school is always a busy one, and this term has been no exception. As you will see from this edition, a lot of great things have been happening. The careers event, Y11 drama performance, a Steps to Success and a very successful Year 7 Welcome Evening among other things have all contributed to an excellent start to the new academic year.

In the midst all of this, in the second week of term we received

a visit from our friends at Ofsted. I won’t go into too much detail here, as the letter that followed up the visit is now on the website, but I do want to point out that the visit was overall very positive and inspectors are of the view that the leaders are doing the right things to take the school forward. The half termly Parents Forum are being kept fully informed of everything that we are doing to move the school forward, and I am very grateful to the Forum for their support.

Finally, I would like to say a huge thank you to the overwhelming majority of our students who day in and day out work hard, are respectful and consistently behave in a manner in which we as parents and teachers can be extremely proud. They are fantastic students who absolutely deserve the best education we can offer them

Best wishesMr C Todd Principal

This year we are pleased to be working alongside the school

nursing service once again. As well as providing drop in sessions

throughout the week, our school nurse Karen is running workshops throughout the term on a range of subjects such as:

• smoking• bullying • vaccinations • exercise and diet Our first workshop took place in

September in the small atrium at

lunchtime, where students were shocked to see some of the effects smoking can have on your heart, lungs and internal organs.

Students will be getting to know Karen more over the half term though, as she drops in to lessons and continues to run the drop in sessions and workshops.

Our weekly nurse drop in sessions are held in the first aid room on:

Monday in the First Aid room11.00 to 11.15 am and 12.15 to

12.45 pm

School Nursing Service ‘promoting healthy lifestyles’

At Freebrough, we are proud to have so many students who

have broken Freebrough records this year, pushing boundaries and showing their athletic skills.

Congratulations to all and especially the following two students:

Eva Y7, won her heats in 200m and long jump representing Freebrough Academy at the Redcar and Cleveland Athletics. This meant she was selected to represent Cleveland at the district games at Middlesbrough Sports Village. In both events she performed really well, even coming second in the county with her long jump. During both events, Eva broke Freebrough records.

Macie Y9, after winning gold in the long jump at the Redcar and Cleveland

Athletics she was then selected to represent Cleveland at the district games where she came second. This allowed Macie to progress to the next round representing Cleveland at Gateshead. Macie has broken two Freebrough records this year, with one being an event that she usually does not compete in.

Records broken this year!Year 7 Hurdles – EllieYear 7 200m – EvaYear 7 Long Jump – EvaYear 8 100m – JessicaYear 8 200m – JessicaYear 8 Shot Putt – LibertyYear 9 300m – MacieYear 9 Hurdles – MacieYear 7 800m – FinnWell done everyone!

Freebrough records broken!

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At the end of last term, as part of our pastoral restructure we tasked our

students with selecting the names for our new small schools that reflected our community and values.

The names that they chose were all linked to the explorer Frank Wild and his expeditions to the Antarctic.

Frank Wild was born in Skelton, Yorkshire; he was the eldest of eight sons in a family that also had three daughters. His father was a school teacher and his mother was a direct descendent of Captain James Cook. At the age of 16 in 1889, he joined the merchant navy, transferring to the Royal Navy in 1900.

Frank Wild played a significant role in several of the most important expeditions to the Antarctic.

From 1901 – 1904 he was an Able Seaman on The Discovery Expedition – Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic.

From 1911 – 1914 he was the sledge master on the Aurora which was the ship used during The Australasian Antarctic Expedition. This expedition is today regarded as one of the greatest polar scientific expeditions of all times because of the detailed observations in magnetism, geology, biology and meteorology that were made.

From 1921 – 1922 Wild was second in

A fresh start: Renaming small schools and class names

Nine Y10 students have completed their final expedition for the Duke of

Edinburgh’s Award – Bronze. They have successfully met the criteria

for the expedition element after completing a practice and final expedition which saw them navigate their way from Brotton to Guisborough Forest across two days, camping at Park Farm in Kildale.

The students have learnt map reading and

basic camping skills as part of the training and are completing the other elements of skill, physical and volunteering to complete the full award. Well done students you should be proud of what you have achieved and we look forward to next year and the Silver Award!

“They all showed true grit and determination right through both days and all showed daring greatly qualities. We should all be very proud of these students!” – Mr White

Completing their final expedition

From September the Small School Structure in the Academy will be as follows:

Discovery School Head of School – Mr LythgoePastoral Leader – Mr BatemanAurora School Head of School – Mr HukinPastoral Leader – Miss VoddenQuest SchoolHead of School – Mr ForteathPastoral Leader – Mrs Douglas

We have also taken this opportunity to rebrand the names of our classes. The names that were chosen all have a link to Teesside University and are as follows:

• Athena• Olympia

• Europa

• Victoria

• Phoenix

• Orion

• Platinum

• Mercuria

• Centuria

command on the Quest which was the ship used during the Shackleton – Rowett Expedition. During this expedition Shackleton died and Wild became leader of the last

great Antarctic expedition.No one else was so involved and

no other explorer spent so long in Antarctica than Frank Wild. He is one of only two men to have been

awarded four Polar Medals each with silver clasps.

Information taken from the following link: www.coolantarctica.com

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The winners of the ‘Passes Pick Up Prizes’ reading competition have been announced.

For two and a half months during spring/summer, students were reading nonstop! Run alongside Accelerated Reading, when a student took a quiz and passed it at 85%-100% they received a raffl e ticket. Each student was then entered into a raffl e to win a Kindle, footballs, rugby balls, books and stationery. Well done to all the students who took part!

Winners announced: Passes Pick Up Prizes

Murder Mystery

Ou r n e w Ye a r 7 transition students

became detectives in July to help solve the mystery surrounding a tragic death.

The murder mystery event, organised by the English Faculty, saw all Year 7 students investigate the sudden death of Mrs Joyce Shelby after her body was discovered in a park.

As part of the investigation,

students had to interview a varied list of suspects that included Mrs Shelby’s granddaughter, Angel, and the local tramp, Barry Bogg. Using their skills of inference and deduction to draw out facts, detectives had to piece together the fi nal movements of the victim.

Outside of the interviews, students had physical evidence to examine that ranged from suspected weapons to CCTV

footage from the town centre. Once the investigations were completed, fi nal decisions on who to charge were made before the truth was fi nally revealed!

All the students involved were excellent, including the Year 10 volunteers who supported the event. Students also completed follow up work in their remaining English lessons of transition.

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Freebrough Academy Prom 2018

Year 11 students returned as a year group to celebrate the end of their time at Freebrough Academy at their Prom on Friday 6 July 2018.

Arriving in style to Gisborough Hall, dressed in their beautiful ball gowns and smart suits, it was a wonderful occasion, not only for the students but also for their proud families.

We want to wish them all good luck and best wishes for the future.

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On Wednesday 23 May 2018, Y9 BTEC Art students visited the

Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle.Miss Goodwill, Mrs Hopper and

Miss Bowmaker accompanied them on their visit which included a tour of the museum, working with staff from the Bowes and a visit into the town.

Freebrough Academy has excellent links with the museum and often take their BTEC Art students to experience the grandeur and culture of the place, as well as studying its collections and artefacts. The Academy is always warmly welcomed and was offered the opportunity, on this visit, to view some work of an artist showcased in the museum. They were also invited to work alongside some of the Museum staff to produce 2D pieces and sketches of Jonathan Yeo’s work called Skin Deep.

Jonathan is a portrait artist, but his work displayed at the Bowes, focused on beauty and how people will go to the very extremes to achieve the perfect look. Over a period of time he went

into operating theatres where people were undergoing plastic surgery and he documented this in his paintings. His work is very controversial, graphic and extreme in some cases and shows the human form at its basest.

Our Y9 students were very focused and totally engaged with the work, they displayed a real sense of maturity, asking questions, engaging in conversations and produced some really professional pieces.

The Arts Coordinator at the Bowes Museum was very impressed and asked how the students used their visit to the Museum in their work back at the Academy. The students explained that a whole unit in the BTEC was given over to producing work that could be displayed or sold in the museum’s gift shop and that this unit, when completed, was always really good. She asked if we could let the museum have some of the students’ work, as she would like to exhibit it as exceptional practice for all visitors and other schools to see.

Performing and Creative Arts Faculty NewsVisit to the Bowes

The Y11 Drama performed to family and staff earlier this month. They performed extracts from the play ‘Two’ Jim Cartwright and ‘Bouncers’ John Godber. They were all fantastic

and it was a thoroughly enjoyable evening. Well do ne!

Learning how to create didactic theatre in their drama lessons, Y8 have been busy.

They have been creating performances which have educated audiences on various topics such as the dangers of energy drinks, how to be safe on the internet and the effects of smoking. The lessons have been quite emotional and the students have created some fantastic mature and thought provoking work.

Y8 Drama - Teenage issues

Y9 students have been exploring the impact that violent computer games can have on children.

They have taken an unbiased approach and tried to look at the games from different points of view. With this information, the students have been creating short drama pieces that inspire adults to really look at the content of these games before allowing their children to play on them.

Y9 Drama - Violent computer games

The audience were laughing and crying!

On Thursday 13 December 2018 the Performing and Creative Arts faculty

are hosting a Christmas evening which will involve arts and craft stalls, singing, a visit from Santa Claus and a full production of Mrs Doubtfire.

It is an evening of entertainment not to be missed! Tickets will be available from the office or staff from the faculty.

Mrs Doubtfire/Christmas Fete

Freebrough Flyer Vol 24 December 2018 7Our PrimariesBadger Hill Academy

On Tuesday 25th September children from year 3, 4, 5 and 6 competed in a

cross country event representing Badger Hill against Saltburn, St Peter’s, Skelton, Handale, St Joseph’s, Hummersea, Lingdale and Whitecliff e.

Luckily, we didn’t need to use up our energy beforehand by walking down to St Peter’s, because we travelled by mini-bus. We really wanted to save ourselves and our energy for the competition. We really wanted to win!

When we arrived at St Peter’s, we walked into the hall and faced our competitors who looked as nervous as we felt. However, we tried to ‘pysche’ them out by pretending to be really confi dent. Silence fell upon the sports hall when Mrs Bell blew her whistle. It was about begin. Up fi rst were the Year 3 and 4 girls, they ran with steady pace and put all their eff ort into the race. Deservedly, two girls from our school, managed to fi nish in the top eight. Fantastic!

The next competition was between the Year 3 and 4 boys. Despite their best eff ort, none of the boys from Badger Hill made it into the top eight. Better luck next year as we saw some real talent on the fi eld.

Our year 5 competitors were incredible. Henry fi nished fourth and qualifi ed for the next round. He was as fast as lightning. Close behind was James who fi nished sixth meaning that he also qualifi ed for the next round. In the Year 5 girls’ race, sadly we didn’t have anyone who qualifi ed but they tried their best.

Finally our Year 6 children competed. Katie fi nished seventh and Lydia fi nished eighth (Lydia seems to be taking after her Dad!). In the boys’ race, Harry came a very close second and Calum fi nished seventh.

Overall, in the competition between the schools we came third out of the nine schools.

It was absolutely fantastic. We are proud of everyone who competed.

Year 6 reporters

Cross Country September 2018

On Wednesday 3rd of October 2018, we visited St Peters to participate in

a cross country, round two; we travelled on a mini bus.

When we arrived, we walked into the hall. We sat down and Mrs Bell blew her whistle because she wanted to talk to all of the competitors. We were all silent while she was giving us the information for the run. All of the children from Badger Hill were nervous.

Firstly, Y3/4 girls ran, Macy got though, we were all cheering her on. A big well done to Macy, she made us feel really proud! Unfortunately, no one got though in Y3/4 boys’ race, as they didn’t get through the previous round. No one went in Y5 girls’

race - unfortunately those girls didn’t qualify for this race.

After that, the Y5 boys raced and did really well - Henry got though as he came 5th! Then it was time for Y6 girls to strut their stuff -Lydia and Katie. Unfortunately no one got through, but the girls ran an excellent race!

Finally, it was the turn of the Y6 boys, which was the last race of the day. Badger Hill had Harry and Calum running, both boys made us proud and amazingly Harry, who eventually came fourth, has been entered into the next round of the competitions, which is at Stewart’s park - in Middlesbrough. Well done to all of our cross country competitors!

Written by Y6 reporters

Cross Country-Second Stage

On Tuesday we went to Marshall Drive playing fields to do an adventure

challenge. We worked with Skelton Primary to complete

some challenges. My favourite was the monster hunting challenge and the pixie dust one where

we had to follow the sawdust. We then went in to the woods and we were blindfolded. We had to feel objects and guess what they were. I was a little bit scared but I did it! We all had great fun, it was a good day!

Y1 Reporters

Adventure Challenge September 2018

Tri Golf—Hunley Hall

When you get to do bikeability, it is a fun subject to do; in bikeability,

you need to pass two levels. For level one, you have to know how to

M-check. This is where you check the parts of your bike (bolts on your front wheel, air in the tyres, and brakes). After this, we learnt how to indicate. It was hard as you had to indicate with one hand off your bike. Finally, we had a race. The last person over the line is the winner. You have to slowly

peddle and you are not allowed to put your foot on the fl oor.

On the Tuesday, we began level two training. We had to walk down to the road then we cycled up on the side walk. Next, we rode down to the end of the road and we did a u-turn at the end of the road. We then did this in reverse. The following days, we continued to cycle on the roads but we went further around Brotton. It was a brilliant week!

Written by Year 5 reporters

Bikeability

Sunderland Bring It On Event!

On Thursday 18th September Year 3 went to the tri golf competition. There were several golfi ng activities that Mrs Bell organised. The Parish council provided

medals and goody bags. I won a goody bag for the lowest score on the putting course. Even though it was windy, everybody had a fantastic time!

By Jayden

On the 3rd of October, 14 year six pupils- and 1 year 5 pupil – travelled to the

Beacon of Light centre in Sunderland. As we entered the centre, we were handed a

lanyard which said blue group on it because we were in blue group for the day. Once we had been to the toilet, we entered the fi rst area which was engineering. Everybody split up and went to a station as long as we could still see the teachers.

The fi rst station my friend and I ventured out to was the bridge building station which was inspired by a bridge based in Scotland. We built a miniature version of the bridge using pieces of plastic, a rope and some pegs. During our time

there, we visited lots more diff erent stations e.g the tower building area, the fl oating coins and the digger construction. We explored two/three more sections and really enjoyed ourselves.

It even gave us inspiration for our future career plans.

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KTS celebrated the Arts in the Summer

term and children were i n v o l v e d i n v a r i o u s activities around school.

Rhythm Time came in to school to provide sensory music sessions as well as drama sessions for secondary

aged pupils. Some classes had fun making felt sea creatures whilst others enjoyed sensory painting or taking part in dance sessions. All classes were set a challenge of making pieces of artwork based on a summer theme for our Arts Week exhibition.

KTS Academy News

Our PrimariesSt Peter’s C of E News

Mr Selley and Mr Hart through a

request from the School Council, designed and painted a Hop Scotch on the school playground during the holidays.

It is not as easy as it looks but with a bit of masking tape to begin with, we got the job done and it has been a very popular addition to the yard. There has been a request for a snake with numbers on next!

Governors supporting our playgrounds

Celebrating the Arts at KTS Academy

At the beginning of term, children in Year 6 were invited to prepare and read a speech in A

assembly outlining why they would be suitable for the position of Head Boy or Head Girl. The large majority of children in the year group put themselves forward and wrote some excellent speeches. The voting then commenced with all staff and children having the opportunity to cast their votes.

We are pleased to announce Thomas and Vanda will be our Head Boy and Head Girl for this academic year. We are sure they will be excellent ambassadors for our school.

Over the last six years, there have been major improvements to the school building.; during

the summer, we had some internal work completed in Key Stage 2.

We appointed local tradesmen who did a great job enclosing two classrooms in Year 3/4 that were originally open plan. The staff and children are delighted with the changes and enjoying their new learning environments.

Head Boy and Head Girl appointed

Refurbishments at St. Peter’s

Summer Holiday visit to Goathland

We were de l ighted to v i s i t Goathland during August to meet

up with our good friends the Goathland Plough Stots Sword Dancing Team.

The Year 5/6 children and staff had the run of their new Community Hub with its wonderful facilities and grounds. The children played football, cricket and rounders in the sunshine and were treated to a wonderful spread of food at lunchtime made by the villagers. We look forward to continuing the partnership with their tuition, during the year, leading up to St. Peter’s Day, as well as supporting new groups who are keen to begin to Sword Dance in East Cleveland, rejuvenating the tradition.

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Year 5 and 6 have been looking at the history of our local ironstone

mines as part of our topic work. Luckily, we were able to visit the

Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum in Skinningrove before it closed the main part of the building due to refurbishment.

All the children and staff enjoyed the visit, really understanding what it was like for our ancestors (for some of the children and staff) who worked in the ironstone mines. Each class will be doing a follow up activity, with each

class having the opportunity to walk around Skinningrove comparing old photographs of the area to how it looks like now.

We also discussed primary, secondary and tertiary industries that have been part of the village from the mining era to modern day.

We have also arranged for one of the volunteers to visit school to look at some of the equipment worn and used by the miners in more detail with the children. The children gained a great deal from

the visits and it has stimulated some wonderful questioning and discussion amongst the children.

Our Primaries St. Peter’s achieve the highest PE and School

Sport Award

We are delighted to announce that we have achieved the School Games Platinum Mark Award for the 2017/18 academic year.

The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community. We have been recognised and awarded the highest accolade. Congratulations to Mr Ahmed, staff, children, governors and the support of parents for achieving this award.

The Cross Country Team competed in the East Cleveland Cluster Festival on a fine day in September at St. Peter’s and on Marshall Drive Playing Field. All team members ran brilliantly winning the team event and 12 of the runners qualified for the Cleveland Partnership Festival later in the month.

On Tuesday 10th October St Peter’s entered two teams into this year’s cluster tag rugby festival; the festival which was made

up of 16 teams was a great success with Lingdale Primary School being excellent hosts.

The standard of the competition was superb and the training and coaching from this year’s successful match nights were clearly shown. The children played to a high standard and there were certainly some stand out performances.

The mixed St. Peter’s team were winners against schools across East Cleveland and also won the next round at Guisborough Rugby Club. The Girls’ team also won against teams from across the Cleveland area. Both teams will now represent the area in the Tees Valley Competition against the winners of Middlesbrough, Darlington, Hartlepool, Stockton and Redcar.

Tag Rugby Winners

Year 5/6 visit Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum

Ten Pin Bowling

We are always looking out for opportunities for the children to try new sports and activities at St. Peter’s. For the first time a group of children attended a Ten Pin Bowling Competition in Sunderland. For some it was

the first time they had experienced Ten Bowling and are now eager to try it again!

On the 12th September we had the pleasure once again of taking the

Year 6 children to St. John’s in the Vale in the Lake District.

The children enjoyed three days of activities supported by Hartlepool LA Outdoor and Adventurous Team and used Carlisle Diocese Youth Centre accommodation situated a couple of miles outside Keswick. They experienced

Canoeing on Derwent Water, Gorge Walking in Newlands, Archery and Den Building.

The 33 children that attended were exceptional as recognised by the instructors. The team working skills, support for one another and positive attitude was clearly evident during the visit. Miss Foster, Mrs Hogarth and Mr Unthank were very proud of the children and enjoyed the activities

alongside them including jumping into the Gorge and firing arrows at the targets!

Insert pic: canoeing group, camping group The idyllic St. John’s in the Vale

Parish Church adjoins the centre. The children participated in activities to find out about the history of the church and identify the variety of church furniture. Their final task was to write a prayer before reading it from the pulpit.

Year 6 Visit St. John’s in the Vale in the Lake District

Freebrough Flyer Vol 24 December 201810 Our Primaries

What an absolutely fantastic start to the new school year it has been at Skelton

Primary. We have already had so many visitors into school,

trips out of school and a wide range of sporting occasions that you could be fooled into thinking it was nearly the end of the year already rather than the beginning! From our rescheduled sports day

to trips to Alnwick Castle and even visits from a range of weird and wonderful animals, it has definitely been a very busy month at Skelton.

With such exciting opportunities for all the children to enjoy, there has been a real buzz around the school which we are now all excited to build upon in the run up to the busy Christmas period.

● The sun was shining brightly as our brand new Year 2 children put on their wellies and headed out on a nature walk through our beautiful local woods. On the way, they observed features of the woodland and visited the local pond. They looked at signs of autumn and discussed seasonal changes. On their return to school they used their observations to help complete their topic work.

After several attempts in the summer term, we were finally able to hold our annual sports days

for our Key Stage One and Key Stage Two pupils.Mrs Garratt and Mr O’ donovan organised two great

events and the pupils had lots of fun taking part in activities such as the space hopper race, cargo net crawl and a variety of throwing and running races. Mr O’donavan said that he was thrilled with the hard work and super attitude of all the pupils when competing in the events. We are already looking forward to next year!

● There was a real buzz in Year two when ‘Zoolab’ came to visit in September. The children had the opportunity to meet, learn about and even hold some weird and wonderful creatures including Giant African Land Snails, stick insects and more terrifyingly a snake!

Some of youngest children in Year 1 have had a lovely visit from a hedgehog this

term.Staff from the wildlife trust brought along a

prickly friend to help our pupils gain a deeper understanding about habitats, diet and caring for woodland creatures. The children were excited to see a hedgehog up so close and they were even invited to feel just how spiky he was.

Upcoming events:December 7th- KS1 and Foundation Stage Christingle Service at All Saints Church Skelton (10am)December 8th- BBC Carol Service, Coulby Newham Cathedral December 14th – Snowman Performance, St. Nicolas Church Guisborough ( 6.30pm)December 21st School Christmas Carol Service at All Saints Church Skelton (10am)

As I’m sat looking out of my office window,

the leaves have started to drop off the trees and the weather is turning cool. The autumnal weather has not deterred any of the activities that the children have engaged in.

Our year 5 children learned how to spray paint a wall. We found a couple of wonderful artists from London who teach children how to use spray paint to produce some wonderful piece of art work. The children spent the day working with the artists and produced a mural on a wall in school. The children commented that it was much harder than they thought it would be - this could be because it was painted on one of the windiest days of the year! Despite this, the children, staff and parents are all very impressed by the artwork. Most importantly the children had fun.

Reception children had a taste of Italy last week. The children got dressed up in their chefs hats and chefs aprons and spent the day making pizzas. They learned how to make pizza dough, learned how to roll it out, then added their favourite toppings. I did manage to try a pizza and must admit it was much nicer than a shop bought pizza - it had obviously been made with expert hands. An excellent few days were had by all the children and staff.

Year three children have spent a couple of days at Skinningrove in the rock pools looking for creatures of the deep. It amazed me how many children had never been rock pooling before. Skinningrove is such a wonderful place for this as long as the tides are in your favour. The children spent ages searching for and the observing crabs, limpets and many more other animals. To end a perfect day ‘Shelleys Shack’ provided the children with a ice cream! What is not to like about a visit to the beach.

Year four children have also been busy with art. They spent a day with a glass artist making

their own glass creations. The children first had to design the images they wanted on the glass base. They then were busy cutting different shapes and colours of glass to attach to the base. This was very time consuming but the children really managed to capture some real life images on the glass bases. The artist then took the art work away to be ‘fired’ in a kiln - the final art work was wonderful. The children’s art work looks so professional, I’m sure the children and parents will treasure these keep sakes.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year from all the staff and children at Hummersea Primary School.

Mr Tyreman

Hummersea News

Skelton News

What an Outstanding start to the school year!

Hedgehog Visit Year 1

Sports Day

● On a blustery October morning, our Year 3/ 4 children set off on an adventure to Alnwick Castle and what a magical day they all had in Northumberland. The firm favourite out of all of the activities on offer was the broomstick flying session. Staff were impressed by their excellent behaviour and their enthusiasm throughout the day. What a lovely way to inspire the children’s writing.

Freebrough Flyer Vol 24 December 2018 11Our PrimariesWhitecliffe News

A perfect start to the new academic year with outstanding attendance!Whitecliffe Academy had a fantastic start to the new academic year with

every child attending school every day during the first week to achieve 100%! Well done to all our pupils and parents for this achievement.As a celebration of the outstanding achievement of 100%

attendance last year, the children had a special treat when they visited the Fun Shack and Pizza Hut.

The children raced around the soft play area and had a great time! At Pizza Hut, they were treated to an unlimited buffet! The children’s behaviour was perfect and it was a great pleasure to take them out for the day! In addition to the trip, we had a special prize draw for a brand new bike and Savannah won! She chose her new bike and helmet and these were presented to her in assembly.

100% Attendance Trip

As part of their Victorians topic

this term, Class 5 visited Beamish to give them a “f irst hand” experience of life during Victorian times. They certainly realised how much schools and education have changed!

Y6 Trip to BeamishAs part of their “Under the Sea” topic,

Class 2 visited the Sealife Centre in Scarborough.

The children saw and learnt about so many sea creatures and about life in sea and ocean habitats around the world. The day was a fantastic experience for the children and they are now completing a range of learning activities based on the topic and visit to extend their learning further.

Class 2 trip to the Sealife Centre

Thank you to everyone that attended our coffee afternoon in support of MacMillan

Cancer Support. The support was overwhelming and we raised a massive £429 which will be used to support families affected by cancer.

Thank you!

Our children in reception went on a tour of Carlin How to learn about where we

live and our local environment.They are going to compare what they have

learnt about our area with places where people live in books that they have read. This was followed later in the week with a trip to Asda to learn all about people that help us. Behaviour was impeccable as the children represented our school brilliantly. Well done EYFS!

EYFS trip

As part of our harvest festival celebrations, we had a competition in school to see

which class could collect the most tins to donate to the Food Bank.

Altogether, we received 165 tins that will be distributed by the Food Bank to those families in need of extra support. Well done and thank you everybody!

Fantastic Food Bank Generosity

shown by our Whitecliffe Family

Some of our Y5 and Y6 pupils represented our school at a Tag Rugby competition at

Lingdale Primary. Approximately 15 teams competed from all the primary schools across the Loftus and Brotton Area.

Our team performed brilliantly, winning or drawing most of their games. They also showed amazing sportsmanship and team work.

Tag RugbyWorld War 1 Time Capsule-Theatre

Production

This year commemorates the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1. Therefore, we asked a

professional theatre group to present a Time Capsule of WW1 to mark this special centenary. We feel it is important to show our respect and to continue to remember all those who have died in war.

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Congratulations to all our PRIDE students

Tommy achieved two Grade 9s in his GCSEs for English Language and Literature.

English – Tommy Y11 Leaver

Maths – Amber Y8

Amber always gives 100%, and has a determination to succeed. She is always cheerful and never gives up on any task she attempts until she has understood it fully.

Geography – Ben Y10

Ben consistently puts full eff ort into his work. He is linking ideas together and starting to think like a top geographer!

History – Jessica Y8

Jessica is great at analytical discussion and likes to debate Historical issues. Jessica is making great progress in evaluating evidence and her fl uent writing style shows the potential for a future high grade.

Art – Shannon Y11

Shannon is hardworking, producing excellent standard of art work and has pride in her presentation.

Drama – Tom Y11

Tom did an incredible performance of the character Old Man as part of the script “Two” by Jim Cartwright. His performance was eff ortless, emotive and touching and the acting skills that he displayed were remarkable. Well done Tom!

PE – Eva Y8

Eva represented the county at netball after being selected from recent satellite trials. Also Eva plays in the under 16 netball team and makes a big diff erence to that squad. As well as this, Eva participates in athletics in her own time and attends cross country and badminton after school.

Engineering – Joely Y9

Joely has great enthusiasm for work and is a great role model for others.

French – Hannah Y11

Hannah always has great participation in lessons, always attempts the greater depth activities and extends her writing to include more complex structures.

Catering – Macie Y10

Macie has shown excellent determination throughout all lessons and achieved an excellent result in her assessment.

Music – Daniel Y7

Daniel is constantly enthusiastic to learn more in music, so much so he has bought a piano and is intending learning.

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A pleasant and hardworking student, Libby has shown a real passion to reach her target in her BTEC Business lessons. Every lesson Libby will independently work on a range subjects from fi nance to marketing, using all resources available to help her achieve her overall goal of a Distinction. She has shown a great understanding of business studies and I know in the future, these skills will help set Libby up in whatever career she decides to embark on.

Business and Enterprise – Libby Y11

Creative Media – Ollie Y11

Ollie Thrower has outstanding attainment in her external examination and the determination to achieve the highest grade in Creative Media.

Computer Science – Stefan Y10

Stefan consistently completes work to a high standard each and every lesson. He always contributes in class discussions and is always keen to answer questions!

Spanish – Luke Y11

Luke is extremely hard working, respectful and keen to improve. He is always cheerful and kind.

PE – Mackenzie Y7

Mackenzie captains the Y7 football team, works extremely hard in lessons and is showing signs of working at greater depth.

Design Technology – Cameron Y11

Cameron has put in lots of eff ort to be the best he can be and has been attending Period 6 regularly to support his progress.

Science – Amber Y8

Amber is always ready, safe and respectful. She demonstrates all PRIDE values. The presentation in her book is superb. She shows resilience as she puts 100% eff ort in diff erent types of activities: practical’s, writing, self-assessment and tries to answer even questions, that she feels that she doesn’t know the answer. She can work independently and she is proactive. Amber demonstrates drive by being constantly motivated to work hard. The work in her book is excellent.