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Huge thanks to Ash Chiklia who brought the Fitness Industry under the Spotlight for Years 10-13 today, via his own health clubs, Darwin Wellness. Excellent to hear about rewarding careers for GCSE and A’ level students as well as graduates. Don’t forget to add him on LinkedIn!

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Today is NBS Press Pause Day! Go to https://t.co/76qpOJhXob to see what the teachers have organised for you- enjoy and get creative!!!

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Your teachers love seeing all the work you send in, both classwork and hobbies/creations etc! If you have something you are particularly proud of, do email us at [email protected], along with your full name, form and what the piece of work is.

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Year 8 have been exploring Brechtian techniques online and created songs about the injustice towards Stephen Lawrence. This is Katie Mahoney Bambrick's piece (8J) -Excellent work Katie!🎸🎼

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The WOW for each week includes the three languages taught in school, alongside a 4th one which will change each week. This week, was Yoruba, from Nigeria. What language should feature next?

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WOW for this week is Oblivious. Signpost to your teacher when you use this in your work to be awarded with your WOW house points! #WOW #wordoftheweek

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This week’s lockdown challenge! Complete a random act of kindness. Send a photo or written description of your act of kindness, along with your full name and tutor group. #ROAK

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Just some some of the runner up pieces! Well done and thank you for all the incredible submissions!

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The House L- Challenge winner is Evie Kiff! The challenge encouraged students to draw still life, a fantastic piece Evie! 50 HPs! Runner up entries are in this week’s NBS Now newsletter: Anjela A, Alexander G, Danielus S, Mary C, Holly B, Megan M, Joshua S & Evie S. Well done!

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Well done to everyone who took part in this week’s Lockdown Challenge! Some beautiful Art work has been submitted this week! Please see NBS Now newsletter for some examples! Next week’s challenge will be on Class Charts but Form Tutors will also go through it with you.

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#NBSReads is changing! Previously open to Year 7 alone, this will now be opening up to the rest of the school. Details on how to get involved will be shared in Tuesday’s assembly. #literacy #keepreading

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7pm this evening: “Motivation Reframed”. For those who signed up, you should have received a link via the email address used in your registration.

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A final reminder to sign up for the “Motivation Reframed” virtual seminar with Dr Martin Van der Spoel tomorrow at 7pm. Details and link to register has been sent via Parentmail.

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“Reflection is giving your brain an opportunity to pause from the chaos.” Esther Burungibwe describes the journey she went through whilst adopting a practice of reflection. Learn more about how you can benefit by listening to her 6 min Tedtalk https://t.co/ZqWeyKdjko.

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“Wolves and Bears” - brilliant work from Leah Staunton in 7K on how composers convey moods in different pieces of music. Well done Leah, a thorough breakdown of this! To listen to music Leah was analysing, follow the link: https://t.co/f79Yuewoqr

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Some of the creations by our knitting club masters! The challenge last week focused on mug/cup warmers and scrunchies! If you want to try something new, contact Ms Moroz for details on how to join the remote classroom #knittinginspiration

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First News is a weekly newspaper aimed at 7-14 year olds which shares news in an easy to understand way. It includes a mix of world & UK news,as well as entertainment, games, animals, puzzles etc. To try it out, access a free downloadable issue here: https://t.co/YJ9Q63fr0X

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This week’s Song of the Week is a request from Mr McFadden along the theme of work with his Year 9 Business Studies group this week: Break Even! To enter and receive your house points, visit https://t.co/cnvSDYYRY9 #SOTW

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A final reminder to sign up for the “Motivation Reframed” virtual seminar with Dr Martin Van der Spoel tomorrow at 7pm. Details and link to register has been sent via Parentmail.

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For parents of Year 10 and 11 pupils, don’t forget to sign up for the free ‘Motivation Reframed’ seminar with Dr Martijn Van der Spoel on 28.01.21. The webinar will provide strategies designed to re-invigorate student motivation. The link to sign up was sent out via Parentmail.

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Caring for the welfare of others, valuing all human life, dedicated to eliminating pain and suffering of others. WOW: Humanitarianism #wow

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A huge thank you to Angelina Blackwood-Hernandez for an inspirational talk this morning to years 10-13 on Human Resources. Kindly offering to answer further questions and give advice, our students’ career challenge for today is to add her on LinkedIn.