July 2015 A NEWSPAPER FROM PARK VIEW SCHOOL Issue 50

Primary Partnerships Fancy Football

Park View School had the pleasure of hosting a per-formance by John Farnworth, the top Football Artist inthe World. He has won both World and European titlesin Football Freestyle and currently holds 5 GuinnessWorld Records. John’s performances have taken himworldwide to over 30 different countries, includingshows at the World Cup Final, Champions LeagueFinal, The Grand Prix and even the West End andBroadway Stages! 230 children from local schools,including Woodlea Primary, Chester-le-Street Church ofEngland Primary, Cestria Primary and Ouston Primary,St. Cuthberts RC Primary, enjoyed the performance,with some even participating in it. All had an absolutelyfantastic time.

Fast Football Academy, the organisers of the event,deliver football sessions at Park View School and othervenues across the North East. For more information,please go to http://www.fastfeetfa.com/

The Power ofPeer SupportersWell done to Year 7 and 8 peer supporters who havebeen visiting local primary schools presenting anassembly with an anti bullying message. They are aspecial group of students at North Lodge who volunteerto be available at break and lunchtime for any studentwho wants to talk to them or who feels they might needsupport with relationships. They were warmly wel-comed and enjoyed visiting their "old" school them-selves too. In addition, their annual visit to the town cen-tre with Easter wishes and daffodils for local residentswas a huge success. The school received many emailsand letters from people who wanted to express theirgratitude for such a kind gesture.

I am delighted to welcome you to an edition which focuses not only upon what has been happening in Park View itselfbut also in activities which have taken place with our primary partners. A focus of all schools now is to make the transi-tion from the primary to the secondary phase as smooth and painless as possible; gone are the dark days when a childwould spend their summer holidays worrying about what would happen to them, and banished with them the myth thatstepping up is all about getting your head put down a toilet!

We are very lucky to have a strong, ever growing primary cluster made up of headteachers who genuinely get on andtrust each other and schools which have mutual respect for what we each achieve. It is a partnership in which all are com-mitted to putting children come first, a true learning community.

I.R. VEITCH(HEADTEACHER – PARK VIEW SCHOOL)

The Performing Arts Faculty present-ed a production of the ever-popular‘The King with Cold Feet’ over twoevenings in June. Year 5 studentsfrom several local primary schoolsincluding Bournmoor Primary,Lumley Juniors, Woodlea Primary,Red Rose Primary, and DubmirePrimary, as well as Park View stu-dents from year 7 to 13, provided ashow that was not to be missed, withaudience and cast joined in song atthe finale of each evening. SueMoore, Head of Performing Arts atPark View, said: 'The students

worked really hard on the perform-ance and delivered it with greatenthusiasm; the production as prom-ised, was an enjoyable and enter-taining evening for all involved, bothparticipants and audience.'

Iain Veitch said, ‘It is nights like thesewhich live in a child’s memory for along time and which remind us whattrue education is all about: staff fromboth sectors and students of all agescoming together to creativelyexpress the sheer joy of being alive!’

The CLS Learning Alliance is a school company set up byPark View and eight of its main nursery and primary part-ners. By combining our collective expertise and resources,we aim to provide our children with the most inspiring expe-riences possible, both in and out of the classroom, whilstusing our size to achieve the best value from all services.On Saturday, 4th July, we launched the company throughan art exhibition at the North Lodge site of Park ViewSchool. Under the banner, ‘Our World’, children of all agesexplored aspects of their lives, expressing an incrediblerange of ideas through a variety of media. The result was ajoyous expression of collective identity, a show which wasbursting with creativity and colour.

A variety of live music was provided by Park View studentsas were refreshments by the students raising money forWorld Challenge. Other activities included face painting,cartoon drawings and a competition to design the compa-ny’s logo – watch this space for the winning design!Iain Veitch, Head Teacher said: ‘The company is an innova-tive way of strengthening our partnership as well as sharingour resources for the benefit of students of all ages. Thislovely morning has been the perfect launch for it and I lookforward to more, bigger events of this type. I have beenstunned by the quality of work produced by the primary stu-dents. It has been great to see that our passion for the cre-ative arts is also shared by those closest to us’.

The King With Cold Feet

Together We Are Stronger

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Park View inBerlin!

Ten students studying German in Years 11-13 took theopportunity in early March to immerse themselves in theculture and language of the historic and ever-changingmetropolis of Berlin.

The cold chill of central Europe made an excellent back-drop for our guided tours of a dark and turbulent period ofhistory. This included Hitler’s Bunker, the Berlin Wall, DDRMuseum, Topography of Terror, Checkpoint Charlie,Brandenburg Gate and the Holocaust Memorial. In addi-tion to visiting the main sites, the group was also gripped bytours of Hohenschönhausen, a former Stasi prison, and theStasi Museum, which did a great job of emphasising theingenious methods used to try to escape across the BerlinWall.

The students relished daily trips to the supermarket Lidl tostock up on typical German food, and thoroughly enjoyed ameal in a traditional German restaurant. Another highlightwas the novelty of going to “das Kino” to watch the film “Intothe Woods” in German. A really entertaining evening, espe-cially with a bucket of popcorn!

The group was extremely keen to explore Berlin, takingcountless photos of the artefacts, monuments, signpostsand famous landmarks. Breath taking views from the top ofthe TV Tower and the dome of the parliament building theReichstag, proved to be perfect photo opportunities. Thiswonderful team of students adopted various roles from mapreading, to deciphering the Berlin underground system toordering tickets and food, asking directions and even inter-viewing the locals, all in German. Mrs Burnett Said: “Thegroup were such an asset to Park View, full of passion andenthusiasm for the German language and culture.”

This year saw our eighth school ski trip, which was bigger andbetter than ever!! The ski week is physically tough for the stu-dents, as seven hours of skiing a day can really take it out of you,but not once was there a moan; instead, there were requests tostay out skiing longer. As well as skiing, students were introducedto the alternative activity of bum boarding, sliding down the slopeon a bottom sized tray which was a speedy, interesting and hairraising experience for all. On the final day, students hit the slopesin fancy dress. Adam Gardner, Year 12 said: “I’m not sure Alpd’Heuz was ready for the onesies, the Thunderbirds, Iron Man, afew ‘Wallys’ and Mario and friends but we certainly made quite aspectacle! The ski trip was an amazing experience appreciatedby all. It was physically challenging but gave everyone thechance to improve on, or acquire, a skill which would be impos-sible to pursue in Chester-le-Street.”

Miss Keighley, the trip organiser, said ‘The students were a totalcredit to themselves and their parents and a superb advert forPark View! Students of all year groups enjoyed a laugh togeth-er, helping one another negotiate tricky slopes and generallylooking after each other. They have been an absolute pleasure tobe with!’

Year 12 students visited Somerville CollegeOxford University for a 3 day residential.Working alongside the Admissions Officerand other college academics, students had ataste of what it would be like to study at thisprestigious university. Students practisedinterview techniques, completed workshopsin humanities and science and took part in aneducational programme at the AshmoleanMuseum, guided by one of the curates. Aswell as educational activities, students weregiven sound advice on personal statementsand qualifications to apply for OxfordUniversity. All had a fantastic time!

A group of Year 12 students also visited the

University of Cambridge for a 2 day residen-tial, staying at King’s College. RobertPeverley, Adam Gardner, Daniel Mulroy,Govind Harikrishnan and Chris Turnbull weregiven the opportunity to experience studentlife at King’s College and attend sample lec-tures in the Arts and Sciences. The Artsgroup took part in a seminar on TheEnlightenment followed by a tour and exhibi-tion at the University Library. The Sciencesgroup took part in a seminar on TemperaturePerception in Plants and were fortunate to beable to visit the Sainsbury Laboratory, an11,000 sq.m. plant science research centrewhich is rarely open to the general public.This was followed by a guided tour of the

Botanic Garden, providing further informationon plant sciences. The students gained aninvaluable insight into studying at Cambridgeand all enjoyed themselves thoroughly.

Skiing inAlpes d’Huez

Oxford and Cambridge Capers

In celebration of International Week,students at Park View experiencedaspects of different countries and cul-tures. The students took part in a vari-ety of activities including sampling foodfrom around the world and guessingwhich country each originated from.The Sharon fruit from Israel was a par-ticularly new taste for most students.Other activities include Salsa Dancing,Eastern Games and taster sessions innon curriculum languages such asPortuguese. During the week, Year 7also campaigned to save the planet,writing to the Prime Minister and pro-ducing awareness leaflets on issuesfrom around the world.

International week fits in very much withour philosophy that students need to beequipped with an international outlook ifthey are to take their place in a globaleconomy. For this reason, we not onlyensure that all the young people in ourcare learn to understand and appreci-ate foreign cultures and customs butalso that all can be triple linguists atboth GCSE and A-level, should theywish to. In an age of globalism, multi-national corporations and long distancetravel, our students would miss out ontoo many opportunities later in life if wedid not equip them to take advantage ofall that the world has to offer.

International Week

Wish You Were Here...? Park View Travels

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During April, as part of his UK Tour, Antonio Lulic returned to ParkView School to perform on the very stage that sparked his lovefor performing. Raised in Great Lumley, Chester-le-Street, andson to a South American exile, Antonio was an ex student of ParkView School before attending the University of Leeds to study adegree in English and Creative Writing. He then moved toLondon to follow his dream of becoming an international per-former and has toured relentlessly, building a loyal fanbasearound the world. He is a folk-rock singer-songwriter whosedeep and gravelly vocal combines with a powerful yet intimatelyrical style to deliver passionate and uniquely soulful music. Atthe end of his British tour ‘, he joined Ed Sheeran to support himon his tour in South America.

Iain Veitch, Head Teacher at Park View School said: ‘We are hon-oured Antonio decided to include Chester-le-Street in his UK tour;it was a privilege to have him back on home soil and in our schoolsetting.’

Antonio also welcomed two present students from Park ViewSchool, Katie Smith and Jack Mylchreest, to support him at theconcert.

Business LinksYear 10 students have been given a fantastic opportunity towork with a local business, Dicksons Butchers.

At Park View, we are always looking to set up links with localbusiness to provide students with real world experience, sowhen Dicksons approached us to be involved with designingone of their Special Edition Sandwiches we jumped at thechance. It always helps to see how what we learn in schoolrelates to the "real" world.

Students will visit the manufacturing unit, meet the designteam, experiment with flavour combinations and then face thejudging panel. The winning sandwich will go into manufactureand be available in stores in the coming weeks- be on the look-out for the tasty treat which will be easily identifiable due to itspackaging emblazoned with the School Logo and the winningstudents names.

We have already visited the newly refurbish Dicksons store onthe high street for the grand opening. The store looked greatwith a wide range of options including a build your own hot orcold sandwich bar.

Mad About Medicine

A group of year 11 who are interested in applying toMedicine took part in a visit to HYMS University. They expe-rienced a practical session linked to clinical skills and weregiven an introduction to the university’s chosen mode ofdelivery, which matches very closely to Park ViewLearningt. They had the opportunity to talk to currentundergraduate students at the university as well as aca-demics. They were given information about personal state-ments and grades needed to apply for medicine. This expe-rience was inspirational for students, and cemented theidea in their minds that medicine is the path for them.

BBC Radio 1 VisitedPark View School

Radio 1 DJ and TV presenter Gemma Cairney visited ParkView to understand what feminist issues really matter mostto girls today, hoping to generate a wider debate about whatwe can do to address them. Working with SouthbankCentre and inspired by the WOW – Women of the WorldFestival, Gemma will be creating a 3-minute documentarycapturing the frank and honest opinions from groups of sec-ondary-school girls from different backgrounds and parts ofthe country. The finished film will be shared via social mediain the run up to Southbank Centre’s WOW Festival as wellas during the festival as part of a panel discussion led byGemma. A permanent online presence for the film will allowongoing discussion beyond the WOW 2015 Festival. Someof our Year 9, 10 and 11 girls took part in the interviews,sharing their concerns and answering Gemma's questionsto contribute to the project.

Charitable WorkThe members of Park View Student Council were somoved by the plight of those caught up in the Nepal earth-quake that they decided to raise funds for the NepalEarthquake Appeal. The School Council asked Year 7 and8 students at our North Lodge site to give up a treat for theday and donate the money they would have spent to theappeal. In just 30 minutes, the school council raised £160.

Iain Vietch, Headteacher, said: “I never cease to beamazed by the generosity of our students as they alwaysgo out of their way to support those who are less fortunatethan themselves. As a school, we always strive to helpthose in need, in our own country and overseas, regardingourselves as truly part of a wider community.”

Great GardeningAs the North Lodge community garden entered its second year, the stu-dents sold their first produce of the season, baby leeks and bags of freshherbs. All were snapped up by staff and proceeds were used to buy moreseeds and plants for the garden. The gardeners are planning what to growin their two new beds, which have been provided by funding from the Northof England Horticultural Society- it looks like parsnips and butternut squashare going to be the new additions to their produce list this year! Since theNorth Lodge Garden is growing so well, it has been decided to expand theproject to Church Chare and we now have a site which is being developedalongside the Student Council of Cestria Primary School. We are gratefulto Councillor Tracie Smith who has supported the project financially

Run for FunFifty children from Red Rose Primary, Cestria Primary and Newker Primary took part in a 1 mile Fun Run at Park View Schoolon Saturday 18th April. The Chester-le –Street Fun Run, in association with Chester-le-Street Athletics Club, was a pilot for2015. The event was a success, with all children completing the run and receiving medals. 2016’s Fun Run is expected to bebigger and better involving more local children from the Chester-le-Street area with a local charity focus. Organiser, Terry Youngsaid: The event was only possible because of the support from the volunteers and our sponsors Start Fitness, RichardsonDesigns and, Shepherd and Shepherdess Inn. The runners, some of whom were entering this event for the first time, did them-selves proud. Iain Veitch, Head Teacher at Park View School said: ‘Congratulations to all the children who took part in an eventwhich can only grow in popularity. Who knows, I may even be tempted to dust off my running shoes for next year!’

Antonio Lulic Goes Back To His Roots

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Individual AchievementsBen King (Year 13) has been accepted for a sports scholar-ship in USA to start in January 2016, hopefully in California.He will study for a Business degree and play rugby. Bencurrently plays on the wing for Houghton Rugby Club.

Blake Keeble’s season in the U16 Newcastle Eagles endedon a high. His team beat the Bradford Dragons to getthrough to the third round of the playoffs, and the final 8 inthe UK before then losing in a hard fought game toNewham in London. This was the furthest any of the jun-ior teams have progressed in the five years he hasbeen with the Eagles School of Excellence.More importantly, Blake has had a greatyear of development as a player,emerging as team captain andleader. He has done Park Viewproud this season with anumber of outstanding indi-vidual performances -memorably he scored 26points in an overtime vic-tory over nearest rivalsDoncaster and had hishighest ever scoring totalagainst Rotherham, with36.

Elle Brown (Year 8), ourstar swimmer, competed inthe British Championships andperformed in a stunning way,particularly considering she was upagainst 14 year olds and was theyoungest competitor. She did not make itinto the finals but it was a great experience swim-ming in the same event as Hannah Miley and AimeeWilmott. She was first in her own age group for the 200Butterfly.

Philippa Ellis (Year 7) won three medals at the North EastIndoor Track and Field Championships at Gateshead.Philippa won gold in the U13 Long Jump and Shot Putt andBronze in the 60m Hurdles!

Neve Jackson (Year 9) represented England Schoolgirls(U15) in an international versus Wales, winning 4-1.Although she did not score, she had a fantastic game, astunning achievement! (Neve Jackson, front row, far left)

Congratulations to Park Views very own Miss Keighley,whose Newcastle Ladies Hockey team becameNational Trophy champions in April. Great to see amember of staff competing on a national stage with somuch success!

AthleticsIt has been a great year so far for Athletics at Park ViewSchool.

In the West Wearside District Championships our Year 8/9Girls and Year 10/11 Boys won their team competitions.From this, many of our individual champions will go on torepresent the District in the County Championships

Four teams competed in the District PentathlonChampionship, with all students competing in the highjump, the long jump, the hurdles, the shot and the 800

metres and some also going into individualevents. Miss Keighley, PE Teacher said:

“The students were fantastic, asalways. The Girls A team won the

whole competition and werecrowned champions! Notable

performances came from EveSouthern (2nd overall a yearyoung) and Xsara Burgess(5th overall)”. Eve will goon to represent CountyDurham at the CountyChampion-ships!

The Year 8 and 9 boysathletics team represented

the region in a competitionin Hull on 11th June. All ath-

letes were competing a yearyoung. The boys performed

extremely well to finish 8th overallin a field made mainly up of private

schools. Special mention goes to JoshBishop, who won 100 metres, Aaron Trotter,

who won 200 meters, and Matthew Ward, who finished2nd in the shot put and 2nd in the hurdles.

The Year 7/8 girls and boys competed in the TWSSPentathlon at Monkton Stadium. There were some brilliantindividual performances with Phillipa Ellis coming 2nd over-all, and Eve Southern coming 3rd overall, both competingagainst 60 other girls. The girls A team came 2nd. All rep-resented the school brilliantly.

Park View were also represented in the U13 Boys Teamwhich won the regional cross country heat in Hull and nowwill go onto the national finals in Manchester.

School TeamsBeaten But Not Battered At Basketball - In the one and onlydefeat of the season, Year 11 boys lost their TynesideSchools Final to St Cuthberts. Co-captain (and star player)Blake Keeble was injured with a broken finger - he wentinstead as coach to the team but we were narrowly defeat-ed by very good oppo-sition.

The Year 7 and 8 boys cricket team won the Area InterCricket Competition at the beginning of June. They wentthrough the tournament unbeaten and will now go on to rep-resent the Durham and Chester le Street area at countyfinals day held at Maiden Castle, a fantastic achievement!

In more success, the Year 9 and 10 boys cricket team arethrough to the quarter final of the County Cup after 2 goodwins.

The Year 10/11 Boys’ Table Tennis Team came 4th overallin a recent competition amongst Durham schools andplayed really well. Mr Wilson said: “The team were 4 of theloveliest lads you can imagine: Tom Starkey, HaydnWilliamson, Scott Burgess and Jordan Fleming. They werea pleasure to be with.”

Cross CountryIn an amazing victory in Ashbrook Road Relay Race, ourcross year group Cross Country team destroyed the oppo-sition from the region’s independent schools to win gold atthe prestigious Ashbrook Road Relay Race. A fantasticachievement!!

SwimmingPark View was represented in force at the North EastRegional Swimming Championships at Pond's ForgeInternational Sports Centre in Sheffield. Swimmers fromSouth Yorkshire to Scotland competed over two weekendsin June in various different strokes and Park View was rep-resented with swimmers from Derwentside and Chester-le-Street Swimming clubs. The swimmers involved wereOliver Wallace, Aaron Beckford, Elle Brown, Lewis Maxwelland James Davison. Elle and Aaron were gold medal win-ners with Lewis picking up a silver medal and all made thefinals throughout the championships. Excellent performanc-es from talented athletes!

Olivia Nelson, Elle Brown, Oliver Wallace and HeatherWilkinson were selected to represent Durham (and there-fore England) in a tri nations swimming tournament againstHungary and France.

Sport at Park View