Noadswood News Week Commencing 1st December 2025

I’ve also very much enjoyed delivering assemblies to Years 7-10 on the theme of the Advent season we have embarked on: recognising the joys that Christmas can bring us, whether we have any faith or none, whilst also recognising the pressures and the frenzy it can be. We’ve thought together about how best to stay present and to stay thoughtful about one another over the coming weeks. We would also like to reiterate how incredibly proud we are of our Year 11 students for the mature and focused way they have conducted themselves throughout their mock examinations. Some colleagues may be able to return mock papers and provide feedback before Christmas. However, we will be holding a formal results assembly in January, where students will receive a full printed breakdown of their grades to give them an authentic taste of their real results day. Please note that some mocks take longer to mark or are scheduled later, so certain departments will return papers and offer feedback in the new year instead. A reminder that Monday 8th December is an INSET day, and school will be closed to all students. Please add this date to your calendars. We would also like to remind you that on Friday 19th December, as usual we will be holding our end-of-term assemblies. On this day, the school will close at approximately 12:30pm (please note that celebrations may mean we finish just a few minutes later). The schedule for the day is as follows: 08:45 – 09:00 Tutor Time 09:00 – 09:45 Period 1 09:45 – 10:30 Period 2 10:30 – 10:45 Break Time 10:50 – 11:10  Year 7 Assembly 11:10 – 11:30  Year 8 Assembly 11:30 – 11:50 Year 9 Assembly  11:50 – 12:10 Year 10 Assembly  12:10 – 12:30 Year 11 Assembly If any families require their child to stay on site until 2:50pm, please email erollett@noadswood.hants.sch.uk Finally, at Noadswood, we value reading really highly, and we work hard to help every student become and remain a confident, enthusiastic reader.  Knowing that, as we approach Christmas, some families prefer to donate to charity rather than purchase traditional cards, we would be hugely grateful if you would take a look at our “Make Everyone a Reader This Christmas” list, created in partnership with Darling Reads, an independent bookshop:  https://darlingreadsbooks.com/collections/noadswood-school Through Darling Reads, families can purchase book vouchers that go directly towards new books for our school library—supporting all our students and enriching our reading community. If you have a book recommendation you’d love to see added to our library shelves, please share it with us using this short form:  https://forms.office.com/e/LueP3wwCeM Wishing everyone a decent weekend when we get there and looking forward to two more weeks of this term together, including many festive fun moments. Best wishes,   Kathryn Marshall and the Noadswood Leadership Team

Christmas Craft Fayre

Thank you to all the families who joined us on Saturday 29th November for our second craft fayre here at Noadswood. We had over 24 stalls, all who thoroughly enjoyed themselves and are looking forward to coming back next year. All funds raised on this day will go towards the Outdoor Library that the Student Voice group are currently working on. The ‘This is Me Choir’ sang their hearts out at the start of the event to get us all in the Christmas mood and sang again towards the end; they truly have wonderful voices.   For those of you who decorated a clay Christmas tree bauble, we will be in touch once they come back into school for you to collect.   Congratulations to Kate Price who was the winner of the Hamper that had been donated to the school by Exxon Mobile.