RISE Up and Shine Jill Sandeman our Educational Psychologist shares top tips on how to support young people coping with the emotions that anxiety can bring.

Learning Members of the monster maker’s club took a break from designing their own monsters and props to experience up close one of the universe’s greatest monsters, a Dalek! They took turns to get inside, have the top put on and operate the screen accurate replica prop complete with that unmistakable modulating robotic voice and flashing dome lights. The prop was built by Mr Phillips utilising the technologies and tools available to students in the DT department.

Learning 10Y3 have been impressing in their English Language lessons this month. They have been exploring how writers structure stories to build suspense and tension and have studied extracts from 'Jaws', 'The Life of Pi' and 'Jane Eyre'. They have risen up and quickly got to grips with new terminology such as in media res and deus ex machina and have shown a secure understanding of how to structure GCSE responses. If you're a Year 10 parent or carer hearing the 'Jaws' dur du

RISE Up and Shine Congratulations to the following students on being selected for the ENBSFA U15 Girls football squad season 2025-6, following their successful trials: Poppy Ruffle Lois Beattie Tilly Coombs Sophie Scott We look forward to hearing how they get on throughout the season.

RISE Up and Shine Congratulations to the following students on being selected for the ENBSFA U13 Girls football squad season 2025-6, following their successful trials: Lucy Heatley Ava Graham Mya Swann We look forward to hearing how they get on throughout the season.

Learning Congratulations to the following humanities Subject Ambassadors, these pupils play a pivotal role in the review of the curriculum, raising of awareness and helping to promote a love of learning in Geography and History. They will also support their peers, and take an active role in developing enrichment opportunities. Geography Ambassadors are : Joy Kamara, Ethan Graham, Mahtab Shergill, Evan Johnson, James Gunnel and Layla Air. History Ambassadors are: Matteo Lee

RISE Up and Shine U13 football team made a great start to the league campaign with a 1-1 draw vs a very strong Bede Academy team. Henry M scores the only goal and was POM! They then beat Bedlington Academy 6-0, goal scorers were: Henry M (2), Luca T, Tommy H and Matthew S. POM was Lucy H with multiple assists. Great start!

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Quest Our Year 11 geographers conducted their fieldwork enquiries this week, they gathered data contrasting housing quality in different...

RISE Up and Shine Today we celebrating the incredible work of our Learning Support Assistants. They provide invaluable support to our...

RISE Up and Shine We are delighted to welcome Mrs Ridley to St Benet Biscop, as our new Wellbeing lead. With over 23 years of experience...

Learning On Thursday, September 18th, the Prevention Through Education Team from Northumbria Police visited our school to deliver a...

Quest Students in Years 7–10 and our Sixth Form had the privilege of attending a special event with Thera, a young artist with a powerful...

RISE Up and Shine Our Year 7 school library monitors were fantastic last academic year. They sorted books in to genres, helped to tidy...

RISE Up and Shine A guide to to help parents navigate the fine line between letting teenagers go and keeping them safe....

Learning The new Monster makers Club launched on Sept 23rd with students getting an insight to the process of creature and prop design...