Please note the week beginning Monday, November 17th is ‘Staff Wellbeing Week’. There will be no after school activities taking place that week, unless there is an exceptional sporting activity which cannot be rearranged. For this week only, detentions will finish at 3.20pm.

The Friday of that week, Friday November 21st, is a Staff Training Day. The school will close, for students, at 3.00 on Thursday, November 20th and reopen on Monday, November 24th.

On Thursday 6th November 2008 40 girls took part in a self-defence reality course which involved placing the girls in situations where they were faced by an ‘aggressor’. The course was run by “Be Safe Now” which receives lottery funding.

The girls spent several hours having their bags snatched, blocking punches and pulling hair! All the girls enjoyed their time spent with the two instructors and worked hard to take the basic principles on board.

On Thursday 23rd October our Year 7 and Year 8 girls football teams travelled to Ryton School to play 7-aside matches.

Both teams started off well, dominating both games from the start. The Year 8 team defeated Ryton 10-3 and the Year 7 team won 4-2.

A new piece of Art by Sir Joseph Swan's Great Grandaughter, was officially opened in the school's "The Street" on Thursday 23rd October.

For more information see the story on Gateshead Council's Website at http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Council%20and%20Democracy/news/News%20Articles/The%20Laboratory%20Opens%20To%20Rave%20Reviews.aspx

On Wednesday the 8th of October on a lovely sunny, warm autumn day the Joseph Swan Under 15 Girls Netball team travelled to Emmanuel School in order to play in the annual Gateshead Schools’ Tournament. The girls played really well together and scored some cracking goals to finish 4th overall in the tournament.