Updates from NLS
This half-term has flown by and the Christmas break seems a distant memory!
That said, students in the Sixth Form have done a great deal and, as ever, been a pleasure to work with and a credit to you as their parents.
Year 10 students have returned to school after the Christmas period displaying an impressive and pleasing attitude towards their learning. It has been great to see students adapt to the increasing demands of their GCSE subjects, with them now experiencing mock exams, controlled assessments and coursework that will contribute to their subjects’ overall grade.
As we reach the end of, what I always think is often the most challenging, half term it has been lovely to reflect on the continued progress and growing maturity of Year 7. As the nights are getting lighter and spring is on the horizon it is also a great opportunity to look forward to some exciting opportunities for the remainder of the year ahead.
WE ARE HALF WAY THROUGH THIS ACADEMIC YEAR! Spring is fastly approaching. It has been a very busy 6 weeks of the Spring Term.
It has been amazing to see so many students getting involved with the variety of different clubs and fixtures that have been available this term. Our clubs have been well attended with fantastic sportsmanship and behaviour along with fantastic results. Our newest club, Volleyball, has proved hugely popular and we are delighted to now be able to offer this additionally to Year 9 students. Alongside our sporting clubs, 114 students have signed up to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme we are able to offer here at NLS, which is a record number.
Of special mention are the three teams from NLS that competed at the National Squash Championship with one of our teams coming first and qualifying for the next round! Paulina S (Year 8) and Maisie C 's (Year 9) selection to represent the U14 Warwickshire Schools Football team this academic year; a brilliant achievement for both girls and four students took part in the Warwickshire Schools U18 Team Table Tennis Championships. You can read more about these achievements in the half term reports for all of our sports clubs.
We are proud to congratulate Shingai, Sanjeev, Jeevan and Daria for completing their CISCO Internet of Things (IoT) Certification.
The Computer Science Department launched the CISCO Networking Academy course back in September. It introduces students to the concept of a network foundation connecting billions of things and trillions of gigabytes of data to enhance decision making and interactions.
The next certificate will be available at the beginning of 2023 so please keep an eye out on the website Latest News’in January. You don’t have to be a Computer Science student to sign up to the CISCO courses, you just have to be interested in the topic area, want to try something new and be able to work independently (approx. 20 hours of self-study.)
KS3 Update
In Year 7 students have been creatively responding to traditional Greek Mythical creatures as well as creating their own. Also, in the final week of this term students have participated in the International Schools Project where they will start designing their own spy character which will be sent to our partnership school in India.
Year 8 have turned their hands to non-fiction writing. Students have been writing letters, speeches in response to prejudice/ discrimination within our society. During Christmas week students had a taste of Media as they worked to create their own chocolate bar campaign/ pitch.
At the start of next term, Year 8 will be embarking their study of ‘The Tempest’. To kick start this, students will take part in a workshop which will introduce them to the setting, characters and/or themes of the play. We hope that this will ignite their enthusiasm for one of Shakespeare’s most magical and wondrous plays.
RSC Associate School – Exciting News!
We are pleased to announce that we are now an RSC Associate School. Four NLS students represented the school as RSC Ambassadors at the 37 Plays workshop in November. They have launched a College Script-writing competition which runs every Thursday after school.
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