Marden’s Creative Writing Club have busy once again, this time submitting an anthology of ghost stories for a competition, all 250 words or less. You can read the ebook here via this link.
After the success of last year’s Young Persons Question Time at the Quadrant at North Tyneside Council, Marden High will be taking part once again in this year’s event on the 11th October.
The event is chaired by BBC’s Adrian Pitches and will feature local mayor Norma Redfearn
There will be live tweeting during the event so look out for Marden High’s participation, and see how the panel handle some of our questions.
Last year’s panel
More info here:
Eight girls from our Creative Writing Club have once again been published in print, after their poems were selected to appear in ‘The Poetry Trials’, a competition that stretched to students across the globe!
Their task was to craft a poem about something they cared about or from their point of view using creativity, technique and skill, and they have now been forever immortalised in print in this fantastic anthology.
Congratulations team!
Six aspiring writers, now in Year 8 and 9, entered the Young Writers Spine Chillers Competition in Spring 2016 as part of Creative Writing Club. Their task was to write a chilling ‘mini-saga’ in 100 words or less.
Joelle Esquejo, Jenny Brooks, Jess Beales, Jess Wallace, Jenny Hurnell and Kate Edwardson are all competition finalists and their stories have been published in the Young Writers Spine Chillers – County Durham & Tyne and Wear Anthology. Well done girls!
There is a copy of the book in the LRC should you want to read these scary stories in print.
Tuesday 13 September marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Roald Dahl, and here at Marden we are celebrating that with themed posters and activities round school, as well as having a dedicated English lesson to his work for all year groups.
Here, some of our teachers read passages from their favourite books:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wD8AQfdLRc&feature=em-upload_owner
What is your favourite Dahl book? For more information follow this link and learn more about the fizz-whizzing literary career of one of our most celebrated children’s authors.
Throughout this academic year, fifteen of our Year 10 Art, Design & Textile students have been working with This Is Creative Enterprise (TICE) through various workshops.
On Tuesday night, at the Great North Museum: Hancock, their work was showcased to hundreds of other creatives, students and families from local schools.
Guest speakers included senior lectures from Northumbria University Fashion courses and professionals from national creative sectors. The evening was a huge success, celebrating the achievement of all students involved.
A special thanks to TICE, Northumbria Universiy, Great North Museum, everyone else involved and not to forget our amazing talented young Art students.
Mr Prytherch
#FanTICEtic!
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 and practiced some meditation, had lunch and sat in on traditional chanting by Buddhist monks, a short clip of which can be seen below.
https://youtu.be/sx3OFDm_R1g
From Aztec temples and Pagan ruins to Stupas, Churches and Mosques, Year 7 have pulled out all of the stops with their Independent Study this week. We’ve had everything from buildings, cakes, models crafted on Minecraft, as well as beautifully presented written work and presentations. The RE department couldn’t be prouder!
