Category: School News
Art trip to Edinburgh
On 10th March, Mr Wells and Mr Sensicle took a group of Art and Graphics GCSE and A level students to Edinburgh for an intensive day of viewing art. The trip started with walking to the two Scottish National Gallery modern art buildings, surrounded by a wonderful sculpture park which is home to an outstanding […]
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Medicine and Dentistry Explore Day
On Wednesday 11th March, a number Year 9 boys attended a Medicine and Dentistry Explore Day at Newcastle University Medical School. In the morning they carried out a carousel of activities designed to give them experience of the clinical skills that student doctors are taught at University. This involved measuring blood pressure, examining each other’s […]
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Chicago
Huge congratulations to all of the boys involved in our joint production of Chicago at Northern Stage with Westfield School. Over two months of hard work paid off to pull this ambitious production together and in the end the boys and girls but on an incredible show for the public. There was an amazing response […]
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1st XV rugby – National Schools Vase semi-final
The 1st XV rugby team produced a titanic effort against Langley School in Norfolk this week to clinch a place in the Twickenham final which will take place on Thursday 19th March. The game proved to be as physically and mentally demanding as any game these boys have played and they managed the pressure superbly to […]
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Psychology Guess Who tournament
To restart lessons following the intensity of mock examination week, the Year 13 Psychology class enjoyed a tournament of psychology-themed Guess Who. The traditional Guess Who faces had been replaced with those of key psychological researchers from the A level course. The boys had to ask questions based only on the research of the psychologists […]
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NSB welcomes survivor from Holocaust Educational Trust
Boys in Year 9, Year 10, Year 12 and Year 13 studying History and RS will hear a testimony from Holocaust survivor, Janine Webber, as part of a visit to our School organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) on Thursday 12th March. The testimony will be followed by a question and answer session to […]
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Year 1 integrated space project
Year 1 enjoyed spending extra time in the computing suite at West Avenue to hone their IT skills. Over the last few weeks, the class has been researching planets using the NASA Kids’ Club website as their launching pad and making notes of any facts they discovered. The boys then typed up and formatted their text […]
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Creative writing club
This half term, lots of boys in Years 1 and 2 have enjoyed taking part in the creative writing club at North Avenue. The focus this half term has been on poetry, including acrostic and haiku poems. Over the past three weeks, the boys have particularly enjoyed learning how to write a haiku poem and […]
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Author event: Peter Bunzl at Gosforth Central Middle School
Years 4, 5 and 6 enjoyed a fabulous visit to Gosforth Central Middle School to meet the author Peter Bunzl. The boys learned all about what inspired him to become a writer and where he got his ideas for his popular Cogheart series. Many of the boys bought a copy of one of his books and […]
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Music visit to Newcastle University
A level Music students (and Year 11 students hoping to study A level Music next year) attended a concert of Indian classical music at Newcastle University last Thursday. The concert provided a great insight into the Hindustani classical tradition of Northern India, which will aid the study of the Anoushka Shanka set work on the […]
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