Welcome to Gateshead Extended Schools
The Extended Schools Team have been working closely with colleagues at Gateshead City Learning Centre to provide an engaging and interactive site that provides important information to schools, students, families and the wider community in Gateshead. The Department for Children, Schools and Families agenda for Extended Schools rollout is well on the way in Gateshead. Through this weblog the Extended Schools Team will keep you up to date with the latest developments in extended services throughout Gateshead and provide information on activities available from schools working in partnership to provide access to a wide range of provision that will have a major impact on the Every Child Matters outcomes within each Extended School Cluster.
Innovations such as RSS Newsfeed will keep you up-to-date with the latest information whilst video feed will display multi-media content and you can post your comments on the site to our on-line comments box.
We hope you find the site a source of interesting and relevant information and we look forward to your feedback.
About Extended Schools
Extended schools are schools that provide a range of services and activities often beyond the school day to help meet the needs of their pupils, families and the wider community. By 2010, all schools are to offer access to the core offer of extended schools. Within Gateshead, extended services are being developed in "clusters" made up of a group of primary schools and one secondary school. The clusters are named after the secondary school in that geographic area. Special schools are also included in their geographical cluster.
Core Offer
The core offer is the minimum requirement of extended services that an extended schools cluster must offer:
- High quality wrap-around childcare
- A varied menu of activities
- Swift and easy access to specialist services
- Parenting support and family learning
- Community access to facilities
Sustainable Change Pilot
Gateshead is proud to be able to say that all of its schools are Extended Schools and are meeting the core offer across their clusters. By structuring the schools into clusters based on traditional links of secondary and primary schools we have been able to develop further, strong relationships which existed as a result of previous partnership working.
As a result Gateshead was one of the first Local Authorities able to say that all their schools were Extended Schools, this was ahead of the government target of 2010.
Clusters are now working hard to further develop the services and activities they offer to their local communities.
Gateshead is working with the Training Development Agency on a project to develop community access to school facilities and to make Extended School provision an integral part of School Improvement Planning, this work will begin in November 2007.
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 Getting Involved DVD (11m:41s)
"As a parent you can help your children manage their learning. I am talking little things that could make a big difference at the end of the day." James Nesbitt |
Which Cluster?
Clusters are named after the secondary school in your geographic area. If you're unsure which cluster your child's school belongs to, please check below.
St Albans | St Anne’s | St Augustines | St John Baptist | St Josephs – Birtley | St Josephs – Gateshead | St Oswalds | St Peters | St Wilfreds
Bill Quay | Lingley House | Roman Road | The Drive | Whitemere | Wardley
Chopwell | High Spen | Highfield | Rowlands Gill | Parkhead | Winlaton West Lane | St Josephs - Highfield
Glynwood | Harlow Green | Kelvin Grove | Kells Lane | Oakfield Jnrs | Oakfield Infants | Cedars
Brighton Ave | Caedmon | Dunston Hill | Dunston Riverside | Lobley Hill | St Aidans C of E | Bensham Grove Nursery | Eslington
Barley Mow | Birtley East | Kibblesworth | Portobello | Ravensworth Tce
Crookhill | Emmaville | Ryton | Greenside Primary | Blaydon West
Corpus Christi | St Philip Neri | St Joseph’s Blaydon | St Mary’s and St Thomas Aquinas | St Agnes
Colegate | Carr Hill | South Street | Brandling | Bede | Falla Park | Fell Dyke | Larkspur | Windy Nook | Furrowfield Hilltop
Cloverhill | Fellside | Front St | Marley Hill | Washingwell | Whickham Parochial | Swalwell | Sacred Heart | St Mary’s Whickham | Gibside
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Recent News
24.04.2008
24.04.2008
Solution Finder
Recent enhancements to the solution finder service directory now enable users to search for services using Google Maps. To find out more click on the link below:
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18.03.2008
18.03.2008
Greenside Primary Parent and Toddler Group
Meet other parents in a relaxed environment at Greenside Primary School's Parent and Toddler Group. To find out more click on the link below:
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28.02.2008
28.02.2008
Barley Mow Cookery Club
The Barley Mow Cookery Club is as popular as ever and the Year 6 children look forward to their turn every week. They do not only learn about cookery but about health, safety and hygiene and also the nutritional value of some of the food.
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24.01.2008
24.01.2008
Developing Study Buddies at Windy Nook Primary School
To support pupil's independant learning, Windy Nook Primary School have developed a new initiative called Studdy Buddies, which uses Y6 pupils in peer mentor roles to support Y2 children to carry out additional research during lunchtimes. To read more click on the link below:
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