Category: Headmasters Blog
A sporting chance
Tuesday 3rd May 2016 Sport enriches lives and can make dreams come true. Just ask a Leicester City fan if you can find one prepared to interrupt their celebrations. Sport is also educational. It teaches us about life – its chances and successes; injustices and setbacks. Ed Smith – writer, broadcaster and former professional cricketer […]
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Junior and Infant Easter Service
The Junior and Infant Schools finished off a super term with a lovely Easter service. It was wonderful to see the church full again as everyone came together as a community to reflect on the Easter message. Boys should be commended for some bright and enthusiastic singing and music with confident reading and performances. This […]
Read MoreUnder 13 independent schools regional football
Well done to the following Year 8 boys: James H, Bobby J, Max M, Ollie M, Zak M and George R. The boys represented the region’s independent schools team at the festival held at Shrewsbury School during the Easter holidays. NSB was the school providing the most players for the regional squad. Congratulations to the […]
Read MoreYear 10 medical school visit
On Friday 17th March, 13 Year 10 boys took part in a day of activities at Newcastle University medical school. In the morning they learned about a new degree course being offered from 2017 in Sport and Exercise Science. This course is designed to teach students the biomechanical, physiological and psychological aspects of sport and […]
Read MoreIntermediate Maths Challenge
In February, some of our boys from Year 10 entered the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge. Over 200 000 pupils from across the UK sat this year’s paper, and nationally, the top 6% were awarded a gold certificate, the next 13% silver and the next 21% bronze. Congratulations to the following boys: Gold certificate – Michael […]
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Open Lecture Series 2015-16 – Dr Mirela Cuculescu-Santana
Getting hot under the shell: A tale of two crabs some mussels and global warming. On Tuesday 19th April, we will be closing this academic year’s open lecture series with a fascinating talk from Dr Mirela Cuculescu-Santana. Dr Cuculescu-Santana is a Senior Lecturer in Biology at the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Northumbria […]
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Easter on the pistes
It was a pleasure to accompany our Senior School ski trip to Aprica in northern Italy during the first week of the Easter holidays. 57 varieties of boys from Years 7 to 11 – our largest group yet on the School’s fifth biennial ski trip. Before we left, a number of parents offered staff and […]
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Rugby safety
A couple of events in the past week or so have caused me to reflect upon and refute the recent open letter from the Sport Collision Injury Collective – not all of whom were arguing from a medical perspective – advocating a ban of contact rugby in schools. Last week, I was pleased to attend […]
Read MoreMathematical inspiration
By Haider K, Year 11. On Wednesday 9th March, boys in Year 11 considering Maths at A-level and Sixth Formers who are already studying it, attended the Maths Inspiration lecture held at Northern Stage. They, as well as students from other schools, were entertained and educated by three, high achieving professionals who discussed the relevance […]
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Year 1 trip to Whitehouse Farm
What a ‘farmtastic’ day Year 1 had at Whitehouse Farm. First off they had the chance to handle small animals in the petting barn. Such brave boys they were holding mice, rabbits, chicks, guinea pigs, skinny pigs, a rainbow boa, a Chinese water dragon and a tarantula! After lunch, the boys headed for the farm animals. They […]
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