Category: Seniors and Sixth Form
French Exchange 2017
Last week seven boys returned from a week living with their host families and attending lessons at the Institution Notre Dame in Chartres, on the second leg of the Senior School French Exchange. The boys participated in some fascinating visits. A guided tour of the stunning Chartres Cathedral was complemented with a stained glass workshop […]
Read MoreSixth Form Enrichment
By Reece M, Year 12 In this week’s enrichment, our headmaster Mr Tickner gave us some crucial tips on how to handle workload as we get closer to exams. The main aspect of this session was to learn the value of VESPA (Vision, Effort, Systems, Practice and Attitude). When all of these attributes are used […]
Read MoreMaths inspiration lectures
By Bayley C, Year 12 On 14th March a group the Year 12 Mathematicians, along with Year 11 students considering A Level Mathematics for next year, went to a very inspiring maths lecture at the Northern Stage in Newcastle. The lecture was organised by Inspire Maths and we heard from three speakers from very different […]
Read MoreDriving safety
Last Thursday, all of our Sixth Form students attended a driving safety presentation at Newcastle High School for Girls. The presentation was led by the Road Sense Common Sense initiative, aimed at young and newly qualified drivers. The presentation included talks from Northumbria Police motor patrols, Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue and the North […]
Read MoreSixth Form enrichment review
The Sixth Form students have been involved in a wide variety of different workshops and talks over the past few months as part of their enrichment lessons. Last half term the boys welcomed Gavin Watt from Nuffield Health who delivered a talk on health and wellbeing. In subsequent weeks, Mrs Snowdon delivered a workshop for […]
Read MoreNewcastle School for Boys Open Lecture Series 2016-7
Mrs Maunika Gowardhan – ‘The Business of Food: A journey into this creative industry and the world of Indian cuisine’ And what a journey it was! On Tuesday 21 March, the Newcastle School for Boys open lecture 2016-17 series opened with an incredible talk from professional chef, food writer and NSB parent Maunika Gowardhan. The audience […]
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Under 8 football v Bow School
The boys in Year 3 showed their potential with a fantastic performance at home to Bow. They got off to a fast start thanks to two goals from Oliver Y. This was backed by solid defending from Jacques G and Ishwerjot S. The boys then further stretched their lead after Ahmed A calmly found the net when he was left unmarked in […]
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Under 10 football v Walkergate Community School
The Under 10 A team picked up their football season this Tuesday with a hard-fought 1-0 win against a strong Walkergate side. Playing in horrendously windy conditions at Goals, NSB were made to defend hard, with goalkeeper Benedikt V making some fine saves, alongside crucial tackles and blocks from Yureesh P and Matthew S at centre-back. NSB did create chance after […]
Read MoreUnder 11 at Durham School rugby sevens tournament
On a sunny day in Durham, NSB were straight away in the thick of the action against Cundall Manor in the first of their group games. A strong start from both teams saw opportunities hard to come by early on. Cundall’s size advantage allowed them to break tackles for the first score of the game, Henry […]
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Year 2 mini-beasts
This term the Year 2 boys are learning all about mini-beasts. They are thoroughly enjoying this topic. The boys were set the task to make a mini-beast habitat for homework. Some of the habitats have real creepy crawlies in them! The boys are a very able and creative class and they always put 100% into […]
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