Senior School News

Last night pupils, parents, ONs and staff were informed and challenged by the leadership journeys of both Lord Dannatt and John Drake, in the Leaders in Conversation event held in the Blake Studio.

Last week the U16 and U19 Netball teams both won the title of County Champions in their respective age groups, and will progress to the Regional tournament in January.

Making Musicians is a series of 9 recitals given by pupils from Norwich School and occasionally other local schools. It is an opportunity for exceptional musicians to perform in front of an audience in an intimate, but impressive setting. The next performance is on Thursday 25^th January 2018 at 1.10pm. Admission is free and all visitors to the Cathedral are welcome to attend.

This year’s school musical, Norwich School Presents: We Will Rock You, is now into its last few rehearsals, with the first performance just days away. After 8 weeks of hard work the cast are making their final preparations for a five show run at the Norwich Playhouse, from Wednesday to Saturday next week.

Almost 100 adventurous pupils, as well as some parents and staff, braved the burning coals to raise money for charity. All of the pupils found the experience a powerful and invigorating experience, and thankfully everyone came away from the daunting experience without any injuries, with many going back for a second or third walk!

On Thursday 9^th November, Norwich School welcomed a delegation from the Chinese State Sports General Administration Social Sports Centre to introduce Dragon & Lion Dancing, Roli-Ball and Health Qigon to Norfolk. The Lord Major of Norwich, Councillor David Fullman, was at the event to welcome the delegation and join in with the activities.

The U14 Girls hockey team had a very early start on Tuesday as they travelled to represent Norfolk in the Eastern Region Championships, and attempt to qualify for the National Finals.

This morning, over 500 school children from 20 schools across Norfolk and Suffolk and Cambridgeshire gathered at the Open in Norwich for the second Michaelmas Mathematics Symposium. The event, organised by Norwich School, aimed to inspire, educate and broaden the horizons of GCSE and A Level mathematicians in Norfolk. This year, Dr James Grime spoke on various elements of code-breaking, including discussing the inner workings of an Enigma machine, which he demonstrated an original WWII model stage! Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter discussed abuses of statistics in the media - the "Click-Bait" culture. Both talks were inspirational and thoroughly enjoyed by pupils.

On Saturday 4^th November, Norwich School pupils were given the opportunity to experience the film industry first-hand as areas of the site were turned into a film set for an upcoming drama, Surveillance.

Alex Illing (U4E) travelled to Blackpool at the weekend to compete in the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) Grand Finals. The ISTD is one of the world’s leading dance examination boards and the Grand Finals are well regarded as a national dance competition.

International pupil Carson Wong (U6E) was awarded 2^nd Runner Up in ‘The Next BMW Designer 2017’ competition. Organised by BMW in Hong Kong, the competition invites young designers aged 10-18 to envisage their future vehicle. 

Pupils have collaborated with the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce to host a networking event focussing on company creation.

Over half term the geography department took 20 M5 and U5 pupils for a 6 day action packed trip to Iceland.

The Art History department had a wonderful sunny visit to Venice in the second week of the half term.

During October Half Term, 24 Senior Boys Hockey players travelled to the Midlands to start their preparations for the upcoming hockey season. Off the back of a very successful season last year, combined with a large number of new players vying for positions in the 1st XI; the side were keen to get started early with some tough matches against good opposition to push their skills in a high pressure environment.

Twenty five members of the U13 rugby squads travelled to the North East of England and Edinburgh for a five day tour at the beginning of the half term holiday. 

The event, which is an invitational only event, brings together the world’s leading Optimist sailors to compete against the leading youngsters from Bermuda, in what is considered to be one of the most prestigious races in the Optimist racing calendar. Only one invite is extended to the highest ranked Optimist sailor in each country, with only the 16 top countries in the world being chosen to receive an invitation. 

October half-term saw 25 U6 students walk 85 km around wet and windy Yorkshire Dales to complete their Gold DofE qualifying expedition.

Norwich School was delighted to be strongly represented at the Norfolk Arts Awards, part of the annual Hostry Festival, on Friday 20th October. 

This weekend Laura-Rose Cooke travelled to Leverkusen in Germany as part of Team England to compete in the prestigious 42nd Leverkusen Cup.