Category: School News
Sixth Form Barclays Bank event
The School’s bankers, Barclays, kindly offered two places in their corporate hospitality box at St. James’ Park at the recent Premier League fixture between Newcastle United and Norwich City. Their generous invite afforded an opportunity for sixth formers Adam D (Year 13) and Jack S (Year 12) to develop their networking skills and to meet with […]
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Choral Day
Congratulations to all of the boys from NSB and girls from Westfield School who took part in our annual Choral Day event. This year’s event was particularly special as it was the biggest to date with over 120 young people taking part. The day consisted of numerous warm-ups and rehearsals as a group and in […]
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Year 5 code club
Well done to the Year 5 code clubbers who have just completed ‘Scratch: Module 1’. The boys pictured are seen here proudly showing off their certificates which are awarded through the Raspberry Pi Foundation. To receive their certificates, the boys have learned how to code their own musical instruments to create a rock band, how […]
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Year 5 and 6 police visit
On Monday, Years 5 and 6 attended a workshop delivered by PC Brown from Operation Encompass. The session was about the importance of keeping yourself and others safe, and when we should recognise when some secrets shouldn’t be kept. The boys listened to a variety of scenarios and decided how those secrets impacted the children involved and […]
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Year 6 creative writing
Year 6 have been working exceptionally hard to complete their Beowulf alternative endings. Over the last three weeks, boys have worked to plan, draft and present an exciting and shocking alternative ending to their class reader, Beowulf. The boys have really enjoyed this piece of work, particularly as it allowed them to focus on some wonderfully […]
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HMC Under 14 Durham rugby 7s
The Under 14 rugby team travelled to Durham on Tuesday for the prestigious HMC rugby 7s. In the first game, our boys took on Ampleforth College. Despite some strong attack and an exceptional team try completed by Angus S, NSB went down 20-14. In the second game, the boys took on the tournament favourites, Sedbergh School. […]
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Year 12 Geography climate change conference
Young people are understandably concerned about the future of our planet. Each local school in the North East was invited to send two interested delegates to a day-long conference at the Centre for Life in Newcastle last Friday. Daniel H and Lewis R were chosen from the Year 12 Geography A level group to attend the […]
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Year 4 ‘muggle quidditch’
Year 4 continued their focus on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone with an excellent game of ‘muggle quidditch’ in the West Avenue yard. Agreeing the rules (and any adaptations from the wizarding game) beforehand, three teams of keepers, beaters, chasers and seekers competed in a round-robin tournament to score more points, and victories, than […]
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Junior dentists
The boys at West Avenue were taught about the importance of having good dental hygiene this week. Harvey G (Year 12) delivered a superb assembly about the damage that eating and drinking too much sugar will cause to your teeth. He challenged the boys to have a ‘fizzy-free February’. The boys were honest and admitted that this […]
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Year 7 reading challenge
Year 7 boys were set a reading project over Christmas to read a challenging fiction book of their choice and complete a detailed book review. The boys had to provide an overall evaluation of the book without giving too much away. They had to identify the central story, plot and characters, comment on the book’s strengths and weaknesses, plus provide […]
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