Y7 students enjoying the continental Christmas market in Newcastle, visiting Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Greece and Russia. Students had the opportunity to speak with the vendors and to sample some of their produce.
Our DofE unit have been hard at work all year growing fruit, vegetables and flowers. The fruit and vegetables we grew have now been turned into jams and preserves and these will be sold in the weeks leading up to Christmas in aid of MacMillan cancer care, a charity which was chosen by the students themselves. We will also be selling hyacinths, which were planted and grown by the group and are due to flower over the next few weeks. All these goodies would make excellent Christmas presents so please see Miss Wallis if you would like any!
We hope that you find the updates in our latest parent bulletin useful. Please remember to look out for the full digital newsletter that will be shared via email and social media by the end of the month. As always if you have any questions or concerns please get in touch.
Daniel Jamieson Headteacher
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Piers Torday spent the day at Burnside giving a presentation to all of Y7 students and working with our Creative Writing group as well as being interview by Burnside TV. A brilliant day all round!
Yet again, Burnside comes up trumps – From the sale of cakes today we have raised a fantastic Ā£251.00 Ā – This will be paid into Barclays, who will match it – so our total will be Ā£502.00 Ā – WELL DONE EVERYONE.
Burnside’s Year 7 boys participated in their first rugby tournament yesterday.
In their first match they ran out winners against Bede Academy 5 tries to 1. Burnside played some excellent attacking rugby, offloading the ball out of contact and always looking for space with ball in hand. Joseph Lamb (2), Kyle Barcoe, Josh Patterson and Ben Emmerson getting the scores.
The second match against Ovingham Middle School was a thriller. Burnside scored first in the left hand corner through a determined run from Kyle Barcoe, breaking several tackles in the process. Ovingham them hit back with three excellent tries of their own. Burnside fought back with a try each from Joseph Lamb and Josh Patterson to level the match at 3-3.
In the final match Burnside played a talented ad experienced St Cuthberts side who won 3 tries to 0. However Burnside never gave in and came within inches of scoring on two occasions.
Well done to all those involved. Mr Metcalfe found it extremely difficult to select a 12 man squad from the 30+ players who had attended U12 trials, and could have easily selected two teams to enter yesterday’s tournament. Further games and tournaments will occur this year to give more Year 7 students the chance to represent Burnside in rugby.
Cake donations gratefully received at Student Reception on Friday morning with prizes and certificates for the best bakes!
Following on from our success during the BBC School Report, Burnside students have pushed for a News programme to showcase some of the events that take place at burnside that you may not see., This episode contains stories from… well you’ll just have to watch it and find out!
https://youtu.be/SQ8KnVEz0Wk
On Thursday evening Burnside U13 basketball team competed in the second round of fixtures in the North Tyneside League. Nathan Gray, Connor Purcell, Nurein Kizito, Alex Baxter, Sonny Ho and Jack O’Shea travelled to Churchill having attended lunchtime practices over the past few weeks. Despite improved individual and team performances this unfortunately did not translate into results; with narrow defeats to Churchill, Valley Gardens and Wellfield Middle School. The boys were not undeterred and are looking forward to further practice opportunities before the final round of fixtures on Thursday 23rd November.
Last night 37 students from Y7 and 8 took part in Burnside Inter Form Cross Country Championship. All student demonstrated a positive attitude throughout and there were some exceptional times and performances. This will hopefully be replicated at the up and coming North Tyneside Cross Country Championships.
Peter McGillan and Andy Evans led the race from start to finish and couldn’t be separated in a sprint finish, so were awarded joint first place. Millie Fenton was the first girl and also came third overall. 7I and 8R won the Year 7 and Year 8 form competitions respectively. Well done to all student and staff involved.
If you would like to get more involved this sport or running in general ,please speak to Mr Lloyd or Mr Gilbert about Cross Country Club.
Top 20 positions
=1st Andy Evans 13:40
=1st Peter McGillan 13:40
3rd Millie Fenton 15:22
4th Elliot Pilling 15:49
5th Millie Trenholm 16:27
6th Keiran Mennie 16:31
7th Alex Baxter 16:37
8th Cobi Lewis 16:38
9th Leo Bradley 17:15
10th Damon Dunn 17:28
11th Joshua Craig 18:07
12th Cole Middler 18:10
13th Jordan Patterson 18:19
14th Corey Hodgson 18:20
15th Callum Jamieson 18:21
16th Jack Clark 18:21
17th Leah Donaldson 18:49
18th Scott Barker 18:53
19th Toni McGillan 18:57
20th Sonny Ho 19:16
21st Lennon Evans 19:18
Year 7 Form Competition
1st 7I 105 points
2nd 7C 100 points
3rd 7U 67 points
4th 7E 65 points
5th 7N 22 points
6th 7B 10 points
Year 8 Form Competition
1st 8R 79 points
2nd 8I 64 points
3rd 8B 59 points
4th 8S 41 points
5th 8D 19 points
6th 8U 15 points
