Christmas comes to schools in Jesmond
Alice Madgwick reports on how pupils and teachers have been celebrating the festive season
Category Archives: Education
Newcastle University students say NO to attendance monitoring
Emphatic verdict in referendum over biometric finger swiping, reports Leela Prasad
Church High Juniors donate school uniforms to Africa
Jesmond schoolchildren give their old uniforms a new lease of life in the Gambia, writes Alice Madgwick.
Jesmond schools raise over £2100 for Children in Need
Pupils don spotty clothes and organise fun events for charity, reports Alice Madgwick
Students protest against university cuts and tuition fees
Leela Prasad reports on the latest anti-cuts march attended by Jesmond students
Central High attempt to break world record
Alice Madgwick looks at school’s part in mass science experiment
RGS and Central High pupils join forces to debate abortion
A friendly debating contest between the neighbouring schools sees pupils tackle a controversial issue, writes Alice Madgwick
Church High pupils learn traditional dance
Sword and clog dancing among the activities in school workshop, reports Alice Madgwick
Jesmond children to perform in half-term play
Local youngsters will spend a week preparing, before treading the boards for the public, reports Henrietta Painter
Oxfam Jesmond hosts literary workshop
Charity’s annual Bookfest culminates in fiction-writing workshop by author Laura Fish. Nelly Stavropoulou and Charlotte Krol report