Category: Seniors and Sixth Form
UKMT 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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Duke of Edinburgh bronze qualifying expedition
Last week, 27 boys in Year 10 walked 31 km over two days and also camped overnight in Kielder Forest. For many this was the first time they had packed everything they needed to survive outdoors into a backpack which they then carried for two days. Each of the five teams had to navigate their way […]
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Year 9 Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme taster expedition
Simonside Outdoor Adventure’s ensemble of mountain leaders orchestrated a tantalising introduction for the 20 Year 9 boys who took part in the DofE taster expedition last Friday and Saturday. Many of them had not camped before or cooked food in the open. Some had not been to the Lake District. Seathwaite Campsite sits just south […]
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Senior School ski trip to Italy
By Matthew (year 10) The expedition began with a ten hour transfer, followed by the airline losing six students bags. However, in this struggle the students exhibited outstanding resilience and a strong sense of community by coming together to get the students the gear to ski the next day. After two days of skiing, the students […]
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Duke of Edinburgh Award
Last weekend seven silver Duke of Edinburgh participants revised their map reading and first aid skills at the Simonside Outdoor Adventure (SOA) Centre in South Shields. They studied the walking route of their practice expedition in Wark Forest and made route cards. Each leg has four ‘D’s – direction, distance, duration and description. You get […]
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FRENCH EXCHANGE TRIP TO PARIS & CHARTRES
Our Paris tourists have deepened ties with our French exchange school in Chartres by their ambassadorial demeanour and their enthusiasm for making new links with students at Institution Notre Dame. One of the reasons for the trip was to renew links lost during lockdown after two successful foreign exchanges. One boy commented that ‘the (French) students […]
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History and politics trip to Berlin
Our History and Politics recently enjoyed a busy few days in Berlin. They started their trip with a great walking tour of Berlin to see the Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie, The Berlin Wall, Goering’s Luftwaffe HQ, the Fuhrer Bunker, the site of the Nazi burning of the books and various memorials. The Sunday started with […]
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Debate Club – Friday 3rd March
“This house believes that Paddington Bear has had a greater impact on media than Winnie the Pooh” In what was an impassioned and heated debate, the proposition opened with the fact that Winnie the Pooh has starred in many more films and spin off shows than Paddington Bear. Swiftly the opposition turned to the role […]
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World Book Day
In celebration of World Book Day, the Senior School held a tutor book quiz for boys in Years 7 to 10 and ended up with a tie between 10SN, 7QS and 8TM all getting 20/20. Well done to all those form groups. We were joined by the fantastic author Darren Simpson. Darren spent the whole morning at the […]
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