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The Heworth Cluster is made up of the following schools:

· Heworth Grange Comprehensive School
· Bill Quay Primary School
· Lingey House Primary School
· Roman Road Primary School
· The Drive Community Primary School
· White Mere Community Primary School
· Wardley Primary School

An allocation of funding to the Heworth Cluster Group was used to develop the varied menu of activities element of the core offer. Each school in the cluster looked at what extra-curricular activities were already available and consulted with parents/carers and children to cater for local demand.

At Wardley:
Children were asked what extra-curricular activities they would like offered. As a result a martial arts club and guitar club was developed using expertise from around the local authority. These clubs were paid for with part of the funding, allowing children the opportunity to try out the activities before deciding to continue with the club with a nominal payment.

As part of the development of the curriculum with regards to the arts, classes across the school were provided with opportunities to visit museums and venues which supported the children’s creative and artistic development.

At The Drive:
The money was used to help subsidise a residential experience for children in year 6. This was a fantastic opportunity for all the children but especially for those who without the subsidy would otherwise have been unable to attend.


At Bill Quay Primary:
The school council completed a survey in school about the type of clubs pupils wanted to take part in. As a result, karate and basketball clubs were offered as part of our ‘Early risers’ activities, and a cookery club ran after school. Funding from the cluster was used to support the costs of these clubs.

At Roman Road Primary:
Funding was used to enrich and extend the after school provision to improve confidence and promote enjoyment. This was achieved through visits to The Sage, dance and skipping festivals and visitors, chef to cook healthy meals and cricket coaching. Some of these activities were well supported by parents who reported their positive comments and feelings to us.

At White Mere Community Primary:
Following an audit of extra curricular activities the pupils through the School Council have requested more activities linked to creativity and the arts which is currently being developed.

Breakfast and after school care is provided by our WASP club and a toddler group meets every Friday morning in the school hall. All of these activities can be viewed on our website as well as on the information screen in our reception areas beside the main entrance

Check back here for a full list of activities taking place in the Heworth Cluster soon.

The Extended Services Co-ordinator for the Heworth Cluster is Alice Carr. Alice is responsible for co-ordinating activities and services throughout each school in the Heworth Cluster to ensure that each element of the Extended Services Core Offer is being met within the Cluster. Alice can be contacted for any queries regarding Extended Services in the Heworth Cluster. Sharon's contact details are:

Alice Carr
Wardley Primary School
Kier Hardie Avenue
Wardley
Gateshead
NE10 8TX
(0191) 469 3012
alicecarr@gateshead.gov.uk

The Heworth Cluster wants to know what YOU THINK, whether it be what services or activities you would like to see taking place in the cluster, comments on the Hookergate Cluster Web page or any comments in general about the Heworth Cluster PLEASE TELL US!!!!!!!!
All you have to do to feedback what you want is to go to the homepage and post your comments by leaving your leave your age, school that you attend and area that you live in and of course WHAT YOU THINK!!!!

Extended Services in Heworth Grange Cluster are supported by Carolyn Dobbing, Home School Liaison Officer and Stacey McMullen, Transition Teacher, who can be contacted below:-

Carolyn Dobbing
Home School Liaison Officer
The Drive Primary School
The Drive
Felling
Gateshead
(0191) 4210390

Stacey McMullen
Transition Teacher
Heworth Grange Comprehensive School
High Lanes
Heworth
Gateshead
(0191) 4212244

Heworth Grange Cluster offers a wide variety of different clubs and activities including yoga, basketball, performing arts, craft, cricket, choir, dance class, bands, football and gardening, with the schools themselves opening their doors for community use such as Slimming World, Dance and Drama Clubs and ICT classes.

Roman Road's Weather Club is an exciting and innovative club, which links pupils to Northumbrian Water. The club collates information and data retrieved from panels on the school roof. This information is then passed on to Northumbrian Water to be further researched and presented as a weekend weather forecast to the school in assembly on Fridays.

Wardley Primary is now home to a Wednesday evening dance class. The class, which focuses on fitness, fun and disco styles is run by Snapdragon Dance Company. Classes begin at 3.30pm. The company also deliver Dance, Drama and Music Sessions on a Saturday morning from Wardley School and Little Movers classes in various locations (including Wardley Children's Centre), which are specialised classes for 0-3 year olds. For further information contact Snapdragon on 0191 4385105 or email snapdragondance@blueyonder.co.uk

Heworth Grange Cluster will be using some ES funding to sign up to the Gateshead Toy Library, launched at Chowdene Children’s Centre in June. The Toy Library, not only offers an extensive lending facility for families and schools stocking books, a massive variety of indoor toys and larger outdoor toys as well, but it also boasts a wonderful drop-in area for children and parents/ carers to use and play in.

Did you ever fancy singing in a Community Choir. Well, now is your chance. Parents, carers and grandparents and community members are invited to express their interest in participating in a Community Choir run by the Performing Arts Department at Heworth Grange Comprehensive. This would be a great opportunity to meet other people, to learn some singing techniques, and produce something amazing. If this is something you’d be interested in please contact Alice on 07833480110 or alicecarr@gateshead.gov.uk.

Running alongside this are plans to develop a Children’s Community Choir, involving children across all the primary schools. This will be delivered by Extended Services and Heworth Grange School. Information for pupils will be sent out via the schools.

On 9th March, Image Music Productions are coming to Whitemere Primary School to perform their rendition of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book for all Reception pupils in the Heworth Grange Cluster. Children will also be taught a number of songs and some will be invited to join the stage for the performance!

Parents/ Carers and children from right across the Heworth Grange Cluster are looking forward to a trip to see Charlie and Lola Bestest Play Ever at Northern Stage in the Easter Holidays at a subsidised cost, giving young children and their families a more affordable opportunity to experience the theatre together.

60 Pupils from Heworth Grange Comprehensive and their families will be invited to participate in a trip to The Theatre Royal in June to see Whistle Down the Wind. More information on this opportunity to follow.

From February 22nd, Nick Fairley and his company Cooking4Life will be visiting all secondary schools within the Heworth Grange Cluster and delivering an Introduction to Healthy Eating cookery course for pupils from Year 3 – 5. In each school, one year group has been selected to participate with a view to potentially rolling the project out to involve every single school pupils in the Cluster.

Plans are underway for a series of Easter Holiday events for both Primary and Secondary pupils from the Heworth Grange Cluster and their families/carers, to participate in different activities at Heworth Grange School. Plans so far include Multi-Sports training, Cookery, Drumming and a Nature Walk. Watch this Space for further developments!

Just before Christmas, Gifted and Talented Year 6’s from Heworth Grange Primary Schools, and from Year 7 at Heworth Grange, participated in a series of 5 weekly After School classes dedicated to learning new techniques in writing and reciting poetry and rap. The club was led by English Teachers from Heworth Grange School and was a great success. From March 1st, Gifted and Talented Mathematicians will be involved in an After School Maths Workshop for 5 weeks, focusing on new mathematical concepts and problem solving.

Bill Quay and Roman Road Primary Schools have taken part in the Bike-It project. Bike It is a national Sustrans led project, which aims to increase cycling in schools. There are many benefits of the project including increased physical activity of the children, reduction in local traffic congestion and a decrease in pollution and carbon emissions.

The Bike-It project focuses on running a number of events and activities including:

 Bike rides
 Bike ride breakfasts
 Bike maintenance classes
 Dr. Bike sessions
 Cycle coaching and cycle safety
 Classroom activities including geography, environment, health and growth and history
 PE activities
 Assemblies
 Dressing bike up
 Virtual bike race around the world
 Bike trails and displays with 3 x world champion
 National art competitions

The impact of Bike-It in Gateshead for 2008/2009 shows:

 11.9% of children cycle to school everyday compared to the national average of 1%
 A further 24.2% of children in the area cycle to school at least once per week

For more information contact Gateshead Bike-It Officer:

Alan Barlow
(0191) 261 6160
Alan.barlow@sustrans.org.uk

To read more on the Bike-It project click on the link below:

Download file Bike-It