On the 4th of December GEMS had an amazing school fair. There were all sorts of stall like: Cake stalls, a crepe stall, a nerf gun stall, henna, a nail bar and many, many more. The fair went on from 2:00 to 4:30 and when it had nearly finished nearly all of the stalls were bare! Nearly every single class had a stall, to try and raise the most money for the school. Lots of children had a stall and they were all extremely successful. In total we raised £1,700. Wow what a number! Also who could forget the amazing gymnastics performance? In the gymnastics routine there were: Back flips, cheerleading, cartwheels, forward rolls, bridges, aerials and a lot more cool stuff. For this particular event we used both halls: the dining hall and the main hall; we even used the library! Now I’m really looking forward to Christmas. What a great start to December.

The results are in and we've won - 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the SUMDOG Newcastle Maths Competition for sets 6.4, 5.5 and 5.3. Individual winners are Harriet in first place with 925 correct answers, Eliza in second with 921 and Elle in third with 903. Our winning classes all get free membership of SUMDOG.

Due to popular demand, the donkey is back! Come and see Rock Nativity on 11th and 12th of December. Tickets on sale at the school office. 

Come along and have your photo taken with the donkey - don't miss out.

On the 5th September, Year 7 embarked on a journey that was showcasing all the inventions and models which were originally based in the North East, the trip lasted the majority of the school day and was enjoyed by many people.

The trip started by travelling by Metro to Central Station where we darted excitedly to the Discovery Museum to have a look around a small handful of the rooms, and to see Robert Stephenson’s famous 200 year old steam train called ‘Rocket.’

On Thursday 18th October, Lola and Edward went to Gosforth Central Middle School (GCMS) on account of an IT project. They met with other primary school aged representatives from Gosforth and were asked to create, over the next few months, a short 15-20 minute long film clip about GEMS. They decided to make a film based on the 4 Rs (resilience, reflectiveness, relationships and resourcefulness) and created a mood board showing all the opportunities GEMS has to offer. It was filled with lots of exciting ideas about life at our school. They will be sending out letters to those who they may like to feature in this film. These are to ask for parents’ permission as the film will be published on the Gosforth Trust website and our school website, along with other school films. If you would like to feature in our film or have any ideas or input, you can tell Mr Robertson or find Lola and Edward out and about. There will be sign-up sheets outside the doors to the lunch hall, ICT2 and beside the downstairs finger machine. You will need your name, class, which of the four R clips you would like to feature in and which days you can do rehearsals and be filmed. We may need pupils to interview and to show or to discuss the online games we have to support learning so look out for opportunities to get involved. 

Year 6 Book Club came up with a great idea to widen their choice of reading without having to dig deep into pockets...a KS2 Book Swap. So, after telling everyone about it in assembly, on Wednesday 17th October  the first big  event took place. KS2 pupils brought a book to the Resource  Area  that they had enjoyed but finished with and swapped it for another that they fancied reading...as simple as that! The event was a success so Year 6 plan to hold regular book swaps. Look out for the next Break time Book Swap early next half term.