Category: School News
Year 13 at the Leeds International Piano Competition
The music department has really hit the ground running at the start of this academic year. Prize Day in the first week of term was unusual and boys from across the whole school showed much courage and resilience to pull together some fantastic performances at the event. Hot on the heels of Prize Day, some […]
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Junior Great North Run
Congratulations to Tom S (Year 11, pictured) and Harry H (Year 8) who finished third and second in their respective age categories. Tom wrote about his experience running and you can read more about it below. It felt great to be racing again after all the lockdown restrictions. The Junior Great North run has always […]
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Newcastle School for Boys pupils show great character to achieve top GCSE grades
Despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and changes to how grades have been assessed this year, Year 11 boys at Newcastle School for Boys have shown great character in achieving an excellent set of GCSE grades. 50% of GCSE grades awarded to the school’s Year 11 cohort were awarded at the top grades 9 […]
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Year 13 give reason for celebration in the face of this year’s exam challenge
Over 90% of Newcastle School for Boys pupils have secured their first-choice university place, in spite of the significant challenge faced in this year’s A-level and other qualification exams. In what has been another unique year for education and exams, the boys at the Gosforth-based school undertook a rigorous process of teacher assessed grades, against a national […]
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Duke of Edinburgh award scheme expeditions
Last weekend, 25 Year 10 boys were assessed walking around two circuit routes 16 km long over two days on Hadrian’s Wall as part of their Duke of Edinburgh bronze award. There were four bronze teams – Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta. Nearby, 14 Year 11 and 12 boys were also walking around two different 16 km […]
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Under 15 cricket v Barnard Castle
Last Saturday, Year 10 boys travelled to Barnard Castle for a 30-over cricket fixture. Barney batted first and started well with both openers looking comfortable until Tom S made the breakthrough with a slower ball that led to an excellent caught and bowled. He was ably supported by Henry S, who kept building the pressure […]
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Year 8 dancing
Some of the NSB community may be unaware that we have three outstanding dancers in Year 8. Ellis, Teddy and Isaiah are all involved in dance outside of school and work very hard to develop their talents. We hope you enjoy reading about their progress in their own words. Ellis (Pictured) I started ballroom dancing […]
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Year 6 travel agency project
Nine groups of Year 6 boys exhibited their travel holiday packages in the week before half term and members of staff in the Junior School visited the stands in order to cast their votes for the best presentation. Boys had spent most of the term researching their country of choice, French or Spanish speaking. Having found […]
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Digital revolution
I would like to use my first blog for some time to announce a new initiative to support the boys’ learning that we will be starting to roll out during the next academic year. There seems no doubt that the ‘EdTech’ revolution – vastly accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic – has now taken place requiring schools to provide remote teaching and learning as well as other forms of […]
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Duke of Edinburgh’s award scheme training
23 boys in Year 10 and four staff enjoyed an action-packed training day a few miles north of Ponteland last Sunday. They learned how to use a map, how to read a route card, how to relate the route card to the ground and how to find their location after getting lost. For many it was the […]
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