Congratulations to Morgan Collings for his recent success in the U15 Rowing Nationals C Final. Well done on finishing 16th in the country!
An unforgettable event for students and teachers on a day of competition and enjoyment
This year’s sports day was an exciting one for our students. Students competed in order to gain glory for their houses, however despite all this competition, there was still an incredibly positive atmosphere, thanks to staff and students cheering on competitors and the good sportsmanship demonstrated on the day.
The true essence of Sports Day lay not only in the students’ pursuit of victory but also in fostering a sense of unity and school pride in our community. The compassion shown by the students towards those competing and their fellow classmates was brilliant to see.
Sports Day demonstrates exactly what our school is about.
We were really proud to see a selection of artwork by our students on display at local gallery, Tallantrye 2, in Sanderson Arcade, Morpeth. Each pieve of work tells a story about climate change and it was fantastic so see such thought proviking responses from our young people about such an important issue. This was part of The Three Rivers Learning Trust Climate Festival 2023. Thank you to Tallantyre’s for their support with this project.
This year’s sold-out summer concert titled ‘A Summer Serenade’ was held in Lower School Hall last Thursday (13th July). Featuring almost 150 students across all year groups, it showcased all of the ensembles that KEVI currently has to offer: Jazz Band, Concert Band, Choir, Chamber Choir, Ceilidh Band and KEVI Steel Pans. Solo were performed by Helen Graham on flute, Rose Ho on saxophone and Iona Lane (vocals) in addition to The Free Range Cats delivering a triumphant last performance before they all head off to university.
The concert was complemented with decorations made by KEVI’s Art Club and cakes made by the Y12/13 Food Technology students. I would like to thank all of the staff and students involved for helping to put on such a fantastic performance that really illustrates KEVI’s thriving music department.
Dr James Tate
The PE Department is delighted to announce that we, The King Edward VI School, have achieved the School Games Gold Mark Award for the 2022/23 academic year.
This award is to reward and recognise school’s engagement (provision and uptake) in the School Games against a national benchmark and to celebrate keeping young people active. We are delighted to have been recognised at this level for our success.
We are extremely proud of our students for their dedication to all aspects of physical activity and school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our events possible. We are also committed to using the School Games to try and engage those young people who haven’t previously been active or represented our school. We want to ensure that all of our students have a positive experience and try out new activities beyond school, within our community. We strongly believe in the power of physical activity and school sport and will continue to provide opportunities for all of our students.
Thank you to all departments and SLT for supporting us with extra curricular provision throughout this academic year, allowing us to strive and achieve once again, the Gold Mark Award.
Morgan Collins is representing Cambois Rowing Club in the Junior Under 15 Double Sculls.
He has won two regattas this season (Tees and Wansbeck) and came runner-up in two others (Durham and Hexham).
He started rowing in June 22 as part of his GCSE PE and has also been invited to train in the GB camp in Leeds.
Huge congratulations to Morgan in his recent success.
Huge congratulations to KEVI students Cameron Twynholm (Y11) Alan Young (Y10) and George Ovenden (Y9) who represented Northumberland County Schools’ Golf Under 16’s against Durham County at The City of Newcastle Golf Course on Monday 3rd July.
A great experience and achievement for all boys on their golfing journey.
Pictured the Northumberland County U16 golf team – Alan Young (left), George Ovenden (centre) and Cameron Twynholm (right).
Student’s environmental efforts recognised by Northumberland County Council
Now in their 14th year, ‘LOVE Northumberland – caring for our county’ is a campaign that aims to promote the work of the council and its partners in preserving and improving the environment in the county, celebrating community spirit and promoting county pride.
It’s aimed at getting everyone in Northumberland involved in keeping the county clean and green. Northumberland is known for its breathtaking scenery and wide-open spaces, but it also has a reputation for its environmental quality.
This year, KEVI Environment Council submitted an application for the ‘Best Young People’s Project’ and were announced as category winners by the Duchess of Northumberland on Wednesday 22nd June at the awards ceremony held at Alnwick Gardens.
Our Environmental Council is made up of students from Year 10 & 11; their aim is to raise awareness about environmental issues and develop project actions that will make a difference in school and the community.
Working with Dai Richards from Keep Morpeth Tidy, the students developed and delivered a poster competition inviting young people from a number of schools across Morpeth to design a poster for the litter bins across the town. The competition gained lots of interested, with over 400 entries. The judges had a very difficult task choosing the shortlist, and overall winner. They planned a poster competition to engage children in all the Morpeth schools, inviting them to design posters that would encourage everyone in the town to bin their litter rather than drop it on the ground. Winning posters were then printed and placed onto all the litter bins around Morpeth. First, second and third prizes for the posters were given to pupils in every school with financial support from the Keep Britain Tidy group and support from Morpeth Rotary, The Lions, Town Council and GMDT.
Particular recognition must go to Dylan Sneddon, who showed excellent leadership, organisational skills and dedication to the project, along with Catalina Chaundler-Martinez and Jenny Marriott.
The poster competition created a lot of excitement around the town and in the schools. The feedback that we received from from children who entered their posters into the competition, and also their families was amazing. Everyone was really excited and delighted to see all the posters on display.
Dr Wendy Fail, Vice Chair of the School Governing Body, who attended the awards ceremony, stated, ‘I am extremely proud of all the efforts made by the Environment Council, and I am thrilled that their hard work has been recognised. It was a great privilege to represent KEVI at the awards ceremony and accept the award, along with Dylan and Dai, from the Duchess of Northumberland.”
We are very proud of their efforts; they support the Net Zero ambition of the Three Rivers and aim to make all of our schools more sustainable.
Our Environmental Council, supported by Sheila Clark also advise, present and make climate and environmental recommendations to the full School Council (approx. 120 students from year groups 9-13). Regular environmental and climate updates are also provided by the council to every student in KEVI via their Form groups and Form reps.
In January this year, six of our year 10 Modern Foreign Language and Music students teamed up with the aim of creating an original French pop song and accompanying music video to enter in a national competition organised by Francophonie UK in association with the Institut français du Royaume-Uni and supported by TV5Monde. Their song ‘J’adore la musique’ was selected by the national jury and, along with the other finalists, our students were invited to a virtual celebration of La Fête de la Musique on Wednesday 21st June, where they would enjoy live music and find out which entrants would become this year’s winners.
To mark the occasion, students, family and teachers came together for a night of food, fun and festivities and were delighted to discover our students had been crowned national champions!
Throughout the process the students, and everyone involved in supporting them, have championed the values of creativity and collaboration which I think is not only evident in their music video, but also in the photo below.
If you would like to watch the ceremony (and re-live our students being crown champions (Time stamp 17 minutes 44 seconds)), here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq64dmnbAvI
Equally, if you would like to watch our students’ pop video here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvKQfb0HJyA
Student Google Account/email addresses are changing. All parents and carers have received a letter about this and students have been given the following information:
The change will happen from 6pm on Thursday 15 June. The first part of your email address is the same, but the second part is changing to @kevi.cheviotlt.co.uk. Your password for your Google account will not change.
Please make a note of your new email address, for example:
Your PC/school network login details are not changing. Further guidance can be found here.
