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We would appreciate it if you could take some time to do this.
We thankyou for your continued support.
A reminder about Covid-19 in school – if your child is unwell, particularly with a high temperature, sore throat and/or cough, please do not send your child to school. If your child tests positive for Covid-19, please keep them at home for 5 days or until he or she tests negative.
If your child has sickness and/or severe diarrhea, please do not send them into school until 48 hours after the last time your child was sick or had a bout of severe diarrhea.
Currently, we have several cases of Covid-19 in school, with both children and staff infected on both sites. We also have a number of cases of sickness and diarrhea in school.
Please help us to limit the spread of both illnesses in school.
Thank you so much for your support.
Our new STEM carriage is now on track to be completed thanks to Northumberland Line volunteers who have helped prepare the carriage ready for painting.
Thank you to Neil Blagburn who works as the Northumberland Line Delivery Director for arranging the volunteer day.
Morgan Sindall, the Northumberland Line, AECOM, SLC Rail, Department for Transport, and Seamans volunteers worked very hard to strip back the paint and clean the train. Thank you so much for the work and your time, we could not have done it without you.
On the 17th March we had a visit from Daniel and Peter from the Harrison Foundation and our local MP Ian Levy.
The STEM/Railway Safety carriage has been funded by the Harrison Foundation and is now part of their social mobility centres. The Dales School is very excited to be part of such a fantastic organisation. A huge thank you to Daniel and Peter!
Ian helped the school make contact with the Harrison Foundation and has been helping to support our fantastic train project. We would like to thank Ian for all his support.
The STEM carriage will be used to help children develop early career aspirations and develop skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths as well as helping to deliver Railway safety using a real train.
https://harrisoncentre.org/mp-welcomes-new-harrison-centre-in-blyth/
This week we learnt about Australia and its different habitats. We looked at Marsupials and other animal types in Australia.
Thank you to our Australian Pals for giving us lots of information about how they live and what they do.
Click here to view the message from down under!
We have recently started a parents gardening team, working at the Blythdale site. This will take place (Weather permitting) on Friday between 1-2pm. If you are interested in being part of the team please contact Tracy Henderson or James Groundwater.
We have a large garden at Blythdale and we are looking for help to maintain the grounds and make sure they are safe all year around for the children.
Thank you to – Thomas, Gemma, Natalie and Matthew for volunteering last Friday. Thanks so much for all the sawing and cutting. We really appreciate the time and effort, you are all amazing.
We had a visit from some very important guests. We had the pleasure of welcoming Glen Sanderson – leader of NCC, Richard Wearmouth – Dep leader of NCC, Neil Blagburn – Northumberland Line project delivery director and Kim Waugh – NCC comms, on board the train.
We first met Glen, Richard and Neil at the Ashington hoardings event where students were pictured with members of Northumberland County council and Morgan Sindall. Maddison even made it to the front page of the journal and Bradley, Archie, Millie and Ellie May were seen proudly standing next to their picture.
Copyright Journal Newspaper
Our guests all had a great time visiting the Dales school train and even had a go at using the Train driving simulator
Northumberland County Council Leader, Glen Sanderson, said:
I’m so impressed by this fantastic educational tool providing such an interesting way for children to learn. The dedication from the school and the local community and everyone involved is very inspiring.
This is such a unique environment which will help children learn vital rail safety in a really engaging way while at the same time allowing a space for them to learn life skills together with teachers, parents and carers alike. I am very proud that The Dales School are so supportive of this rail scheme as their enthusiasm shines through.
I want to say a huge well done to all involved for thinking outside of the box to help our future generations thrive.
Click here to view an article on The Dales School by the Northumberland Line.
https://www.facebook.com/100057277276782/videos/886854472572033
This week we had a visit from Nicola Buckley who works for TransPennine Express. They are an important railway company who run trains all over the UK.
Mrs Collins and Mr Groundwater enjoyed showing Nicola around the train and school.
TransPennine Express will be working with The Dales School as part of our railway safety lessons and in our STEM carriage to help develop career aspirations and life experiences using trains.
We would like to say a big thank you to Nicola and TransPennine Express for their amazing donations that included The Dales School station sign. This was originally the station sign for Huddersfield station and was converted by Alan Conway from Texo.
An official platform sign used on our station:-
Tickets for our Wickes and Blyth Man Shed ticket office:-
Nicola brought us sweets and chocolate for the children and staff:-
As well as keyrings, travel pillows, pens and items to use for railway resources:-
Thank you so much TransPennine Express and Nicola for helping us with our school train. We look forward to showing you around the new STEM carriage when it is complete.
