North Shields Heritology Project

13th December 2021J Ranson

Mary Ann Macham was an escaped slave who found her way from Virginia, USA and arrived in North Shields on Christmas Day 1831. The North Shields Heritology Project set 11 pupils in Year 9 an incredible challenge. They researched and edited a script which they then narrated telling Mary Ann’s epic story.

Students produced a 5 minute stop motion animation film which includes music and sound effects- everything being done on their iPads. Working in four teams, they had only 8 hours to complete the task – each team creating a chapter of Mary Ann’s incredible story. Most of the pupils had no previous experience of working with stop motion animation. We are really proud of the hard work and effort they put in to produce this piece of work as part of #HistoricHighStreets.

Funded by Historic England, Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Arts Council England and National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to Writer Sue Miller and Animator Katy Hackers for their help with this project.

HPV School Based Vaccination Programme

8th December 2021J Ranson

HPV School Based Vaccination Programme for Years 8 and 9 on Thursday 10 February 2022

The HPV vaccination programme in the UK consists of 2 doses of the vaccine, which is started before the child’s 15^th birthday. All children will be offered their first dose in Year 8 and a second dose in Year 9.

As you will be aware, this programme was cancelled last year due to the pandemic, so we will be offering first dose to both boys and girls in Year 8 and Year 9.

We have provided links below for children and young people and their families as a means of information sharing.

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/our-services/childrens-services/immunisations/

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/hpv-human-papillomavirus-vaccine/

MidYIS and Reports

30th November 2021J Ranson

Follow THIS LINK for a screencast from Mrs Robson about Year 9 Reports and the recent MidYIS assessments.

Photography Competition

25th November 2021J Ranson

Thanks to all entries to the recent Photography competition. There was some stunning work! Well done to all who contributed. Here’s a slideshow of the best work!