Senior School News

This year’s Amnesty Variety Evening took place on 20 May, in support of two fantastic charities; English Plus, which supports refugees in Norwich by helping them to learn English, make friends and find a home here, and The Nandana Werapitiya Village Trust, which supports a Sri Lankan village with funds to purchase basic food stuffs and educational material.

This term has seen the launch of the all-new 'Business Breakfasts', a chance for pupils to hear from industry professionals and chat over breakfast.

ON Freddie Steward (09-19) picked up two titles at the prestigious RPA Awards.

The Norfolk Youth Summit is now in its second year and brings together pupils in M5 and L6 from schools across the county for a series of talks and discussions on important issues. Thursday 19th May saw pupils from Norwich School and Ormiston Victory Academy join together for the final in-person session on the topic of Building a Mentally Healthy School.

This term the Partnerships Committee has voted to support local charity, the Norfolk LGBTQ+ Project . The committee are planning two events to raise money for the charity - Home Clothes Day and the Fashion Show. We caught up with Partnerships Committee member, Macy-Jane Hewitt, to find out more...

There was a lovely surprise awaiting regular members of the staff cricket team who assemble to play cricket on a Thursday evening when they were joined by ON, Leicester Tiger and England rugby international Freddie Steward.

Six Upper Sixth A Level Biology pupils recently sat the challenging British Biology Olympiad paper.

On 11^th May we were delighted to host in the school’s Blake Studio the long-established and well-known Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society (NCAS) as part of their events programme.

Norwich School has for many years been proud to host the East of England branch of the Royal Geographical Society in their excellent series of public lectures delivered by experienced and engaging experts. The school hosts a regular programme of interesting talks on site throughout the year to enhance the school’s intellectual offering to its community of pupils, alumni, friends and parents as well as to the wider city of Norwich. These lectures form part of that.

On Wednesday 11th May we welcomed designer Sophie Miller to Norwich School to begin a new series of careers events called “Business Breakfasts”.

This week is World Mental Health Awareness Week and we are delighted to announce the opening of our new School Welfare Hub! 

This Wednesday, 11 May, Norwich School welcomes Peter Higgins RDI (Creative Director of Land Design Studio), and Lol Sargent RCA (Digital Artist & Designer) to the Blake Studio to talk about digital art. 

This week The Crypt Gallery welcomes an exciting exhibition, 'Thoughts from a sleepless night' by Connor Coulston. Curated by Caroline Fisher, the exhibition runs from 13 May to 28 May, open Tuesday to Saturday, 12 noon to 4pm. We caught up with Caroline to find out a little bit more about the exhibition and also learn more about what the work of a curator involves….