Food Bank Contributions

17th December 2021J Ranson

A massive thank you to everyone who contributed to our food bank collection for the Bay Food Bank this year. Earlier this week, Year 10 students Alex and Max (who is currently campaigning to be the next Young Mayor of North Tyneside) visited the food bank to drop off Marden High’s contributions, which filled a whole car!

It was quite a contribution from all our community, especially considering that three year groups have not been able to be in the building this last fortnight due to the recent storm.

Thank you to everyone and have a great Christmas!

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.

 

Photography Competition

8th November 2021J Ranson

In honour of Stress Awareness Week 2021, we’re running a photography competition entitled ‘My Peaceful Place’. 

We’d like you to send us a photograph you have taken that represents your ‘peaceful place’, somewhere you are able to find respite and tranquillity when you’re feeling overwhelmed. Images must be no larger than 1GB and should be submitted with a title and a short caption explaining the image’s significance (no more than 50 words). Email your entry to Miss Olbrecht or Mr Prytherch by 23rd November.

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Have a look at the website for more information.

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!