Category: Early Years and Juniors
Primary Maths Challenge
It certainly has been a busy term for our Junior School mathematicians! Over two weeks, boys in Years 5 and 6 completed the Primary Maths Challenge, a paper that not only tests the boys’ mathematical knowledge but is also a true test of their logical thinking and problem-solving skills. Following two rounds of challenge, six of […]
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Year 5 and 6 visit to London
Last week, 30 boys from Years 5 and 6 travelled for a three-day, two-night trip to London. After what felt like a very long trip down on the coach, we arrived at The British Museum and spent the afternoon studying their ancient Egyptian and Greek artefacts, including the divisive Elgin marbles and Parthenon frieze exhibition. […]
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Junior school rugby
The junior school rugby teams enjoyed another busy week of fixtures and continued to show their developing skills. Despite the weather the year five boys looked to move the ball around against Red House academy. Boys showed fantastic go forward evading defenders regularly. There was fantastic support of the ball in attack by Hamish G and Jack A leading to […]
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Senior school rugby
The under 12 and under 13 team travelled to Austin Friars School on Saturday and had a terrific morning of rugby. The under 12’s dominated the game early, scoring four unanswered tries with some really creative play, good awareness and slick offloading. After some constraints were applied the game evened out. The boys responded brilliantly […]
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1st XV retain Hadrian Cup
The 1st XV team travelled to Austin Friars School in Carlisle to play their annual match for the Hadrian Cup. Missing some key players through injury, the boys showed outstanding adaptability and resilience to retain the trophy with a 34-19 win. NSB started well, guided up field through some excellent kicking from Haydon M. The forwards were […]
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Debate Club – Friday 18th November
By Oliver L (Year 13) Topic: “This house believes that Christmas should not be celebrated until December begins” Last week Debate Club discussed when the correct time to celebrate Christmas begins, an often-controversial topic during this transitory period where Christmas songs start to be played. Led by Adam H, the proposition argued that 25 days is an ample time to […]
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Interfaith Week
The Senior School and pupils in Year 6 celebrated Inter Faith Week last week. This was an opportunity for students to learn about people of all faiths and none, in a celebration of our differences. Inter Faith Week started in 2009 in England and is currently in its 13th year. Inter faith cooperation and understanding are vital in […]
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NSB students honoured at the Sport Newcastle Dinner
One current and one former NSB student were honoured at last week’s Sport Newcastle annual awards evening. Both were recognised with Rising Star awards in a hotly contested category for the best young talent from across the North East. Old boy Oliver F was awarded for his performances for England U20 rugby team last season as […]
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Under 15 Rugby
The Under 15 A and B teams took on RGS this week. The Under 15 boys produced an outstanding performance to overcome RGS 31-17 in an excellent encounter on Saturday morning. Scoring started early in the game when NSB fly half Robbie B intercepted and ran in from 50m, he added the conversion himself. Following good […]
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Year 12 Sports Leaders at Darras Hall Primary School
It was a fantastic morning for our sports leaders last Thursday as they got their first taste of running an event. The group of leaders, which includes three Westfield School girls, organised a rugby taster session for the whole of year 4 at Darras Hall Primary School. This involved delivering six adapted games, designed to […]
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