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Read for Good
We have been able to welcome Gerry, our Read for Good story teller, to the wards in recent weeks.
Dilaysis Patient
At the Great North Children's Hospital we teach children on the dialysis ward, who are waiting for a kidney transplant.
A Special Birthday Celebration
Teachers at the GNCH surprised one of our team, Judy, with a birthday lunch for her very significant birthday.
Clean Air Day
Pupils at the GNCH have created some wonderful work to raise awareness for Clean Air Day 2022.
Teaching at the Freeman
This is a wonderful pupil of ours working on calculation problems at the Freeman Hospital.
Communicating with Young People with PMLD
We teach many students with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD).
Teapot Trust at the GNCH
Pupils at the GNCH get the opportunity to work with Megan from the Tea Pot Trust - a mental health charity that provides support for children and families coping with chronic conditions by delivering art therapy.
Cooking at the GNCH
This week, pupils at the GNCH have been cooking up a mix of their favourite dishes including pizzas, wraps, burritos, and renal friendly desserts.
Durham Cricket Club at the GNCH
Two of our coaches working with a pupil at the GNCH as part of a cricket lesson
World Book Day 3rd March 2022
World Book Day allows the teachers the opportunity to dress up as a favourite character from a story.
Art Therapy with Megan
Since February 2020, children who are in hospital at the GNCH have been able to access art therapy with Megan Keane, a qualified art therapist.
New Book Delivery
At the Great North Children's Hospital, we have been very happy to receive our latest delivery of books from Read for Good.
Festive Visit from Newcastle United Foundation and Durham Cricket Foundation
NBS students in the Great North Children's Hospital continue to benefit hugely from working with Melissa and Donna from Newcastle United Foundation and Jack and Duncan from Durham Cricket Foundation.
Anti-Bullying Week 15th-19th November 2021
The teachers and students at the GNCH have been discussing bullying.
National Allied Health Professional Day
Last half term we discussed the help the patients receive from not only their consultants, doctors and nurses but also other health professionals.
Climate Change
The students at the GNCH and Freeman Hospital have been extremely busy in the last few weeks, focussing on the important subject of Climate Change.
World Smile Day 1st October 2021
The teachers and students at the GNCH celebrated World Smile Day on Friday 1st October.
Nano Technology
The book, “Nano: the spectacular science of the Very (Very) Small” takes young people on a journey through the eyes of a scientist!
We All Have A Spring In Our Step!
As the days lengthen and the weather gets warmer, we have been very busy teaching on the wards and beyond.
Christmas on the wards
NBS staff made an end of term festive visit to all of our students across the wards.
Bowled Over By Jack
We welcomed Jack Warren, from Durham Cricket Foundation, to our staff team in September 2020.
Happy New Year from the Teachers. It is good to be back.
Happy New Year from the Teachers. Now that January is here, we thought you might like to have one last look at our festive celebrations on the last day of term, December 18th 2020. The photos below are just a selection showing the fun we all had delivering gifts.
Merry Christmas from Our Lovely Team at the GNCH
We break up for Christmas on Friday 18th December 2020 and return to the wards on January 5th 2021! We wish you all a safe and peaceful Christmas and good health and happiness for 2021.
GNCH Students Preparing for Christmas
Students in the GNCH have been preparing for Christmas with their teachers… As well as following their regular curriculum, they have completed many Christmas themed activities. Among the projects, one of the young people has made glove puppets for a “pantomime”. These pictures are a selection of the activities completed.
GNCH Learning and Activities
Newcastle Bridges School teaches children in the GNCH for up to one hour a day, Monday to Friday. We contact children’s home school to find out what their peers are studying. We keep a record of all work completed and send this information to the child’s school. These photographs represent just some of the activities the children complete:
The Great North Museum visits the Great North Childrens Hospital
We are delighted to work with Kathryn, a curator from the Great North Museum.
Christmas as the Great North Children's Hospital
Students and medical staff in the GNCH were entertained for Christmas on the last Wednesday of term by the dulcet tones of the Newcastle Bridges school teachers joined by Gerry our “Read for Good” story teller.