The choir joined up with production company, Positive Note, to produce a poignant call for attention, as the pandemic threatens the future of choral music in Britain.
Kept apart, they sang together, Bach’s Letzte Stunde. Not a Zoom performance, but a recording of voices and instruments to concert standard in isolation, then brought together by Positive Note into a seamless performance: https://youtu.be/5iKybQNXEak
In the course of their dig, in preparation for our new building, archaeologists have found a number of Roman items of interest.
Year 8S were delighted to welcome Dr Sarah Blagden in January.
We were thrilled to take delivery of a clutch of duckling eggs in March from Incredible Eggs, ethical providers of a variety of hatching kits.
2020 saw NCS celebrating our first ever SHTEAM festival celebrating the connections between Science, Humanities, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths.
To support their lessons on invertebrate classification, Year 6 visited the Oxford University Museum of Natural History for a workshop on insects and their habitats.
NCS features in the 2020 ‘The Week’ Schools Guide under the category ‘great for music’.
This year’s Holloway Lecture was delivered by Professor Judith Weir CBE, Master of the Queen’s Music.
To complement their study of Pompeii, Year 5 visited the Ashmolean Museum in Michaelmas term. The boys were able to come face to face with objects they had read about and to enhance their understanding of daily life in the ancient world. Ashwin writes:
In January Year 6 were treated to a talk from Mr Brian Whittenbury from Gardiners opticians.
Year 7 were delighted to welcome Dr Liz Jenkinson from Biocleave Ltd into their science lesson in November.
Years 7 and 8 had a fantastic time rehearsing and performing Henry IV, Part 1 in the splendid surroundings of New College Chapel.