Our primary students have been exploring habitats within our own school grounds.
The students enjoyed finding a range of insects.
In Primary this term, Class 3 have been growing their own vegetables and herbs.
We’ve thoroughly enjoyed the process from choosing our seeds to planting and watering, to ultimately picking and tasting. Here we are harvesting our first crops of radishes. We had mixed reactions from our tasting “ Ummm really tasty, much better than from the shops!” “Hot, hot, hot!” Ultimately we all agreed choosing, planting and growing our own food has been a great experience we would all love to continue.
We are already making plans to expand our growing potential for next year by creating our own vegetable beds.
Monday 17th June 2019
To celebrate the end of our outdoor learning activity days, our students were given the opportunity to go to ‘Jump Giants’.
Staff and students had fun jumping on the trampolines, jumping into foam blocks as well as carrying out somersaults and backflips. They also enjoyed having a go on the obstacle course, playing dodgeball, shooting basketballs into the nets, and what appeared to be the most fun, competing against each other on the gladiator challenge.
The students and staff really enjoyed competing against each other on the gladiator challenge.
On the morning of Monday 17th June 2019, the students in secondary were taken on a visit to Newcastle to see the Sage, the opening of the Millennium Bridge and also to take photos of the surrounding scenery.
The students enjoyed watching the Millennium Bridge open for the boat to pass through. They then walked over the bridge and had fun in the ‘beach setup’.
What happened next caused Mrs Graham and Mrs Warren to be extremely proud of the students. After walking over the bridge, the students noticed some homeless people sitting at the side of the path. Molly gave them her last £1 and then Mrs Graham generously purchased food items, which the students handed over to the people. This was a priceless moment to hear the positive comments from the students of how good they felt for what they had done.
Staff and students then enjoyed lunch on the grass which involved making their own wraps, followed by waffles, cream and strawberries!
Monday 17th June 2019
Today Mrs Stubley and Miss Harding visited Hebburn Helps, a community food bank that supports people throughout South Tyneside. The establishment started out in 2015 and provides a range of products to families including; food, clothing, toys and baby equipment.
A collection of food, donated by the staff within the Beacon Centre, was given to say thank you for all their help and support throughout the year.
The staff at Hebburn Helps were very grateful for such generous donations!
Hebburn Helps is always looking for donations.
Should you wish to help, the address is:
Hebburn Helps, South Tyneside Children’s Centre, Campbell Park Road, Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, NE31 1QY or please visit http://hebburnhelps.co.uk/. Thank you!
Friday 14th June 2019 – Secondary Rewards Afternoon
Congratulations to all of our students for their efforts this week.
GOLD AWARD – A trip to ‘Cream Curls’ for an Ice Cream
Well done to Molly R, Molly F, David, Paul and Ben!
SILVER AWARD – A walk to ‘Ghiaccio Ice and Dessert Lounge’ for an Ice Cream
Well done to Cameron and Bethany!
BRONZE AWARD – An ice lolly and film in school
Well done to Joe, Will, Morgan and Jess!
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Year 11 Leavers Hoodies
On Thursday 13th June 2019 Josh Summerside from CER visited The Beacon Centre to drop off the hoodies for our year 11 students.
CER have kindly sponsored the hoodies which have ‘The Beacon Centre’ logo on the front and ‘Leavers 19’ on the back.
Wednesday 12th June 2019
Today’s outdoor learning activity took our secondary students to Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.
Students were able to learn about Sunderland’s fascinating history all in one place; with a collection dating back to 1846 as well as seeing the most famous object of all, ‘Wallace the Lion’. There was also hundreds of other amazing objects like the first Nissan car to roll off the production line at their Sunderland factory in 1986. Galleries cover the shipbuilding, glass and pottery making industries the Anglo-Saxon period and many other aspects of the city’s past.
Students then visited the Winter Gardens, a 21st Century addition to the museum with tropical fish and over 2,000 plants which thrive in the glass rotunda. The students loved looking at the tropical fish and walking round the treetop walkway.
We were meant to have a picnic in Mowbray Park, unfortunately it was raining heavily so we decided to have it in our school vehicle. Mrs Graham took requests for wraps followed by pancakes with cream and fruit. It was all very tasty and something different.
Tuesday 11th June 2019
Secondary students continued their outdoor activities this week. Today students have visited Herrington Park.
The activity continued with the theme of outdoor learning to provide opportunities for students to engage in fantastic teamwork with one another and has assisted in developing positive relationships between staff and students.
When we arrived at Herrington Park the weather was not in our favour, it was cold, windy and then it started to rain. We set up the tent on the field but the students were not happy and were too cold. The students took Mrs Warren to investigate in the forrest to see if they could find a more suitable area to set up the tent. The students found an area and agreed they would all help to move the tent and the other equipment into the forest. Staff and students worked together as a team and were much happier with the new location as it was warmer and more sheltered.
Mrs Graham then started the BBQ which Mason enjoyed assisting with.
The students then enjoyed feeding the birds in the park …. there was a lot of them!
The final activity of the day involved the students painting the scenery they could see in the forest.
Staff and students had a fantastic day!
