Nodis Celebration Event
Alnwick Garden 11th June

This time around Nodis has taken on a pirate theme, which made our Celebration Day extra special this year as Alnwick Garden was invaded by hordes of fearsome, cutlass-wielding characters with striped t-shirts, artistic scars, tattoos, stubble and eyepatches (and that was just the teachers!)

Pirates have really taken over our schools recently thanks to the wonderful new resource, The Pirate’s Chest and Other Body Parts from Shoofly Publishing. The twelve poems and vast bank of linked resources which make up The Pirate's Chest are explored as part of the innovative Pirates Online project featuring Bonnie Annie.

Special thanks to Anne Curtis, the inspirational creator and director of Shoofly Publishing, who not only attended the Nodis event, but generously donated fantastic prizes to the overall winners in 5 categories:

Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, Lower Key Stage 2, Upper Key Stage 2 and Special Schools

Thanks also to the staff and pupils of the following schools who took part in the celebration event with such enthusiasm and certainly made it a day to remember!

• Berwick St Cuthbert’s RC VA First School
• Branton Community First School
• Broomley First School
• Croftway Primary
• Dr Thomlinson C of E Middle School
• Grange View C of E VA First School
• Hexham East First School
• Holywell Village First School
• Morpeth Stobhillgate First School
• Northburn Primary
• Ovingham C of E First School
• Red Row First School
• Richard Coates C of E Middle School
• Shilbottle First School
• St Andrew’s RC VA First School
• The Grove Special School
• Whalton C of E Aided First School
• Whittonstall First School

...and finally, we must also thank Alnwick Garden, who once again have supported us in this celebration event.