Lower school students started the summer with a highly successful football tour of Sweden. The students not only played successfully in a number of matches but also received praise for their conduct throughout the tour. The manager of a local water park gave the students free entry for three days as he was so impressed by their conduct and attitude on their first visit!

We also received the following letter from a passenger on the outbound journey who similarily impressed took the time to write this delightful letter.

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Whickham School was delighted to host double Olympic gold medal winner, Dame Kelly Holmes, as she arrived on the school field by helicopter to celebrate national schools sports week.

She arrived at 9.30a.m. and was greeted by Mr Morrison, Mr Hopper and many of our student Spots Leaders, including our Gateshead Sports Ambasadors

Whickham School was hosting the mini-games, which involved year 6 children from our cluster primary schools. The games were led by our own year 12 Sports Leaders, whilst other events such as softball and rounders were led by year 10 and lower school sport leaders.

Dame Kelly spent time with every group, extending her stay by over half an hour, to ensure that she visited all competitors and sports leaders. She was remarkably approachable, participating in activities and talking to our students.

This was a remarkable celebration of sport for Whickham School and our cluster primary schools, leaving students with unforgettable memories of the day they met and participated with one of our greatest Olympians.

30th June – 4th July

All year groups are participating in an exciting and varied range of sports to celebrate National Schools Sports Week. Activities include karate, rowing, golf, mass aerobics and a Tour de Whickham Cycle ride.

The full programme is listed below and culminates in sports Day at Gateshead stadium on the 4th July. We hope all students can get involved at some point.

Thursday June 29th 2008

The annual Sports Leadership Awards were held last Thursday at Whickham. Students organised many aspects of the evening and led their own presentations that outlined the leadership projects they had participated in over the year.

This proved to be an inspirational evening that celebrated the remarkable maturity and leadership skills of our Sports Leaders.

We have organised a Summer Sports Camp that will run over the second and third weeks of the Summer holidays.

Week one will run from Monday 28th July to Thursday 31st July and week 2 will run from Monday 4th August to Friday 8th August.

The camp costs just £35 for 5 days activity (£30 for week one), will run from 10am to 3pm and is available to pupils across Gateshead.

A wide range of activities and sports are available and your child will benefit from excellent facilities, equipment and coaching. Activities include trampolining, climbing, football, tennis, badminton, table tennis, basketball, rounders and many others. Pupils will be required to bring a packed lunch.

Numbers are limited so to guarantee your child a place on the Summer Sports Camp please return the reply slip below and cheque (made payable to ‘Whickham School’) as soon as possible! Your place will then be confirmed by phone call as soon as possible.

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To help us to measure the efectiveness of school sport we would like all students to complete a survey.We would like you to answer the questions as honestly as possible to give us an accurate response.You should only include sports you have participated in this academic year.

To complete the survey, go to www.press-tracker.co.uk

Click on member login.
The URN is 108404.
Username is the same as your school username.
Passwords have already been issued.
If you need any help, please see MrCaughey in the PE Department.

This year’s Easter Sports camp proved to be extremely popular, with over 100 pupils in attendance. They took part in a range of activities, including football, rock climbing, dancing and gymnastics.

Monday 7th - Friday 11th April

After the success of last year’s sports camps, another varied week of sports activities is planned for the first week of the Spring break. Please contact Mr Stevenson in the PE department at school for further information

Thursday 13th March
Years 10 and 11

To recognise the achievements of the many students who have represented Whickham School and Sports College in a wide variety of sports, a special presentation evening will be held at Blaydon Rugby Club at 7.00p.m. on the 13th March.

Newcastle Falcons rugby star Ollie Phillips will be presenting the awards and a buffet and disco will be provided for all those who attend.

Tickets are priced at £4 for adults and £3.50 for students and are available at break times from the PE office. Please come along to a celebration of sporting success and achievement.

After a restful summer, no doubt students will be eager to participate in a variety of after-school sports activities. The PE Department will be running a wide-ranging sports programme from Monday 17th September using our extensive sports facilities. Trampolining, football, dance, hockey, basketball, tennis and other sports will be available. Download the attached document for a full timetable of events and see Mr McConway in the PE Department if you have any questions.

Download After School Clubs information [PDF: 77KB]

Following the success of Easter’s Sports Camp, Whickham School and Sports College are delighted to offer a Summer Sports Camp to run for the first two weeks of the summer holidays. Pupils will be able to participate in a wide variety of sports and take full advantage of our high quality equipment and facilities with the benefit of specialist coaching.

Our Easter Sports Camp involved pupils from year 1 all the way up to year 8 and they valued the opportunities to participate in a range of activities. The camp will run from Monday 23rd July until Thurs 2nd August (excluding weekends) and pupils can attend for one or both weeks.

If you would value an active start to the summer, please download the permission letter below.

Permission letter (Word)

Report by Laura Convery and Gemma Grist.

Eagles competitors have played their part this year to gain points for their house. The closely fought house matches, the after school sports and finally on the 6th of July the suspense came to an end, Eagles were crowned champions yet again.

Hockey, football, netball, rugby, basketball and of course cross country have all been hard to compete in, but by only a few points Eagles slimly won closely followed by Kestrels. The house matches proved a success as it showed many pupils in Whickham School are extremely skilled in a variety of sports.

Weather this week has varied from sunshine to rain, but Whickham School were determined the downpour wasn’t going to put a downer on the day. Many events kept the year 8 spectators in suspense and thrill, unknowing to who was leading the final competition of the school year. The year 7’s were overjoyed at their first sports day, and won lots of events with high marks for distance and speed. Teachers and students of Whickham School tried their best to keep safety high by constantly sweeping the running paths to ensure no competitors were injured, as the rain refused to stop.

An excited spectator Hannah Bell said, “It was so fun and eventful, and the suspense was killing me inside. But I am very happy that Eagles won, they are the best!�

Unfortunately it was another disappointing year for Kestrels however, even more upsetting for Falcons as they came last yet again!

Report by Hana Bartle and Kimberley Robinson.

The track events started with the Year 7 girls 800m, which was won by Jane Edwards for the Eagles. Next up was Year 8 girls 800m, which was won by Amy Blythe (Kestrels). A very tired Amy commented , ‘Oh my god I feel great I am so proud ‘

Matthew Bracchi beat the sports day record with 02.20 mins in the boys 800m. After year 9 & 10 boys and girls had done the 800m it was time for the 100m.

All of the 100m races were very close. Sophie Douglas won for the year 7s and Hannah Bell won for Year 8, commenting ‘ I cant believe I’m here. I am really proud of myself and I’m glad that I won for the Eagles. ‘

At 10.40 the 300m started and by this time the track was soaked. Bethany Walker and Caroline Davison decided to cross the finish line at the same time in a show of solidarity against mother nature (Year 9). Amanda Craddock was first for year 10, Amanda said ‘ I can’t believe I have just done that, I lapped two people! ‘ Jessica Thompson (Falcons) ran the 300m in 61.60s she said ‘ god I feel amazing I don’t know where it came from’

Matthew Bracchi set a new record for the boys 400m at 1 minute flat. He said ‘ I am amazed a new record for myself! ‘

In the 200m Hannah Bell (Eagles) was very close to the record with a time of 32.1 seconds. Finally Hannah Bell, Abby Moffat, Sophie Dorner & Jessica Linfoot won the relay for the Year 8 Eagle girls by a safe margin.

Overall for the whole school Kestrels won
With 636 points.

Click on the link below to download a full set of results courtesy of Ms McDonell and the Maths department and see which records were broken!

Download Sports Day Results

Whickham School are running a Summer Sports Camp

WEEK 1- Monday 23rd July to Friday 27th July

WEEK 2- Monday 30th July to Thurs 2nd August

Contact Mr B Stevenson or Mr M Phillipson @ Whickham School for details.

Tel: 0191 4960026

The Whickham School under 18 rugby team are celebrating after a hard fought victory over Kings School Tynemouth in the final of the Tyneside Senior Secondary Schools Cup. In a closely matched game, dominated by two defences who effectively cancelled one another out, victory was always going to be achieved by the tightest of margins. The final score was 10-10 but Whickham secured victory by virtue of a more attacking performance reflected in their two tries, compared to Kings scores of one try, conversion and a penalty.

The team have put aside the previous disappointment of losing to Dame Allans in the semi-final of the annual Emmanuel 7 aside rugby tournament. The victory at Percy Park represents a major achievement and a winning end to a successful season.