News In Brief

EMACT LATIN AND GREEK READING COMPETITION

On Wednesday, 3rd March Nottingham High School hosted the EMACT Latin and Greek reading competition. Nine schools took part and there were 140 students involved which meant that there was a high standard across the 6 categories and the competition for prizes was fierce. 

21 students from NHS (from Yrs 7-13) took part. 

In the Novice Latin Section Kuda Nyatsuro & Archie Mann were placed second.

In the Junior Latin Section Edward Limb & Harry Bateman and Sanjay Puri & Alexander Taylor were highly commended.

In the Senior Latin Section Thomas Sims was highly commended and Richard Hill won the second prize. 

Finally, in the Senior Greek Section both Thomas Sims & Kyle Lam were highly commended. 

Well done to all those who took part!

SCHOOLS CHALLENGE QUIZ TEAM RETAINS REGIONAL TITLE

In the Schools Challenge National Quiz competition's regional final, which took place on Tuesday, 23rd February, the NHS A team defended their Regional title once again. There were 9 teams in total competing for the Regional title, including an A team and a B team from NHS. 

In the first round our A team (James Harrison, Kyle Lam, Christian Cummings, Luke Sperry) beat Boston Grammar School's B team 830-430 and our B team (Chris Heining, James Pell, Callum Giberson, Edward Limb) beat Spalding Grammar School's A team 550-430 which set up an all Nottingham High School semi-final.

In a tightly fought semi-final our A team narrowly won by 710 to 620 to set up a final against Boston Grammar School's A team, which we won 820-460. Our B team also won the 3rd place play-off against Spalding Grammar School's B team by 870-180.

It was an excellent competition and well done to both our teams.

EAST MIDLANDS TRIALS FOR LONDON MINI MARATHON TEAM

Michael Costante ran in the East Midland trials for the London mini marathon team.  Michael finished 5th and will now go on to represent the East Midlands team in London on 25th April.  This means that he will now get to run the last 4 miles of the London Marathon route, finishing down the Mall in front of thousands of spectators and BBC tv cameras.

MICHAEL WINS COUNTY CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP

Michael Costante (Year 9) won the U15 race at Berry Hill to become County Cross Country champion. He led the race from start to finish to defeat a large field. He goes on to represent Nottinghamshire in the English Schools National Championships in March in Manchester. Well done, Michael, and to the U13, U15, and U17 teams who also had medal-winning success at the event.

ANUJ WINS COVETED TITLE OF NOTTS JUNIOR SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR 

Last Friday evening, in a prestigious ceremony at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Anuj Dal (Year 9) was crowned Junior Sportsperson of the Year at the Notts Sports Review.  

The event was attended by some of the most influential sportspeople from across the county, including boxing champion, Carl Froch who won the Sportsperson of the Year award.

Member of the England U16’s Indoor Cricket Squad, Anuj was one of five finalists at the event who had been chosen from an initial 40 nominations. Also finishing in the Top 3 was squash champion Oliver Holland (Year 11), and the Year 10/11 badminton team, last years’ national champions, were in the final five of the Junior Sports Team of the Year.

Congratulations to all our finalists, and especially to winner, Anuj!

JAMES SELECTED AS MEMBER OF WORLD CLASS TALENT SQUAD

School Captain, James Taylor, has been selected for the British Orienteering's inaugural World Class Talent Squad. This is a fantastic achievement! The World Class programme has recently been launched to recognise talent and potential, grouping athletes by ability rather than by age. The programme begins with the Talent Squad, whose aim is to identify talent and those who have the potential to become a successful performance athlete. Well done, James - and good luck at the international training camp in Portugal at half term!

NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR MUSIC STARS

Congratulations to tenor James Gallimore (Year 12) and tuba player Harry Smith (Year 7) on their selection for the National Youth Choir and the National Youth Orchestra respectively.

ASTRONOMY ON HAWAII

As part of a Physics Club project, two year 7 students, Ben Mills and Carter Newbury, have used the Faulkes Telescope on Hawaii to obtain stunning images of the galaxy M101, often referred to as the “Pinwheel Galaxy”.  The Faulkes Telescope is a robotic telescope that can be operated remotely via the internet. 

The image of M101 shows the central bright nucleus made up of millions of low mass old stars. Away from the nucleus, spiral arms are seen which show up as blue.  This blue colour is produced by young, very large stars that radiate huge amounts of energy in the blue and ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum. 

Both Ben and Carter aim to use the telescope again in the near future to gain more beautiful images.

YEAR 10 SKETCHBOOK PRIZE

This year's winner of the Year 10 Sketchbook prize is Ian Robson.  Well done! 

MUSICAL SUCCESS FOR MATT

Matt Glendening (7H) has retained his place next year as clarinettist in the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain, having auditioned during half term. Well done, Matt!

KYLE GAINS PLACE IN NATIONAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING COMPETITION FINAL

Kyle Lam has gained a place in the National Science & Engineering Competition final which will be held in March at the Big Bang: UK Young Scientists' and Engineers' Fair in Manchester, for his project: In an age of ASBOs is ADHD just an excuse of bad behaviour?  Well done Kyle! 

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