WELCOME

YR 9 OPTIONS CHOICESYear 9 is a very interesting year because that is the year where you decide what you want to take for your GCSEs. This means that you no longer have to study certain

subjects and can instead take some d i f f e r e n t s u b j e c t s you are e s p e c i a l l y interested in.This year, there are five new

courses which have been added to the Options. They are BTEC Business Studies, BTEC Construction, GCSE Graphics, GCSE Psychology and GCSE Sociology. All five are very exciting options and it’s highly recommended you consider them.Of course, there are all the other options as well. For example, subjects that you have previously taken (e.g Geography & History) can both be taken forward at GCSE, you can take forward a subject that wasn’t previously taught to you (e.g Photography & Media Studies) and you can

even get to choose which ICT you do (either GCSE Computer Science or GCSE ICT).Regardless, choosing options is great but when choosing your options, choose wisely, as it is very unlikely that you could change them later on. So it is a difficult decision, but an exciting one as now you have more of a say over the subjects you want to take.

MATTHEW SENIOR

Still confused by too many choices? Can’t decide which subjects to choose?

Our Careers Advisor Mrs James is available for lunch time drop-in sessions

from 1-1.20pm on the following days:

Monday, 23rd FebruaryTuesday, 24th FebruaryWednesday, 4th March

Monday, 9th MarchTuesday, 10th March

She can be found in the Careers Office which is next to Students’ reception.

Spring is definitely beginning and the days are getting lighter, a relief for everyone given the amount of sickness we have all endured! School has carried on like a ship in full sail with lots of hard work and some exciting times. We are delighted to welcome our new librarian Mrs Gill who organised a fantastic Harry Potter Evening. Fans take this very seriously, as you will see inside this edition! We say goodbye to Mr Clennell and welcome Miss de Vega into the Languages department. Mr Clennell was pivotal in our school gaining the Gold Food for Life Award and running the

Gardening Club. We continue to enjoy many sporting successes which you can also read about in this issue. Finally, this half term finished with the outstanding performance of Grimms Tales under the direction of Ms Harris and performed at the Memorial Hall. This was a truly exceptional drama, one of the very best things I have seen in my career. Congratulations to the cast, crew and the staff that supported them. This was a truly special moment for us all to be proud of #teamneatherd!

Peter Devonish, Headteacher

MEETING MR SMITHAfter having been in his role for several months now we felt it is about time to introduce our new Deputy Headteacher Mr Smith. “I feel I have been made very welcome at Neatherd High School”, says Mr Smith, “the school is such a fantastic learning environment with excellent staff and students who are all eager to learn.”Mr Smith joins us as a member of the leadership team from the prestigious position of Deputy Director at Sixth Form. Born and bred in Norfolk he also spent his entire teaching career here – only leaving the county for his teacher training at Leicester University. His first teaching role as a Geography teacher brought him to Fakenham High School, he then moved to Dereham to become a Geography teacher at Northgate High School, eventually taking over the Head of Department role. “I feel privileged that I had the chance to work at all three secondary schools in Dereham – it has given me a really good insight and I know a lot of staff at all three schools which also helps with the

communication.”Although as a member of the leadership team he doesn’t get to teach Geography as much anymore, he still remains very enthusiastic about the subject: “The travelling which comes with being a Geography teacher is one

of the perks of the job”, he says, “it makes you appreciate how wonderfully different everything is in the world”. Just recently Mr Smith hasn’t been

able to travel that much as he has just become a first time dad to 10 week old Florence and this experience has totally changed his life. “If I have been

looking quite jaded and tired recently it is certainly down to sleep deprivation,” he laughs. But becoming a dad has changed his perspective totally – “it just makes you realise what is important in your life – and what isn’t.”Once his little girl has grown up a bit more he hopefully will find more time again for his other hobbies – he is a very keen runner and he also loves watching Rugby and football – “I am a huge Arsenal supporter,” he says.

5 more “secrets” about Mr Smith:• He has completed several marathons and believes that staying healthy is key to a positive life style• Loves reading – favourite author is Jonathan Coe• Loves eating - his favourite past time. • Travelled to China with Neatherd High School students in 2012.• Has a cat called Marge.

HARRY POTTER NIGHT

The canteen of Neatherd High School was transformed into the magical world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for a special night of Harry Potter themed fun. The event was part of a national campaign organised by Bloomsbury, the

publishers of the books, to share the wonders of JK Rowling’s stories and introduce the next generation

of readers to Harry Potter. At Neatherd it was new librarian Lorraine Gill who organised the spellbinding night with loving details: there were floating candles and golden snitches, a platform 9 3/4 and owls of all shapes and sizes which set the scene perfectly for the event. “What makes Harry Potter so unique is that the story of this young wizard has managed to capture the hearts of both adults, teenagers and children. J.K Rowling had the creativity and imagination to make all of us want to keep a little part

of Hogwarts in our hearts,” says Mrs Gill.The budding witches and wizards were firstly sorted into houses with the help

of the famous Sorting Hat. Once in teams they had the chance to try their hands at “Ping Pong Quidditch” and Wand Quick Draw. After the action the magical folk heard a reading from one

of the much-loved books, tucked into homemade Butter Beer and competed in a Harry Potter trivia quiz.

There was also the chance to enter the House Elf Liberation Front competition with a decorated sock and to dress up using a variety of props. “I really enjoyed the night, the best part was playing the games against each other,” says Isabel Norris from

Year 7 who has read all the books and loves their magical feeling. “It was magical, it felt like being at Hogwarts,” was the verdict of Apostolos Iakovou.

TEACHERS’ TALENT SHOWAs we walked to the sports hall on the last day of the autumn term we were ready for the traditional teachers pantomime. But we were in for a surprise when Mr. Dunn announced this year’s teacher production . . . A Teachers’ Talent ShowWe were shocked when 5 of our teachers

appeared in hoodies and snapbacks as “Teachers With Attitude” now we may have been shocked with that one. But we also learnt Mr Cannon could play a beautiful rendition of 3 chords on the guitar with Miss Hamrick singing, (no seriously, she was amazing) and our wonderful tap dancing Miss Harris was joined by another surprise. Mr. Devonish played a tap dancing bear! And Mr. Beanland of Gameplan graced Neatherd’s upcoming band.

But honestly we all had a good laugh and lots of fun watching and listening, and look forward to whatever they come up with for next year.

ELLEN HODGES AND BETHAN BATES

MEDIA TRIP TO EDPOn the 22nd of January, 15 students visited the EDP and the printing press that prints the EDP and other newspapers. The aim of the trip was to get a deeper insight into journalism and find out how the news is processed into newspapers. First of all we went to Prospect House and met David Powles, our expert for the day. Before we sat in on one of the briefings, a health minister David Poulter and the editor for the EDP Nigel Pickover introduced themselves to us. During the briefing they discussed the different stories for the different categories, which stories would be in the paper or on the website and which story would be on the front page of the newspaper. After this we went downstairs to where Mustard TV is filmed and

saw how the green screen showed the different backgrounds for each show on the channel. While we were there they took photos of us all on the Mustard TV set and that photo featured in one

of the newspapers the following week. We then went into a small conference room where David Powles answered any questions about journalism that we had. Afterwards we went to Archant Print and they gave us

a tour of the printing press there. We were told about the different stages of printing press – pre-press, press and post press – and shown the machines that printed the newspapers. Everyone who went had a great time and now knows more about journalism as a career.

JASMINE ALBERT

Stem club’s main aims are to inspire, challenge and change perceptions or the four STEM subjects (SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS). Taking place every Wednesday lunch time where you can find a range of unique activities going on. A recent challenge of CO2 canister powered cars and infrared camera bird boxes; DT3 is always full of ideas and competitions. With annual events like the First Lego League competition where they travel to Duxford air museum and build robots out of technic Lego and programme them to do different challenges. There are also future plans of

Formula One in Schools where Neatherd will share and compete their knowledge on STEM subjects and formula one

with other schools in the region.“The independence we get within the club really creates a positive environment” says Harry Sutton who’s been attending the club for three years now. Likewise Finlay Ried enjoys “being able to have an idea and actually make it come to life.” Stem Club isn’t just for the scientists and mathematicians

within our school; everyone who is interested is welcome to go along Wednesday lunchtimes in DT3.

MOLLY MAYO

STEM CLUB

CHRISTMAS CONCERTIn the round up to Christmas, the 15th of December saw Neatherd’s talented musicians hold a concert and succeed in the challenging task of getting everyone feeling both festive and fully entertained.The Blues Band started the evening off with an excellent performance of ‘Little talks’ and ‘Sweet Home Chicago’ which both went down extremely well with the audience.Next up, was a unique piano and flute ensemble of ‘Walking in the Air’ by three of our upper school girls; this relaxing rendition impressed everyone.The evening also consisted of many brave soloists taking to the stage flawlessly. Piano highlights include Alex Rukaber, Jamie Salter, Toby Blackburn, Douglas Brown, Holly Grant and Bethany Garner while Nye Sully proved himself a force to be reckoned with on the violin.Another valid mention goes to Charlie Bunting and Elizabeth Vogal who performed a feel good song from the musical Hairspray. Charlie later impressed the audience once again with

her stunning vocals to ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’. The crowd also had the pleasure of hearing one of the most popular Christmas songs of 2014; Frozen’s ‘Let it Go’ sung by Emily Best and Alice Bridges.The evening also heard amazing piano and vocal skills by a group of students who performed ‘All of Me’ as well as hearing what both the String group and the Brass group had put together- both exceptional exhibits of music from our students. And of course we can’t forget about the bands. First up was Nathan Codling, Lucy Kirk and Liam Hubbard who wowed the audience with their rendition of a Green Day song and Ismael Lopes, Charlie King, Tilly Slater and Josh Spinks performed a unique Christmas medley which definitely got everyone feeling festive!The Samba band bought the evening to an end receiving a huge cheer from the audience.A very well done to all musicians!

JESSICA BALES

As part of their Primary outreach work 5 pupils from Neatherd High School recently worked on a WW1 project with Yr4-6 children from Mattishall Primary School. In order to find out what effect WW1 had on the local people the children went on a little field trip to research information. Firstly they were met by the Vicar at the church who showed them the brass plate with the names of those lost in the war on it.The group then visited a 2nd war memorial in the village which has got a special meaning to Mattishall Primary School as the chimneys from the old Victorian school building are incorporated into it. Students wrote down the names of the

soldiers who died in the war and back at the school they picked a soldier to focus on. The pupils then divided into groups made up of several Primary pupils and one to two Neatherd students as mentors. With all the information collected and the help of a timeline each group focused on one student and told their story, linking back to Mattishall’s local history.“All the pupils have worked really well together and produced some marvellous displays,” says Jenni-Marie Cross, History teacher at Neatherd High School. “They were very excited to find out something about their local history and being able to present it to their classmates and parents.”

PRIMARY OUTREACH

SCHOOL PLAYFebruary 6th and 7th marked Neatherd’s first production at the Dereham Memorial Hall. Students, along with their creative director Miss Harris, took the original tales by the Brothers Grimm as their starting point and created a performance that focused on the darker elements of the tales. It was definitely not Disney!Months of hard work went into the choreography and devising process to make the production a truly original and jaw-dropping experience. Dance was impeccably woven into the dramatic action with an intense climax of a mother/daughter battle between Snow White (Emily McDonnell) and her scheming, evil mother (Maddie Palmer). Other notable characters were the Rumpelstiltskins, Zachary Fisher, Jack White, Charlie Dickerson and Jamie Allsop. The boys created a persona that terrorized the audience, clambering through and over them before leaping onto the stage with amazing dexterity and energy levels. They spun straw into gold and, with the help of the chorus, tore themselves apart as the piece came to a gory end.The show’s cast was truly collaborative as individuals took a lead role in one of the three tales and then melted back into the ensemble to create supporting roles. In this way, a masked ball, a market scene, an enchanted woodland and a

king’s court were all created smoothly so that the action was fast paced and slick. Outstanding actors included the ice-cold Matthew Hartley as Cinderella’s father and Charlotte Canham as the hapless girl who was demonised respectively by a greedy and ruthless king (Alex Grauwiler) and the aforementioned Rumpelstiltskins.Outstanding dance choreography was created by Miss Harris, ex-student Frankie Wall and many cast members. Live singing was provided by the hauntingly beautiful voices of singers, Hannah Bavage, Charlie Bunting, Cerys Blake, Emily Gibson, Rebekah Hartley, Vicky Joisce, and Lizzy Vogel. Head Girl Charlie took the lead in writing most of the lyrics to the songs used in the show, and was ably assisted through creative improvisation in rehearsal by the other girls.Weird, wonderful and bizarre costumes and props were provided by Mrs Norwood and her Textiles Team and Joy Bolton – Miss Harris’ mum! High points in the action were made even more visually gob-smacking through the ingenious costumes. These included the attempted suffocation of Snow White with a corset strung with deadly, blood-like, sinuous ribbons. Audience comments were unanimous in praising the high standard of performance achieved: “When is it going on in the West End?”

“This show was more professional than many of the professional productions I’ve seen!”“I would have paid three times the amount to see that show!”“Outstanding!”, “Unbelievable!” , “Stunning!”This was Neatherd’s first visit to the Memorial Hall but it certainly won’t be the last!All Photos: 2up Photography

SCHOOL PLAY

“You are never too young to follow your dreams”, says Ryan Lingwood from Shipdham who is a pupil at Neatherd High School. His dream is to become a famous F1 Racing Driver. A dream many young boys have – but he might just get there as he has been very successful in karting and recently picked up the “Driver of the Year Award” at Ellough Park Raceway in Beccles.

The 11 year old started karting three years ago, he joined the Youth Club at Karttrack in Cromer, and worked his way from Youth Club 2 to Youth Club 1. In 2013 Ryan decided to have a go at the Ellough Park Corporate Cadet Summer League, where he came 5th overall in the league at the end of the season with his best result being 3rd. Ryan then took part in the winter cadet league coming 4th overall in the league but securing his first win. In April 2014 the summer cadet league started again, with 7 racers ahead of him Ryan’s goal was to finish in the top 3 of the league, the first two races Ryan secured 2nd place, then he stepped it up a gear and went onto to win the next 5 races

and won the league by over 100 points. So it didn’t came as a surprise when Ryan was nominated for the Young Driver of the Year Award which was introduced in memory of Martyn Dobson who looked after many young drivers at Ellough. There were 8 nominations for this award which are taken from the cadet and junior leagues that Ellough Park Raceway Beccles run and the overall winner is decided by Martyn Dobson’s family. “We were so proud that Ryan won,” says his mum Sam Lingwood, “as there was a lot of stiff

compe t i t i on this year with the majority of the other drivers also w i n n i n g league titles.”

As Ryan will have to move up to Juniors this year another exciting year awaits him. “I just love the karting,” says Ryan. “My idol is Jenson Button, I hope I will be as good as him.”

KARTING

SWIMMINGWhether it is in sport, music, art or dance we like to hear what achievements pupils are receiving from their hard work outside of school in other activities. One such person who truly knows the definition of hard work is Year 11 pupil Tommy Hoven who currently swims for the UEA City of Norwich Swimming Club. Having swum at county level for over 4 years, Tommy is no mean swimmer. Since the beginning of this school year alone Tommy has already qualified for the winter regional championships in four races, the most he’s ever had.‘At the regionals I beat three of my personal best times out of the four races. At Sheffield a few weekends back I beat 3 PBs out of 3 races.’Tommy then went on to say about a ‘heart attack’ he had before his 100m freestyle race.‘Well I didn’t literally have a heart attack but basically what happened was the heat manager read out our names in reverse order, which was strange. There was me and this other guy who shared the same name, but because the heat manager only called us up by our first name, I went into the wrong lane, not knowing the other Tommy was there. This lead to me actually missing my race but luckily, one of the officials allowed me to swim in a later heat.’And it’s a good job he did as despite this hassle, Tommy still managed to beat his PB in a situation where ‘most people would be completely broken and not swim very well at all.’So hats off to him. Talking of hats, Tommy had a lot of positives to say about them when I declare that to me they’re ridiculous little rubbery things

which even if worn correctly, still make you look like an overgrown teletubby.‘I’ve never had a problem with the hats; after all they make you faster than if you were to swim without them. I’m all for them!’ So to Tommy these beguiling little hats are more like the ace of spade for swimmers rather than the thief of his dignity.Apart from asking about the vogue of

current swimmers, the most obvious question to ask our Year 11 pupil was how does he cope with balancing 15 hours of time in the pool and 4 hours of intensive ‘dry land work’ (to you and me that’s basically being in a gym) with working towards his GCSEs.‘It does get extremely stressful. Not only do you have to prioritise school over swimming but equally you don’t want to lose fitness. For me as well it’s not only exams. I do

GCSE PE, am part of the rugby team and of course I have core PE also to contend with so I really do appreciate having most of the weekend off.’And so after having spending 15 hours a week consumed by chlorine, one has to wonder if Tommy is addicted to the stuff yet.‘Not addicted no, but I do struggle to get the smell of it out.’‘But it’s a part of your daily diet though now surely? After swimming since you were ten? How much do you reckon you take in during the week?’‘Well the idea is to not drink the water. If I did that, there wouldn’t be any left after the session.’

BRADLEY DAVIES

On a typically wet, windy and bitterly cold day in January, 13 Neatherd High School pupils had the pleasure to compete against the whole of the county in the Norfolk cross country championships held at Sloughbottom Park in Norwich. These pupils, who all qualified from the local championships held on our very own Neatherd course early in January, managed to perform great things and smashed all previous bests held by former Neatherd students.All Neatherd runners did themselves and their school proud in the races

that they ran. Many of whom managed to secure high ranking finishes that means that they have now qualified for regional finals that are held in Suffolk in early February. Of particular highlight throughout the day was Sam Swales’ sprint-out with another great young runner which saw Sam agonisingly finish 2nd after leading the whole of the race; Jack White literally winning his race (a first ever area win for Neatherd) by a country mile and Maddy Street catching the pack after starting after everybody else had gone.The following pupils took part in the day and did absolutely brilliantly!!Maddy Street, Sam Swales, Abi Foster, Ellie Foster, Leya Forster, Molly O’Callaghan, Liam Chipperfield, Jack White, Ben Whitehair, Charlie Dickerson, Caoimhe Cullen, Emma Jones, Matt Allen.

CROSS COUNTRY

Sophie Mann is a year 10 student who has been going to riding school since she was 6. She received her first pony when she was 7, and currently competes with her pony Danesfort Boy. Sophie competed in a National Dressage Championship in Buckinghamshire on the 1st and 2nd of November, this included one test on the Saturday and another on the Sunday. On the Saturday Sophie scored the highest percentage out of 185 other riders and then on the Sunday the whole team performed really well therefore they won the championship! The team was in the lead after day one so we’re glad they continued their high scoring.We are very proud of Sophie and her team for winning the championship and she told us it was “an experience of a lifetime.”

BETHAN BATES

Photo: EDP

HORSE RIDING

BASKETBALLBASKETBALL MATCH REPORTS

U16 – 3rd February 2015 Neatherd V SprowstonFinal Score: 23-21 SprowstonThe under 16s played their second competitive Basketball game of the year against Sprowston High School in the ‘Norfolk and District League’. Team Neatherd won the tip, however through some effective Sprowston pressure fell behind due to some well worked passing that created space under the Neatherd basket. This tended to be a common theme through the first half with Neatherd losing out to a well drilled outfit that were organised in attack and defence. Confidence seemed to be low with the game not going Neatherd’s way. The Team battled hard but ended up trailing Sprowston by 5 points going in to half time. The second half was played in better spirits with Neatherd looking livelier in and around the key. Unfortunately the ball was just not going in which left the team and myself frustrated. With 2minutes to go Neatherd closed the deficit and drew level with some positive movement and effective shots from the free-throw line. Unfortunately Sprowston scored with the last play to win the game 23-21.

Coach Lyons

U14 – 9th February 2015 Neatherd V AylshamFinal Score: 31-10 NeatherdThis time the Neatherd under 14s took on a very tall Aylsham team in their second game of the Norfolk and District Basketball League. Even though the Aylsham team averaged a foot taller than each of the Neatherd players, Neatherd still won the tip and started the game with possession. Neatherd, playing with confidence after their opening win against Sprowston,

managed to work the ball around Aylsham’s horseshoe well, creating space for Liam Chipperfield to score the opening basket. Neatherd went 10 points without conceding a basket in the first quarter, demonstrating their improved defence that had been worked on in training earlier in the week. Not only were Reece Weedon and Liam Chipperfield a threat in front of the offensive basket they were also monsters in grabbing all defensive rebounds allowing no chance for Aylsham to score on a follow up. All boys contributed to a decent first half of Basketball. Neatherd leading at the break 18-4. In the second half, for whatever reason, Neatherd started to panic in possession when there was clearly no need. Individuals started to give the ball away and shots became rushed. After a stern team talk during a time out, Neatherd went back on to the court with some more confidence and started to score more frequently with some great passing and well worked layups. Throughout the game there was some fantastic ball carrying from Jacob Thompson, Josh Richardson, Joao Baptista and Ewan Lait. The game finished with a convincing Neatherd win 31-10. All players played well. This is a U14 team and we had two very keen and talented year 7s playing who did not in any way look out of place. Coach Lyons

FOOTBALL MATCH REPORT

Year 11 - 9th February 2015 Neatherd V Long StrattonFinal Score: 5-1 Neatherd!

Last night the Year 11 boys hosted a strong Long Stratton side in their South Norfolk Cup Semi Final. The boys were clearly up for it from the start, stringing together wave after wave of attacks on a nervous Stratton back four. The pressure eventually told when Lee Ruddock was able to outmuscle both defender and keeper to go through on goal, only to be dragged back by the keeper at the last second, this left the highly qualified referee no choice but to give Neatherd a sport kick, which would be converted calmly by Tom ‘Pirlo’ Syer to make it 1-0 to the home side.

Playing some fluent football Neatherd looked clearly in control but a moment of confusion from a Stratton cross saw the away team quickly equalise. The ball bounced between goalkeeper Sam West and Left-back Bryn Hughes who would both have different ideas of what would happen, the result being nicely

placed header into the back of his own net by Hughes.

Looking like the game was to go in at half time level, Neatherd quickly broke through the Stratton defence and managed to roll a ball across to the back post where Jasper Bushby-Edwards managed to back-heel the ball into the corner of the Stratton net whilst under pressure from the onrushing defenders. Jordan Edgar then quickly made it 3-1 at half time with a nice slotted finish into the corner from a Tom Burton corner.

In the second half it quickly became 4-1 with a Harry Ward finish from another centre from Tom Burton and then Luke Milligan finished off the game to make it 5-1 at full time.Neatherd now go into the final in late March to try and retain their cup.

Coach Barrinhio.

Two teams of Year 7 students attended a Sportshall Athletics competition at Taverham High School. The event comprises of 5 field event type activities and 5 running events.Although all are based on individual performances, the points are accumulated to create an overall score. The team with the highest number of points goes on to represent West Norwich & Dereham Partnership in the Partnership games in June.Both our teams performed recently with some outstanding individual performances (particularly in the mornings) from Sam Swales, Latasha Ward and Arden Scott, winning the races they entered by a considerable margin.

Both teams ended up 3rd overall and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

FOOTBALL

SPORTSHALL ATHLETICS

On the 14th January Mrs Topping took us a group of Sports Leaders to Taverham High school for a athletics competition between Dereham St Nicholas, Toftwood Junior, Mattishal Primary, Swanton Morley and Thomas Bullock. It was a very busy and fun filled day! All the children got to take part in each activity and all did very well at each one! All cheering their team mates on and smiles all around! The loudest part of the day had to be the relay races! Every school was up and cheering on their fellow peers, all schools did very well and was a lovely environment to be a part of.Sports Leaders were very busy all day setting up and helping at each activity, Thank you to Lauren Bradfield, Poppy Sivitter and Ellie Rix for manning the Triple jump, also Sophie Walker, Shakira Read and Francesca Vecchio manning Javelin, Holly Lines, Jasmin West and Alex Green for manning Speed Bounce Jess Lahodna and Georgia Winter for manning Bench

ball chest pass Ben May and Tom Plunkett manning Chest push. Also Freya Arnold and Lisa McArdle for manning Long jump.

On behalf of us Sports Leaders we would like to thank every school for being so wonderful and enthusiastic and involved! It was lovely to see so many friendly faces! Also a big well done to Toftwood Junior and Dereham St Nicholas for getting through to the next athletics competition.

FRANKIE VECCHIO

SPORTS LEADERS

TABLE TENNISOn Tuesday the 10th February eight of our Yr8 pupils travelled to Taverham High school to take part in the West Norwich and Dereham Schools Sports Partnership Table Tennis Competition. Winners from this event go onto represent the WNDSSP at the Norfolk School Games where they will play pupils from schools countywide.Harry Gagen, Joe Culyer, Luke Keeley, Sam Tyler, Nathan Perkins, Finlay Reid, Jamie Harding and Charlie Dickerson, made up two teams of four, ranked from 1 – 4. They played 7 matches consisting of 2 games against boys from Taverham Hall, Taverham High,

Reepham and Hellesdon High School. Our boys played with real determination

and a competitive spirit, and after a mixed bag of wins, losses and draws our teams finished 3rd and 4th overall. Although no one made a qualifying position they really enjoyed the experience and the opportunity to

compete in another sport that we do not play very often in school.The boys did incredibly well as they were up against teams that have Table Tennis as part of their PE curriculum.