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'As You Like It'

Published 18/05/19

The calendar of leavers’ events kicked off this year with a Year 8/8S trip to Stratford to see ‘As You Like It’ at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

USA Tour

Published 01/04/19

As Hilary Term came to a close, the choristers found themselves on a flight to New York, ready for their epic eighteen-day tour of the USA.

STEM festival

Published 11/03/19

NCS celebrated with a STEM festival between 11 th and 15 th March.

Year 6 Science Visit

Published 30/01/19

Year 6 made the short journey to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. The aim was to learn more about invertebrates to support the topic on classification that they are studying in Science lessons.

Opening of the Interim Building

Published 09/01/19

The beginning of Hilary witnessed the next stage in our grand building project, with all of Pre-Prep and Years 3 and 4 moving into their brand new classrooms in our interim building.

Choristers' Christmas

Published 22/12/18

Christmas is, of course, a busy time of year for the choristers. In addition to the College carol services, there were some other highlights this year.

'How Poems Work'

Published 30/11/18

Over the past few years, the older NCS boys have (sometimes unwittingly) been helping out in the writing of How Poems Work.

'Romeo & Juliet' from the RSC

Published 21/11/18

It is not often that the Royal Shakespeare Company’s calendar coincides with our curriculum, but it was great that this year’s live broadcast was Romeo and Juliet.

Science Masterclass

Published 15/11/18

Year 7 were fortunate enough to receive a visit from Dr Liz Jenkinson in one of their Science lessons in November.

'Julius Caesar'

Published 07/11/18

With its betrayal, murder and revenge, Julius Caesar has a good number of the elements key to making a play attractive to audiences keen on sensation, while the relevance of its themes to modern-day politics has ensured several stagings in recent years.