On Monday 13th November, a group of Year Sixes and Year Fives had an excellent opportunity to go and watch the new ‘Beauty and the Beast’ film (staring Emma Watson) at the Gate (Cineworld). We brought packed lunches and ate them in the cinema at an unusual time – 11am. The film was incredibly interesting; it was a surprise how the directors and producers changed the film to focus more on real life rather than a Disney story. We also thought that all the make-up and clothes made the characters seem realistic, even though not all of them were! The Beast in particular seemed more realistic than anyone else and he was portrayed by a fantastic actor Dan Stephens.

S.T.E.M club, run by Mr Thompson, is a fun learning club which gets up to many activities. S.T.E.M is on a Wednesday lunch and Thursday after school. Many people go (authors included) with a range of people from year 5-8. However, since this club is so popular, we don’t have any more spaces though you might be able to try in September!

Since  half term, we’ve been preparing a gymnastics routine every Wednesday morning with Mrs O’Sullivan and we preformed them at the Christmas fair;  since it’s the winter season, the dances were very festive. It was a great turn out to watch the performance and, as I am one of the gymnasts, I know every one of the performers enjoyed it.

On Wednesday the 22nd of November, Yr 8 went on a trip to see THE WORD perform rap and music. The performance was to mark Dr Martin Luther King’s visit to Newcastle 50 years ago. In November 1967, Newcastle University gave Dr King an honorary degree. Newcastle was the only UK University to do so.

On Tuesday 14th November, the Eagles came into our school to talk about Hoops for Health. Hoops for Health is an event where teams from different schools compete in basketball tournaments to win medals.

When the Eagles came, we were split up into our classes. We went to different rooms around the school and each room had a different member of the Eagles in. In all rooms, we did a different activity: we filled in two types of booklet, did some exercise and practised some dribbling and playing (basketball techniques).

On Wednesday 1st November there was a Halloween disco in school between 5:00 and 7:00 and it was amazing. Pupils were allowed to wear their Halloween costumes after school while the hall was transformed from a formal assembly room to an epic partying scene. The lights were turned off and all drapes were closed. There were bright red and green lights that sparkled in polka dot patterns on the floor and, when they reached the walls, they formed red and green fireworks. Smoke poured out of a small machine. You could hardly see anything, which was fun and “halloweeny.”