April 15, 2008
Nine Gateshead teachers and an adviser visit Spain to study how I.C.T. is used in schools
Mr. Skilbeck was a member of the party of ten which set out from Central Station,Newcastle-upon-Tyne, at 12.01 p.m.,on Saturday, 5th April bound for Badajoz in South-Western Spain, via Madrid.
The group , led by Liz Gleave (Secondary Inspector), included:
Colin Carr, Gateshead Behavioural Service
Emma Pickering, Dryden School
Susan Holmes, Harlow Green Primary
Katherine Calvert, St.Aidan's Primary/Kibblesworth Primary
Kelly Lewis, Kibblesworth Primary
Lee Connor, The Drive
Rachel Heaney, Chopwell Primary
and Sue Turton, Whickham School
The visit was part of the 'Teachers' International Professional Development Programme' which sponsors exchanges of teachers keen on learning how education is managed in countries around the world.
We travelled by train to Edinburgh, 'Easyjet' to Madrid (overnight stay) then caught a train for a five-hour journey to Badajoz on the Spain/Portugal border. The return journey started on Friday, 11th April from the station at Merida, an hour's mini-bus drive from Badajoz.
To find out what the group discovered, please visit the blog at:
www.ictgateshead.org/tipd
If you would like to know more about Badajoz, you may like to watch a short tourist video , on 'You Tube' :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5orEB7_Rjz8&feature=related
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October 10, 2007
'Careers Week'
For the first time, our school is hosting a 'Careers Week', which will run from Monday, 15th October to Thursday, 18th October.The final event has been postponed to the week after Half-Term due to the INSET day fixed for Friday, 19th.
Please have a look at the programme, organised by our staff and the Gateshead L.A. Enterprise Education team:
The activities build on the 'Dreams' focus of the school celebrations, organised in July, 2007.
Research, published recently, shows that when children have strong career aspirations at the age of eleven, more than fifty per cent achieve them. We hope that seeds of ideas for the future are sown during our Careers Week!
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July 6, 2007
Special Celebration Day including an Open Afternoon
On behalf of the school, Mrs.Bentley welcomed His Worship the Mayor, Councillor David Lynn and his wife, the Mayoress of Gateshead, to our Celebration Assembly marking the end of a fantastic week where we looked back at the school's history and forward via the dreams of pupils.
Each class chose an item which would help those finding our brilliant Time Capsule find out about life in 2007 at White Mere. Here is Year Six's being added!
After making their contribution to the capsule, on behalf of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, our special guests were thanked for their visit in the traditional way by two Year Five pupils.
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July 5, 2007
Celebration Week Disco and Launch of the School D.V.D. and this weblog!
Thursday, 5th July saw the special events to inform parents and friends of the school of our promotional D.V.D. and this weblog. Everyone seemed to enjoy the evening as these images reveal!
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July 1, 2007
Re-union for Ex-Pupils and Staff
The evening of Wednesday, 4th July was an occasion to remember for a large group who attended to meet fellow pupils and current and ex- teachers. We hope the displays of old photographs helped bring the past alive and re-kindle memories of school life.
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February 13, 2007
Skipping Festival
Members of year 4 and year 5 trained for several weeks to take part in a skipping festival at Gateshead Leisure Centre. Along with schools from other primary schools we performed a routine which demonstrated a range of skipping skills.
Here are photographs of our group routine.
Here are our excellent skippers who won the individual speed skipping event with scores approaching 200 in 1 minute.
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