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NEW VENUE! - KS1 Indoor Athletics Festival
04/10/2024
It was extremely exciting to be hosting an event in a new venue yesterday! Our Key Stage 1 Indoor Athletics Festival toook place in Gateshead College's "Academy for Sport". The specialist academy's facilities feature an 83m long indoor athletics track, as well as a full size long jump pit, high jump mat and indoor throwing circle.
Our Key Stage 1...
PRIMARY CROSS COUNTRY 2024!
03/10/2024
We had an excellent day yesterday at Watergate Forest Park for our annual Gateshead Primary Schools Cross Country Competition!
There were 4 races throughout the afternoon which saw boys and girls from years 3/4 and years 5/6 take a lap of Watergate. Year 3/4s ran approximately 1,200m and year 5/6s ran around 1,800m.
We had an excellent group of y...
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EYFS Multi Sport Festival 2024!
27/09/2024
Our first Primary event of the year!
We were happy to be back at Gateshead Leisure Centre following the reopeing over summer!
Joining us yesterday were 150+ reception aged children from across Gateshead, taking part in different skills based learning to develop their physical activity, with a focus on running, jumping, throwing and catching.
Our...
#INSPIRE VIRTUAL TORCH RELAY 2024 SUCCESS!
28/06/2024
Our 2024 #INSPIRE Torch Relay started at the beginning of June. The project saw 26 Gateshead schools and over 6,000 children come together to celebrate community and Olympic spirit by taking a leg of the relay!
Each participating school hosted the #INSPIRE Torch for one day, as it travelled around Gateshead. On their Torch Days, schools celebrated...
KS1 OAA FESTIVAL 2024
25/06/2024
Lots of lucky Key Stage 1 pupils visited Gibside National Trust on Tuesday June 25th for our Outdoor and Adventurous Festival 2024!
Groups got to spend their full day in Gibside's beautiful grounds, taking part in a carousel of woodland activities as well as an orienteering course in which they were tasked to build a hedgehog's house with material...
DUNSTON HILL MASCOTS
12/12/2023
Dunston Hill U11 Boys and U11 Girls teams have been given the amazing opportunity to be the team mascots for Gateshead FC during their match on Saturday Vs Halifax Town.
Both teams recently competed in the National League Cup, held in partnership with Gateshead FC Foundation and Barclays Girls’ Foundation School Partnership. Both teams won t...
BLAZING THE TRAIL EXCELLENCE LAUNCH
11/12/2023
Today we have launched the seocnd of our 9 projects for our 2023/24 Blazing the Trail legacy programme - EXCELLENCE!
This project has a cross-curricular link to Science that involves pupils learning about habitats and ecosystems.
If you are an affiliated school and have not yet signed up to this year's programme, contact us ASAP for the res...
WINTER RUNDERLAND - WEEK 1 LEADER BOARD
11/12/2023
Our Week 1 Winter RUNderland results are in! Amazing work from all schools who have submitted their minutes so far, lets keep collecting those carrots!
YEAR 7 & 8 SPORTSHALL ATHLETICS
08/12/2023
Well done to all 7 competing schools who took part in yesterday's 7 & 8 Sportshall Athletics Competition, and congratulations to all schools who have qualified for the County Finals taking place in 2024!
SECONDARY XTEND PANATHLON CHALLENGE
05/12/2023
Today we were back at Gateshead Internation Stadium for our Secondary Xtend Panathlon! Well done to all schools who took part, and congratulations to Lord Lawson & Cedars Academy who will progress through to the County Finals taking place in 2024.