This week we celebrated National Poetry Day in the library! Our poetry washing line gave all students the chance to choose a Poetry Postcard to pass on. After-school, our Black-Out Poetry and Biscuits event was a whirlwind of creativity. Students recycled old book pages to construct their own black out poems and got messy decorating biscuits to design edible mini poems! Thank you to all students who got stuck in!

We are delighted to have made a generous donation to Key to Life Foodbank as part of our Harvest Festival Appeal. A huge thank you must go to our wonderful school ambassadors, who have worked tirelessly co-ordinating  the appeal and encouraging our school community to get involved. Your kindness, organisation and commitment have helped make a real difference to those in our local community. Thank you to everyone who donated and supported the appeal.

Congratulations to all students and staff from Wilkinson House on winning the Inaugural Jarrow School House Cup. Throughout the year, students have gained points through demonstrating our school values - Responsibility, Resilience and Respect. Academic progress and Extra-Curricular Attendance have also contributed alongside the many House Challenges to have taken place throughout the year (The Paper Aeroplane being a particular favourite). 

Our annual Sports Day Event provided students with one final opportunity of success for their House. After a pulsating day of track and field events, in what can only be described as our best atmosphere yet, it was Wilkinson House who came out on top in a very tight contest (only a couple of points ahead of Cookson). This completed 'the double' for Wilkinson House.

With all points now reset, we go again in this new academic year. Will Wilkinson retain their titles or will one of the other Houses knock them off their perch?