Yeat 7, 8 and 9 Homework tasks for Design and Technology are now available for this term. You can find these documents on the Design Technology page on the school website.
On the last Friday of term we welcomed acclaimed DJ MC Squared to the Burnside courtyard as part of our Funky Friday fundraiser. The Burnside Samba Band under the direction of our musical guru, Mr Thompson, and with the help of a very accomplished team of students, paraded with students and staff around the site. Also during the afternoon there was a huge chombola, hook a duck stall and penalty shoot out, among other stalls.
The event was supporting the Burnside School Fund and the Flushtastic Campaign for the Girls of Gorgor High School. At Gorgor students still use pit latrines (septic tank toilets) and the girls toilet collapsed. We are trying to raise enough funds to build a new toilet block for the girls and have held a number of events to support the campaign, including Grantastic bake sales and Icetastic lolly sales from a pop up stall.We are very grateful for the support we get from our whole community, and the students of Gorgor, Kenya are overwhelmed by the opportunities we offer to them. The Burnside School Fund supports our own students and provides opportunities that may not be available otherwise.
Thsnk you for supporting a very Funky Friday and have a great summer!
Ed Welch
Big Congratulations to Mr Henderson who won the Big Burnside Potato Race in his first year of entering; with a whopping 1041g of potatoes. Although actually Chloe Lunn and Charlie Wildsmith did most of the work!
The highest scoring student was Rachel Colquhoun with 957g … she will get a prize too!
Well done to everyone who took part!
Thank you to everyone who supported the Gardening Club’s home grown produce stall today. We made Ā£59.20 which will be shared between the School Fund and Barnardo’s. Well done to the gardening group and the charity group who did all the hard work.
Abbie was entered for an athletics talent spotting day at Monkton Stadium. She qualified for the Regional event at Gateshead Stadium in both 100m and long jump. Abbie achieved a gold medal in the long jump. This was presented to her by her HOY Mrs Wightman at an end of term rewards assembly on Monday 13th July.
A huge thank you to everyone who supported this event which has raised £176.74 for this very worthy charity on behalf of Rachel, our Community Support Officer who is delighted!
Amazing support as ever.
We would like to invite you to A Creative Exhibition From students @Burnside.
Monday 13th of July 4pm-6pm @Burnside-Main Reception Area
Art, Fashion, Photography & 3-Dimensional Work.
A very big thank you to everyone who contributed Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers to school this year. We gained enough vouchers to get a new tent for the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. For the students who take part in the Award scheme buying a tent is one of the biggest expenses and being able to borrow one from school may just make the difference for some of the students, who may not otherwise be able to take part in the scheme.
This year through collecting vouchers from both Morrison’s and Sainsbury’s we have been able to purchase a whole garden full of fruit bushes [some of which already have fruit on], some gardening equipment and the tent. The produce from the garden will be sold to raise money for Barnardo’s and the School Fund.
A genuine, big thank you to everyone who has helped.
Miss Wallis [and the Awards Unit crew!]
Just in case you missed it there are a couple of links below to the Hadrian’s Wall of Sound performances from Segedunum on BBC Look North and on the One Show.
If you look carefully you will see a couple of Burnside students.
THE ONE SHOW (Right at the start of this clip)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05x6dgc/the-one-show-05062015
BBC LOOK NORTH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OubAxWqMwtg
