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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.

World Book Day

11th March 2022Mr Barnes

World Book Day was a Cross Site affair this year with some fantastic work being completed by all young people.

Here are some more photographs of World Book Day at our Primary Site.

We prioritise reading as we believe that the ability to read unlocks the world for our pupils. All of our pupils read to an adult every day bat school, and are encouraged to read to an adult at home every evening.

We actively encourage all of our pupils to read for pleasure and have developed a wonderful library which everyone loves to use. As you can see, they really do love reading.

Meanwhile at our Secondary site, young people engaged in reading and writing tasks. They read the published work of their peers and attempted to write similar stories.

They also had a book club in which they discussed their favourite books and talked about what they liked about them.

Well done to everyone involved.

Beacon Project Based Learning

16th December 2021Mr Barnes

The young people at Beacon Secondary have been completing a project over the course of the autumn term about knife crime and its affects.

The young people are engaged extremely well with the project and produced some excellent work. They had the opportunity to speak to uindividuals from the emergency services as well as relatives of victims of knife crime.

This experience has culminated in a showcase of work, which included sculpture, art work, music and poetry, to the school and wider local community including the Police Commissioner Kim McGuinness and the Mayor of South Shields.

We are all very proud of the young people for the work they have completed as well as for their excellent behaviour during the showcase.

Beacon Centre Careers Education

24th June 2021Mr Barnes

At the Beacon Centre we strive to offer Young People the best possible chance of success in life. We work tirelessly to give them not only the academic skills and qualifications to succeed but also the social and interpersonal skills that are vital to making a successful transition to the world of work.

Working with a growing range of local community partners, including Kier Construction, Equinox, Port of Tyne and Nissan, we are aiming to build a revolutionary careers programme that truly prepares our young people for their future, allowing them to learn the skills that employers are actually looking for.

With that in mind you can now find our Careers Minisite via the link here or by following the shortcut on the main Beacon Centre Website.

We are also today launching our Careers Blog which you can find here, or via the Careers Minisite.

If you would like to get involved in our careers offer, by submitting a diary entry, detailing what goes on in an average day at work, please contact Mr Barnes.