Activity 5
Our New School
To read the ISA Portfolio Activity Details click on the Word file at the bottom of the page 
An article about the building of the new school is in the Word file below (March 2008).
January 2008: Visitors from the University April 2008: Visitors from our partner school
of Malta. in Aurland, Norway
June 2008: Regular visits were made by September 2008: Members of our School
groups of pupils. Council 2007-8 on a visit.
September 2008 November 2008
At the bottom of the page is a Word document Leaving our old school (Jan 2009)
Opened to pupils on 24 February 2009
Main entrance View from the staffroom
Click on the button Classes & teaching areas on the left to see school tours of our old & new schools.
Read a newspaper article about the opening of the school. Click on the pdf file (FirstDayEcho) below.
On 31 March 2009, our Jimmy Montgomery Sports Hall was officially opened by the ex-Sunderland AFC goalkeeper, Jimmy Montgomery, after whom it is named. See the article, as a Word document, below.
Official Opening 22 May 2009
On 22 May 2009 our new school was officially opened by Niall Quinn, Chairman of Sunderland AFC. In the audience were our Governing Body, members of our School Council, Sunderland's Director of Childrens Services, local Councillors, Our Deputy Mayor, John Rolfe from the British Council & two friends from a school in Finland. An article on the opening is attached as a Word document below.
Two power-points were on show throughout the event:
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Congratulations from our friends in Cieszyn, Poland. A selection of slides have been put into the pdf file From Polish friends (bottom of page). The display below is in the school library.
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Our international work from 1994 to 2009.
John Rolfe from the British Council met our friends
from Finland, Erkki & Annina, & presented our
school with an ISA banner.
A special painting was created by a community artist to celebrate the international dimension in our school & this hangs in our reception area. Pupils throughout the school contributed by producing drawings & paintings, which were then used by the artist in her final creation.
Click on the pdf file below to read Evaluations of Activity 5.
Go to Activity 6:Das Sreedharan & Healthy Lifestyles Go to ISA 2009 home page