Category: School News
Costa Rica 2023
Towards the end of the summer term, 26 pupils from Westfield and Newcastle School for Boys joined forces to travel to Costa Rica. The trip including pupils from Years 11-13 provided some incredible insight into the Central American country, where la pura vida (everything’s great, ‘the pure life’) is a philosophy for the whole country […]
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Newcastle School for Boys pupils achieve significant added value in their GCSE grades
As pupils of Newcastle School for Boys received their GCSE results from this summer’s exams, there was particular celebration for those pupils who added significant value to their exam grades. The school use informed assessment data on each pupil’s entry into the School to measure likely future grade outcomes. This data is used as a […]
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Newcastle School for Boys pupils secure exciting next steps
Pupils of Newcastle School for Boys today embark on a wide range of exciting next steps, following receipt of this morning’s post-16 exam results. The students have successfully gained places on diverse range of university courses from Physics with Astrophysics, Law and Politics at prestigious Russell Group universities, to increasingly popular subjects such as Filmmaking, […]
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DofE silver qualifying expedition
Swaledale starts near Muker and ends at Richmond. The six DofE Silver walkers entered the dale from Tan Hill Inn a few miles north of Muker and on the way they had to climb over a big hill called Robert’s Seat. Miss Buxton Collins said they corrected a small detour and reached the first campsite […]
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Senior School sports day 2023
Outstanding character was on show in abundance as Years 7 to 10 competed in senior sports day. Once again, there was a full programme of track events, skill-based events plus cycling, rowing and the ever popular tug-of-war. Parents were also involved in the dads/lads and mums/sons races which were, again, hotly contested. Pupils showed outstanding […]
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Year 1 and 2 visit to Dukeshouse Wood
Last week the boys in Year 1 and 2 had an amazing adventure at Dukeshouse Wood in Hexham. During their 3 day and 2 night residential the boys were lucky enough to experience a range of amazing activities, including an obstacle course, mini beast hunt, high ropes, fencing, problem solving and climbing. The boys all […]
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1stXI HMC T20 Triangular
The 1stXI travelled to St Peter’s School in York to play in the third round of the HMC T20 Cup, a north of England final, to see which team would go through to the forth round. NSB played St Peter’s first and set them 136 for the loss of six wickets, with Alex C making 50no […]
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Former pupil success
Congratulations to former pupil, James A (Newlands, 2022), who just received his Gold award certificate at Buckingham Palace. You can read below what he wrote about the experience and some memories of his Gold canoeing expedition in 2021. James joined NSB in 2015 and followed his two older brothers into the DofE award scheme. “On Friday 19th […]
Read MoreUKMT Junior Mathematics Challenge
This week we received the outstanding results of our year 7 and 8 students in the recent UKMT Junior Maths Challenge. We once again demonstrated our exceptional talent and dedication to mathematics, with students achieving remarkable results in this prestigious competition. The UKMT Junior Maths Challenge is an annual event designed to stimulate mathematical thinking […]
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Year 4 trip to Rising Sun
Year 4 enjoyed a fantastic day at the Rising Sun Country Park in the sunshine. The morning began with pond dipping, finding a myriad of creatures including a colourful stickleback, all under the watchful eye of two very friendly mallard ducks. After lunch the boys used steel and flint to create sparks and light fires. Bertie commented […]
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