A BIG thankyou to Greggs who donated money to our school which allowed each child to make their own âWellbeing Easter Packâ
This is what Class B6 made.
Smile Through Sport are running sport and activity sessions for children and young people with SEND over the first week of the Easter holidays.
Sessions will involve loads of fun Easter themed games and activities along with a range of sports. Sessions are free and open to all ability levels as well as siblings and family members. The minimum age is 5 years.
- Monday 11th April at Sporting Club Cramlington, 10am-11.30am
- Tuesday 12th April at Eagles Arena, Scotswood Road, 4pm-5pm for 5-10 yrs
- Tuesday 12th April at Eagles Arena, Scotswood Road, 5pm-6pm 10-19 yrs
- Wednesday 13th April at Mortimer Community Centre 10am-11.30am
- Thursday 14th April at The Louisa Centre, Stanley, 1.30pm-3pm
They’re asking for parents to book so they know how many people to expect – www.smilethroughsport.com/sessions-and-events-calendar
In outdoor learning this week, we have been looking at how people used to live in the medi evil times. We looked at mud villages and also tried on a knights helmet. We also made a knights favourite drink, made from honey and water, a delicious treat back in the day.
We are pleased to be able to share with you the seventh Northumberland SEND Information, Advice and Support Service (IASS) information newsletter.
This issue includes:
- Information, Advice and Support Service Information Newsletter April 2022
- National Autistic Society 2022 Diary Dates
- Useful Vision May/June Activities 2022
- Information below about the ChatHealth Texting service for 11-19 year olds in Northumberland (see attachment).
School Health is relaunching the ChatHealth Texting service for 11â19-year-olds in Northumberland
This service offers all young people in Northumberland the chance to access online advice and support from a School Nurse through offering a discreet and quick text messaging service that is safe and easy to use.  Whilst they continue to see young people face to face, ChatHealth offers all young people access to health advice in a quick, secure way.
In order for young people to be aware of this support available to them, please find attached a promotional image for the service with the number young people can use to access ChatHealth and seek advice.
The Parents at Blythdale site attended an Easter Craft Session today. It was so nice to be able to invite parents into school again.
This was a really successful event and thank you to all who attended.
Some of our amazing students at The Dales School have been elected to make up our very special Pupil Voice committee; and we wanted to keep you at home updated with the wonderful things that we are working on.
The Pupil Voice group meets weekly to talk about school plans that are ongoing and exciting ideas for the future. So far, the students have decided that they would like to;
- raise money for a number of worthy charities
- organise some school-wide arts and crafts activities where all of our students will have the opportunity to work alongside each other
- consider the appointment of a therapy dog in school
- roll out the use of Makaton signing through school by way of creating a truly inclusive environment for all of our pupils
These are just some of the incredible ideas that the Pupil Voice students have come up with so far.
When we meet next, we will be getting busy in the kitchen cooking up some Easter treats to sell to our teaching staff in order to begin fundraising for one of our chosen charities- we’ll keep you posted!
We have created an area next to the entrance at Blythdale for children to borrow and return books to encourage reading at home and at school.
A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated books to school. We have replenished class reading areas and set up our own ‘Borrow a Book’ at Blythdale.
Clare and Anna from Team 1, Blythdale are super excited about our âreading for pleasureâ promotion in school.
This week in outdoor learning we have looked at 1940s and 1950s. We looked at how homing pigeons were used and made our own secret messages in invisible ink. We also looked at how soldiers used fire to cook beans and bread. We also couldn’t resist roasting marshmallows.
Thank you to Brian Nicholson, who had kindly donated some fantastic gardening equipment to the school.
This week in outdoor learning we have looked at parts of the plant. We looked at how seeds grow and planted pumpkin seeds and watermelon seeds. We look forward to when they are fully grown to eat.
We have continued the theme of dinosaurs and have been working on different life skills and science based topics around dinosaurs. We found a T Rex skull buried in the garden and also discovered how birds are related to Dinosaurs.
