Lower School news

Form 3 took part in an amazing Willow Sculpting workshop last week. The wonderful sculptures will be placed in the Outdoor Classroom for all to enjoy.

Roald Dahl’s magic has woven its way through book pages and our imaginations for decades so, at Norwich Lower School library, we thought we should take the opportunity to celebrate him and his tales on Roald Dahl Day.        

This year, Dahl Day fell on Wednesday 13^th September: this date is when Roald was born and would mark his 101 birthday!

On the first day of term, the Lower One pupils visited the Cathedral Cloisters.

During the summer holidays, ten Lower School pupils embarked on a trip described as ‘five days in another world’: a voyage around the Suffolk and Essex coasts aboard Thalatta – an historic Thames Sailing Barge.

On the first day back at school, the children were very excited to see their new adventure playground. 

Pupils from the Lower School and four other local schools worked with the Writers’ Centre Norwich over eight weeks to launch their own book celebrating Norwich as the first city in England to be nominated as a UNESCO City of Literature.

Norwich School entered 5 teams into the Eastern Region Snowsports Association Schools Championship event on an extremely busy day at Norfolk Snowsports Centre. Around 400 athletes attended the biggest ever ERSA Schools Race on a fine spring day.

On the final day of the Lent Term, the Lower School raised £231.40 for the Marie Curie charity by 'wearing something yellow'.

On Sunday 2nd April, 54 staff, parents and pupils embarked on the Lower School Ski Trip 2017 to Bormio, Italy.

Congratulations to the School Choir and the Chamber Choir who were both awarded 'Outstanding' following their performances at the Norfolk County Music Festival. The Chamber Choir sang 'Linstead Market' and 'Catch me if you can', and the School Choir sang 'You've got to pick a pocket or two' and 'Will you go lassie go'.

Pupils at the Lower School celebrated World Book Day on the 2nd March by dressing up as a character from one of their favourite books. We had characters from a wide range of books which included wizards, the Mad Hatter, Mr Men and Where's Wally.

Alex Mitton visited the school to give an inspirational talk in assembly and a coaching session for some of the F3 boys.