Our Comenius e-Diary
Seaton Burn College
Contents of our Comenius e-diary
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Mind, Body and Soul.
Diary of events.
History of Newcastle’s Castle Keep.
Recipe for Broth with recipe instructions.
Dancing instructions
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9.
Circassion Circle
Geordie Songs
Our Northumbrian Evening
Analysis of Food Diaries
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.
Click on the dates to find out more....
October
2008
November
2008
December
2008
January
2009
February
2009
March
2009
April
2009
May
2009
June
2009
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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.
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.
Seaton Burn College Times
www.seatonburn.n-tyneside.sch.uk
THE COLLEGE’S FAVOURITE NEWSPAPER
2009
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.
Year 7's breakfasts
50
45
40
35
30
total of people
25
20
15
10
5
0
toast
cereal
sandwiches
breakfasts
drinks
full english
none
Year 7's lunch results
25
20
pack lunch
15
chicken wrap
pasta king
total of people
sandwiches
drink
10
fruit
biscuits
hot food
nothing
5
0
lunches
Year 7's dinner results
40
35
30
takeaways
25
cooked meals
snacks
total of people 20
sandwiches
nothing
15
drinks
10
5
0
dinner
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!
Exercise
30
total number of people
25
football
20
walking
bike riding
15
walking
skate bording
10
nothing
5
0
different kinds of exercise
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