Our Comenius e-DiarySeaton Burn College

Contents of our Comenius e-diary1. Mind, Body and Soul.

2. Diary of events.3. History of Newcastle’s Castle Keep.4. Recipe for Broth with recipe instructions.5. Dancing instructions

• Circassion Circle

6. Geordie Songs7. Our Northumbrian Evening8. Analysis of Food Diaries9. Change for Life - 8 easy ways to make

our lives more healthy.

Mind, Body and Soul

• We based all of our activities around this theme to ensure we can have happy, fulfilling and healthy lives.

• On the last day of term before Christmas 2008 Yr 7-11 chose activities to suit the mind, body and soul.

October 2008

November 2008

December 2008

January 2009

February 2009

March 2009

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May2009

June2009

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In October 4 teachers from our school – Mrs Arnold, Mr Gill, Miss Smith and Ms Shaw – went to visit Denmark to meet other teachers from Iceland, Scotland and Denmark. This was part of the ‘Healthy mind, body and soul’ themed week we had.

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In November, Seaton Burn students completed a ‘food and exercise’ diary.

Year 7’s Learning for Life students learnt about our partners. Year 8’s Citizenship lessons were based on this too.

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Mrs Arnold’s form class had a healthy breakfast.

Seaton Burn had it’s first Comenius Day – students chose 3 activities to do, one from each of mind, body and soul.

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Students visited the Longbenton CLC to produce ‘Crazy Talk’ animations and movies.

‘Crazy Talk’ is a software where you can have an animation with your own voice behind it.

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The launch of the Comenius Logo competition on the school website. We received over 60 entries but we still haven’t voted for it yet!

The first newsletter was published and sent to our partner schools.

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We created a discussion forum on the internet – this is to be launched with the partner schools.

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We held a Northumbrian Evening at the school. There was Morris Dancing, Northumbrian Country Dancing, local produce and broth. Students involved sold tickets to other students, parents and grandparents.

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We organised a Staff Car Wash where students washed cars to help raise more money.

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Seaton Burn’s annual Sponsored Walk.

Students involved in Comenius split their sponsor money between the chosen charities and the Comenius project to raise more money.

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Seaton burn

The castle stands on a steep hill over looking the river Tyne. This castle has been occupied for over 2000 years. From the mid 2nd century until the beginning of the 5th century a Roman fort –stood here, guarding the river crossing below. The Roman bridge was probably where the Swing Bridge now stands. The castle was built in stone during the reign of Henry II, between 1168 and 1178, at a cost of £1,144. This gave the castle the keep and the curtain wall, with a gatehouse (Bailey Gate) near the south-west corner of the keep. Other northern castles rebuilt at this time were Norham, Bambrugh and Prudhoe.

• Carrots

• Potatoes

• Celery

• Barley

• Ham Shank

• Salt and pepper

• Vegetable stock

1. We prepared the ingredients by peeling and chopping the onions, carrots, and potatoes. Then chopping the celery and ham shank into chunks.

2. Next we added the vegetable stock, all the vegetables, the ham, the barley and a pinch of salt and pepper.

3. We cooked this on a medium heat for around an hour. We then removed it from the heat and allowed it to cool.

4. The next day it was the Northumbrian evening so we reheated it for about 15 minutes before we served it.

Today, the big news at Seaton Burn is …The Food Diary.

Are you eating your 5 a day?

Do you think you get enough exercise?

Well, we’re ready to tell you what you should be eating and what you should be doing. Turn to page 2 to for more information.

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Do you exercise ?Well if you do that’s great but if you don’t maybe you

should start.

Here are some sports you could try to stay fit.....

Football-You stay really active and you get to meet new people.

Rugby-it helps strengthen your muscles and keeps you fit and healthy.

Swimming-make your muscles more powerful and makes your heart stronger.

Tennis-this takes someone with a lot of energy and is quick on their feet but it is fun to do!

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