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From Glastonbury to the Classroom: Business Students Turn Festival Waste Into Functional Products
Learning As thousands of music lovers leave Glastonbury each year, the fields are left scattered with abandoned tents—many of which are...
Jul 4, 20251 min read


Year 10 Presenting Like Professionals
RISE Up and Shine As part of the GCSE English course, students must make a formal presentation to the class on a topic of their choosing....
Jul 4, 20251 min read


Year 9 Athletics Success
RISE Up and Shine On the 20th May, a selection of Year 9 students represented the school in the ENSAA Senior Athletics Competition at...
Jul 4, 20251 min read


Year 7 and Year 8 Athletics Success
RISE Up and Shine On the 9th June we took a number of Year 7 and Year 8 to the ENSAA Minors’ Area Athletics competition. Those chosen to...
Jul 4, 20251 min read


Psychology Trip to Northumbria University
Learning The Year 12 Psychology class attended a taster day at Northumbria University with Mrs Jewitt. This experience allowed students...
Jul 4, 20251 min read


Students Making Confirmation
Faith We were delighted to join students on Friday 20th June who celebrated their Confirmation at St Bede's Church with the Bishop,...
Jun 30, 20251 min read


St Benet Biscop Rises Up and Shines at Whitley Bay
RISE Up and Shine St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy led an unforgettable celebration of talent and teamwork at Whitley Bay Playhouse,...
Jun 30, 20251 min read


Fantastic (and Frightening) Gothic Fiction
Learning 8CI are currently studying Gothic Fiction in English and are proving to be very talented writers. They have been using a range...
Jun 30, 20251 min read


Quest Personified
Quest On Saturday 14th June our very own Madame Vermaas modelled the St Benet Biscop values by completing the 'Rat Race' Ultramarathon. ...
Jun 30, 20251 min read


Leading Polar Scientist Inspires Geographers
Quest Our year 12 Geographers had the fantastic opportunity to speak to Dr. Sammie Buzzard a lead lecturer from the Centre for Polar...
Jun 30, 20251 min read


Year 13 Leavers 2025
Quest A huge congratulations and goodbye to our Year 13 students! They officially left us to start their study leave on Friday 23rd May....
Jun 18, 20251 min read


Staff Retreat
Faith We recently held a staff retreat at the Emmaus Village in County Durham, that focused on wellbeing and self-worth. The retreat...
Jun 18, 20251 min read


Year 7 Mass
Faith We recently had a beautiful Mass celebrated by Fr. Quinn, with three Year 7 form classes in the chapel. A sixth-former served as...
Jun 18, 20251 min read


Design & Technology - Year 7 Plastics Project
Learning Year 7 Design Technology have been busy making acrylic plastic & vinyl sticker keyrings, inspired by the bright colours, playful...
Jun 18, 20251 min read


Education Psychologist Top Tips - How to Calm Anxiety
RISE Up and Shine Jill Sandeman our Educational Psychologist shares top tips on how to calm anxiety in young people.
Jun 18, 20251 min read


DofE - Celebrating Our Volunteers
RISE Up and Shine Over the last 12 months, our amazing students have completed 247 hours of volunteering through the Duke of Edinburgh’s...
Jun 12, 20251 min read


Year 8 Geographers Move Mountains!
Learning 8BH/GE have been learning about Glacial landforms and processes in the last few weeks, they had to design, annotate and explain...
Jun 12, 20251 min read


Year 11 Leaver's Celebration 2025
RISE Up and Shine On Friday 23rd May, Year 11 had their Leaver’s Celebrations to mark the end of their time with us at St Benet Biscop....
Jun 12, 20251 min read


SEND Half-Termly Newsletter Summer 2025
RISE Up and Shine SEND Newsletter for this half-term. Paper copies available in learning support.
Jun 12, 20251 min read


Battlefields Day Two
RISE Up and Shine The Year 10 historians have had an action packed day. We’ve visited Advanced Dressing Stations, Railway dugouts and the...
Jun 12, 20251 min read
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