As a result of the changes to the school day in September, the bus company who runs the Scholar’s Bus Service, would like to improve their service to meet our needs. Please complete the attach survey by following the link provided.
Yasin Khan and Lauren Collins in Year 9 have been attending the Royal Institution Computer Science Masterclasses at St Cuthbert’s High School.
Mrs Morris attended on Saturday and students worked with an industry specialist from British Rail who taught them all about the systems life cycle, algorithm design and the importance of testing.
We are extremely impressed with the students’ dedication and willingness to give up SIX of their Saturday mornings! Well done Yasin and Lauren.
Y11 students returning to Burnside in September have started their transition work this week. Today we visited Northumbria University to help the students think about their medium term futures and then we had lunch in Portofino’s. Next week, Y11 return to participate in more transition activities, including A Level taster lessons.
Following the changes to the GCSE grading structure, the Department for Education (DFE) have released a guide for parents explaining how the new grading structure works and how it equates to the current grading structure (A* to G).
On Thursday 22nd June our Year 10 Computer Scientists took part in a Computer Science Challenge Day at Newcastle University. The students competed against students from Kings Pirory School and St Cuthbert’s High School in challenges including programming using Pibrella on the Raspberry Pi’s, simulating GCHQ in a networking activity and programming an Mbot robot. Alex Mann and Ellis Gray won the Pibrella challenge and can be seen in the photograph collecting their awards. Students worked extremely well and had a fantastic day!
This week a number of our students enjoyed a trip to the Theatre Royal in Newcastle to see the hit musical ‘Sister Act’. The show follows the story of the lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier who is sent to stay at a convent for her own safety. Whilst there she ends up transforming the convent’s choir. Students thoroughly enjoyed the chance to experience some live theatre.
Burnside Y12 and 13 Business students visited the National Glass Centre in Sunderland, where they gained an insight into the fascinating industry of glass-art as well as other creative industries.
This was part of the ‘This Is Creative Enterprise’ programme they are participating in. Charlie Milne, student from Newcastle Business School at the University of Northumbria, has published a blog about the day. To find out what they got up to on the day, please access the link below:
http://www.thisiscreativeenterprise.com/ticecreativeenterprise-visit-the-glass-centre/
Please find information on what will be happening over the next three days regarding year 11 attendance.
Year 11 students – Please read and ensure that you understand the information. Uniform must be adhered to over the next three days.
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Some of our Year 10 Textiles students have been working hard this year towards their ‘This Is Creative Enterprise’ award, starting the first day of the Create Stage at Sunderland University this week.
Students started the day finding out about their project; coming up with creative fashion designs for Pier 74, a local company based at the Mushroom Works in the Ouseburn Valley. Pier 74 create new products by reusing denim, tweed and leather fabrics which would have been otherwise destined for landfill. The students were tasked with creating a range of denim dungarees using reclaimed fabric.
It was a fantastic day for the students involved, allowing them to be creative and giving them insight in to the different career opportunities available to them within the creative industries.
Our first digital newsletter is now available to read. The newsletter contains news and information from the Spring Term as well as guidance for the coming academic year; 2017-2018. Please follow the link below to read more:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DjAK7W5XawMHzG_foICgfDxCphXtVfORb4nM_baqknY
