Year 11 students recently attended an Inspired Choices event at Newcastle University. Students had the opportunity to attend a series of interactive subject tasters to experience what it is like to study those subjects at University. They also worked through a series of activities designed to get them thinking about how their current subject choices at school can relate to a variety of different degree disciplines at University.
Last night Burnside entered a team into the North Tyneside U13 Table Tennis League. Seven schools are meeting three times this term to play fixtures against one another at Churchill Community College.
Burnside’s squad of Alex Baxter, Sonny Ho, Nathan Gray and Nathan Emson played matches against Churchill, Marden High, Wellfield and St Thomas More. Although players tasted individual success against their opponents, the team as a whole was unable to come away with a victory but did manage a draw against Churchill.
All four boys are looking forward to the next round of fixtures and are keen to practice to help seek out their first victory.
Please find attached our timetable for Extra Curricular Clubs
Macmillan
On Friday Burnside Staff and Students joined the world’s biggest coffee morning in aid of Macmillan. Over 40 amazing cakes were baked by our expert Burnside Bakers and events around the school starting at 8am on the Staff Gallery, helped us raise Ā£410 for Macmillan. Well done everyone for a fantastic efffort!
Team Teal Charity Bike Ride
As part of a year long programme of Charity Challenges in honour of Mrs Lulham staff, friends and family joined together in a charity bike ride from South Shields to Seaham on Sunday 1 October. Over 60 riders took part, and some even cycled back! As well as raising hundreds of pounds for Macmillan, riders passed some fantastic sights and even rode along the beach! Great fun and a great team effort in honour of a most amazing member of our staff.
Well done to all the students who participated in extra curricular clubs in PE on Monday night – Rugby, Girls Football and Netball were all well attended!
Please collect extra curricular timetable from the PE department if you are interested. GET INVOLVED!!
On Tuesday 19th of September, 10 of our year 13 scientists visited Newcastle University to take part in some Biomedical Workshops. It was a really successful trip.
All Year 5 & 6 students and parents are kindly invited to our Annual Open Evening on Thursday 21st September from 5:45pm til 7:30pm.
Introductory talk in Main Hall from the Headteacher,followed by a guided tour of the school to see what is on offer in all Curriculum Areas.
We look forward to meeting you on the evening.
Well done to our fantastic team of Great North Run runners who all successfully completed the 13.1 mile route (21km) from Newcastle to South Shields on Sunday. As well as earning finisher’s medals, they have raised a lot of money for a variety of local and national charities, and inspired others to get their trainers out!
Dear Parent/Carer
Thank you for providing the school with an up to date email address. It’s been a key priority of the school to improve communication even further and having up to date email addresses for parents means that we are able to communicate key information more easily and frequently.
In addition to the half-termly newsletter that was introduced last year, we will also be sending out a ‘Burnside Bulletin’ 2-3 times each half term. This shorter document will communicate key events/information/news directly to parents and keep you better informed about the day to day life of the school. Please find attached the first bulletin of the year.
Yours Faithfully
Mr D Jamieson
Headteacher
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Year 13 students this summer celebrated receiving the best A Level results the school has ever recorded. Early indications suggest that academic results will be the best in North Tyneside, with over 80% of entries A*- C grade. This will put us top 10% nationally for progress. Vocational results could put Burnside in the top 20 schools in the country with 99% Distinction* grades.
Students have moved on to a range of world leading universities including Cambridge, Durham, Manchester and Newcastle. We are very proud to continue our 100% success rate for applications to courses including Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery and Primary Education, among others.
Students should be extremely proud of their achievements and we wish them the best of luck for the future.
