Category: School News
Edinburgh field trip
On Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd April, Maps and Facts club and UNESCO club went on a visit to Edinburgh, a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) World Heritage site. We met early on Tuesday morning at Newcastle railway station to catch our train to Edinburgh; we were excited on that hour and a […]
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Under 16 football v John Spence Community High School
Report by Alex N (Year 11) In the days leading up to this game, NSB weren’t confident about their first round county cup match against John Spence. They knew they would be up against a good team with a number of very good footballers in their side. NSB started the game well despite the terrible, windy conditions […]
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Year 9 medicine and dentistry day
Last Wednesday, a group of Year 9 boys took a day trip to Newcastle University’s medicine and dentistry day. They experienced life as a medical school student and had the opportunity to work with a number of scientists during lectures and practical sessions. The group began with a dentistry practical session, which involved moulding dental […]
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Year 12 Operating Theatre Live event
Report by Anish D (Year 12) On Tuesday, we travelled to Heaton Manor School to spend the day participating in an event called Operating Theatre Live, as once seen on Dragon’s Den. Starting off the day was the theoretical aspect, learning about the peripheral and central nervous systems. After this we took the roles of anaesthetists, making an […]
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Somme 2019
43 boys in Year 7 and Year 8 and five teachers spent five days in France and Belgium, staying at two hotels, one near Le Touquet and the other in Ypres. On the way back in the coach from Belgium last Friday all the boys agreed to write their thoughts about the trip in a […]
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Character in day to day life at NSB
The Senior School house music competition was a fun event full of character virtues. House music was filled with the boys listening to their peers and the audience. It was great to see the audience from grandparents to little brothers and sisters. Mavor sang Paradise by George Ezra. Mrs Dodds and Robbie B took charge […]
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Home learning
This blog is about homework. It is intended to summarise and capture the key content and discussion at our recent parents’ forum held at The Grove. I hope it captures the content and some of the discussion from the evening and that it is particularly informative for those parents who were unable to attend our […]
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Christmas holiday club
The Newcastle School for Boys holiday club ran for the first week of the Christmas holidays, with boys from Years 1 to 7 having a great time enjoying a range of activities and trips throughout a busy week. The club was taken to a range of local points of interest, including completing an elf trail at Wharton Park, […]
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Year 7 History – design a castle competition
In the final week of the Autumn term, Year 7 historians completed their castles projects. They had been studying the building and development of castles – from William the Conqueror’s Motte and Bailey castles to modern-day castle palaces. The boys had learnt about life inside castles, come up with their own plans for a castle siege […]
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Qualifications are not enough
Qualifications are not enough. They get students to the next stage but will not necessarily allow them to thrive when they get there. It was with this in mind that we have launched our new sixth form offer. From September 2019, boys in Newcastle School for Boys’ sixth form will enjoy an enhanced and extended […]
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