Today we have some Year 10 GCSE students out at Harry Potter World. Here are some pictures from Mrs Gill!

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On Monday we welcomed back thrilling author Julian Sedgwick who delighted Y7s with his tales of China and ghosts. As always the students were captivated by his presentation and spellbound by his knife juggling finale. Following the talk Julian gave two creative writing workshops concentrating on characterisation, to selected students.

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Neatherd Music Showcase! “Don’t forget it’s our stage and screen music concert this Wednesday evening, 1st March. Please come along and support our talented young musicians. Concert starts at 7pm”

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World Book Week - parents please read....what's on next week! WORLD BOOK WEEK – 27th February 3rd MARCH We are delighted that as part of our World Book Week celebrations we have secured visits from THREE talented and hugely successful authors, plus creative book cover sessions with our very own talented book illustrator. Monday 27th February we are hosting a talk by the talented and charismatic Julian Sedgwick, author of The Mysterium Series, Ghosts of Shanghai and graphic novel, Dark Satanic Mills. This will be Julian’s fourth visit to us (he’s that good) where he will be entertaining Y7 and invited Y6 students. Selected groups will also be involved in creative writing workshops with Julian during the day. His books will be available to purchase and personally signed ranging from £6 for novels and £10 for graphic novel. Thursday 2nd March- WORLD BOOK DAY we are delighted to welcome back our Patron of Reading, Alex Scarrow. Alex, best known for his award winning YA series Timeriders, will be presenting a lively and interactive talk to all Y10s focussing on his latest terrifying thriller about a virus that can think causing destruction in its wake. Alex will also be holding creative writing workshops with selected Y9 and Y10 classes. Books will again be available for £6.00. Friday 3rd March Year 8 and Year 9 will be entertained by an engaging and humorous talk with the fabulous Alexander Gordon Smith, author of the YA Furnace series. Alex will also be running creative writing sessions to selected classes throughout the day. Books available to purchase at £6 for Furnace series and £8 for Fury. If any student would like to see a particular author above but are not in the year group stated please see Mrs Hunt to arrange this opportunity. Along with all these wonderful opportunities for our students to hear and be inspired by authors there will be lots of other events that your child can get involved in throughout the week. Thursday 3rd March –will be a themed dress-up day – staff and students are encouraged to dress as a character from a book (prizes awarded) money raised will be used to fund our new ‘Patron of Reading’- an established published author who will work with all our students throughout the year providing a high expertise in all areas of reading and writing. Students not in costume will be required to wear school uniform. We are once again holding our popular ‘Book Swap’ every Lunchtime-an opportunity for your child to exchange a pre-loved book for a new adventure or purchase a book for 20p. Neatherd Reads returns for another year- each day from 3.15-3.30pm every student and member of staff will be encouraged to pick up their book and read- whichever lesson they are in. COMPETITIONS! Get ready- BAKE! There will also be a cake competition Wednesday lunchtime-bake a cake based on a book/character and bring in for judging- cakes will then be sold and money raised will go towards our Patron of Reading. Collect an entry form from the Library or any English teacher. The Inter House Book Quiz held during form time. Bookface competition- students and staff are invited to get creative by replacing their face in a photograph with books and genres previously unseen in the library leading to new reading opportunities. A camera is available at the library desk or send your creations to lgill3nrs@nsix.org.uk We hope the week will encourage, inspire and ignite a spark of enthusiasm for reading for pleasure for the whole school community. Yours sincerely Mrs. L. Gill (Librarian) and Mrs J Hunt (Head of Literacy)

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Dereham Neatherd High School - Neatherd Business Breakfast

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Dereham Neatherd High School - Neatherd celebrates LGBT History Month 2017

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Neatherd Business Breakfast

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Neatherd celebrates LGBT History Month 2017

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It's Year 11 (fifth form for the over-40s) school photo day today! What better way to celebrate than another batch of blasts from the past?

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Dereham Neatherd High School - Current Vacancies

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Current Vacancies

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Neatherd celebrates LGBT History Month 2017. Today we welcomed award winning author, journalist and activist Juno Dawson. Juno talked openly about LGBT, her own transgender experiences and transition, identity, being yourself, having nourishing friends and taking care of your wellbeing to Y8, Y9 and 10 supporting her school role model for ‘Stonewall’. Students asked mature, well thought out questions and have gained a greater insight into the LGBT community. Following the talks Juno had a relaxed informal lunch with our ‘Strive for Pride’ group who presented her with a gift pack from Neatherd.

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Neatherd Business Breakfast - sponsored by Breckland Borough Council. As part of our commitment to sustained outstanding careers provision we invited a select group of KS3 students to a networking event so they could talk about jobs, careers and aspirations with leaders of local organisations. Thank you to our guests for giving up their time to meet these great young people. Thanks to Mr Hodges and Mrs Broughton yet again, and Kathy from Norfolk CC and Fleur from Breckland BC for getting us connected. Mr Hodges will also be presenting in March to regional school leaders about what outstanding careers and work-related learning provision entails.

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First Lego League Milking Robot

Aaron Nicholson worked over half-term on coding the Lego Robot – A true accomplishment to make use of a light sensor to track the line around the milking machine. @FLLUK #AnimalAllies Aaron will be with Team Neatherd Stem at the national finals this weekend in Bristol! We will link to a live stream on Sunday.
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Safer Internet Day 2017. We held assemblies for years 7&8 and 9&10 this week on this year's focus of 'Making the Change'. Here are the slides from the assembly, which was adapted from material on the www.thinkuknow.co.uk website

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Y8&9 boys' basketball update! Mr Anderson writes, "The combined year 8 and 9 team tipped off their basketball season last night, you could smell the nerves on the way there. Our inexperience showed in the first quarter as we went 6-0 down within minutes. Once Neatherd began to get a feel for the pace and flow of the game, we defended with intensity and began to make our comeback. Jake Melton lead the charge with 6 points in the first half, he ended up with a total of 12. Being tall always helps in a game that involves putting a ball through a 10 foot hoop. What Kane Clark lacks in height he makes up for with athleticism and superior dribbling technique, he bulldozed his way to the basket for two excellent layups. We entered the 4th quarter with a 1 point lead, true champions rise to this type of occasion which our boys did magnificently. We stopped the ball crossing the half and ran down the clock with the last possession to seal the game. The end score was 23-22, the first of many wins to come. Thanks to Coach Lyons for some expert refereeing and Coach Hood as transport coordinator. If you see the boys around school give them a big congratulations. Jake Melton Charlie Price Sam Silva Jayden Mackenzie Gabriel Borges Miguel Corte-Real Kane Clark COACH ANDERSON

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Neatherd Music Concert, 1st March. Head of Music, Mr Owen, writes, "The next Neatherd music concert will be on Wednesday 1st March, 7pm in the school canteen. The theme of the concert will be music from Stage and Screen, so come along and let our talented students entertain you for the evening!"

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Girls' football update! The year 8 and 9 girls football team played against their Northgate rivals last night on the astro. They played really well and worked hard together all the way through the match, with some stand out performances from Tash Ward, Arden Scott and Alexis Mitchell as well as Ellie Ampleford dominating in the middle. Unfortunately in the first half we decided we would give them a 6-0 head start……..however at half time we completely changed! We scored two really well-constructed team goals through Alexis Mitchell and Arden Scott and managed to win the second half 2-1. Final score 7-2 to Northgate, but they have been training and playing a lot lot lot longer than us, as shown by their central midfielder who scored 4 of their goals (3 from outside of the area!) who ran the show for them! Please congratulate the girls if you see them! More fixtures to be arranged!! Cheers COACH BARRON Squad: Trin Donachie Tash Ward Arden Scott Lilly Arnold Charlotte Calvert Beth Holland Leah Ellis Ellie Ampleford Jasmine Hudson Grace O’Reagan Bronwyn Neil Milly Ogden Lynzi Vecchio

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Friends of Neatherd newsletter given out today - via pupil post. Please check with your children that they a) received it and b) still have it, possibly in the dark recesses of their school bag. Two key dates coming up - AGM on Feb 21 and Quiz & Chips on March 24 - please phone school on 01362 697981 for more details

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Another geography teacher pitches in with some impressive work by a student. Lexie in Year 8 wrote a superb message from the future about the impact of climate change following a unit on the topic in January. Mr Humphreys was very impressed with the standard of writing.

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Not to be outdone, Miss Powell Bowns reports on her geographers, "Year 7 have started handing in their China Projects for their Geography homework this term. Each student had to put together a leaflet and itinerary for a planned holiday visiting all of the main attractions of China. Over the last few lessons we have been learning about what life is like in China, including the differences between rural and urban life. Today, students got to show off all of their hard work- top job!"

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"Quite literally some of the best homework I have ever seen", said a proud Mr Stafford of his Year 7 geography students' work on China this morning. Special mention goes to the professional book made by Chloe Partridge.

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Dereham students create a magical drama show

Miss Harris's annual show was well-received by the Dereham theatre-goers last weekend. Today it featured in the EDP. We are all very proud to have such an amazing Performing Arts team at Neatherd. http://ift.tt/2kJ4zRC
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Going out on a blind date is a lot like opening up a new book- you never know what kind of experience you’re going to have! To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Neatherd library is playing matchmaker. Select your ‘ date’ from the display of specially wrapped books, check it out and you’re entered into the prize draw.

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Safer Internet Day 2017

Today is Safer Internet Day 2017, and this this year's focus is on 'Be the Change'. http://ift.tt/2kjPnL9
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Our year 7’s went on a lovely outing to Taverham High School yesterday to take part in some ‘Sports Hall Athletics’. Our athletes competed in events such as standing long jump, inside shot putt and speed bounce. We did really well and managed to finish 4th out of 6 schools, so just outside of the medals! Please congratulate when you see them, they were fantastic! Coach Barron. Jess Smith Ellie Dolan Chloe Turner Enesta Kucinskaite Alissia Watson Kathryn Way Lucie Younie Leah Gunton Callum Scott Cameron Hodgson Jake Goffin Woody Hunt Ali Elouassi Mackenzie Still Devin Chen Coby Softley

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Parent Portal - parents, carers and guardians who have requested log-in details in the past term have all been posted letters today. If you are having any problems accessing the site, please email parentportal@neatherd.org

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Mrs Topping's Super Swimmers! She reports, "We had a lovely time at the Primary Swimming Gala this week, and these amazing Neatherd swimming leaders were a credit to themselves and our school. Super job everyone!" Well done to: Emily, Tabby, Milena, Tamica, Georgina, Alissa, Grace, Alysha, Summer, Ellie-May, Maddie and Ana; Kiera, Ruby, Molly, Katherine, Ruby, Charlotte, Grace, Paige, Maisie, Evie, Grace, and Caitlin.

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