A toast to Tozer - Remembering Mr Tose

In mid December, the school was received a massive shock following the death of Mr. Tose from injuries sustained in a car accident. Mr. Tose had taught at Hetton School for 33 years, impacting on current students, their parents and even grandparents. He was a much loved member of staff, who will be sadly missed by students and teachers alike.

On Thursday March 8th, the school held a tribute night and launched the ‘Steve Tose Literacy fund’ whereby people could donate money in Mr Tose memory which will go towards improving students’ literacy.

The evening involved speeches from former students such as Emma Pringle who was both a student at Hetton and then went on to do her teacher training here. Mr. Howey spoke with great passion about his friendship with Mr. Tose and all his fine qualities as a teacher. Former teacher Mr. Clark took the chance to praise both the staff and students at Hetton for their real sense of community. The evening itself was presented by Miss Miller. There were performances from the school choir and Laurin Wardle in Year 11 amongst others.

 

 

Over 500 people packed into Rainton Meadows Arena for the event, which also received substantial coverage from the Evening Chronicle and Sunderland Echo newspapers as well as Sun FM.

So far, over £3000 has been raised for the fund in Mr Tose memory. If you would like to donate further, please get in touch with the Hetton School Main Office.

 

 

 

Seaward Electronics

On Wednesday March 7th, a group of Year 11 students visited Seaward Electronics for an insight into engineering work. Throughout the trip, students were given a real insight into engineering itself. The group were guided through the factory and given details about the machinery used to create PCBNs and other products that the company makes such as products for the medical industry.
The guide himself had a lot of background knowledge and information which he was delighted to share with us. It was a good experience, even though I don’t definitely want a career in engineering itself, it created interest in the career. We met several of the workers, including one called Steve who was really cool and helpful.
By Peter Pearson, Year 11.

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