Eva’s artwork included in Beyond Boundaries exhibition

Year 8 student Eva James’  entry to the science-inspired art competition, Beyond Boundaries, has been included in the project’s online exhibition. https://www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk/content/beyond-boundaries-2020-galleries The Beyond Boundaries project, originally funded by the University of Oxford Diversity Fund, aims to increase the visibility of Oxford’s Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) scientists and mathematicians, bridge the perceived divide […]

Senior Students share stories with the CNPS Primary Schools

We are very grateful to 10 of our Senior Students in Year 13 who video recorded themselves reading 10 brilliant and funny picture books. The videos were sent to 10 local primary schools for them to share with their youngest pupils on World Book Day. The Sixth Formers read with great enthusiasm and creativity and […]

Staff Shelfie Competition

We challenged our students to identify twelve members of the teaching staff by scouring the contents of their book shelves for cryptic clues.  Many students submitted correct entries (our students certainly know a lot about their teachers!) but a joint entry by Molly Smith and Rio Dumbleton  (both Year 11) was picked as the winning […]

Mr Potato Head Competition

Students were asked to transform humble potatoes into well known book characters for World Book Day. The standard of entries was very high and we loved seeing your photos. The judges decided to award prizes to two winners, Dolly (Katniss Everdeen) and Isabella (Three Little Pigs) in Year 7. Well done to everyone who took […]

Book Week @ CNS

Year 7, 8 and 9 have enjoyed author talks by Liz Pichon, Victoria Schwab and Lisa Thompson this week as part of our Book Week celebrations. Liz Pichon gave an entertaining talk about how her journey to becoming a world famous author started from being a keen writer as a child. She also demonstrated how […]