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The Young Kennel Club Agility Dog of the Year Competition

The Young Kennel Club Agility Dog of the Year Competition

28.02.2020 // Sport

Dog agility is an action-packed and hugely exciting sport for you and your dog. It involves loads of obstacles for your dog (not you!) to run through, jump over, and weave in and out of – and all against the clock! The Young Kennel Club (YKC) Agility Dog of the Year competition is the YKC’s...

Hot Chocolate Friday 28 February 2020

Hot Chocolate Friday 28 February 2020

28.02.2020 // Hot Chocolate Friday

Today’s Y10 hot chocolate nominees were: Evie – for her consistently polite and positive manners, and for always being organised and getting on in form. Harrison – for always being friendly and having a positive outlook. Lucy T – for always being polite, helpful and wanting to try her best with everything. Lucy A –...

North East Counties Indoor Athletics Championships

North East Counties Indoor Athletics Championships

27.02.2020 // Sport

Congratulations to Emma (Y8) who competed in her first U15 athletics competition during the half term holidays. Emma took part in the North East Counties Indoor Athletics Championships in Gateshead on Saturday 15th February and became North East U15 girls high jump champion with a new PB of 1.46m. This is an all time record...

Representing England in the Home Nations Inter Club Championships

Representing England in the Home Nations Inter Club Championships

19.02.2020 // Sport

Good luck to Y8 student Jamie Skinner who has been chosen to represent England in the Home Nations Inter Club Championships, which will take place in Portugal this month. Jamie started playing golf when he was 7 years old, and is currently a member of the under 15’s Yorkshire Squad. Jamie has also recently won...

Hot Chocolate Friday 31 January 2020

Hot Chocolate Friday 31 January 2020

19.02.2020 // Hot Chocolate Friday

After a break for gas leaks and careers events, the latest hot chocolate nominees were from Y9. The reasons for their nominations were as follows: Harry – for being an excellent member of the form. Eoin – for being ready and respectful, having 100% attendance and contributing to all aspects of form life. Eoin can...

A Sage Opportunity

A Sage Opportunity

19.02.2020 // Academic

On Sunday 9th of February our in house vocal harmony group ‘Bellisima’ have been invited to perform at The Sage Gateshead as part of the Music For Youth Regional Festival. This is a huge opportunity for the girls from y8-y11 who have only been singing together for a year. They will be performing for a...

Attendance Streaks Meal Winners

Attendance Streaks Meal Winners

19.02.2020 // Academic

7-LGS along with Miss Lightwing, Mrs Millett and Mrs Metcalfe enjoyed a well deserved lunch at The Mill on Thursday last week. 7-LGS won the whole school attendance streaks competition with a full 14 days! They tied with another Yr 7 form (7-HLS) and so a tiebreaker based on attendance percentages had to be calculated...

Exam Certificates

Exam Certificates

19.02.2020 // Academic

Certificates from the Summer 2019 exams are now available for students to collect from main reception. Certificates must be signed for and will not be given to anyone else without the student’s written authorisation and appropriate identification for the person collecting the certificates; for example, passport or photo driving license. A sibling is allowed to...

Hot Chocolate Friday 10 January 2020

Hot Chocolate Friday 10 January 2020

19.02.2020 // Hot Chocolate Friday

The first hot chocolate nominees of the new decade were Y8. The reasons for their nominations were as follows: Olivia – for having no negatives at all this academic year and 75 ambition points. Also, for being polite and hard-working. Matthew – for being a polite pleasant mature student with a ‘can do’ attitude. He...

Shoeboxes for the homeless

Shoeboxes for the homeless

19.02.2020 // Community

Over the past month, students in Yr 7 and 8 have been gathering items to fill shoeboxes for the homeless. In conjunction with the Sikh Community in Middlesbrough, they managed to fill over 80 male and female boxes, which consisted of items such as gloves, toothbrushes, scarves, socks and other goodies. Last Sunday some students,...

Careers: Creative Careers Information Evening

Careers: Creative Careers Information Evening

19.02.2020 // Academic

Held on Thursday 21st November 2019 at Stokesley School Our Creative Careers Information Evening was well attended by students in all year groups along with many parents. A great selection of professionals representing various creative careers, including some Stokesley School Alumni – were on hand to talk to students about their job roles and career...

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