Two Marden students, Julie and Jennifer, have played matches for Beacon netball club all year, training at Marden Bridge Middle School.
Julie won most improved player of the U12s. Here they pose with their coach, Ms Brown and a netball celebrity, after a successful season!
Congratulations to both girls!
Year 8 student Charlotte has been playing basketball for a few years now and last weekend represented the North East Under 13 girls at a national basketball tournament in Manchester. She is one of 10 girls to be chosen from across the North East to play.
Charlotte is a keen basketball player and is currently at trials to play for The Newcastle Eagles under 14 girls for September, which would be a fantastic achievement.
Well done Charlotte!
Please be aware that our Summer concert scheduled for this Wednesday evening will now take place at the slightly earlier time of 5:30pm to allow for those wishing to follow England’s World Cup semi-final match.
Thank you.
If you’re a prospective parent/carer thinking about the future for your child, here are some important upcoming dates for the 2018/19 academic year. Perhaps you’ve visited before and want to come for another look around? All are welcome, just contact the school for more information.
Tuesday evening saw our regular summer talent show festival, Marden’s Got Talent!
This was a superb event with a great variety of acts. Congratulations to Tilly (Year 8) who won the competition singing an original version of ‘Sweet Child of Mine’.
Well done to all who took part!
Last Wednesday, ten of our intrepid Year 9 students enjoyed the culmination of their Creative Writing projects for This Is Creative Enterprises (TICE).
This year, TICE has seen 161 young people realise potential, grow in confidence and be celebrated for their achievements – 16 schools throughout the North East region took part, and ten Marden students graduated from the Creative Writing Programme.
All year the Year 9s have been working with professionals from the creative, design and digital sectors, taking part in three different programme stages; Insight, Explore and Create. This was showcased on the evening of the Final Show as they received certificates and saw their work displayed at Newcastle University.
On the night, Marden student Olivia Peterson delivered a superb speech about the project to a packed audience of more than 450. Well done to everyone who took part!
Congratulations to this week’s winners of Work of the Week!
Well done to Oliver Robson, Sam Elliott, Dan Atkins, Eve Theasby, Holly Robson, Lydia Currie, Jay Ness, Thomas Lea, Maryam Al-Sabbahy, Hannah Percy, Andrew Hutchins, Eve McArdle, Macey Culyer and Holly Mitchell.
Tickets for Marden’s Got Talent 2018 are available to buy from the school office and the LRC, with proceeds going towards Kwahilda’s Orphanage in South Africa. The show is next Tuesday 26th June. We hope to see you there!
After an extensive campaign, our candidates for Head Girl and Head Boy for the next academic year have been chosen, and we are delighted to announce Kate Edwardson and Joel Campbell to the roles.
As the standard of application was so strong, they will be supported by the fellow nominees as part of a senior prefect team. Here is their pledge:
“As Head Boy and Head Girl, alongside the Senior prefects, we aim to focus on emphasising the student voice within choices concerning the school and creating a fair and equal platform in which all students are valued.
Thanks,
Kate and Joel”
On Monday, Year 9 RE students visited Samye Ling, a Tibetan Monastery in Scotland, to learn more about Buddhism.
Samye Ling is a monastery and international centre of Buddhist training, known for the authenticity of its teachings and tradition. It offers instruction in Buddhist philosophy and meditation within the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. It is also a centre for the preservation of Tibetan religion, culture, medicine, art, architecture and handicrafts.
The students toured the grounds, visited the temple, practiced some meditation and sat in on traditional chanting by Buddhist monks.
