The Book Club from Year 5 and 6 have aged to become Year 7 and, in order to keep the group together, the members have decided to start a ‘Key project’ to raise money ...obviously theming the topic around books. After some research, we found a charity called ‘Talking Books’ .
Mrs Leahy immediately contacted the organisation so we could tell them about the Key project and ask if they would be happy to be our chosen charity.
On Friday 5th October the year eights experienced an ‘Of Mice and Men’ workshop. ‘Of Mice and Men’ is our class book and is about two men trying to achieve ‘The American Dream’. It is a very interesting book and I think I speak for the majority when I say that it is also very enjoyable.
On the 7th of September Year 5 went on an adventure into the city. 5AW and 5SL went for the whole day while 5EA and 5ER were preparing for the adventure ahead. When the afternoon came around 5EA and 5ER jumped onto the Metro. All of year 5 were extremely excited because we had been told about an extraordinary visit from the royals.
On Tuesday the 2nd of October, Years 5, 6 and 7 went with Mrs Donelly and Mrs Hadfield to the cross country event. Everyone enjoyed the trip as they claimed to had an ‘amazing day.’ I interviewed Tarika from year 7, and she told me what happened during the day and what her highlights was.
On the 11th October, the Newcastle Eagles came in to school, to talk to us about basketball and health. Fletcher, Kyle, Georgia and Darius, who are a part of the Eagles, played games with us and talked to us. It was very interesting and all of the Year Fives thoroughly enjoyed it.
On Friday 28th September, the MacMillian coffee afternoon took place. It is a fundraiser to help people with cancer and we take part here in GEM every year. Parents and friends joined their children in the hall and there was a whole range of cakes and treats to sample—some generously donated by ASDA.
Genes for Jeans day was on the 22nd of September and we had to bring in donations; the amount that we brought in was £1- any higher donations were generous. Obviously, (as it says in the title) we wore jeans! Some people who may not have owned jeans got to wear shorts or tracksuit bottoms. We still had to wear our school shirt and sweater of course. The school day went off as normal but everyone felt especially comfortable and we managed to raise money for a good cause.
On Wednesday the 17th of October, the year 4s and their parents came to GEMS to find out more about the school. There were lots of things going on in the school; while you walked around, there were buskers playing their instruments and when you went to the science lab, there were experiments going on. There was also art going on in the art room and Devil Ball in the gym as well as many other fun activities.
Some Year 8s were keen to be House Captains and to gain these posts they had to make a speech outlining their ideas and their skills. The candidates were all really good but it was up to the whole house to decide on the winner. Who will get the vote?
On Thursday 18th October, Peter J Murray came to GEMS. He told us many cool things including scary stories. He wanted us to call him ‘Pete’ and he has a wife called Kath. He used to be a Maths teacher. He also has two grandchildren. (Both of them are too young and so can’t read his books.) Peter has a son called Simon who illustrates his books.
On Tuesday October 23rd, Year 7 were lucky enough to go on a trip to Hylton Castle. We weren’t able to go onto the site due to extensive renovations taking place at the moment, however we were able to learn the history and get relatively close to the construction site.
On Thursday 6th September Year 6 were generously invited on a visit to the Great North Museum. When we arrived, we walked to the majestic, impressive building with the large flight of steps leading up to the door that we knew as the Hancock Museum. After waiting a few minutes on the soft green grass, we were allowed inside.
