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Shaping the future of education with Chromebooks

Inside: 100% Chromebooks, Show Stopping Food, Young Film Makers, Languages News, KJ1 Bookworms, UKMT Maths Challenge Success, Christmas Memories and much more.

This year, our Nurture Group Teacher, Miss Thwaites, pictured here in red, organised a particularly important initiative to support children and families in our Academy.

Christmas outfits at the end of term have become a tradition at King James and this year was no exception.

Students and staff at King James I Academy raised £70 for the North East charity, ‘If U Care Share’, which offers a full range of services to help prevent suicide and support families who have been affected by suicide.

As part of the school’s annual Christmas fundraising programme, students and staff at King James I Academy have been collecting food donations to support the North East based charity, Feeding Families. The charity provides food hampers to families in need across the region.

As part of our Christmas celebrations students in Years 7,8, and 9 took part in a Christmas window competition.

As a result of the pandemic, thousands of young people across the UK have experienced various levels of disruption to their learning, but at King James this has been kept to a minimum thanks to our Chromebook scheme.

Ten students in Year 9 have taken part in a county-wide Spanish speaking competition. The aim of the project was to put together a presentation to attract Spanish tourists to Bishop Auckland.

It’s been a busy term for Art and Photography students in all year groups with coursework and exam preparation well underway for both GCSE and A’Level.