Senior School News

The latest exhibition in the Crypt Gallery presents works by Rachael Cocker and Emily Leason created during their residencies at Norwich School.

Thomas Tenison (ON 1643-1654) crowned two British monarchs during his 11 years as archbishop and the find made nationwide news.

This year 27 (21 boys and 6 girls) L5 and M5 pupils spent 5 days in sunny beautiful Valencia. The pupils stayed in pairs or in threes with Spanish host families.

The Royal Society of Chemistry Young Analyst competition is a prestigious national event for chemists in their first year of A-level study. Thursday 20th April saw the 2017 East Anglia regional heat at UEA.

In the first week of the Easter holidays, nine Spanish speakers from the Sixth Form embarked on a 5-day study visit to Cádiz Province in Southern Spain, accompanied by Ms Gillham and Ms Sandoval.

Norwich School are delighted to have been involved in a collaborative art exhibition which focussed on sharing of knowledge, skills and best practice across a range of artistic disciplines.

Over the Easter break, Norwich School pupil Monica Raviraj (M5V) competed in the Cambridge LTC Easter Open 2017 Tennis Tournament at Cambridge and the East Anglia Junior Open 2017 Tournament in Norwich, winning 21 out of 23 matches and collecting a haul of medals.

In March, 22 L5 and M5 pupils travelled to Paris on the return leg of this year’s French Exchange.

Three Lower 6 pupils enjoyed a busy time in Liechtenstein on exchange with our partner school in Vaduz.

Following on from the past five years’ highly successful Norfolk Children’s Book Festivals, Norwich School is embarking upon its sixth Book Festival on the 4^th July. 25 local schools will join us for the event which will be hosted in Norwich Cathedral.

This was the first leg of the inaugural German Exchange with the Ecolea International School in Schwerin.

Sixth Form pupils win first senior British Mathematical Olympiad medals for the school.

Laura-Rose Cooke competed in the Senior Competition which is 16 years and above against a strong field, including several GB Olympic Gymnasts.

The Norwich School Young Chamber are to host a business networking breakfast on Friday 21^st April, 8.15 – 10.30am in the Weston Room of the Cathedral Hostry. The event is open to any businesses who want to learn about targeting new markets as well as network.

Nine pupils took part in the Biology Olympiad at the start of this term securing five gold, two silver and two highly commended awards.

On Thursday 23^rd March the whole school gathered at Mousehold Heath for the annual Cup Run. With fine weather conditions for running there were some impressive times recorded and spectators enjoyed some sunshine and supported their houses with the usual enthusiasm. Photos are available from the Norwich School Shootproof.

Norwich School’s annual Jazz Night was again a fantastic evening of music, food and dancing. Pupils, staff and special guests entertained parents and ONs with a variety of live musical numbers to go alongside classic and modern jazz tunes.

Last Wednesday saw Norwich School’s Choral Society perform their annual spring concert. The choir collaborated with the world-renown London Mozart Players for the first time for a special concert at St Andrews Hall.

On Tuesday, the first XI Hockey took on Queens Taunton in the last 8 of the National Schools Cup.