Last week was British Science Week, which made for perfect timing for our Year 6 Science-English drop down day. Students spend the day investigating the factors that affect how high rockets fly. To do this, they built their own rockets and applied different amounts of pressure when launching their rockets. They then measured how high …
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Head of Vocational Mr Gaines shared his computing skills with the wider community this week, helping Craster senior citizens to boost their IT confidence and knowledge. The support session was organised thanks to an invitation from former JCSC Science teacher, Jackie Reeves. During a relaxed learning session, Mr Gaines delivered a presentation on the use …
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Members of the Lego Robotic Club headed to The Village Hotel at Silverlink earlier this week to compete in a Lego League Challenge. Two teams made up of nine members of the club took their best robots to compete against teams from around the region. Robots competed in rounds with points awarded for their performance …
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Thank you to all the parents, carers and students who joined us on Monday evening at our Year 4 Welcome Event, we were delighted to see the hall so busy. We are very excited to begin the process of getting to know all our new students and their families and looking forward to welcoming you …
We always enjoy hearing about our students’ achievements and interests outside of school and recently have been superbly impressed by the athletic achievements of Year 6 student, Annie. Annie has been training with Morpeth Swimming Club for a few years now after advancing through swimming lessons and reaching a competitive level. She shows fantastic commitment …
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Our sixth form students learned about research placement opportunities this week, thanks to a very interesting workshop delivered by Nuffield Research. The Nuffield Research Programme offers students the opportunity to complete a placement within science, quantitative social science, computing, technology, engineering or maths (or a combination of these areas). James Calvert Spence College Sixth Form …
We had an action packed World Book day this week, with a book swaps held at both sites and a themed fancy dress at South Avenue. There was also plenty of other literary based fun with a book quiz and activities in lessons. This year, students in years 5-7 were invited to dress up as …
This Apprenticeship Week we wanted to say a special thank you to our in-school Teaching Assistant apprentices – Rowan, Lauren, Jack, Natalie, Robert and Robbie. The group joined us in September and are a great team. Our Apprentice Teaching Assistants combine study with working in school and have really flourished in the short time they’ve …
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Mr McCudden hosted a fabulously festive Shining Lights rewards assembly at South Avenue this morning During the assembly students were rewarded for their hard work and effort across this term with their names entered into the prize draw to win rewards from fast passes to supermarket vouchers. Winners were selected from a shortlist at the …
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