Mobile phones
29.02.2024 // News
This week at Northallerton School we have re-launched our mobile phone policy after the government published new guidance on mobile phones in school. The policy remains the same, essentially that phones must not be seen or heard at any point during the school day. “Mobile phone use should be banned in schools across England to...
Get Caught Reading Competition!
27.02.2024 // News // Reading
Next week we are hosting so many competitions in aid of World Book Day. These competitions will be rolled out during form time but here is our first competition- You reading your book in your favourite place. We hope students and all the family can be involved in this competition. The competition will be judged...
Mega Marathon
26.02.2024 // health // interhouse // well being
MEGA MARATHON CHALLENGE! This term’s house challenge is a mega marathon. This will start the week commencing the 19th of February when we are back from half term. Each form will collect their total miles and add it to the linked spreadsheet. Miles can be recorded via fitness watches, mobile phones etc: Recorded miles include...
Careers Assemblies NYBEP
26.02.2024 // careers
NYBEP have been delivering a Y9 assembly on Apprenticeships this morning. This raised awareness of what apprenticeships are, what opportunities are available, where you can find one and what personal, academic and social skills are associated with this route. NYBEP will be conducting more assemblies to provide all of our young people with the knowledge,...
Aluminium Casting
26.02.2024 // Design Technology
The Students were observing how aluminium sand casting is carried out as part of the Engineering specification. Students helped out with the stages of the casting process as Mr Hill our technician demonstrated how to set up the sand moulds using a cope and drag casings. Portland sand was used to produce a mould around...
Sixth Form Talk-Talk event
06.02.2024 // Sixth Form
Last week all Year 12 students took part in a communication workshop run by Talk The Talk, which is a charity that provides staff and students with a range of practical oracy workshops – all delivered by professional experts and qualified teachers, especially trained in the use of oracy as an educational tool. The workshop allowed...
Year 7 – Inspiring Textiles
06.02.2024 // Uncategorized
The students have been productive customising their screen printed Day of the Dead skulls with various textiles techniques. Using creativity and imagination, students are creating their unique fabrics. They will acquire a broad range of subject knowledge and draw on cross curricular disciplines such as mathematics, religious studies and art whilst creating these fabric pieces....
Classrooms are not just for the students!
06.02.2024 // Maths Faculty
As part of our weekly staff professional development programme it was great to see the Maths and English departments this evening working hard in the classroom. Mr Powell and Mr Granville-Twig shared their experiences and expertise in the effective use of student response boards to check on student understanding and develop high quality questioning. A great...
We’re Off To See the Wizard!
06.02.2024 // Expressive Arts Faculty
We are very excited for the upcoming Northallerton School Production of ‘The Wiz’. The soulful retelling of the classic ‘Wizard of Oz’ tale gives the well loved story a funky update and guarantees to have a whole lot of heart. Performances run from the 12th -14th March, starting at 7.00pm in the Arbor Hall. Tickets are...
Engineering Coat hooks
05.02.2024 // Design Technology // Technology Faculty
A productive time for year 9’s producing Coat Hooks for their first Engineering project of the year. In this first lesson the students were focusing on sanding and sealing the MDF back boards, ready for spray painting. They then moved on to measuring and marking out their aluminium front plates, using: scribes, centre punches and...
