Year 7 Go for Gold!

28th March 2024J Ranson

Marden entered two Year 7 girls football teams into the North Tyneside 7-a-side completion held at Cochrane Park on Wednesday. Both teams were outstanding, both winning their respective groups and progressing to the semi finals.

The blue team ended up with a Bronze medal and the grey team won their semi final and scored a last minute winner in the final to win the tournament!

Congratulations to all who took part. Next up, we will represent North Tyneside Schools in the Northumberland County competition after Easter. Well done!

#CarpeDiem

School Meals are Changing!

19th March 2024J Ranson

As mentioned in a recent newsletter, we have new a new catering services team overseeing the school meals at Marden from next term. A video screencast was shared with students this week, and letters sent home to parents and carers. You can watch the video below:

In December North Tyneside Council gave notice to all schools that they would no longer be providing a catering service and that with effect from the 1st April we would need to find a new provider.

The service was put out to tender early in the new year and we received three bids from potential providers. After a careful evaluation process Dolce was awarded the contract after scoring highly on all the key performance indicators. Dolce has promised a varied and exciting offer, there will be an expanded breakfast offer and at break and lunchtime students will be able to choose from a wide range of foods served from five different outlets each serving a different style of cuisine.

For further information on the menu choices, prices and payment systems, click our link below and check out our dedicated Food page.

Our Food

School Meals

By J Ranson18th March 2024

At Marden there are a variety of lunchtime opportunities for all students, from our brand new catering provider Dolce (available from April 2024). This will offer a wider range of choices, as well as speed up service and payment.

Students can still bring their lunch from home, or they might decide to purchase it from one of our many food outlets, including an Italian Kitchen, the Toast Office and Cafe Brasilia.

There is a choice of a range of dishes ranging from noodle pots and wraps to more traditional meals and puddings. Students can purchase food at the following times:

Breakfast: 8:00am – 8:30am

Morning Break: 11:10am – 11:30am

Lunch: 12:30pm – 1:15pm

For information on what our brand new catering provider, Dolce, have on offer, and where to get it, take a look at this screencast:

Food can be purchased using a cashless fob system, personalised to each individual student. The price lists below show what is available at break and lunch every day from the summer term. For more information, ask your form tutor, or any other member of staff.

Price Lists

Menus

Here are the full list of brand new menus:

MP chats to Year 9

15th March 2024J Ranson

As part of an ongoing recent project in English around social equality, Year 9 this afternoon took part in a ‘Question Time’ style lecture with Sir Alan Campbell MP. He discussed his role in politics and answered questions about social and political issues.

Dan is On Point

14th March 2024J Ranson

Our Year 11 student Dan has been hitting all the right targets recently, travelling the world as one of the most promising darts players in the country for his age group. Last week he visited BBC Radio Newcastle to share some tips and chat about what we hope will be an exciting future career at the oche!

Have a listen via this link!

Year 10 are Fish Heroes!

8th March 2024J Ranson

Year 10 have created some amazing salmon pasties and salmon ravioli with the salmon delivery from Fish Heroes -Food Teacher’s Centre UK and Alaskan Seafood. Thanks again to #FishHeroes for this fantastic opportunity!

High Borrans Updates!

7th March 2024J Ranson

Our Year 8 team are having a great time at High Borrans this week, packing in loads of activities throughout the week!

 

 

 

North of Tyne Mayor’s Question Time

7th March 2024J Ranson

Last week, young people of the region had the opportunity to have their say, as Marden hosted the North of Tyne’s Mayor Jamie Driscoll for an exclusive Question Time event, beamed live to other schools in the Trust.

The event, hosted by former BBC Newcastle presenter Alfie Joey, with able assistance from Marden’s head prefects Gracie and Blyth, saw 100 Year 11 and Sixth Form pupils in attendance, which was also beamed live to other Trust schools. Here’s a short clip:

The Mayor’s Question Time was part of a series of region-wide events, where residents can ask the Mayor questions and give their feedback on local issues.

Questions asked were informative, intelligent and thought provoking, ranging from all sorts of topics such as education provision, the climate emergency, and local transport services.

For more information on the event, follow this link, and look out for more exciting events hosted by Marden High very soon!

Watch the full Mayor’s Question Time from Marden High School on the NTCA YouTube channel.

World Book Day 2024

7th March 2024J Ranson
We have been celebrating World Book Day and the power of reading this week. Monday began with an epic assembly, created by Ms Taylor’s Literacy Prefects and the Library Club, celebrating the evolution of the book with a story read by staff and students: My Name is Book by John Agard. Through poetry and prose, we heard the journey of the book in its own words, from the first oral tales to clay tablets, papyrus to the paperback.

Tuesday was a Reading for Pleasure special as Form Classes shared their favourite books with one another and took the opportunity to exchange their books in the library- running during form time for one week only (thanks to the Library Club)!
On Wednesday students spent Reflection Time exploring extracts and author videos from this year’s World Book Day books – available for free from supermarkets and bookshops using the tokens handed out by Literacy Leaders.
Finally there have been numerous activities and competitions for students to get involved in over the week: from the Marden English podcast and accompanying challenge, to a creativity competition, recommendations and reviews, and creative writing – all inspired by reading. A wonderful way to celebrate the power of the book and win some house points! We are looking forward to seeing the entries and hearing the winners, available to view on the Literacy Cloud.
In celebration of our love of reading here at Marden, here is a poem- featured in Agard’s book- and written by poet Grace Nichols:

The books I love
are well fingered and thumbed
have tiny butter smudges
may harbour a crumb
the odd cat-whisker
a few dog-ears
a drop of tear
a brownish stain
(that looks suspiciously like tea)

I for one, am glad to say,
do not judge a book
by its cover
but flit first among its leaves
like a hummingbird
sipping at a flower

The books I love
I must admit
do not sit
behind a museum of glass.
No the books I love
get kissed and squeezed
and pressed against my heart.