Congratulations to our house champions for 2024/25, Bamburgh – their very first title! Mr Richards announced the winner in assembly this morning after they finished the year with a stunning 390,012 points, beating off stiff competition from last year’s champions Warkworth, and former winners Alnwick, who finished third.
The overall house points are now reset to 0 for the new academic year, although individual house points (which can be redeemed for rewards later in the summer term) are currently still valid.
Congratulations to Bamburgh, and may the 2025/26 competition begin!
6 members of staff accompanied 46 Year 11 students on the annual Marden high School ski trip to Austria last week. The trip was a huge success and massively enjoyed by all. Blue skies to snowy powder days gave everyone the real experience of the Austrian Alps. We saw some superb skiing and lots of progress throughout the week, along with questionable 10 pin bowling technique and general knowledge quiz responses!
All of the students did themselves and the school proud, they were a pleasure to be away with and we hope they get the chance to ski again soon!
A massive thank you to the staff that went of the trip, the generous offering their time to allows a trip like this to run. Keep your eyes peeled for information regarding a potential 2026 trip for next year’s Year 11.
It’s National Careers Week! Please see this presentation for more information:
Recently, Marden students were entered into the Perse School programming competition. Two of our Year 11 students, Aidan and Jonah, have placed in the top 20% of all entries in the country at the advanced level in the first round.
After speaking with the organisers, they were genuinely impressed by this achievement—especially considering it was their first time entering the competition—and they extended their congratulations to both students.
In addition to their success, we had six other strong entries from our Year 10 and Year 11 students, who also performed very well and demonstrated great problem-solving skills and creativity throughout the competition.
This year the competition was divided into two levels, navigator (entry level to moderate) and pathfinder (advanced) and as it was the first year of the competition being run in this way, the problems were much more difficult than previous years. All students except one in Year 10 and 11 sat the pathfinder level of the competition and all did incredibly well considering the difficulty of the problem set.
Aidan and Jonah will be moving on to the second and final round after half term, joining forces with Benedict from Year 10 to compete as a three-man team.
Well done to all involved!
Voting is open for the North Tyneside Young Mayor elections, and we have 2 candidates in the final 4! Watch the candidates discuss their campaigns here:
And don’t forget, you can also vote for your choice for member of the UK Youth parliament!
Good luck Felix and Nell!
Please see this helpful presentation, containing lots of information about National Apprenticeship Week.
