Category: School News
Debate Club – Friday 7th October
Topic: “This house believes that the use of violence as a means of creating political change is never justified” Last week, Debate Club’s discussion saw members use sophisticated arguments in order to navigate a difficult topic with deep ethical and historical implications. Led by Thomas N and Gabe H, the proposition argued that violence unnecessarily […]
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Voluntary Service Club visit to Feeding Families
Following on from our Harvest Festival food bank collection, some of the boys from Voluntary Service Club had the opportunity on Wednesday afternoon of visiting the charity Feeding Families’ packing centre in Blaydon. Taking the very generous donations from the School’s community with them, the boys found out some fascinating facts about the packaging of […]
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Junior School beach clean
All boys from Years 3 to 6 travelled to Tynemouth Longsands beach to take part in our first beach clean for 2022, in support of the fantastic charity Surfers Against Sewage’s Million Mile beach clean campaign. The boys travelled on the Metro to Tynemouth, litter pickers, safety gloves and recyclable bin bags in hand to […]
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West Avenue rugby
Our Year 6 boys travelled to Durham School on Friday for their first fixture of the year. The boys got stuck in from the offset with some strong tackling and running. They made fantastic progress around their catching and passing while moving with the highlight being Joshua Hs try. Junhong K was also all over the […]
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1st XV rugby v Yarm School
The 1st XV continued their good form with an excellent 50-7 victory away to Yarm. In difficult conditions, the boys moved the ball well, showing progress in their support and coaching the ball carrier. Centre Haydon M opened the scoring as he scorched down the right wing. Nicholas S added the second as he showed his […]
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Exam results 2022
With the new school year approaching and exam results having just been published, I wanted to congratulate all of our pupils who have received their results in the past week or so and share and celebrate their achievements with our school community. Those achievements are all the more remarkable given the challenges faced in the […]
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Newcastle School for Boys pupils surpass national averages across the board
Year 11 pupils have this morning received an excellent set of GCSE results despite two uncertain and challenging years due to Covid. The boys surpassed national averages with at least 50% of the results awarded the top 9 to 7 grades. This is supported by a 97% pass rate across the board. These results are […]
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96% of Newcastle School for Boys pupils secure chosen university place
96% of this year’s outgoing Year 13 cohort have already secured their chosen university place following today’s exam results. The pupils now go on to study at a range of universities across the UK and internationally, from those staying closer to home at Newcastle University to those moving as far at Barry University in Miami. […]
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Debate Club – Week Ending 08/07/2022
It is a tradition within debate club that the last debate of every term is a ‘fun’ debate. This is not to insinuate that our ordinary Friday morning debates are in any way banal – I think anyone who witnesses the energy and wit of arguments displayed in such debates would very much say otherwise […]
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Senior Sports Day
It was fantastic to get back on the field at South Northumberland Cricket Club for our traditional annual sports day. Despite being rearranged from last week due to the weather, there was a fantastic atmosphere with boys giving their all across a series of track, field and skills events. It was also wonderful to see […]
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