Category: Seniors and Sixth Form
1st XV Rugby tour to the Isle of Man
On Friday of last week the 1st XV squad embarked on a two night, two match tour of the Isle of Man. Hosting them were King William’s College, a boarding school based in Castletown in the south of the island. They took the ferry from Heysham and the crossing was fairly calm, something that could […]
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Choral scholars head to Paris
St Nicholas Cathedral Choir have just returned after a fabulous tour in Paris this half term. The choir sang in some beautiful Parisian churches, including Saint Sulpice and The American Cathedral. A particular favourite was at La Madeleine with its amazing acoustics. The choir performed to a packed out audience and were received with great […]
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Gosforth Community Book Festival – Saturday 17th October
The Gosforth Community Book Festival got off to a flying start on Friday 16th with Year 5 and 6 travelling to Gosforth Junior High Academy to hear Dan Freedman talk about his life in writing and his wonderful Jamie Johnson books. Meeting an author who has interviewed Beckham, Messi and Ronaldo was amazing inspiration. In […]
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Under 12 Tait 10s Shield Winners
Last Sunday, the under 12 rugby team travelled to Barnard Castle School to compete in the Tait 10s tournament. With 16 of the top schools from the North, NSB were grouped with Rodillian School (Leeds), Carmel School (Darlington) and Barnard Castle School. In the first game NSB started well with some strong rucking and defensive […]
Read MoreUnder 13 Rugby v RGS
The under 13 Rugby team were in outstanding form on Thursday when they beat a very good RGS side by seven tries to one. The first 10 minutes were a stalemate with both teams trying to physically impose themselves on the opposition. RGS took the early lead with a well worked try. However, the NSB […]
Read MoreMowden Invitational Cross-Country
NSB took three teams to the Mowden Invitational Cross-Country last Saturday and returned with much silverware, thanks to the excellent performances from the boys. In the Under 9 race, NSB put in a strong performance finishing second overall in the team event. Folu Eand Christie O, running a year up, finished 10th and 15th respectively, with Sam […]
Read MoreWhole School Story
This week, a number of our boys collaborated to put together a ‘Whole School Story’ as part of World Literacy Day. The stimulus was ‘Stig of the Dump’ which is currently being read to Year 2 as part of their Stone Age topic. The Year 2 boys then set the scene and came up with […]
Read MoreNSB 1st XV v Bede Academy
Played at Northern RFC Wednesday 16th September 2015 If the Bede Academy number 8 catching the first kick off and racing sixty metres to score gave the NSB coach and spectators some concern, it certainly did not worry the players. What followed was a lesson in creative, flowing rugby from NSB which few teams could […]
Read MoreGCSE Geographers sample fieldwork at Cranedale
Only three days into the new school year, the Year 11 GCSE Geographers ventured out for a residential trip to the excellent Cranedale Centre, near Malton. This trip was designed to give the students the opportunity to immerse themselves in the subject (without the distractions of the usual busy school timetable) as well as conduct […]
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Cranedale Activity Week 2015
In July, 24 boys in Year 6-8 and three members of staff spent a week at the Cranedale Centre, a field centre situated in the village of Kirby Grindalythe on the northern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds, a few miles south east of Malton. This year the Centre ran a new game for all similar […]
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