Our fabulous dancers took part in the North Tyneside Dance Festival last week at The Parks. They performed extremely well and deserve praise and recognition for their efforts. Many congratulations to all concerned.
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.
To celebrate International Women’s Day on Wednesday, Year 9 students were coding in Python to make the Venus/Female symbol in different colours.
Year 7 and 8 students were carrying out searches on the internet to discover what International Women’s Day is and why it is important.
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Massive congratulations to Year 7 student Finlay McIntyre who finished 2nd at the North of England Indoor Rowing Championships! Well done Fin!
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.
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
the world.
the world.
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…
On Saturday Year 11 Computer Science students Daniel Ritchie, George Grainger, Max Bell, Olivia Bishop, Lucy Crossland, Daniel Hornby, Harry Dargavel, Amy Feetham & Dan Mead all attended the 2017 Hewlett Packard Codewars competition.
National coding competition, all 3 teams did fantastic…..George G, Daniel R and Max B came a close 4th!!
Dan, Harry and Amy were the quiz winners, winning a HP rucksack full of goodies. Lucy won the raffle getting a £20 amazon voucher.
Great experience and great day had by all!!
The English department with Year 7 during the World Book Day awards assembly.
The 20th anniversary of World Book Day took place on Thursday, and Marden were active participants as usual. Staff, Year 7 and Year 8 students were invited to dress as a literary character for the day. There was also a lunchtime quiz and Key Stage 3 students took part in literary activities and writing competitions with the English department all day.
In total, £200.30 was raised for BOOK AID. Well done to everyone who took part.
Our Drama and Music departments have been working hard on this year’s showpiece performance, Bugsy Malone. There are two showings coming up, be sure to get your ticket…
Friday’s end of half term non-uniform day, bake sale and raffle raised a massive £1,058.30, with the proceeds going towards Westgate Cat Shelter. Thanks to everyone for their generous donations. Have a great half term!
We’d like to thank everyone who voted in the Young Mayor elections. The successful candidate was announced on Friday evening and we’re delighted to say that our Year 8 student Oscar Daniel has been elected the new Young Mayor of North Tyneside!
Well done Oscar!
