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May 15, 2008
March 17, 2008
Sing a-long!
Sport Relief Mile
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.
February 13, 2008
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February 12, 2008
Gateshead College production of the Gruffalo.
February 11, 2008
Netball Team
The school Netball team took part in a cluster tournament at Heworth Grange this half term. The girls played excently and prooved themselves to be highly skilled! The two teams played against teams from two other schools and came third out of five. The star of the show had to be Courtney Harding who scored an amazing goal! Well done Courtney!
Y6 SATS
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.
And you thought pancake day was over!
I am sure you all enjoyed pancake day. Well, fear not, you do not have to wait until next year to enjoy them again.
During half term I will be going to France and as we have our link with the school in Bordeaux through the Comenius Project I thought it might be nice to try French Pancakes, which are called Crepe.
The PTA will be helping me to sell these on Friday 29th February (after lunch of course). They will cost 50p and will be available with sucre,citron, fraise or chocolat topping. Now all you have to do is find out what those toppings are and have your money ready!
Bon vacance et a bientot
Mrs Douglas
November 28, 2007
November 19, 2007
The Drive Parents Teachers Association
We have recently started a new parent teachers association (PTA). The aim is for parents and teachers to work together to benefit the pupils at the Drive. There are lots of areas were parental help is needed in the school. Helping in the classroom, with resources or accompanying groups on outings and of course fund raising. We have recently held a Halloween Disco. The children were able to celebrate Halloween in a safe environment, they were able to dress up in their costumes and join in with games and activities. There were drinks and food on sale and I think it is safe to say the children had a great time. Any funds raised go into school funds to benefit the whole school. We have also had a cake sale. Money raised from this was split three ways. Miss Haydens class wanted to raise £15 for WATER AID to provide a water pump for children in a village that had no clean water. The Bits and Bobs Club that meet after school on Wednesday made some cakes and biscuits and they wanted to sell them to raise money for Children in Need. The rest of the money was put into school funds. This was a lovely way for the children to think of others and they were very proud of themselves. Please come and join us, we are a fun group who can meet morning or afternoons, if you can't come to the meetings but are interested in finding out more about us or helping out with specific activities please let the secretary know and someone from the PTA will have a chat to you.
November 7, 2007
October 1, 2007
School Website - Staff Introduction
Peter Bolger and Chris Hewitson from Gateshead City Learning Centre will lead a staff session introducing the school website this afternoon. Colleagues will have the opportunity to publish to the website during the session and will gain a clear overview of the site functionality and feature set.
September 30, 2007
Name our Website Cat!
If you look down on the right hand side of our website, you'll see a new member of staff.
She joined us last week and she's a lovely black and white pussycat....
We need a name for her. Can you help out? Can you think of a good name?
Use the Comments link below to give us your suggestions. We'll announce the winner soon!