On Friday we wore our scarves in support of Coram Life Education’s ‘Wear your scarf to school day’ which was part of Children’s Mental Health Week!
Exciting news!
Our new 2 Year Old Provision is coming soon!
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We are delighted to announce that we have achieved the School Games Bronze Mark Award for the 2022/23 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, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
Our sporting achievements this year include taking part in football tournaments, new age kurling and boccia competitions and lots of different sporting events such as gymnastics, skipping, rugby and multi-sports.
We are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made all of our competitions and events possible.
As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas of participation, competition, workforce and clubs, and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year!
Last week our Year 3 children joined all the other Year 3 classes from across the Northumberland Church of England Academy Trust for a Miner’s Picnic as part of their local history enquiry. They took part in a parade with our school proggy mats, joined in with some traditional singing and even got to watch a Punch and Judy show!
Thank you to everyone who supported our school fair on Thursday and to all of the volunteers and staff who made this possible. Special thanks to the local coastguard, fire service and Sue from The country Trust who gave up their time to join us. We are delighted to announce that with your support we raised £1,325.12. This will go towards new play equipment as we begin to develop our outdoor provision. Watch out for stage 1 in September!
This week our school football team played their last match of the season. This is the first year we have had our own school team represented in the East Northumberland U11 7-a-side football league and the children all played really well. We are very proud of them all! Thank you to all the teachers and parents for their support after school at the matches too!
The children at James Knott took part in Coram Life Education‘s ‘Wear your Scarf to School Day’ to support Children’s Mental Health Week which was the 6th to the 12th Feb.
During the day we thought about whether our choice of scarf said something special about us and the ways in which different scarves could reflect the SCARF values we use to support our Personal, Social and Health education (PSHE) teaching. For example:
SAFETY – some scarves will be warm and comforting, helping to keep someone snug and safe in very cold weather!
CARING – some scarves might have been a present from a special person; they’ll help make someone feel cared for. Wearing a scarf as part of religious faith can also help someone to feel cared for.
ACHIEVEMENT – some scarves might be part of a club, perhaps a sports team. These are waved when a club achieves (e.g. when a football team scores a goal!) They also show when someone belongs to something.
RESILIENCE – a football team’s scarf can also help someone to remember that they can still support a team even if it’s not doing well; they can show resilience when bouncing back from defeat or disappointment.
FRIENDSHIP – maybe some scarves were a gift from a friend and this makes them extra special.
It was a fantastic day of reflection for all the children. Thank you all.
As the Admissions Authority, NCEA Trust are proposing a change to the school Admissions Policy for 2024-25 and onwards. This is our formal notification of a consultation period from 10th October 2022 until 29th November 2022.
We propose to change the oversubscription criteria in the following way:
Remove criteria 5 “Children who already have a sibling at the school and are living outside the catchment area” and amend criteria 2 “Children who already have a sibling at the school and are living within the catchment area” to simply “children who already have a sibling at the school”.
This change would mean that sibling families are ensured a place at the same school. This is important for attendance, punctuality and transportation to one school destination by the most efficient method.
For any queries or comments please contactconsulation@ncea.org.uk
