Gateshead Council are organising and hosting the above competition. Judging will take place at the Spring Bulb Show on Saturday 27th March 2010 at 11:00am. The children will be painting a variety of pictures from months across the year. We wish them well.

All children in Year 5/6, plus a few from Miss Henaghan's class, have been busy rehearsing every Wednesday with the Drama team from Heworth Grange for this year's production. The show promises to be as spectacular as last year's Captain Najork. It is expected to go ahead during the last week in February, so don't miss what promises to be a fantastic show, described as High School Musical mixed with The Adams Family!!! More details to follow. Mr Connor.

Some children had the privelige of singing for the Mayor at Gateshead Civic Centre.

Two of our nursery children were performing for the Mayor on the same occassion, with their dance class.

Amber York, Kristian Wood and Joe Currie (all from Year 6), were recently nominated to represent the Heworth cluster Athletics team who competed in the Athletics Cluster Competition, held at Gateshead Stadium last week. All 3 perfomed admirably, with Amber coming an excellent first in the 4lap track event.

Well done on being such fantastic athletes!

Mr Connor.

A big congratulations to all the footballers who took part in the recent 7-a-side competition at Gateshead Stadium. The boys played 3 matches, won one, drew one, and narrowly lost one. They all played fantastically well and a big mention goes to Tom Corbett, who was nominated as the man of the tournament by Miss Brand.

Well done to everyone! Mr Connor.

Everyone had a great time on World Maths Day playing maths games against pupils from around the world.

In February we were very lucky to have a visit from the local fire fighters. We learned how to be safe and what to do if there was a fire. Then the fire engine came and we were all allowed to have a go at using the hose !

On Pancake Day we made pancakes. They tasted delicious. Mrs McCartney tossed them and did not drop them!!

On Thursday 18th December, we had our Christmas carol concert at St. Mary's church. Our theme this year was Christmas around the world. Each Key Stage 2 class researched and prepared a small presentation about a particular country. Year 3 enjoyed telling us all about The Netherlands. Year 4/5 sang Silent Night in German, as well as telling us all about German traditions. Year 5/6 told us about French celebrations and sang Jingle Bells in French.
Alongside our traditional Christmas carols, with soloists Adam Young and Sam Carson, we also had instrumental contributions from our recorders, guitars, clarinets, flutes and trumpets.

Once again congratulations must go to the Drive Drama Group "The Spotlight Stealers" for a fantastic production of "A Christmas Cracker". Ms Lucy Wyles, one of our school governers, had written the production especially for us and the pupils spent a long time in rehearsals to make sure that they put on a great show. It was performed on the last afternoon before the Christmas break and was a wonderful way to begin the Christmas celebrations. "It was just like being at the pantomine" said CC of year 2 and indeed it was! Well done to everyone who took part, you always make me very proud with how much effort you put in.

Mrs Douglas

On Wednesday 17th December, Key Stage 1 performed their annual Nativity play. This year, it was called 'The Grumpy Sheep.' The pupils thoroughly enjoyed learning all of the songs. The story was based on the traditional nativity story, but from the point of view of one of the sheep, who was at first very grumpy about all the visitors. However, after seeing baby Jesus lying in his manger, the sheep was no longer grumpy, but happy.

Calling all dancers!

The Friday Dance Club will be getting prepared for the annual Gateshead Dance Festval to be held at The Sage on 10th March.

This exciting festival will see many schools from across the region displaying dances in the theme of Around the World and Through the Ages.

We are asking our dancers to bring along any ideas they may wish to share with us to develop our routine and of course their enthusiasm for putting on a fabulous display!

So put on your dancing shoes and ... let's go dancing!

Miss Atkinson and Mrs Henaghan

Next Wednesday year 3 will be presenting an assembly on ‘Tricky Relationships’. We started practising last week and the children are coming up with some great ideas. We are very excited about showing everyone. Parents and carers are very welcome to come and see their child shine.

Hope to see you all there!

Miss Atkinson

On Sunday 16th March 2008 five children from The Drive's running club took part in the Sport Relief Mile at Saltwell Park Gateshead. Despite it being a freezing cold day, all of the children had a great time and managed to raise money for Sport Relief. The exact amount raised is not yet known - Watch this space!!
They also met Jonathan Edwards, the Olympic silver medallist in the triple jump, as well as a very tall cricketer.

Mark your diaries! On the 2nd of April 2008 between 3.30-5.00 we will be hosting an EXTRAVAGANZA OF ENTERTAINMENT!
Any pupil who wishes to enter our "Drive's Got Talent Contest" can do so. There will be singers, dancers, comedians magicians, musicians: all prepared to face the judges and try to win first prize. We have an esteemed judging panel of year 6 pupils and two presenters to make the evening run smoothly.
The entry fee for the competition is as follows:
Solo artists - 50p
Groups of two or more - £1.00
Anyone wishing to come along and watch this amazing event is welcome. There will be a small charge of:
£1.00 per adult
50p per child
£2.00 for a Family ticket

The PTA will be providing refreshments for sale.

Please come along and support the children and the school, but be sure and book early as when we held "The Drive X-Factor" it was the most attended event ever held after school.
The evening is expected to finish at 5pm.

All monies raised will go into school funds to benefit all pupils.

The Y6 SATs are taking place in the week beginning May 12th 2008. All Y6 children are currently working very hard towards the SATs and are hoping to do their best when the time arrives.
Parents can help by ensuring that their children are completing all of their homework and spending some time reading their study books.
On the week of the SATs free breakfasts will be on offer to all Y6 children.

Well done to all of the Year 4 children who recently went to Heworth Grange to participate in the Multi-Skills event, where they did lots of fun sports such as Hockey, Football, Tennis, Netball and Cricket - we had a great success with our teams coming a MAGNIFICENT 1st and a very commendable 3rd place - well done to everyone - Mr Connor and Mrs Douglas are very proud of you all!