Gardening at the Beacon Centre

Students in The Green Room have been learning how to plant seeds for winter vegetables.

Over 100 seeds were planted including carrot, sprouts, leeks, parsnip, spinach and swede.

We are hoping to have a bumper crop to use in the school in a few months.

‘What’s in the News’ is a new topic in The Green Room where students browse various news websites and conduct some in-depth research into a story that catches their eye.

Students complete a piece of work to summarise the main parts of the story and once completed, the students discuss the stories that they have researched.

The students work is put onto the display in the classroom for all to see. Keep checking for more updates.

Every morning our secondary students are welcomed into school and have the opportunity to receive a free breakfast.  This is offered again at morning break time.

Students enjoy having something to eat and drink.  It allows provides the opportunity for staff and students to socialise together at the table.

Wednesday 5th September 2019

We are excited to be subscribing to the Wanderer’s programme this academic year!

The Wanderer’s Sports Association is a voluntary organisation providing sporting opportunities for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.  A variety of sporting events, are arranged with support from regional schools, which encourage engagement, participation and achievement and brings pupils together from across the North East.

Sporting events provide a range of benefits such as:

• promoting activeness
• developing fundamental motor and physical fitness skills
• improving sensory skills
• support teamwork
• motivate and improve confidence and self-esteem

The aim is to help children with special educational needs and disabilities discover the pleasures of being involved in sport, from the enjoyment of new skills, to on-going social involvement and friendship.  

For more information on the dates of the programme

Examination Results Day

Thursday 22nd August 2019

The school will be open to students from 10:00am until 12:30pm to collect their examination
results.

Results will be available to collect in a sealed envelope from Mrs Johnson at the main office.
If you are unable to come to collect your results in person, a family member can pick them up
on your behalf, but they MUST have signed written permission from the you in order to receive
the results.

Please note that the actual certificates, which we receive at a later date, will be posted when
available.

July 2019

Students from Induction have been involved in the South Shields Young People’s Parliament Mental Health Campaign focusing on the topic of Creative Arts.

The students created their own cartoon strip, stories,poster, power points and even a small book. They spent a few days developing their ideas and have really worked well with their individual creations.

At the end of this project they did not only produce something but also learnt about the mental issue they they had worked on.

Their work has been handed over to the organisers.

Friday 28th June 2019

Today is the favourite day of the week for our secondary Induction students as it’s their turn for their PE session.

Mrs Fearon took the students into the hall where they all engaged in badminton and football.

All of the students enjoyed this!

On Thursday 27th June, one of our secondary students requested to stay after school to engage in a session of badminton with the staff.

Molly F thoroughly enjoyed her games of badminton with Mrs Fearon, Miss Glenn and Mr Townend!

Molly can’t wait for her next match!