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! 

Sumdog Champions!

18th July 2022Lisa Burrows

Last week our Aspens, Blossoms and Evergreens groups competed in Sumdog’s South Tyneside competition. Students spent their Maths lessons competing against 15 other classes in various schools across the borough and became the overall winners of the competition!

14 students from the Beacon Centre competed, they correctly answered 2500 questions! We had 8 students finish in the top 50 students out of 156 students that took part and 3 of those finished in the top 10!

Well done to those student who made it into the top 50:

Ryan S 6th

Shea L 7th

Liam J 9th

Daniel P 11th

Mason W 13th

Mark B 19th

Jack B 24th

Harvey E 37th

Miss Burrows and Mr Paterson have been so impressed by the efforts of those students involved; there has been a real buzz in the Maths classroom this week with students eager to compete!

Connecting Schools to Nature Award

11th July 2022Lisa Burrows

The pupils at our primary school are thrilled to have earned this fabulous silver award from The British Ecological Society for their work in the ‘Connecting Schools to Nature’ project. 
Mrs Dixon led the project, and is already working towards the gold award. 
Well done everyone! 

Basketball Skills

1st July 2022Lisa Burrows

This week the Blossoms have been practising their basketball skills in PE to complete their Basketball Skills Life Skills Challenge. Students had to demonstrate various different passes and shots as well as completing a dribbling course. Miss Burrows and Mr Paterson were really impressed with students’ efforts and skills which were then out into practice in a basketball game.

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.