This term saw our first College Fortnight of the academic year. The aim of this fortnight is to focus on our fantastic College system, enabling students to come together in their College communities. 

This term students attended a College assembly and had the opportunity to watch and participate in sporting events.

It was really lovely to see the number of students that joined their College to watch the first England game in the World Cup, here at school, in one of the five College venues we set up.

Students also had the opportunity to take part in, and support, the College Football and Netball tournaments.  Our Year 10 Sports Leaders were tasked to put teams together for their College.  The results are below. 

Well Done to everyone who took part, the events were well supported and it was great to see the students enjoy representing their College as well as demonstrating excellent sportsmanship.  It’s really important that students work together and mix between Year groups within our College structure

There will be three College fortnights per academic year where students will take part in a range of events, including sports and quizzes.

Well Done to Manor who achieved the highest Reward Points for this term.  

On a rainy Wednesday morning on the 23^rd November, Year 11 Geographers visited Birmingham city centre to complete fieldwork.

By the time we arrived at our first destination of Brindley Place the rain luckily cleared, other sites visited the course of the day were the Library, Grand Central Station and the Bullring.

At each site visited students collected data in order to evaluate the success that urban regeneration has brought to the city. The data collection involved students completing methods such as fieldsketches and environmental quality surveys, and it was really pleasing to see how  well they completed this and how sensibly and politely students braved asking members of the public a questionnaire.

Year 11 are now busy following up the fieldtrip in lessons.

Thank you to all of our student who entered the book covering competition this year. We have seem some amazing designs and they have set a very high standard for the year ahead. Well done!

Year 7 have settled in well and have completed their first essays on the Battle of Hastings and have designed some very realistic castles for a home learning project. They will now be learning about Medieval Life, 1066 – 1500.

Well done to Year 8 who have produced some outstanding essays on Henry VIII and the English Reformation. They were a pleasure to read and demonstrate excellent progress from Y7.

Year 9 have been working hard on their first assessment at GCSE, writing some analytical essays exploring the causes of WWI and debating the British policy of appeasement. Well done to 9B for producing some amazing projects for Black History Month.  These will be on display in the History Department area.

Meanwhile, Year 10 have been learning about the problem’s facing Elizabeth I and have completed their first assessment on Elizabethan England. Well done!

Year 11 are busy revising the Medicine Unit in preparation for their mock exams in December. Thank you to Mrs Keane for producing the revision schedule and resources that are now available on G4S.

Year 7 students in German have been learning about Indonesian culture as part of our International Schools commitment. Indonesia has a rich heritage of oral storytelling. In the past people would gather round in a circle each night to listen to the local storyteller. One common approach that is still used today to tell stories in Indonesia is Wayang. This is a form of puppet  theatre where a story is told using shadow puppets against a cloth screen that is lit from behind by a coconut oil lamp.

Students were challenged to make authentic Indonesian or Halloween puppets, which would then have short conversations in German. This included greeting each other, asking their names and how they were feeling and finally, saying goodbye to each puppet. This repetition, alongside fun and creativity provides an excellent opportunity for retention of language and improves their oracy skills.

Students responded with great enthusiasm and effort to make a wonderful variety of puppets and were able to converse in German beautifully with confidence. One student created a lit theatre for his puppet and received an R3. 
 (Miss Donnellan with 7T / 7A)

On Tuesday 29^th November, the Music Department were finally able to hold their annual Winter Concert for the first time in three years! Over 70 students were  involved and all gave amazing and did the school proud.

The concert was well attended and well received, so a massive thank you to all those who came to support our wonderful talent here at NLS.

It has been a busy start to the new school year in Photography with the development of a new shared photography studio alongside our main studio in Design.

This term the new Year 9 Photography students have been actively learning new skills and developing ideas around the theme of Formal Elements. These are just some examples of the images they have created.

Two of our students Thea Y9 and Logan Y10 have also had great success with a local Photography competition LeamPhotoFest22 https://www.photiq.uk/leamington-photofest-2022/   with Logan gaining first place in the youth section and Thea being selected for ‘people’s choice’ both exhibiting their work online – Congratulations to both!

Day Comes to Rest’ – Logan

‘For the Love of Nature’ – Thea

We have welcomed a new Year 12 class with lots of exciting work and ideas emerging. They have explored various lighting techniques, compositions and even some analogue darkroom techniques completing photograms as seen below.

Year 11 & Year 13 students have been busy completing their Component 1 assessments getting ready for Component 2 to be released in the New Year.

Claire Muddyman
Head of Photography

This term in Astronomy Club, students have bearning about the meaning of Astronomy and its four distinct branches: astrophysics, astrobiology, astrogeology and astronometry. They have created detailed posters and presentations to explain each of these branches.
These posters are now a part of our growing noticeboard in the laboratories.

We have also researched famous astronomers and their findings. Students did an amazing job investigating and delivering presentations about notable scientists such as: Isaac Newton, Nicolaus Copernicus, Henrietta Swann Leavitt, Galileo Galilei, Erastothenes, Johannes Kepler, Christiaan Huygens, Annie Jump Cannon and many more.

On Tuesday 6^th December we learned about an upcoming phenomenon of Mars opposition to the Sun and being able to observe an almost perfect alignment of the Sun, the Earth, the Moon and Mars, which took place on Wednesday 7^th December.

The Astronomy Club will continue after the break with many more engaging activities, from making and launching rockets, to making and using telescopes!

Year7 students have had a fantastic start to Science Club this term – looking at everything from eye dissections to holograms, coloured fire and egg parachutes, and even a Christmas-themed investigation to help Mrs Claus!

The Science Department look forward to welcoming our next bunch of enthusiastic Scientists next term – keep an eye out in the Tutor Time Bulletin

Warwickshire local authority have produced an ‘Inclusion Charter’ to promote inclusive practice across Warwickshire schools. We are extremely proud of the resources the IEN Faculty offer our students.

The Charter is now on our website and has been circulated to staff. 

Warwickshire Inclusion Charter

Below are some of the fantastic Christmas cards that our Year 7 and 8 students completed.  They are amongst those that we then distributed to the Art Charity, Kissing it Better, along with mince pies and crackers.

Well done to all our students and many  thanks to those who donated mince pies and crackers. These cards will make the life of patients in local hospital just that little better.

Year 7 have been studying how to draw still life and are now investigating other artist's styles and techniques

Ice safety messages and resource from Warwickshire Fire & Rescue Service

Following the tragic incident in Solihull where four children fell through ice on a lake, Warwickshire Fire & Rescue Service (WFRS) would like to reiterate some key safety messages for spending time near water in icy conditions.

 This article - https://bit.ly/ice-safety-wfrs - details the advice from WFRS for avoiding incidents, as well as what to do if something goes wrong. 

In addition, this resource from the RLSS - https://bit.ly/rlss-ice-safety - can be used to help educate children about the dangers associated with icy water, an essential part of keeping them safe.

We hope you find this information useful. 

Community Fire Safety Officer
Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service 

We have also received safety advice information from ROSPA which can be accessed in this link: 
https://www.rospa.com/leisure-water-safety/water/advice/ice

Understanding Your Teenager:

This workshop recognises that parenting teenagers can be hard at times. It aims to enhance parent/carer relationships with their teenagers and gain more of an understanding around the transition to adolescence.

If you are interested in attending this workshop at North Leamington School, please register your interest with Nikki Holt – Family Support Worker at nholt@northleamington.co.uk. Further details will be advertised with dates and times in the New Year.

Further online guides are also available via www.warwickshire.gov.uk/parentguides. Enter the access code BEAR when prompted.