Category: Early Years and Juniors
Year 5 trip to Washington Old Hall
The boys had a great day and impressed the staff with their knowledge of living in Tudor Times. On arrival, the boys were dressed in Tudor peasant outfits and for a select group, they wore Tudor costumes fit for a banquet. This included two female roles which caused much hilarity. The banquet seems to have […]
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Tom Gates book launch
Last week 5 boys from West Avenue were invited to meet Liz Pichon the author of the hugely successful Tom Gates books as she celebrated the official launch of her latest book in the Malmaison Hotel on the Quayside. Ibrahim A G, Thomas B C, Oliver L, Billy P and Fraser R enjoyed a wonderful informal […]
Read MoreU16 Tennis at Ampleforth
Bayley C and Tim S attended the North of England Under 16 Tennis last Saturday, held at Ampleforth College, representing NSB for the first time in the tournament. Drawn in a tough first group, the boys won each of their doubles matches comfortably, playing some great tennis to beat pairs from Bradford Grammar, Manchester Grammar, Bolton […]
Read More1st XV win County Cup for first time
The 1st XV capped an excellent season with a convincing win in the County Cup final. In front of a large crowd at Druid Park, the NSB boys played some superb Rugby to defeat King Edward’s Morpeth 59-3. With forwards and backs playing with huge intensity NSB scored some outstanding tries at regular intervals but […]
Read MoreDuke of Edinburgh Bronze practice
Without doubt the toughest Bronze practice weekend that any NSB DofE participant has ever experienced. Nothing will be as tough as that on the Bronze qualifying expedition in June. All twenty boys completed the 30 km route and got a real sense of achievement. On Saturday several slipped into bog on the supervised route between […]
Read MoreSpelling Bee regional final 2015
Well done to Daniel, Freddie, Oliver and Sam in Year 7 for proudly representing NSB at the Regional Finals of the Spelling Bee Competition at Newcastle University on the afternoon of 29th April. The event was organised for the fifth year running by Routes into Languages, a consortium of universities working together with schools to […]
Read MoreSenior School trip to Normandy
44 boys in Year 7 and 8 spent six sunny days in Normandy based at a hotel situated right on a beach that overlooked the D-Day landing beach codenamed ‘Sword’. Fortunately the 17 hour coach and ferry return journey went smoothly. They discovered several things about Normandy: they learned about Norman and Gothic architecture and […]
Read MoreU13 Sports Tour to Oxford
29 boys from Year 7 and 8 enjoyed a thrilling tour to Oxford last weekend. The tour started on Friday and following the journey down and checking in to the hotel, the boys departed for the first fixture against Oxford RFC. Supported by a keen team of NSB parents who travelled to watch, the boys […]
Read MoreU9 football v RGS
In what was an extremely successful morning of football, the Under 9 teams achieved a clean sweep of victories over their RGS counterparts. Dominant throughout, the A team won 3-0 through an Alexander Charnley brace (two excellently-taken goals from distance) and a third from Fraser Robertson. Strong wing-play from Archie McLean – always willing to […]
Read MoreDuke of Edinburgh Silver practice expedition
Last weekend, 17 boys in Year 11 did their DofE Silver practice expedition. Eleven went canoeing down the River Tyne near Hexham while the other six walked up Swaledale. Weather conditions tested their mettle but all completed the expedition and they are now ready to tackle the three day qualifying expeditions in June – the […]
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