Year 9 Options
Today our Year 9 students will be taking home a Key Stage 4 Choices Booklet for parents/carers to consider and discuss with them. All Year 9 students must make three or four choices from those available to them, which should be filled out on their Year 10 Guided Choices Form which must be returned to their Tutor between Friday 3rd February and Friday 10th February 2012.
On Thursday, 2nd February we are holding an open evening where parents/carers will have the opportunity to discuss the choices their child is planning to take with the subject areas and members of the Year 9 and Leadership Teams. The evening starts at 6.00pm with a presentation in the School’s Main Hall followed by a chance to take a look at displays of all subjects taught in Year 10 and to talk to the teachers who teach these subjects.
Created by A Millar on January 27th, 2012.
Gateshead Girls Rowing
Year 7 Team
On Wednesday 25th January 2012 the Joseph Swan Rowing team travelled to Cardinal Hume School to take part in the annual Gateshead Secondary Schools Competition.
In Year 7 we had 7 entrants in this age category and the girls performed exceptionally well. A fabulous result for Claire 7SG who not only finished 1st overall but is now considered the best Year 7 rower in all of Gateshead. Claire also broke the ‘Gateshead Year 7 Hall of Fame’ record by 1 meter! The Year 7 relay team went on to perform really well with a close second place.
In the Year 8 team the girls were eager to have their turn and also produced some personal best performances with Katie 8DAH finishing 3rd and Robyn 8KH finishing very closely behind in 4th place. The girls had a fantastic sprint finish in the relay rowing 919m between them and finished in second place.
Year 8 Team
It was the turn of the Year 9 girls next and we again had some personal best performances. The girls came together to row in the relay and were quick in the changeovers…but again Joseph Swan was narrowly beaten into second place!
Finally we finished with our Year 10 team. We had a number of girls in our squad who managed to row over a thousand metres, which is really impressive, and several of our girls also managed a new personal best. Leading the way was Carla 10RM who smashed the Gateshead ‘Year 10 girls’ record, but only held the record for about 6 minutes before it was broken again by a competitor from Kingsmeadow! Carla finished in 2nd place overall – but should be proud of her superb performance. We entered both an ‘A’ and ‘B’ team into the Year 10 relay race and once again just missed out with the ‘A’ team finishing in 2nd place and the ‘B’ team finishing 5th.
We are now looking forward to the next round of the competition which will be the county finals held at Northumbria University on Thursday 9th February 2012.
Created by A Millar on January 26th, 2012.
Academy Conversion
Our school was informed by the Department for Education on 13th December 2011 that we could convert to an Academy on 1st March 2012.
This is very good news for the school as it secures our future with additional funding, capital investment and sends a powerful message out about our intention to continue to provide the very best service to the young people of our community.
Governors remain committed to the overarching principle of comprehensive education and this school will continue to provide for all students who secure a place at the new academy.
From March 1st we will be known as Joseph Swan Academy.
It will mean there will be no change to the school uniform or to the PE kit that we currently use in our school. It will also mean no change for parents who have applied for places at this school in September 2012, as these will be secured through the normal Admissions Programme with Gateshead Council.
Please contact the school through the enquiries desk email enquiries@josephswan.org.uk if you have any questions or queries about the implications of this conversion.
Allan Fuller
Head teacher
Created by A Millar on January 10th, 2012.
Sixth Form Parents Consultation Evening
Due to circumstances beyond our control the Sixth Form Parents Consultation Evening has been postponed from Thursday, 12th January until Thursday, 19th January.
Created by A Millar on January 4th, 2012.
Model Madness
Geography rooms have taken on a new lease of life as year 8’s became creative model makers. Students have recreated the Burgess Land Use model as part of lessons discovering how land is used in a settlement.
Well done to all those year 8’s who took part!
Created by A Millar on December 16th, 2011.
House Match Results
The final results of this week’s house rugby and football matches are:
| House | Points |
|---|---|
| Holmes | 51 |
| Collingwood | 49 |
| Stephenson | 47 |
| Coldstream | 44 |
| Bede | 43 |
| Robson | 42 |
| Bewick | 41 |
| Cookson | 37 |
| Bell | 34 |
For further information on these matches please see our sports news section. Well done to all students who took part!
Created by A Millar on December 16th, 2011.
Carol Services
Students from Joseph Swan School have been attending their annual carol services at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church this week. Students have excelled themselves participating as a band member, a member of the Rock Choir or as a reader. Some students provided help and support by handing out ‘Service Sheets’ and arranging the seating plans. Everyone who attended the services played a big part in making each carol service a success.
Each year there is a competition for students and this year’s competition aimed to find the Shining Student of Joseph Swan School. Students in each year group voted for the ‘Shining Student’ of 2011. Alice 7LP won the award for year 7. Ylenia 8CC won the award for year 8 and Heidi 9KN won the award for year 9. In year 11 the award was jointly won by Micheal 11LAB and Jess 11DES. The winner for year 10 will be announced during Thursdays service.
Visitors from The Cedars attended the service on Monday afternoon and choristers from a neighbouring primary school attended and participated in Monday’s carol services during the morning and afternoon. Parents and Governors also attended the carol services.
Parents, carers and guardians are welcome to attend any of the carol services. The next carol service is Wednesday morning starting at 11.15am and the final carol service is on Thursday afternoon commencing at 1.00pm. Everyone is welcome.
Created by C Kenyon on December 14th, 2011.
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