Gosforth Junior High Academy

March Online Safety Newsletter Out Now! Parents and carers, this month's online safety update is packed with important information to help keep your children safe online. In this issue: New YouTube parental controls - what's changed and how to set them up Mobile phone risks for children - what you need to know How social media algorithms work - and why they matter Plus even more practical tips and guidance Visit our school website to read the full newsletter: https://www.juniorhighacademy.org.uk/online-safety Staying informed is one of the best ways to keep your child safe online! #OnlineSafety #StaySafeOnline #gosforthgroup #creatingfutures #gosforthjuniorhighacademy

World Book Day 2026 – A Truly Special Celebration at Gosforth Junior High Academy As part of this year's World Book Day celebrations, one of our fantastic library monitors, Alexandra, asked to lead an event close to her heart, raising money for the Alzheimer's Society, in memory of her grandad, who she sadly lost at the end of 2025. To honour him, Alexandra organised and ran a second-hand book sale, and it has been a phenomenal success. The response from our school community has been incredible, so much so that students are still bringing in book donations, and the sale will continue until the end of this week! We are incredibly proud of Alexandra for her compassion, leadership and hard work, and grateful to our brilliant library team and every student who has donated books or money to support this meaningful cause. Moments like these show the true power of kindness within our school community. #WorldBookDay2026 #GosforthJuniorHighAcademy #AlzheimersSociety #StudentLeadership #ReadingForGood #SchoolCommunity #GosforthGroup

The last victims of the Traitors murder spree were revealed this morning as we lost THREE favourite faithfuls, carried out by possibly our most smiley cloaked Traitor Guest Lily. The VI department was hit hard with two of their staff members being murdered together in plain sight. Miss Stephenson's Last Words were "So close yet so far" Mr Murdie's last words were "So far yet so close" They also murdered our beloved IT teacher, Mr Johnson, whose last words were said to be "I told you so" 21 players left...8 Traitors...1 secret Traitor...12 Faithful...it's so close! Which member of staff will be voted the students 'Ultimate Faithful' and win the game? Team Traitor or Team Faithful, who will win? YOU decide! #readingchallenge #gosforthgroup #gosforthjuniorhighacademy #creatingfutures

Celebrating World Book Day Early! Our library has been buzzing this week, with KS3 students packing out the space for our very own Book Buffet! From exploring new genres to trying "a taste" of books they might not usually pick up, it's been wonderful to see so many young readers diving in. There's been loads of excitement too and plenty of votes in our Traitors game as students choose their ultimate Faithful, and a fantastic number of entries for our book competition! Tomorrow is the final day of the Book Buffet. There's still time to reserve your table at Café Library before World Book Day arrives! Let's keep the reading buzz going as we celebrate the joy of stories together tomorrow. #WorldBookDay #ReadingForPleasure #BookBuffet #CaféLibrary #EncouragingReading #gosforthgroup #GosforthJuniorHighAcademy #creatingfutures

World Book Day - Encouraging our young people to read! Tomorrow is World Book Day and the perfect moment to spark, or respark, a love of reading in our children and young people. Stories don't just build literacy, they fuel curiosity, boost confidence and open doors to new worlds. This week's #WakeUpWednesday shares practical, easy ways families can make reading part of everyday life. From creating inviting reading spaces to showing children that reading is fun and valued, small habits can make a big difference. Download the FREE guide here: https://nationalcollege.com/guides/encourage-reading Let's use #WorldBookDay to celebrate stories and help every young reader find something they love. #gosforthjuniorhighacademy #gosforthgroup #creatingfutures #readingforlife #WUW #EncouragingReading #readingforfun

Preparation for our Forest School is underway Our Forest School is Underway in our award-winning garden at Gosforth Junior High Academy, with the first official sessions beginning on Thursday. Here is one of it's original founders with the bird boxes that he has researched, designed, crafted and painted himself. Outstanding work! We will become a registered Forest School provider by the end of this academic year. #ProudMoment #BuildingOurForestSchool #OurSchoolGarden #outdoorlearning #gosforthjuniorhighacademy #GosforthGroup #creatingfutures

Last half term, a group of our Year 8 and Year 6 students became involved in the "I Am Because We Are" Programme dedicated to promoting peace, listening to victims of genocide and active commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day. Because of their excellent behaviour and inquisitive questions, we have received a letter of thanks from The Lord Mayor, Dr. Martin Stern and Smajo Beso from the Bosnian Genocide Educational Trust. We will be working on a memorial project for our school and will have the auspicious opportunity to present our work at the Civic Centre in July. #gosforthjuniorhighacademy #gosforthgroup #creatigfutures #RememberingTogether

Book Buffet opened its doors today as part of the Library's World Book Week celebrations. The library has been decorated out as a cafe, the library monitors are your servers and books are what you'll find on the menu! Every student who fills in a book buffet sheet not only gets the opportunity to vote for their ultimate faithful for our exciting Traitors finale but is put in a draw for a chance to win a book! Here are KS2 enjoying their first taste of our Book Buffet #worldbookday2026 #readingchallenge #gosforthjuniorhighacademy #gosforthgroup #creatingfutures #readingforfun

The celebrations continue! Last week, our U12 City Champions, girls football team, met up with Mr Fryer to discuss their fantastic achievements, show off their medals and of course their trophy cup - and collected their chocolate rewards. #studentsuccess #SchoolLife #girlsfootball #ProudMoment #gosforthgroup #GosforthJuniorHighAcademy #creatingfutures

Today, we banished three players in our game of Traitors and the students successfully caught TWO traitors Mr Coles - Faithful Miss Morson - Traitor Mrs Arnold Traitor The game reaches its final next week when the students vote for their ultimate faithful, but not before the Traitors get in another murder or two! #ReadingChallenge #gosforthjuniorhighacademy #creatingfutures #gosforthgroup