Category: Seniors and Sixth Form
‘Reading makes you smart’
On Monday morning, author Dan Smith came to talk to all Year 7, 8 and 9 boys about his adventurous life and love of stories. Boys and staff alike enjoyed lively accounts of his boyhood in Asia and Brazil – with accompanying photos of both hitmen and caiman. Throughout he emphasised how the stories told in films, books and in his […]
Read MoreMathematics inspiration lecture
On Tuesday afternoon, a group of Year 11, 12 and 13 attended a Mathematics inspiration lecture at The Northern Stage. This annual event is always a hit, allowing students the chance to hear from interesting speakers talking about how they use mathematics in their life. This year, the boys heard from Rob Eastaway, a mathematician […]
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Year 6 Code Club
Congratulations to the members of Year 6 Code Club who have all completed Module 1 of Scratch. They spent Tuesday’s session sharing the games they’ve created using Scratch programming language and are now looking forward to starting work on their first HTML & CSS project next week. The activities in Code Club encourage challenge-based learning and introduce […]
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Year 2 to 3 transition day
It was wonderful to welcome the Year 2 boys to West Avenue on Wednesday. They discovered what life will be like for them when they join Year 3 in September. After working hard in the morning, the boys thoroughly enjoyed their dinner. The chocolate brownies were especially popular. Their day finished with a meeting for […]
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Junior School carol service
On a frosty and very festive Wednesday morning, our junior boys delighted and entertained their families at our Junior School Christmas service, held at All Saints’ Church. Boys from all years in the Junior School put on a fantastic performance showing great talent in singing, reading and the playing of a range of musical instruments. […]
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Giving advent calendar
In November, Mr Hallam gave a thought-provoking assembly to the Senior School about the idea of making a positive difference, however small, wherever we can. He also introduced the idea of a giving advent calendar, whereby people might give or do something charitable rather than take chocolate out of a calendar during Advent. This struck […]
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Chamber Choir visit to Abbeyfield
The Senior School Chamber Choir made their annual visit to our neighbours at Abbeyfield residential care home on Wednesday. The boys gave a 40 minute performance of carols and Christmas songs to the residents as part of their Christmas party. Gabe Hin Year 7 and Alfie M in Year 13 both gave a solo performance. The boys […]
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Not Now Nativity!
On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, the boys at North Avenue entertained their families in the Not Now Nativity. The Nursery boys were sheep, the Reception boys were stars and Years 1 and 2 acted a mixture of parts including inn keepers and Mary and Joseph. The boys spoke their lines with great enthusiasm and […]
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Newcastle United Academy work experience
By Dan L, Year 13 Last Wednesday I spent some time doing work experience at the Newcastle United Academy. I got the chance to watch the Under 13s training, as well as seeing all of the other facilities, including the gym. I then had a chance to look through all of the sports science and physiological performance data […]
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National Young Mathematicians’ awards
Congratulations to Roshaan Hussain, Yohann Le Heron, Yureesh Pillay and Louis Shepherd Elliott, our team of Year 6 Mathematicians who qualified for round 2 of the National Young Mathematicians’ awards held at Explore Learning, Kingston Park. The boys’ incredible teamwork and problem solving skills saw them comfortably through the first round three weeks ago. Following […]
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