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Education Success Stories

Throughout our residential and day schools across the UK, we’re able to effectively split our specialist education provision where needed.

This means we’re capable of providing dedicated learning environments tailored to the unique needs of children and young people with social and emotional issues, as well as offering specialist care and education for children on the autism spectrum, or to those who have associated learning difficulties.

Here we take a look at examples of typical case studies within our Education division. They highlight the positive differences we’re able to make in ensuring that all the children and young people we support are able to maximise their personal development and learning capabilities – all within a nurturing, understanding framework.

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14th July 2026
Summer Prom

Parkside House School celebrated the end of another successful school year with a fantastic Summer Ball held

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22nd June 2026
Building Skills in DT: Learning the Art of Bricklaying

This week in DT, learners had the exciting opportunity to develop practical construction skills by learning the

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15th June 2026
Our first Summer Fair was a huge Success!

Parkside House School was delighted to host its very first Summer Fair – a calm, inclusive and

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15th June 2026
Pride Week is here!

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15th June 2026
Environmental Week at Parkside House

During Environmental Week, pupils took part in an exciting hands-on project to improve and develop our outdoor

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15th June 2026
What a fabulous day had by all! Thank you!

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11th June 2026
Walkies!

Basil, one of our therapy dogs enjoying his first after school clubs of this term, Dog Walking.

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11th June 2026
Litter Picking for Environmental Pride Week

As part of Environmental Pride Week, pupils and staff at the Ashington site came together to take

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9th June 2026
S1 Environmental Pride Week – Tynemouth Beach Visit

As part of Environmental Pride Week, S1 took part in a visit to Tynemouth Beach, where pupils

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9th June 2026
Flamingo Land Trip – Make sure you have secured your place!

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8th June 2026
Environment Pride Week Commencing 8th June

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8th June 2026
Don’t forget it’s our Summer Fair on Friday 12th June – This week!

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4th June 2026
Reading Reward Trip

On Wednesday 20th of May, pupils from our reading intervention groupenjoyed their reading reward trip to a

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18th May 2026
Mental Health Awareness week 2026 11th -17th May

Here at Parkside House School, we proudly recognised the Mental Health Foundations Annual Mental Health Awareness week

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13th May 2026
Enrichment Trip to St Mary’s Lighthouse

We have visited St Mary’s Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, to see the local wildlife in action. The

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13th May 2026
Autism Awareness Week

In April, pupils took part in a special SMSC focus for World Autism Acceptance Month, designed to

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12th May 2026
Quakers!

Parkside pupils had a wonderful opportunity after Easter to experience the life cycle of ducks firsthand by

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21st April 2026
Easter Celebrations

Reverend Kim Wears visited Parkside House School to deliver an engaging session on the Easter story to

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26th March 2026
Comic Relief Red Nose Day

Parkside House School was bursting with laughter, colour and kindness as we celebrated Red Nose Day in

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16th March 2026
Science Week fun

As part of Science week, pupils explored the theme of curiosity through learning about marine life, hoping

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12th March 2026
North Tyneside Young Mayor & Member of Youth Parliament Elections 2026

Pupils at Parkside House School recently took part in the North Tyneside Young Mayor and Member of

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9th March 2026
World Book Day 2026

Students and staff at Parkside House School enjoyed a fantastic celebration of reading as part of this

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5th March 2026
Meringue-No-Mess’in about!

Aavie impressed and amazed us all with her skills and confidence during this weeks cookery lesson. Aavie

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24th February 2026
Comic Relief 2026 – Friday 20th March!

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24th February 2026
Maths Week

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23rd February 2026
Boxing Enrichment

Over the past few weeks, V1 have been taking part in an exciting enrichment opportunity every Tuesday

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23rd February 2026
Bouncing into the half term

On Thursday 12th February, in the final week of term, half of the school took part in

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12th February 2026
Trampolining Enrichment

This half term, some of our learners have enjoyed exciting trampolining sessions as part of their PE

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12th February 2026
Sensory Tree – The Explorer

Our classroom tree is a central feature of the learning environment and represents growth, resilience, and exploration.

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12th February 2026
Bowling Competition

The Sunshine Group enjoyed an exciting day out this week as they represented our school at the Riverside

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12th February 2026
And in the blue corner………..

On Friday 6 February evening, it was great for staff and friends to see Leon win his

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3rd February 2026
Parent Mental Health Day 30th January 2026

Parent Mental Health Day (PMHD) was founded by the charity stem4 in 2022 and is held each

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3rd February 2026
Pasta Making Wellbeing Fun For Staff

Our staff wellbeing session was a delicious and hands-on experience, led by Carly, who recently spent three

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29th January 2026
Design Technology Takes Construction to New Heights

Our Key Stage 4 Design Technology pupils have once again been putting their practical skills into action,

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8th January 2026
Menu Changes

Happy New Year! Please be aware we start the new year with a new exciting menu!

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18th December 2025
Pantomime Trip – Aladdin at Blyth Phoenix Theatre…Oh yes we did!

Pantomime Trip – Aladdin at Blyth Phoenix Theatre Pupils from both our Ashington and Backworth sites came

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16th December 2025
Spreading Christmas Cheer in the Community

Pupils from Parkside House School enjoyed a wonderful visit to a care home in Bedlington, where they

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16th December 2025
Christmas Jumper Day 11th December 2025

A huge thank you to all pupils and staff at Parkside House School who took part in

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16th December 2025
Wellbeing Christmas Trip to York Market for PHS Staff

Several of the staff at Parkside House school, excitedly, filled up two minibuses and spent a wintery

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15th December 2025
New Wellbeing Champions

Here at Parkside House school, we want to promote Mental Health and Wellbeing, aiming to reduce stigma,

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15th December 2025
Basket Ball Wanderers Competition 11/12/2025

The Wanderers recently hosted an exciting school basketball competition at the Newcastle Eagles stadium, and our team

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8th December 2025
Police Visit Raising Racism Awareness – 05/12/2025

Friday 5th December, local police officers visited our school to speak with students about racism and its

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4th December 2025
Christmas Market & Fenwick’s Window Visit – 02/12/2025

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1st December 2025
Children In Need 2025

Parkside House School enjoyed a vibrant and inclusive Pudsey Bear Day in support of Children in Need!

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27th November 2025
WORLD KINDNESS DAY

Every year on the 13th of November people around the world recognise and raise awareness in promoting

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10th November 2025
Christmas Jumper Day – Thursday 11th December

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10th November 2025
Children In Need Friday 15th November 2025

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6th November 2025
Sunshine Class Celebrates Bonfire Night with Sparklers and Safety

Our Sunshine Class had an unforgettable Bonfire Night celebration, filled with excitement and learning. The highlight of

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4th November 2025
Parkside House School Ends the Half Term on a High!

We wrapped up the last half term with a fantastic range of off-site choice activities, from escape

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4th November 2025
🎃 Halloween Party Fun at Parkside House School 👻

Our Halloween celebrations at Parkside House School were nothing short of spooktacular! Pupils fully embraced the fun

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23rd October 2025
End of Term Activities – Bay Games

Some pupils went to Bay Games boardgame café in Whitley Bay to play Dungeons and Dragons.  On

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23rd October 2025
End of Term Activities – Fun Shack

Our recent visit to Fun Shack in Newcastle was an incredible success and provided a valuable opportunity

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21st October 2025
Belonging and New Beginnings at Parkside House School

As we step into a brand-new school year, Parkside House School has been buzzing with positivity, excitement,

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21st October 2025
Halloween End Of Term Activities

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20th October 2025
Celebrating World Mental Health Awareness Day

‘Hello Yellow’ ‘Standing up for positive Mental Health’ World Mental health day is celebrated on October the

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16th October 2025
Independent Traveller

The independent travel trainers from NCC have shared with us the fantastic news that Jacob has successfully

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16th October 2025
Wanderers U16 Football Tournament

On Thursday 9th of October, four pupils took part in the annual wanderers under 16 football tournament.

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13th October 2025
New Pastoral Cabin @ Backworth

Staff and pupils at Parkside House School are delighted with the arrival of our new Pastoral Cabin

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13th October 2025
Training Kitchen and Hair & Beauty Salon @ Ashington

The new teaching kitchen on the Ashington site is now in full swing and our pupils are

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13th October 2025
Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) and climbing frame @ Backworth

These have had a hugely positive impact on our pupils since being installed. These new facilities have

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13th October 2025
New Esports & Multimedia Suite @ Ashington

Our newly launched Esports Suite on the Ashington site is a high-tech learning and recreational space featuring six

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9th October 2025
We have a new menu coming soon!

We are excited to inform you of some welcome additions to our school menu from Monday 13th

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30th September 2025
Cross Country Success

There were smiles all around at the cross country event as Parkside House School celebrated great success.

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15th July 2025
Sports Day Success Despite the Weather @ Backworth

Despite the unpredictable weather, this year’s sports day was a fantastic success! All staff and students took

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14th July 2025
Plasma Coil Experiments @ Ashington

This half term, learners have learnt about the plasma coil (linked to Nikola Tesla) and the homopolar

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14th July 2025
Pupils Visit to Centre For Life

School learners attended the Centre for Life Science Museum (Newcastle) engaging in a wide range of scientific

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10th July 2025
PROM @ Ashington

Inspired by a brilliant suggestion from our School Council, the Parkside House School at Ashington community came

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10th July 2025
Celebrating PTSD Awareness Day @ Backworth

The whole month of June is recognised as PTSD awareness month, with a specific focus on June

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7th July 2025
Duke OF Edinburgh @ Ashington

We are thrilled to share the success of our recent Duke of Edinburgh Award expedition for the

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7th July 2025
Athletics Day @ Ashington

Our learners were invited to join an exciting athletics event, where they gave their best in the

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3rd July 2025
Water Safety Week @ Backworth

We had a fantastic time during Water Safety Week, filled with creative projects, important learning, and exciting

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3rd July 2025
Pride Week @ Backworth

we embraced Pride Week with colour, compassion, and curiosity, uniting under the powerful theme Love is Love.

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26th June 2025
Well Done Gymnasts @ Backworth

Well done to a few of our pupils achieving their proficiency awards in trampolining yesterday.

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17th June 2025
Mental Health Awareness Week @ Backworth

Mental Health (MH) Awareness Week (12th -18th of May) is celebrated annually by the Mental Health Foundation.

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17th June 2025
After School Club – Dog Walking

Today we made the most of the good weather with our first after school club this term

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7th June 2025
A Day Out @ Beamish

Set across 350 acres of land in County Durham, Beamish Museum has been our school learners’ step

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7th June 2025
Jumping into half term @ Ashington

Learners enjoyed their end of term reward trip today at Airbox Bounce followed by lunch at McDonalds.

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7th June 2025
Alby’s Deer is a hit!

Learners are engaging with story-telling, making words (affixes) and engaging with ‘reading for pleasure’ sessions. Currently, we

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7th June 2025
Getting Fizzy @ Ashington

Learners engaged in a fun and ‘fizzy’ scientific experiment, to further learn about the interaction of an

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4th June 2025
Wellbeing Week @ Backworth

Wellbeing Week was a great success at Parkside House School, bringing students and staff together through a

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4th June 2025
MMA Enrichment for Backworth Pupils

During the Spring term, some of the pupils from the Backworth site, chose to visit an MMA

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4th June 2025
Mental Health Week @ Ashington

Learners took part in discussions surrounding positive strategies that improve mental health. They identified being outdoors and

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4th June 2025
A Special Visitor to Ashington

Buddy the ‘guide dog’ visited our school learners the last week of term, showing kindness and patience

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24th March 2025
Walking for Comic Relief

On the morning of Wednesday March 19th some students with staff walked from our Ashington site to

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14th March 2025
British Science Week – A Journey Of Discovery

Science is all around us, shaping our world in incredible ways! British Science Week is a time

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13th March 2025
Childrens Mental Health Week

This year’s Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week took place from Monday 3rd of February to Sunday 9th

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13th March 2025
Passport to Success

Pupils from our Ashington site who had achieved their Passport to Success, were rewarded with a trip

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13th March 2025
Candle Crafting at Ashington

Students from our Ashington site ended their ‘Discovery of Witches’ topic with a candle crafting session. The

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13th March 2025
Game On For Our Ashington pupils

A group of learners from our Ashington site went to Concordia Leisure Centre to participate in a

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13th March 2025
Dubai Chocolate Mmmmmmm

Pupils at our Ashington site made their own version of Dubai Chocolate, using ingredients of their choice

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13th March 2025
Warhammer at Ashington

Learners have started a Warhammer project during breaktimes.  They have fully enjoyed this activity. We will keep

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13th March 2025
World Book Day 2025

‘This week, our students embraced the joy of reading with a range of exciting activities. Each morning,

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11th February 2025
Children’s Mental Health Week @ Ashington

Ashington have been celebrating Children’s Mental Health this week. Our progress coach Nicola is usually very colourful

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10th February 2025
Ashington pupils Visit to Plessey Woods

Today our school orange group braced the rain in their enrichment lesson and headed to Plessy Woods.

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10th February 2025
Everyday Hero: Samantha Bowman

This week’s Everyday Hero is Maths teacher, Samantha Bowman, from Buzz Learning.   Samantha was nominated by

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4th February 2025
‘Bark’side House Basil is 2 today!

Basil, one of Parkside House Therapy dogs is 2 today! Happy Birthday Basil from all the staff

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4th February 2025
Children’s Mental Health Week @ Ashington

Ashington will be taking part with this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week again, as it was such

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4th February 2025
Birdwatch 2025 – Creating Birdfeeders

Buzz learners have continued to participate in Birdwatch to further enrich their knowledge about birds’ diet and

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4th February 2025
Litter Picking

Our Buzz learners have made a fantastic contribution to their local park, Hurst Park this week. They

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4th February 2025
The Big School Birdwatch 2025

This month at our Buzz Learning site, we are celebrating the Big School Birdwatch 2025, in support

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20th December 2024
Spreading Christmas Cheer!

Our pupils made another visit to the local care home to spread some Christmas cheer, as they

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3rd December 2024
Community Week

During Community Week, Children had the opportunity to visit the local care home. The children engaged with

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19th November 2024
Wanderers Gymnastics Event

On the 13th of November, Sunshine class and M1 of Parkside House School set off down the

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19th November 2024
Launch of Our New Behaviour Policy

We are excited to introduce our children’s version of the Neurodivergent Affirming/Trauma-Informed Behaviour Policy. This policy represents

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18th November 2024
Well Done Parkside House!!

We would like to thank everyone who donated to our Children In Need Fundraising appeal. We managed

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18th November 2024
Diwali Week 11th Nov – 15th Nov

Diwali, known as the “Festival of Lights,” is a significant festival in the Hindu tradition. To honor

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18th November 2024
Recycle Week 21st October

Recycle Week at our school aimed to raise awareness about the importance of waste management and environmental

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28th October 2024
Happy Halloween

As Halloween fell during the half term week, we brought Halloween to Parkside House early. The contribution

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14th October 2024
Animal Week – 30th September – 4th October

Animal week is celebrated during the first week of October to promote kindness, respect, and responsibility toward

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9th October 2024
Halloween Fun Day Friday 25th October

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7th October 2024
Internet Safety Week

Our recent Internet Safety Week sessions, featuring a mix of video and written resources, received positive feedback

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4th October 2024
Leon’s First Boxing Match

We would love to share with everyone, how proud we are of one of our pupils here

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16th September 2024
National Fitness Week 16th – 20th September

National Fitness Week in Schools is an event designed to encourage students and staff to engage in

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7th September 2024
Summer Newsletter 2024

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7th July 2024
Our First Sports Day

The First Annual Sports Day at Parkside House School Parkside House School celebrated a momentous occasion with

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7th July 2024
We had a visit from the Ice Cream Van

Pupils were rewarded for good behaviour with a visit from the Ice Cream Van, which was very

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1st July 2024
Enterprise Week 1st July – 5th July

We had an amazing start to the week with a visit to the cat and dog shelter

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28th June 2024
Mental Health Week 13th May – 17th May

This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week took place from Monday 13th – Sunday 19th of May. The

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28th June 2024
Water Safety Week June 17th – June 21st

A tremendous success filled with engaging activities and invaluable learning experiences for our students. The week aimed

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10th June 2024
D Day Celebrations

A series of beacons in Blyth formed one of a network nationally which were lit at precisely 21.15 BST

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30th April 2024
Living Eggs

This term, we at Parkside House School have been fortunate enough to be involved in the Living

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29th April 2024
Healthy Living Week

For Healthy Living week we had a healthy breakfast on Wednesday morning and the children thoroughly enjoyed

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12th March 2024
Children’s Mental Health Week

Pupils enjoyed taking part in various activities to celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week, with the theme for

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4th March 2024
Coming This Week…World Book Day

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4th March 2024
National Careers Week

From the 4th-8th March, our school is taking part in National Careers week. This is a chance for

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4th March 2024
Show Racism the Red Card workshop with Richard Offiong, an ex-Newcastle United player

Show racism the red card came into Parkside House School on Wednesday 14th Feb for an hour’s

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22nd December 2023
December News Letter

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14th November 2023
Children in Need

The pupils will be participating in the following events to raise money for Children in Need Sweet

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14th November 2023
Wanderers Competition – Gymnastics

Congratulations to our girls Gymnastic Group They attended the inter-school gymnastics tournament at the Northern Hope Centre

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23rd May 2023
Parkside House School Open Day

You are warmly invited to visit our school on Thursday 8th June between 3.30pm – 5.30pm, to have a tour of the school, meet the headteacher and ask any questions.  

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9th May 2023
Ofsted Inspection 2023

School would like to welcome Ofsted Inspectors into school on Wednesday 10th May 2023

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