Old news stories from NLS
The tutor Group 9MR02 were awarded an afternoon tea for winning the Platinum Jubilee decoration competition. They were also joined by 3 students who had won the Jubilee Bake Off Competition.
Manor College are already at the top of the rewards table and these extra rewards points will definitely go in their College's favour! Which College will win the next competition?
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NLS staff and students have been preparing for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations this week. As part of tutor time, students have engaged in sessions and quizzes to learn more about our monarchy. We launched a competition for the best decorated tutor classroom.
We are going to announce the winning tutor group, and their exciting prize, after half-term.
Great Jubilee Bake Off
Our Great Jubilee Bake Off took place on Friday 27 May. We were so pleased to have over 60 entries from students in all year groups and staff. All students who entered, and showed real commitment to our school community, will receive R3s. There was a real buzz in the courtyard at break time when these cakes were then sold to raise money for The Prince’s Trust. We are so proud that our students have raised over £320 for a fantastic charity!
Thank you to all of our parents/carers who have supported their child in engaging with this. It was really hard for the judges to choose the winning entries and were genuinely so impressed with the baking skills of our NLS students.
Entries were from the following students:
The winners (below) were awarded this based on their creativity and originality! A massive well done to all of the entries!
We were lucky enough to be donated a number of tree’s from the Rotary Club and the Wildlife Trust. This term, our fabulous Eco club (run by Miss Clifford) planted the trees alongside our 200 saplings we planted last year, in honour of the Queen’s Jubilee. Our trees have been added to the Queen’s green canopy, putting us on the map!
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If you or your family need some support to pay your bills, manage your money or access food, Warwickshire County Council has different services available.
Hugo is one of our exceptionally talented Y11 Artists who specialises in particular in Manga drawings. This has been a passion for a long time and over the years he has developed and refined his skills. He has had much recent local success including an exhibition in the Royal Priors and taking part in the Leamington Japanese Festival. Further afield he has displayed his work at both the London and Birmingham Anime and Gaming Conventions, will be taking part in the Derby Japanese Festival and then returning to London at the end of May for the London MCM Comic Con.
In school he set up drawing workshops for students which was really well attended and later in the year he is going to teach some external Manga workshops. This all alongside his studies! Well done Hugo!
Channel 4 News recently visited NLS to do two features on mental health. The first was a feature on the thousands of children absent from school featuring one our students Natalie and our mental health lead Stef Parkins. Natalie speaks to Stef about her anxiety in coming back to school after the pandemic.
The second was a feature on students doing exams face to face for the first time since the pandemic, again featuring Natalie talking to Stef about how she is preparing for her exams.
If you would like information on the mental health support available at NLS, view our mental health page.
Is your child struggling to cope with exams or feeling anxious about school life? We have lots of different support available to help your child at NLS.
Stef Parkins, our mental health lead and other members of our student engagement team are always available to talk to or listen to students about any difficulties they may be facing- sparkins@northleamington.co.uk. Lulu, our school dog is also ready to support young people who are feeling anxious.
We also have a range of organisations that can provide advice and guidance to both students and parents/carers - view our mental health pages for more information.
Two of our Y8 students, Daisy G and Lucia T, held a bake sale outside Daisy's house to raise money for the Unicef Ukraine Appeal. They managed to raise almost £700, a fantastic achievement through the generosity of their local community. We are very proud of their hard work!
Students and the wider community across NLS have come together to help young refugees from Ukraine.
Well done to Daniel M who has already completed his Bronze IDEA Award (Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award) in such a short space of time. Fantastic effort! Daniel can now look forward to attempting to complete his Silver Award. Remember, it’s free to sign up, just check your emails for instructions.
Calling all Year 7 and Year 8 students …
Don’t you wish you could just prove how good you are with Digital Literacy … well now you can!
The Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award, known as iDEA is an international award winning programme that helps you develop digital, enterprise and employability skills for free.
Through a series of online challenges, you can win career-enhancing badges, unlock new opportunities and, ultimately, gain industry-recognised awards that help you stand out from the crowd.
If you have any questions please speak to Mr Sycamore
North Leamington School is proud to announce that it is now an accredited Cisco Networking Academy.
All Year 7 Students had a wonderful time exploring the Birmingham Botanical Gardens last week. Year 7 students had the opportunity to hold a giant snail, a snake and a bearded dragon (amongst other things). They also worked in groups to complete a rainforest challenge, learning more about rainforests and why they are so important.
What did our students say about the trip?
“I loved the trip because you could touch the animals”
“I liked how we get to see every plant from every country and I loved how we could hold the animals”
“The trip was very good as I got to learn about tropical rainforest and the plants that grow there. I also enjoyed the trip as we had lots of time to explore the Botanical Gardens. I definitely enjoyed the trip and would go again”
“The trip was very fun and inclusive, the activities were very interesting and I learnt a lot about the plants. Free time gave us a chance to explore the gardens”.
It was a privilege to watch Year 7 students trying new things and deepening friendships. They were excellent ambassadors for NLS and we had wonderful feedback from the teachers at the gardens describing our students as “sensible, polite, enthusiastic and well behaved”. It was a lovely day that we hope to repeat in the future.