<![CDATA[Northgate Primary School News Feed - Latest News]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk%2Fnews%2F%3Fpid%3D8%26amp%3Bnid%3D1 Juniper Education Content Management System (CMS) Version: 4.5 (junipereducation.org) Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:58:35 GMT Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:58:35 GMT <![CDATA[ Reading Awards 2026! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=79 Please enter an introduction for your news story here.

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:58:35 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=79 <![CDATA[ Attendance Awards Spring Term 2026! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=78 Please enter an introduction for your news story here.

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:57:13 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=78 <![CDATA[ Red Nose Day for Comic Relief 2026! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=77 Please enter an introduction for your news story here.

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:52:09 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=77 <![CDATA[ Y1 Hedgehog Visit! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=76 Please enter an introduction for your news story here.

]]> Fri, 6 Feb 2026 16:07:33 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=76 <![CDATA[ Young Voices 2026! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=75 Young Voices 2026

 

On Tuesday, 30 children and 4 members of staff joined a choir of almost 9000 children from around the country at the Young Voices concert at the O2 in London.

We have been practising the songs since September and the huge choir sounded amazing!

Well done to all the children involved. They were fantastic ambassadors for Northgate Primary School.

]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:45:28 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=75 <![CDATA[ BBC Children in Need! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=74 Thank you to everyone who wore pyjamas and donated to Children in Need today! We raised an incredible £475.50!!

]]> Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:06:28 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=74 <![CDATA[ International Lunch! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=73 Thank you to all our families who made food, came to share or dressed up for our International Lunch today! It’s always a lovely occasion to show off our multi-cultural community here at Northgate - and eat delicious food!

Thank you to Mrs Schmitt and our Young Interpreters for organising one of our favourite events of the year!

]]> Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:19:49 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=73 <![CDATA[ PTFA Autumn School Disco! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=72 The children all had an amazing time at the PTFA Autumn Disco! For more photos please visit our gallery page. 

]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:56:23 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=72 <![CDATA[ Young Mind's 'Wear Yellow to Support Mental Health Awareness' Day! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=71 Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:47:39 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=71 <![CDATA[ 70th Anniversary Celebrations! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=70 Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:12:13 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=70 <![CDATA[ NGPS Book Awards 2025! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=69 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:29:06 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=69 <![CDATA[ Y5 Viking Workshops with Past Productions! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=68 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:23:31 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=68 <![CDATA[ YR Trip to Tilgate Nature Park and Minibeast Workshop! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=67 Reception took a trip to Tilgate Nature Park and attended a workshop on minibeasts! 

]]> Fri, 6 Jun 2025 08:22:32 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=67 <![CDATA[ Y1 Trip to Ferring Beach! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=66 Y1 took a trip to Ferring Beach to support their learning of the seaside! 

]]> Fri, 6 Jun 2025 08:14:33 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=66 <![CDATA[ PTFA Fun Run Sponsored Obstacle Course! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=65 The children took part in a sponsored obstacle course this week to raise money for our PTFA to buy new playground equipment - thank you for all your donations we've raised over £2300! 

]]> Thu, 22 May 2025 12:22:29 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=65 <![CDATA[ Y4 Big Sing @ St Francis of Assisi! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=64 Yesterday Year 4 children and staff went to St. Francis of Assisi school for the Big Sing. The children have spent 5 weeks learning 2 mass songs which they sang with the 3 other schools there and they also sang their own song as a school, "Blackbird" by Lennon and McCartney. There were over 300 children taking part.

The children's behaviour was exemplary and so was their singing. They sounded beautiful!

Mrs Stringer would like to thank all the staff who accompanied the children and a huge thank you to the children for being amazing!

]]> Thu, 22 May 2025 10:22:06 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=64 <![CDATA[ Y5 STEM @ Crawley College ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=63 Some of our lucky Y5 children had the opportunity to visit Crawley College for a STEM workshop this afternoon. They took part in a range of health, technology and creative activities including learning how to perform CPR and putting bandages on injured parts of the body.

If your child fancies having a go at some of the STEM activities, STEM in the Park is available for everyone tomorrow in Crawley Memorial Gardens and Crawley College.

]]> Fri, 16 May 2025 14:59:21 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=63 <![CDATA[ Y2 Superhero Day! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=62 Y2 have been learning all about Superheroes and made some ‘Wanted’ posters to help recruit a Superhero to defeat the Evil Apples! Luckily Mighty Man responded and came to visit the children!

]]> Fri, 16 May 2025 14:57:15 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=62 <![CDATA[ Crawley Town FC V Northampton Town! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=61 Some of our Y5 and Y6 children were lucky enough to get free tickets to Crawley Town V Northampton Town - last home game of the season. It was a great day out for all the children resulting in Crawley winning 3-0!

Thank you to all the staff who took time out of their weekend to take the children and an extra special thank you to Mrs Anketell in the school office for arranging it every year without a hitch!

]]> Thu, 8 May 2025 12:54:29 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=61 <![CDATA[ PTFA Clothing Recycle Drive! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=60 We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who has donated any unwanted items for our recycling collection today!

The PTFA are very grateful and look forward to earning some extra money to spend on play equipment for the school!

]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:53:19 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=60 <![CDATA[ Y3 Visit Crawley Museum! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=59 Y3 went to Crawley Museum this week to view a special exhibition on Crawley 'Through the Ages' to aid their topic on where we live. For more photos please visit our Y3 Gallery page. 

]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:45:54 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=59 <![CDATA[ BBC News Visit Northgate Primary for Autism Awareness ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=58 Reporter Mark Norman, the Heath Correspondent from BBC South East, visited our school on Wednesday to talk to our children and staff about how we support our Autistic learners.

We at Northgate are part of The Autism Project which supports schools with how to help Autistic learners to manage and understand their needs.

With the help of our amazing Autism Ambassadors, we were able to showcase how we help our children and enable them to have a fulfilling and happy time as learners in school and to help prepare them for adult life.

As always, we are incredibly proud of how our children represented our school and how they were able to talk about what they had learnt in front of the BBC camera.

Well done everyone!

To view the full segment please click here.

]]> Fri, 4 Apr 2025 12:23:36 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=58 <![CDATA[ Rocksteady Concert! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=57 Rocksteady partners with thousands of primary schools across the country to deliver inclusive band lessons, providing a variety of instruments, designed to amplify children’s self-belief, support wellbeing and help maximise their potential back in the classroom.

Our children held a ‘Rock Steady Concert’ for parents this week showing off their musical skills!

]]> Fri, 4 Apr 2025 09:57:18 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=57 <![CDATA[ Y3 Visit St John's Church ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=56 Year 3 visited St John’s Church and behaved impeccably, showing respect for one of the many religions they learn about whilst at Northgate.

]]> Fri, 4 Apr 2025 09:55:49 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=56 <![CDATA[ YR Apple Class Visit Crawley Library! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=55 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:42:03 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=55 <![CDATA[ Christ's Hospital Maths Challenge ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=54 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:58:13 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=54 <![CDATA[ Nurture Trip to Horsham Park ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=53 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:58:27 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=53 <![CDATA[ Lets Dance! At The Hawth Crawley ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=3 On Monday 10th March Northgate’s Dance Club had the opportunity to perform at The Hawth, Crawley.

They have attended dance club practice every Tuesday afternoon and worked hard for weeks to create their ‘battle of the dances’ routine. Well done on their fabulous performance!

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:45:58 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=3 <![CDATA[ Northgate Dress Through The Years Celebrations! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=4 To celebrate 70 years of Northgate Primary School we asked the children in each year group to dress up through the decades! 

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:48:27 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=4 <![CDATA[ Y2 Little Big Sing at St Francis of Assissi ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=5 Little Big Sing brings together multiple locality schools at a host school for a half-day singing workshop, led by a specialist singing leader. West Sussex Music provide resources for two songs for schools to learn prior to the event, which each school rehearse and perform together in a massed choir on the day!

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:50:01 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=5 <![CDATA[ World Book Day - PJ Day! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=6 ]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:51:39 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=6 <![CDATA[ Y3 Visit The Unity Pledge in Crawley! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=7 On Tuesday, 15 children from year 3 visited the town hall to view the Unity pledge. The Unity pledge celebrates the diversity and inclusivity of Crawley. The children got to view the pledge and hear about why it is so important, visit the mayor's parlour and even got a biscuit and some juice! They were beautifully behaved and were great ambassadors for Northgate Primary School. 

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:54:20 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=7 <![CDATA[ Y3 Art - Quilling!​​​​​​​ ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=8 Year 3 have been learning how to quill.

This is a form of 3D collage using strips of coloured paper to make shapes. It needs fine motor skills and a special quilling tool. Here are some of the results!

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:55:49 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=8 <![CDATA[ Y1 Hedgehog Visit ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=9 ]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:57:12 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=9 <![CDATA[ Author Visit - Guy Bass 'Stitch Head!' ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=10 We were all so excited to meet Guy Bass yesterday. His presentation was full of fun and laughter. The children loved joining in with the silly poems and asking lots of brilliant questions!

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:58:53 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=10 <![CDATA[ Attendance Reward Celebrations! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=11

]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:38 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=11 <![CDATA[ Reception Christmas Nativity 2024! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=12 ]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:02:01 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=12 <![CDATA[ Chartwell's Christmas Lunch and Christmas Jumper Day! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=13 ]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:05:25 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=13 <![CDATA[ An amazing Scholastic Book Fair! ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=14 Wow! What a fantastic Book Fair we have held here at Northgate! Over the course of the week, we sold over £1500 worth of books: a huge achievement. This shows just how much we love to read here at Northgate Primary. All of your purchases have enabled us to earn £963 worth of free books for our school libraries. Thank you so much! 

]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:07:34 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=14 <![CDATA[ Reading Competition Entries ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=15 We ran a school-wide competition, encouraging children to read in unusual places. The winners, chosen by our team of school Reading Champions, then won a £5 voucher to spend at our Scholastic Book Fair. 

Thank you to all the entrants; choosing the winners proved to be incredibly difficult!

Take a look at our creative readers! 

]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:09:10 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=15 <![CDATA[ Wellbeing Ambassadors celebrate what makes us special ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=16 The Wellbeing Ambassadors have been working with Mrs Knox to create a new display that celebrates how unique and special we all are. They are a fantastic addition to our Pupil Leadership team. 

]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:10:53 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=16 <![CDATA[ Y1 Royal Tea Party ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=17 What a pleasure it was to see so many kings, queens, princes, princesses and knights enjoying their royal tea party this afternoon. After making their own jam sandwiches, the children enjoyed music, cakes and fun. This followed on from a day of learning about the Royal family and Queen Elizabeth II and making crowns. 

]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:12:36 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=17 <![CDATA[ WWII Day - Year 6 ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=18 Year 6 had a fantastic day deepening their understanding of life in WWII, thanks to 'Portals to the Past'. 

We tried on different British uniforms, held an Enfield rifle and even had a go at cracking some WWII codes sent from Germany! The children absolutely loved every minute. 

]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:14:04 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=18 <![CDATA[ Pyjama Day for Children in Need ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=19 What a great day we had on Friday 15th November. The children enjoyed snuggling up in their PJs and raising over £400 for Children in Need in the process. It is fantastic to be able to raise so much money for a worthwhile charity. Thanks for all of your support. 

]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:18:00 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=19 <![CDATA[ BBC 500 Word Contestants ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=20 A huge well done to all the children who submitted their writing to the BBC 500 Word competition this year! Your pieces were amazing and we are so proud of you! 

]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:19:07 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=20 <![CDATA[ Y5 Star-gazing evening ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=21 Y5 and their parents enjoyed an evening of hot chocolate and stargazing last week. Despite the clouds and drizzly rain, the children enjoyed sharing their work and using a stargazing app to consolidate their learning about space. 

]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:20:38 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=21 <![CDATA[ Rise and Shine Reading ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=22 Across the school, we welcomed our parents in to share a story with their children. It was wonderful to see so many parents coming into our classrooms, sharing the love of reading. 

]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:22:46 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=22 <![CDATA[ Year 6 PGL - Windmill Hill ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=23 Pupils from Year 6 had a fantastic time during their yearly trip to Windmill Hill. Throughout the week, we tackled abseiling, zip-lines, archery and the trapeze. All children had a super time and we are looking forward to next year already! 

]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:37:17 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=23 <![CDATA[ Y3 trip to Highdown Gardens ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=24 Y3 had a wonderful day at Highdown Gardens yesterday. They managed to dodge the rain showers and spend time developing their awe and wonder at the nature around them. Thank you to 'Southdowns for All' for supporting with finance of the coach. 

]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:39:18 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=24 <![CDATA[ Year 5 Planetarium Visit ]]> https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=25 Year 5 travelled through the galaxy when the Planetarium visited this month. They enjoyed learning about the stars, planets and moons. They were able to spot constellations linked to their work on the Ancient Greeks. 

]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:41:09 GMT https://www.northgate.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/?pid=8&nid=1&storyid=25