Gosforth Junior High Academy

#WakeUpWednesday Parental Online Safety Update Adult animated content is increasingly visible on platforms such as YouTube, TikTok and streaming services. While the bright visuals and cartoon style may seem harmless at first glance, many of these shows and clips are created specifically for mature audiences, featuring strong language, sexual references, graphic violence and unsettling themes. This week's guide helps parents and educators understand the risks, from misleading visuals and algorithm-driven recommendations to desensitisation and edgy humour. It also offers practical advice on platform settings, open conversations and building children's critical thinking, so young people can navigate online animation safely and confidently. #OnlineSafety #keepingchildrensafeonline #GosforthGroup #CreatingFutures #gosforthjuniorhighacademy

U12 CITY CHAMPIONS Huge congratulations to our Year 7 girls' football team, who yesterday were crowned Newcastle City League Champions. They battled their way through the finals with incredible teamwork and determination: 2–0 vs Sacred Heart 3–0 vs Gosforth Central 1–0 vs Walbottle What a team. What a performance. Champions! #GirlsFootball #JuniorFootball #GrassrootsFootball #TeamSpirit #gosforthgroup #CreatingFutures #gosforthjuniorhighacademy

Today, the faithfuls were dealt a double blow with the murder of both Mrs Brady and Miss McLaughlin. Mrs Brady will sadly find out her fate tomorrow. This week's reading task is all about the students' favourite books! This Wednesday, we are making our tables into book chat groups. We want to hear about which books you love and why. For every book a student tells us about, they can cast a vote for a shield to try and ensure their favourites make it through to the last week! We would love it even more if you would like to bring your favourite book along and show it off. So come along on Wednesday and read for revenge for your fallen faithful! #readingchallenge #gosforthgroup #GosforthJuniorHighAcademy #creatingfutures #studentlife

Our New Extra Curricular Clubs & Activities Programme Is Now Live! We're thrilled to share that our refreshed programme of beforeschool, during, and afterschool clubs is now up and running! Whether you're looking for sports, arts, academic enrichment, or something brand new to try, there's something for everyone. Running now until 1 April 2026 Visit our website to explore the full programme and secure your place: https://www.juniorhighacademy.org.uk/school-clubs Don't miss out - join in, get involved, and discover a new passion! #ExtracurricularActivities #SchoolClubs #StudentLife #Enrichment #LearningBeyondTheClassroom #GetInvolved #trysomethingnew #GosforthJuniorHighAcademy #gosforthgroup #creatingfutures

It's been a huge week in Traitors! Students researched fiercely to earn shields for their favourite staff... but we also had to say goodbye to three players in this week's banishment: Mrs McDine – Faithful Miss Peacock – Faithful Mrs Bolam – Traitor Well done, students, you caught one! After half term, we return for the penultimate week with a major twist: the traitors' cloak is in the students' hands for one day only! Selected players' photos will be face down in the library, and students must choose who to "murder"... completely in the dark. And the twist? One Traitor will also be selected at random - they might even take out their own! To take part, students just need to tell a library monitor or Mrs Creasey their favourite evil book character and why. Stay sharp... the game is heating up! #ReadingChallenge #LoveOfBooks #gosforthjuniorhighacademy #gosforthgroup #creatingfutures

Digital Sports Team Update Our Year 7 students made a fantastic start at the Digital School House Esports regional qualifiers, winning their opening match and providing live commentary, before bowing out against a very experienced team - we're incredibly proud of their teamwork and confidence! #Esports #DigitalSchoolhouse #GamingEducation #Teamwork #StudentSuccess #gosforthjuniorhighacademy #GosforthGroup #creatingfutures

Year 6 Scientists in Action! Our Year 6 pupils have been diving into the fascinating world of the circulatory system and have produced fantastic nonchronological reports. They have thoroughly enjoyed themselves and found the topic so interesting. They have added colour and fun facts to their text and worked on improving their technical language and SPAG. Well done, Year 6! #CirculatorySystem #HumanBody #ScienceInAction #STEMEducation #gosforthjuniorhighacademy #gosforthgroup #creatingfutures

Year 8 PRAISE Event Today, we held our Year 8 termly PRAISE event. Students were invited to share a piece that reflects their efforts, progress or creativity. Our staffing team were delighted to spend time hearing about what they're proud of and the stories behind their achievements. In recognition of their achievements, students were able to choose a special reward as part of the celebration Events like this are all about Creating Futures by encouraging our young people to take pride in their learning, recognise their strengths, and feel confident sharing their successes. #CreatingFutures #PRAISE #StudentSuccess #ProudTeachers #gosforthjuniorhighacademy #GosforthGroup #CreatingFutures

Spanish Weather Forecasts by Year 7! Our talented Year 7 students have been practising their Spanish... by presenting their very own weather forecasts! We're incredibly impressed with their confidence and pronunciation, and we have to admit, the forecast in Spain sounds much better than the one here Fantastic work, Year 7! #gosforthjuniorhighacademy #gosforthgroup #CreatingFutures #MFL #Spanish #StudentVoice #LanguageLearning

Chess Championships Update We hosted the Trust's (Gosforth Group), Chess Championshipson January 29th. Four academies took part: North Gosforth, Great Park, Jesmond Park, and Gosforth Junior High. Each school had a team of six players from Year 5 to Year 11. The players demonstrated excellent teamwork and competed with respect and fair play. In the end, Gosforth Junior High emerged victorious after a closely contested final against Jesmond Park Academy. Thanks go to all staff who made the event possible and also to Gosforth Chess Club and the English Chess Foundation for their contributions. Congratulations once again to our Gosforth Junior High team! #GosforthJuniorHighAcademy #gosforthgroup #creatingfutures #ChessChampionships #StudentSuccess #CreatingFutures #Teamwork #Proud