Category: School News
North Avenue Christmas party
The boys at North Avenue enjoyed their Christmas party which concluded a very successful term. The fun started with the boys playing various party games, including pass the parcel, and singing Christmas songs. At the end of the games, the boys heard a distant bell ringing. Upon investigation, it was discovered that Santa Claus had landed […]
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Chamber choir visit to Abbeyfield
The Senior School chamber choir visited Abbeyfield residential care home on the Tuesday before the Christmas holidays to perform some carols and songs for the residents. This has become an NSB tradition and our neighbours at Abbeyfield always look forward to the chamber choir’s annual visit. The boys performed many traditional carols in four-part harmony and […]
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Junior School charity sleepover
31 excited boys arrived at West Avenue on Thursday 5th December with sleeping bags and pillows. After producing another fantastic Christmas performance in the afternoon, the boys said goodbye to their parents to prepare for a sleepover at school. They all enjoyed a picnic tea and pizzas. The rest of the evening was spent watching a choice […]
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Year 7 trip to see the Snow Queen
Year 7 enjoyed a fantastic English trip to the Northern Stage on Tuesday. They watched their annual Christmas show, which this year was The Snow Queen. The show was jam-packed with music, special lighting and impressive props. The boys’ favourite thing was the giant reindeer which appeared just in front of their front-row seats! In […]
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1st XV rugby – National Schools Vase quarter-final
The 1st XV rugby team took on The King’s School, Grantham in the quarter-final of the National Vase at Blaydon RFC. After a tense start, three quickfire tries tipped the game in NSB’s favour, the first coming from Ewan Goodridge following a series of forward drives. William Hodgson scored the second after dummying his way […]
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Junior Mandarin club calendars
This week in Mandarin club, the boys completed their Chinese calendars ready for the New Year. Throughout the term, the boys have been working hard to learn their numbers 0-99, days of the week and months in Mandarin pinyin and characters. For the past few weeks, they have been producing these beautiful calendars which showcase […]
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Junior School house rugby
Year 6 Boys in Year 6 gave it their all on Friday fighting for their houses. Newlands were the big winners on the day, with a number of star performers across all houses. Well done to Jacques G (Aldridge), Arthur M (Ascham), Ishwerjot S (Mavor) and Myles W (Newlands), who were the top performers in […]
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Year 12 dissection in Biology
Year 12 Biology students dissected a locust last week in an investigation into the respiratory system of insects. The practical involved using surgical scissors to cut open the locust’s abdomen and flooding the insect with saline solution in order to make the tracheal system visible. Most of the boys enjoyed this practical as it was different […]
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Nursery visit to Fenwick’s window
Nursery visited Fenwick’s window on Wednesday morning. The theme this year is Roald Dahl’s story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The boys were captivated by each window and thought it was funny that Violet had to be taken to the juicing room for squishing! After that, the boys took the lift to the third floor […]
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Year 6 Anglo-Saxon exhibition
Year 6 had an opportunity on Tuesday to showcase all of the spectacular work they had completed for this term’s humanities topic on the Anglo-Saxons. The boys did a fantastic job acting as tour guides by showing all of the parents and boys around their Anglo-Saxon museum. As well as exhibits, there were plenty of […]
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