BIMA Digital Day

11th November 2021J Ranson

Year 10 students had a great day on Thursday with developers from Hedgehog Labs, a digital consultancy firm from Newcastle City Centre.

The top 3 groups!

They were challenged to create a digital solution to help climate change. The whole day was designed to give students a ‘day in the life’ as a digital developer working for a client brief.

The winners now have the opportunity to represent the school in a National competition! Well done to all who took part in the day.

Here’s some of the student feedback from the day!

Overall, I enjoyed digital Day, I liked working as a team to complete a brief, a skill that I can take away from this experience is getting to work under pressure with non-negotiable time constraints.
I felt that Digital Day was a very fun occasion, and I quite enjoyed how we could work in groups and make ideas for a piece of software. I learned a lot about how people in the technology business work, the jobs available, and how they are. I think I can take the teamwork part away from  the day. Thanks for letting me participate!
I thought that it was a fun experience and made me think about the future of the digital industry and what job I will end up doing.
I found digital day overall pretty fun, my team split into different parts to get different things done at the same time and it worked out pretty well so we gained some co-operation skills in digital day. Also, I was able to practice presenting which is was good as well.

 

Community Clothing Scheme

5th November 2021J Ranson

Thank you to everyone so far who has contributed to the Community Clothing Scheme. Our clothing bank is situated in the car park. If you have any items please donate any good quality and clean uniform, coats, shoes etc. that are no longer needed.

If you require any Marden uniform, the uniform is free and can be requested by emailing/calling, stating size and school to [email protected] or telephone 07485 603485.

For more information visit the website by clicking HERE.

Mission Discovery: NASA STEM course

4th November 2021J Ranson

Over the half term holiday, Year 10 students got to meet and work with NASA astronauts, as well as working alongside students from other local schools. They were involved in team building exercises and various projects over the week, then they had to present their work to the whole group. Well done to everyone who took part!

Bikeability!

1st November 2021J Ranson

Bikeability is ‘cycling proficiency’ for the 21st century, designed to give the next generation the skills and confidence to ride their bikes on today’s roads. Even though it was a staff training day, some Year 7 and 8 students came in and had a great time honing their cycling skills!

North Tyneside Council Catering Services – School Meals Update

22nd October 2021Neil Orr

School Meals Update

We want to offer all students value for money at morning break and lunchtime. We have reviewed the offer over the last term and will be introducing morning break combos at £2.25, along with the existing lunchtime combos to give students more options.

We know some students want to purchase something at break time, if they have a late lunch. We hope these new options will make it easier for students to budget.

Please can we ask all parents who have not yet activated their ParentPay account to do so now. All parents need to activate their account whether they pay for school meals or whether they are eligible for free school meals.

For those students eligible for free meals, an allowance of £2.25 is added to your account every day. This can be spent at break or lunch time, but once this is spent there will be no more funds on the account, so money will have to be added.  Alternatively, a card payment can be made at the till.

If you require a ParentPay activation code, please email [email protected]

For more details on menus and offers, please go to https://my.northtyneside.gov.uk/category/131/school-meals