In order to support parents/carers during this time of home learning, we have collated into a single document our practice for sharing learning activities with you and your child, alongside guidance, support and resources from our school and the Department of Education. Home Learning: Northgate Home Learning Update
We are pleased to introduce our April bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, photos, tweets and merit update. There’s news about our recent win at the Norwich and Norfolk Eco Awards and the Subsea UK National STEM competition We hope…
Thursday 5th March saw members of Northgate High School’s Environment Team and School Council, alongside Dr Hone and Mrs Galley, Heads of School, Miss Theobald, School Council Coordinator and Mr MacDonald, Alternative provisions Coordinator, head to St Andrew’s Hall for the Norwich and Norfolk Eco Awards 2020. The Eco Awards recognises unsung environmental…
Back in November a team of Year 9s entered a STEM robot competition in Norwich. They were named Regional winners and as well as receiving a special trophy, they were invited to take part in the National competition in Aberdeen. The team comprised of Keira-Mai, Prisha, Connor, Dylan, Lewis and Maddison, alongside Mrs Simms and…
We are pleased to introduce our March bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, photos, tweets, merit update and House update. There’s news about our recent Eco Champion status as well as recent Maths Challenge successes. We hope that…
Northgate High School, has been awarded the Eco Champion Mark in recognition of the work the school has delivered through its ‘War on Plastics’ campaign. The school earned the mark for its impressive work in enlisting the wider community to support its successful pen and crisp packet recycling initiatives, as well as its Bottle Free…
We are pleased to introduce our February bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, photos, tweets, merit update and House update. There’s news about our Year 7s and their goals and aspirations presentations as well as updates on the…
We are pleased to introduce our January bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, photos, tweets, merit update and House update. There’s news about our School Council initiative launching on our return – ‘Bottle Free Friday’ and a review…
We are pleased to introduce our December bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, photos, tweets, merit update and House update. There’s news about our fundraising and awareness week for Norfolk and Waveney MIND as well as National Anti-Bullying…
Tuesday 12th November saw Northgate welcome back the Class of 2019 for the annual GCSE Presentation Evening. A chance to celebrate the achievements of our former Year 11s and present them with GCSE certificates, subject prizes and community prizes. The evening was hosted by Heads of School, Dr Hone and Mrs Galley who talked about…
We are pleased to introduce our November bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, photos, tweets, merit update and House update. There’s news about our recent Open Evening as well as Northgate students making their mark in the UK…
We are pleased to introduce our October bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, photos, tweets, merit update, House competition update, what the Team Councils and School Council have been up to and more. There’s news about our GCSE…
We are pleased to introduce our September bulletin. In our bumper edition bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, getting to know you, photos, tweets, merit update, House competition update, what the Team Councils and School Council have been up to and…
Wednesday 3rd July saw Northgate come together for the annual Sports Day. Bright sunshine and a slight breeze, the conditions were perfect for some quick races. The morning session included some of the field events such as discus, shot, javelin and high jump as well as a few track events such as 800m, 1500m and…
We are pleased to introduce our July bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, photos, tweets, merit update and House update. There’s news about our upcoming Community Day and our very special Sports Awards Evening. We hope that you…
We are pleased to introduce our June bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, photos, tweets, merit update and House update. There’s news about our outgoing Head Boy and Head Girl’s last special engagement and a recently launched House…
In February 2019 at Northgate we recognised ‘Time to Change, Time to Talk’ week, focussing on mental health. As part of this the school held a bake sale to raise money in order to purchase books on the theme of mental health. LIFE INSIDE MY MIND EDITED BY JESSICA BURKHART Have you ever felt like…
We are pleased to introduce our May bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, photos, tweets, merit update, House competition update, what the Team Councils and School Council have been up to and more. There’s news about our new…
School Council members continue to be involved in meetings with Mark, the Operations Manager for Edwards and Blake and Alan, Café North manager, to discuss menu options for Northgate. We are pleased to introduce the latest menu which runs on a 3 week cycle. If you have any points you wish to pass on regarding…
Thursday 28th March saw members of Northgate High School’s Council attend the Norwich and Norfolk Eco Awards held at St Andrew’s Hall in Norwich. They were supported by Mr Mason, Head of School, Mrs Galley, Deputy Head of School, Mr MacDonald, Miss Theobald and Dereham Mayor, Hilary Bushell. The Norwich and Norfolk Eco Awards recognises…
We are pleased to introduce our April bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, getting to know you, photos, tweets, merit update, House competition update, what the Team Councils and School Council have been up to and more. There’s…
Thank you to Barbara D’Arts and Michael Rose from Dementia Friendly Dereham for speaking to our Year 7 and 8 students in their assembly this morning (Tuesday 19th March). Our visitors explained to students about Dementia and the work that the group are doing in the local community to help people effected. We are also…
We are pleased to introduce our March bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, getting to know you, photos, tweets, merit update, House competition update, what the Team Councils and School Council have been up to and more. There’s…
Elections are now open for a Parent Governor Vacancy on the Local Governing Board. Applications close on Friday 15th March 2019. More information and how to apply can be found here
Northgate were invited to attend the Royal British Legion Norfolk Conference this afternoon alongside members of the Royal British Legion and Norfolk County Council, in particular the Chair of Norfolk County Council and Sir William Cubitt, President of Norfolk Royal British Legion. We were delighted to be awarded and receive the AVM Don Memorial Youth…
We are pleased to introduce our February bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, getting to know you, photos, tweets, merit update, House competition update, what the Team Councils and School Council have been up to and more. There’s…
A group of potential engineers of the future have begun the first phase assembling the Greenpower F24 kit car. Watch this space as they continue their project and prepare for the race in July. .
We are pleased to introduce our January bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, getting to know you, photos, tweets, merit update, House competition update, what the Team Councils and School Council have been up to and more. There is…
On Monday 3rd December Northgate welcomed some special visitors into the Year 7, 8 and 9 assembly. Dereham Mayor, Hilary Bushell, Hugh King and David Whitehead from the Norfolk Branch of the Royal British Legion. Mr Mason started the assembly talking about the involvement of Head Boy David and Head Girl Katy in the Remembrance…
We are pleased to introduce our December bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, getting to know you, photos, tweets, merit update, House competition update, what the Team Councils and School Council have been up to and more. Also included…
From 12th – 16th November Northgate supported National Anti-Bullying week, a chance to reflect and think about how we can help prevent bullying and support those being bullied. The theme for this year was #ChooseRespect, which incidentally is a theme we have looked at on many occasions as one of Northgate’s 5Rs. The Anti-Bullying Ambassador…
At Northgate, Mr MacDonald organises our yearly service of Remembrance. This year as we commemorate 100 years since the end of the First World War, he tells us about the events and organisation. ‘This year marks a special time in history as we all come together in school to commemorate the huge sacrifices made by…
On Tuesday 31st October we welcomed back the Class of 2018 for their GCSE presentation evening. It was a chance to celebrate some fantastic results and achievements over the last 5 years at Northgate. The evening was hosted by Dr Hone, Deputy Head of School. He opened the evening with some key images on his…
We are pleased to introduce our November bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, links to staff profiles, photos, tweets, merit update, House competition news, what the Team Councils and School Council have been up to and more. There’s…
We are pleased to introduce our October bulletin. In our bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, getting to know you, photos, tweets, merit update, House competition news, what the Team Councils and School Council have been up to and more. There’s…
We are pleased to introduce our September bulletin. In our bumper edition bulletin this month you will find out all sorts of information and updates including links to recent blogs, upcoming events, getting to know you, photos, tweets, merit update, House competition update, what the Team Councils and School Council have been up to and…
A huge, heartfelt Northgate ‘Well Done‘ to all pupils collecting their GCSE results today. We are incredibly proud of each and every one you. 70% of pupils achieved a Grade 9-4 in English and mathematics, putting our school amongst the highest achieving in Norfolk. Mr Mason, Head of School, says: As head of school, I am…
The GCSE exams come and go in a flash, all the hard work focused on a 4 week period of exams. It can be a tough time for students going through the process so to help our Year 10s as they move into Year 11, some of our ex-Year 11s have given us an insight…
Miss Lock from the Art and Design Department explains the GoGo Hares process, from application, to designs, picking a winner and painting the hare. ‘Since the release of the GoGo Dragons for 2016, I knew that I wanted to involve the school in the next Norwich based ‘Wild in Art’ event. In May 2017, I…
We are all aware of the news reports in recent months regarding concerns over plastic. At Northgate we are conscious of doing our bit to help the environment, particularly with recycling. This is why we have signed up to a scheme run by Terracycle and their partner BIC. Northgate High School has been accepted as…
With the sun shining pupils took to the track for the annual house Sports Day on Tuesday 3rd July. The morning events saw competitors turn out in their numbers to run, sprint and throw in the 800m , 1500m, Hurdles, Shot and discus competitions eager to do their bit to help their respective houses get off to…
As another sporting year comes to a close it was time to recognise the achievements and endeavours of our pupils. Although the school did not win a mass of silverware this year, there are more opportunities than ever for them to practice and compete in the multitude of activities available. It was great to see…
