Subject Leader for PE Rachel Shaw and students joined local councillors and representatives from Robertsons construction for the “cutting the sod” ceremony on Friday. We are delighted that work has finally started on the new Sports Hall and 3G facility.
Rachel Shaw commented
“The PE department would like to thank everyone for supporting the new sports hall development and making this vision a reality. This will greatly enhance all of our students’ experience of PE and promote overall well-being in the community. We are excited for the opportunities it will bring our students, who truly deserve a modern and inspiring environment. Our students strive for excellence and need improved facilities if they are going to continue to excel. This is a very exciting time for us all and we can’t wait to see the impact it will have on our students and local community in the future.“
At King Edward’s, we are proud to celebrate the dedication of our VI Form Reading Ambassadors, who have made a real difference in supporting lower school students with their reading progress. Since September, these mentors have met with younger students once a week, applying their training to model effective reading strategies that improve fluency, automaticity, and confidence.
To mark the success of the programme, our final session included a celebratory breakfast, where lower school students expressed their gratitude by writing heartfelt thank-you cards for their mentors. One Year 9 student shared how much he had enjoyed working with his VI Form mentor, highlighting that the dedicated reading time each week had boosted his confidence in lessons and helped him make greater academic progress.
King Edward’s encourages VI Form students to give back to our school community while developing valuable skills such as organisation, resilience, and interpersonal communication—qualities that will serve them well in the future. We’re proud of the dedication and hard work shown by both our lower school students and their VI Form Mentors!
Students and staff have given generousy over this week, in the spitit of Christmas. We had a fantastic collection for Wansbeck Valley Foodbank and were overwhelemed by the volume of donations.
This continued with our annual Christmas Jumper non-uniform day on Thursday 19 December. Students enjoyed a festive lunch and raised over £400 for Save the Children. Donations can still be made via MCAS.
Year 9 School Council members organised their very own bake sale; the students coordinated volunteers from across the year group to bake, donate and sell cakes. The Year 9 students raised over £100 for their nominated charity; Christian Aid.
Parents and members of our community were treated to a wonderful evening’s entertainment last Friday at our annual Christmas Cracker.
We were treated to wonderful performances from KEVI Jazz Band, Ceilidh Band and Concert Orchestra as well as renditions from our steel pans. Performances were interspersed with quiz rounds prepared by our senior students and the evening concluded with a stella performance by our wonderful; choir
We would like to thank all of the students, staff and parents that have donated to the Wansbeck Food Bank this year. Food poverty continues to be a significant challenge for so many in our community and these donations will help to support those that need it most this Christmas.
Year 9 student, Emily has the privilege and responsibility of being elected to the UK Youth Parliament.
In October, Emily attended Warwick University to participate in the annual conference where there were lots of debates. The MYPs were updating their manifesto as part of the conference. As part of the conference, Emily got to meet MYPs from all over the country, sharing their experiences and ideas.
Emily, and her peer peer James, MYP at RGS Sixth Form, have been supported by Ben, the participation lead at Northumberland County Council. Emily will be able to visit the Houses of Commons in February 2025 to debate and discuss the motions they passed in the manifesto that they created at the annual conference in October.
Year 11 student Helen and her younger brother Arthur who is in Year 9 both love the water and are keen sailors and are raising money again this year for the RNLI.
Over the years they have raised over £10,000 for the R.N.L.I., by busking and in the last 4 years by their musical advent calendars.
Last year it raised over £2700 for the RNLI, and they would love to smash their record this year. In return, each day they will be uploading a musical performance, and hopefully spread some Christmas Cheer. Please see their Just Giving page if you wish to donate.
Headteacher Clare Savage commented “It is great to see this pair in musical action again. We are so proud of these hugely talented students. They have set their target to £2000 which would take their total fundraising for the RNLI to £12,000 ”
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Join our Music students for a evening of fun and festivities with the annual KEVI Christmas Cracker on Friday 13 December.
The annual Carol Service will take place on Tuesday 17 December 2024 7.00pm to 8.30pm at St James Church, Morpeth
