Proudly Working Towards The Rainbow Flag Award

6th October 2022Mr Barnes

At the Beacon Centre we are Proud to be working towards achieving the Rainbow Flag Award.

The Rainbow Flag Award is a national quality assurance framework for primary schools, secondary schools, SEND schools and colleges. The award focuses on positive LGBT+, (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, plus other related identities), inclusion and visibility.

The Rainbow Flag Award encourages a whole organisation approach to LGBT+ inclusion, as well as developing strategies to effectively challenge and combat LGBTphobic bullying.

The Rainbow Flag Award is a commitment to improve the lives of all the young people that we work with, as well as the LGBT+ young people in our care, those from LGBT+ families, and LGBT+ staff members.

Secondary Students Pay Respects to Queen Elizabeth II

16th September 2022Mr Barnes

Students at secondary school have been paying their respect to the late Queen Elizabeth II.  Students have also,  took part in an assembly which identified they huge role the Queen played in our country as well as the rest of the world. Student wrote a message on the bottom of a candle to share a message and remember the Queen. 
Some students from secondary have also visited the Town Hall to sign the book of condolence. A lovely message was left on behalf of all staff and students at The Beacon Centre Secondary. 

After School @ Secondary

16th September 2022Mr Barnes

Miss Lambert’s After School Club, where Young People were given the opportunity to create tasty and healthy breakfasts.

Overnight oats were a huge success. The Young People enjoyed a mixture of nutritious and exotic fruits making delicious breakfasts they can eat at the breakfast club the next day!

Staff share best practice.

16th September 2022Mr Barnes

Teachers from both sites shared best practice last night at our Primary School site to ensure that high quality teaching and feedback is consistent across the school. They all looked at the new feedback policy in action and shared how to gather evidence from non-written sources. 

Roald Dahl Day @ Primary

16th September 2022Mr Barnes

Primary are celebrating Roald Dahl Day today, and don’t we know it?!
We have Matildas, witches (they hide in plain sight, so can look just like ordinary people), BFGs and The Twits in school today. 
Mrs Simpson, our English lead, has worked with staff to develop a day of Dahl themed learning and activities to look forward to including a treasure hunt, reading tasks, fine motor skills activities and lots of cooking to develop D&T, reading and Maths knowledge. 
Our RESPECT values of teamwork, communication and excellence will also be demonstrated throughout the day.

RIP ERII

15th September 2022Mr Barnes

Staff and pupils from our Primary School paid their respects to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by signing the book of condolence at South Shields Town Hall today.

The pupils were excellent ambassadors for the school, showing the greatest respect for The Queen and demonstrating thoughtful behaviour towards members of the public who were also paying their respects and using their manners.

School Council arranged to return on Friday to lay some flowers at the statue of Queen Victoria. 

Outdoor Learning @ Primary

7th September 2022Mr Barnes

At primary, outdoor learning is a large part of our day. We have continuous provision and offer a range of adult led activities on a lunchtime. 
Everyone – especially the staff – have had a great time today with the parachute! 
Our children (and adults) have played a variety of games, taken turns, followed instructions and waited patiently. 

They have also practiced counting, gross motor skills and rhyming while they’ve played, and practiced fractions and teamwork when they folded the parachute away. 
Great job everyone! 

Commando Joe’s @ Primary

24th June 2022Mr Barnes

Commando Joe’s Outdoor Learning

Primary pupils consolidated their learning of forces to understand how to fill the water canons in outdoor learning. They then completed one of the Commando Joe’s RESPECT tasks – Cross the Swamp – demonstrating the Commando Joe value of ‘teamwork’ to earn water balloons. Any wrong answers meant that the teacher team got the balloon.

After that, all children listened carefully to the safety rules around wet play, before having a whale of a time in pupils v adults!

Teamwork is our Commando Joe’s value of the week, so please let us know if your child shows teamwork outside of school to earn Commando Joe extra ClassDojo points.

RESPECT @ Primary

17th June 2022Mr Barnes

Meet Beacon Primary’s latest recruit! CJ arrived this week to celebrate our Commando Joe’s ‘Value of the Week’ winners. 
Commando Joe’s RESPECT programme supports our whole school’s behaviour management, growth-mindset development and life skills education. 
Every week we choose a Commando Joe value that we look to see our pupils demonstrate. 

The values are: Resilience, Empathy, Self awareness, Positivity, Excellence, Communication, Teamwork.
The weekly winners have CJ as an extra pupil in their class all week, sharing their learning. 
For more information visit www.commandojoes.co.uk

Jubilee Jambouree! 

27th May 2022Mr Barnes

Parents, carers, members of our school’s wider community, governors and SIAs joined together with our primary children today for a fun filled day of celebration. 
Staff worked tirelessly to prepare our school with decorations that the children had made. 
Our children shared their learning in an assembly, sang their jubilee song and even had a crown parade! 
After that, everyone made some jubilee mementos including kites, decorative magnets and commemorative plates. We even had face painting. 
The children had worked hard all week to plan and prepare a delicious celebratory meal, which everyone enjoyed. 
The day was rounded off with every primary pupil being awarded a commemorative Platinum Jubilee medal. 
Feedback from all of our guests was that everyone had a great time. For some of our families, this was the first time that their child had been involved in a school production or taken part in an assembly which made the day even more special.