Mindful of the cost of school uniforms and equipment - as well as the environmental impact of buying replacements - we are pleased to announce a new ♻️ RESALE AND RECYCLE ♻️ project to start in the New Year.  This will allow parents to purchase items of unlabeled lost property that remain unclaimed after one month, with proceeds going to good causes.

      In the meantime, any items currently in lost property will be displayed in the Rainbow Room until 20 December - and anything unclaimed after that date will either be offered for resale next term or donated to charity. 

      On Wednesday, Year 4 recapped and consolidated their current humanities topic with a study visit to the Leicester Museum & Art Gallery which hosts the most important collection of ancient Egyptian objects in the East Midlands.

      The girls enjoyed touring the permanent exhibition that includes four mummified ancient Egyptians, shabti figurines and canopic jars - all of which shed light on how the ancient Egyptians viewed death and the afterlife.  There were also opportunities to handle and examine a range of artefacts which reveal interesting details about everyday life 4,500 years ago.

      Thank you to everyone - pupils, parents and staff alike - who sang, strummed, drummed and shook buckets to raise an amazing £1,068 for PASIC, last Saturday.  You braved wet weather and Christmas shopping crowds to help a fabulous cause that is so close to our hearts - a charity that supports young people with cancer, in memory of our former pupil Rose Whittle who died ten years ago.

      Our alumnae span the world and every professional sector.  We have over 100,000 members and the network is increasing every year.

      Being a GDST alumna offers endless opportunities. From mentoring to professional networking, self-development and social events, the network offers a community unlike any other.

      We're delighted to share the online version of the 2023 Connect magazine for our NGHS community.  Alumnae news stories in this edition include include:

• Victoria Monk, Class of 2010 – Ready to Row the Atlantic – follow her adventure here:  https://www.instagram.com/theresherows/

• In conversation with Rebecca Maguire, Class of 2009 - https://www.wildflowerillustrationco.com/

• Hannah Fowler, Class of 2022 – Dr Lucy Campion travel Scholarship

• Freya McGarva, Class of 2022 – Professionally skating with Holiday on Ice

      The GDST provides opportunities for its students to collaborate in many ways, despite the geographical distances between our schools.  Last June, a group of NGHS Year 6 Eco Warriors travelled to Wimbledon High School to participate in the We Are One project celebration - a focus for all GDST Year 6 students to engage in sustainability ideas and create short campaign videos to encourage others to change behaviours and support environmental initiatives.  This video was created by our six former Year 6 students about food waste in school:

      Well done to our Year 6 postal workers who have been busy working collaboratively to sort the Christmas post, ready for delivery rounds.

      A Postman Pat on the back is also due to Year 1, who have enjoyed spreading festive cheer and ensuring special deliveries are all made to the correct classrooms before we break up!

**  The final postbox collection will be on Monday  **

      Last weekend saw the final cross country league race of the season, in extremely wet and muddy conditions.  Despite this, our girls showed RESILIENCE, dug deep and produced a solid result.

      Overall, they finished 7th in the league and improved their team result with each round.  Congratulations to Esme, Florence, Minnie, Dina, Aaminah, Amelie, Hoor and Zoey who represented NGHS, and thank you also to the parent supporters who braved the elements!