National Prizes Awarded for Photography

Lolita Cameron, National winner, 17-18 years category.











Behki Thomas, Joint Regional Runner Up, 17-18 yrs.





Charlotte Anstey, Joint Regional Runner Up, 17-18 yrs.













Jane Power, National Runner Up, 15-16 years category.




Charlotte Segger, Regional Joint Runner Up, 15-16 years category.


















Rebecca Van Slyke, Joint Regional Runner Up, 15-16yrs category.



Winners' photos will be exhibited in the Oxo gallery on the South Bank in London for four weeks over Christmas. A great achievement by all, well done.

Year 12 Amsterdam Trip

A good week was had by all and included activities such as beach art and a sketchbook competition, along with visits to the Stedelijk Museum, the Van Gogh Museum, Foam Photographers Gallery, Boijmans Van Beuningen, and the Kroller-Muller Museum.

Photos from the trip are displayed outside T49, do take a look!

Next year's trip is set for Tuesday 13th to Saturday 17th July 2010 and the itinerary details will be available in due course.

Young Quilter of the Year, Fiona Coupe

Fiona Coupe, who recently submitted an ambitious textile piece to The Festival of Quilts, has won Young Quilter of the Year within her age category, which is an enormous achievement.
First prize included a state of the art 'Brother' sewing machine and an invitation to the award ceremony and gala dinner at the Hilton Hotel in Birmingham.
After the festival, the winning quilts are being taken on tour to exhibit in London, Dublin and Harrogate.
Congratulations Fiona.

Wingfield Art Awards 2009

Congratulations go to former student, Bryn Fitch, on his outstanding achievement of winning the painting category at this year’s Wingfield Art Awards. Bryn, now a student at Goldsmiths College in London, was delighted to receive the award. His large painting entitled Composition IV, the fourth in a series of five, was given much accolade and even gained interest from potential patrons. Head of Art & Photography and Bryn's teacher, Darren Beattie, was overjoyed with the result and accompanied him to the award ceremony.
Northgate High School was delighted to enter work from both art and photography students; Bryn was joined by former art student Emily Waters and Year 13 photography student Tom Rose.
Well done to all of you.

Success in Photography Competition

Northgate Photography had success in a recent competition entitled 'snap' organised by St. Josephs college. Rebekah Pooley in year 12 one best landscape for the 14-18 category and Louisa kennard in year 13 was the runner up in the portrait category. Well done to both of you.

GCSE Art Exhibition: A great success

Congratulations to all year 11 pupils who have their work in the exhibition in the sixth form common room. The work, as always, is outstanding and the moderation process is now complete. We look forward to celebrating your success on Thursday 22nd May at the Open evening between 7pm and 8pm.

Year 12 Paris Trip

The Picassso Museum

Our Itinerary has been finalised and you will receive a copy of it shortly. Meanwhile here is a short version of some of the places you will be visiting:

• Day One: Outward journey, Montmartre, Sacre Coeur, Place du Tertre.


• Day Two: Musee D'Orsay, Eiffel Tower, Cruise on the Seine.


• Day Three: Pompidou Centre, Monet's house at Giverny, Bowling.


• Day Four: Rodin Museum, Picasso Museum, Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees.


• Day Five: Visit to Auvers Sur L'Oise, return home.

You will be shattered by the end of the trip, but I am sure you will have had a fantastic experience... and 'Yes', there is school on Monday!