Entrepreneurs of the Future!

By J Ranson5th July 2017

Marden Year 11 students travelled to Telford on Tuesday after being selected as finalists in the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017 Challenge! Zoe Elliott, Harriet Taylor and Kieran Scott created a Christmas video for Ryman stationery and were shortlisted in the top 5 in this National competition!

They were invited to The National Enterprise Challenge as special guests and met successful entrepreneurs who shared tips and tricks. Harriet and Zoe met the hosts of the event, Sam and Mark from CBBC, as well as Team GB 2016 Olympic Champion Joe Clarke! #GEW2017 @_tnec

Well done to our enterprising Class of 2017!

 

Marden’s Got Talent is Back!

By Miss E Laing17th May 2017

It’s back! The greatest talent show in all of North Tyneside!

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Are you a dancer, singer, comedian, magician, keepy-up champion, or something else?

Think you’ve got what it takes?

We’d like to hear from you.

Sign up to audition for Marden’s Got Talent via your form tutor before Wednesday 24th May 2017 to take part.

#mgt2017

Marden’s Young Stars

By J Ranson16th May 2017
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We are delighted that seven of our tremendous young people were nominated in various categories for the NTLT Star Awards, an annual event which inspires young people and looks to recognise personal achievement and celebrate success at a glittering awards ceremony in July.

 

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Congratulations are due to Josh Blevins (Year 7), David Truong (Year 10), Jenny Hurnell (Year 9), Jess Wallace (Year 9), Oscar Daniel (Year 8) and Year 11 students Matthew and Rachel Foreman.

Special congratulations are in order for Oscar, the young mayor of North Tyneside, who has been shortlisted in the Local Hero award at the ceremony that will take place on the 4th of July.

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Oscar is nominated for the Local Hero award.

Well done to all our young stars.

 

Congratulations Toby!

By J Ranson24th April 2017
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Well done to Year 8 student Toby Bainbridge, who won a Silver medal at the British Schools National Judo tournament, finishing runner-up in the SEN Over 50kg weight class. Well done!

 

¡Buen provecho!

By J Ranson6th April 2017

Our Year 7 and Year 8 Spanish club have been learning about Spanish food and culture recently, and yesterday cooked Spanish tortillas!

Year 10 Visit St. James’ Park

By J Ranson4th April 2017
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This year, a group of Year 10 students have been working with Newcastle United Foundation as part of an ASDAN course.

The Enterprise Academy teaches 11 to 19 year-olds the basic principles of business and self-employment using Newcastle United Football Club as a real life case study. The programme helps students understand jobs, professions and career options and delivers programmes that are innovative and fun.

On Friday, as part of this course, the students visited St. James’ Park, took in a stadium tour and had a lesson in an executive suite overlooking the pitch. Here are some photos from the day:

Bugsy Malone!

By J Ranson10th March 2017

Thanks to everyone who took part in our fantastic production of Bugsy Malone which ran over two nights this week. Well done to all students and staff who took part for all their hard work over the course of the year. Please enjoy a slideshow of photos from the show.

Students Meet Author

By Miss E Laing7th March 2017
On Tuesday, Year 7 and 8 students took a trip to Whitley Bay Library to listen to a presentation by author and adventurer Matt Dickinson. Some students bought copies of his novels, and had the opportunity for these to be signed. A copy of these can be found in the LRC.
Matt Dickinson with KS3 readers
Students learned of Matt’s adventures and exciting action-packed career as an award-winning Director and Cameraman for National Geographic TV and the Discovery Channel, which saw him film on Everest’s summit (the first British filmmaker to do so and come back alive), in Antarctica, Greenland, Alaska and on top of the highest live volcano in
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The boys were so inspired by Matt’s stories trip that they also produced some creative writing pieces imagining what it might be like to be an explorer themselves. Look out for these in this half term’s newsletter…