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This term we welcomed our soon to be new Year 7s into school. As part of our We Thrive pastoral induction programme we look to ensure that our new pupils are prepared for the start of our career with us in September. Starting a new school can be daunting, but here at NULS we feel that this can be made easier by ensuring that our future Year 7s have plenty of opportunities to visit the school, meet staff and also, more importantly, their future class mates.
Entrance examination day is not just a day for testing but is also a time for fun and as this is the first time the future Year 7s will have met, we like to have lots of ice breaker activities with them. This is followed by them being invited in January to spend a day in school for our Bright Sparks Day when they sample practical lessons such as Food, DT and Art and hopefully get to know their future class mates a little more. Then it is party time when we invite them in to have a fun packed evening in February which is led by our Prefects. Usually by then our future Year 7s have begun to find their way around and make new friends and so to ensure that these friendships help develop, we invite them in to have a full taster day in June. This year it took place on 28 June and it was lovely to see our future Year 7s again as they met their form tutors, tried out lessons such as French, Drama, PE, Science. At the end of the day there were lots of smiling faces and we all look forward to meeting up on 6 September.
12 May saw us saying goodbye to our Upper 6th as they went on study leave. Mr Poole, Director of 6th Form, organised a memorable morning for them which saw them having great fun with inter form games, a Leavers’ Assembly which parents joined us for and then a drinks reception for the students and their parents. At the Leavers’ Assembly, the Head Boy and Head Girl reflected on the students’ time at the school. It was lovely to hear them in their speech comment ‘The best thing I can say when reflecting on our time here, is that I wouldn’t change a thing.’ Their speeches concluded with them wishing their peers the very best of luck with their exams and ended by saying, ‘this isn’t the end of our story, but rather the end of the first chapter. And that chapter, I am sure for all of us, really has been the best start in life.’
But this wasn’t quite the end as following the A level examinations the Upper 6th and staff came together to celebrate at their Prom which was held in the magnificent Keele Hall. As we say goodbye to our Upper 6th we wish them success and happiness for the future and we hope that they will keep in touch with us.
Newcastle under Lyme School’s youngest pupils have raised over £5000 for Cancer Research UK by completing a sponsored walk ‘from’ Newcastle-under-Lyme to Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia.
Louis Bond: “The site of the camp was much larger than I had ever expected. Much of the camp was destroyed, but there were the cabin like structures at the front of the complex which were tiny in comparison to the number of people who were forced to stay in them. At the rear of the
Mount Pleasant, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 1DB
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