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November 15, 2007

Whickham Cluster News

The Whickham Cluster is made up of the following schools:

· Whickham School
· Clover Hill Community Primary School
· Fellside Community Primary School
· Front Street Community Primary School
· Marley Hill Primary School
· Washingwell Community Primary School
· Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School
· Swalwell Primary School
· Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
· St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School
· Gibside School

Whickham School clover hill fellside Front Street
Gibside marley hill Whickham St Marys Swalwell
Washingwell

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An allocation of funding to the Whickham Cluster Group was used to develop elements of the extended schools core offer in adult education, family learning, childcare and a varied menu of activities.

Cluster schools provide the following activities:

· Family ICT/Maths classes are available at Front Street
· ‘Keeping up with Kids’ family learning sessions are available at Clover Hill
· Basic French & Spanish family learning courses are available at Clover Hill
· Arts Mark activities are available at Clover Hill
· ‘Social Stories’ sessions for children with autism are available at Gibside
· Childcare is now available on-site at Fellside using the same provider as St Mary’s

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These sessions are for students and their families attending schools within the cluster and they can choose which session at which school is most convenient for them.

Check back here for information on a full list of extended services and activities taking place in the Whickham Cluster soon.