Jesmond Park Academy

On Monday 6th July the Music Department presented their annual 'Summer Showcase', sharing the wonderful work of the students in all the extra-curricular clubs in Music. Around 100 students took part from all year groups, blowing us all away with the high standard of their work, as always. It is a privilege to work with these amazing children who put their full heart into the music they prepare. We would like to congratulate them all and hope they are very proud of themselves! Thank you to you too as we appreciate all the work you do to support them every day. We hope you have a wonderful summer and look forward to sharing our extra-curricular program in September. JPA Music Department

Alongside their work experience placements, a number of Year 10 students have recently taken part in pre-filming activities with the BBC. We are incredibly excited to be involved in this project and look forward to sharing more details with you in the new academic year! #workexperience

Snail farm and chocolate factory this morning for students on the France trip. Now time for packed lunches and free time at the beach

Another year of our KS2 after school sports provision has come to an end. Thank you to everyone who attended our club this year, we have had record numbers this year participating. The idea of this club is to not only meet new pupils from different schools, but to help the transition between primary school and secondary school, as well as to have access to a variety of our facilities. This term focussed on tennis. The pupils learnt the key skills to allow them to play a game of tennis. In our last session we finished with a doubles ladder competition. Well done to all of the pupils on making progress. We will be continuing our club after October half term. If you would like anymore information please contact mpugh@jesmondparkacademy.org.uk. Have a lovely summer break!

France update: Students arrived safely at the Chateau and have since had a safety briefing and evening meal. Some still have the energy for Chateau olympics by the lake! Others have opted for free time and/or an early night.

France trip update: We are safely off the ferry and on our way to the accommodation. Bonjour la France

France trip update: Road closures have meant we missed the planned 11:30 ferry crossing. Updated crossing time is 13:40

France trip update: an early start today for students heading to France this week. We've just had a brief comfort break at Newark services. A couple more hours on the road now before our next break. We'll update again when we arrive at the port.