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• TTRockstars House Cup

  26 March 2021

  There is a new addition to the house trophy cupboard - pupils from Year 2 to 6 can now work towards the TTRockstars House Cup!

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• Mountainous Landscapes

  26 March 2021

  What do you get when you combine dragons, the Himalayan Mountains and Year 3’s creativity?

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• Perfect Portraits

  26 March 2021

  Portraiture is a very old art form. Before the invention of photography, a painted, sculpted or drawn portrait was the only way to record the appearance of someone – be it human or animal.

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• Reading Adventurers

  26 March 2021

  A book is an adventure waiting to happen…

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• Message from the Deputy Head - 26th March 2021

  26 March 2021

  As we reach the conclusion of the most bizarre of terms, we are able to look back and reflect on what, I am sure you will agree with me, is a job well done.

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• Poetry Recital

  26 March 2021

  Several of our First Form English students took part in an end of term Zoom call with residents of Sutton Valence Care Home, to share poetry readings and Easter wishes.

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• National Citizenship Service

  26 March 2021

  For many years, some of our Fifth Form students have benefited from participating in the National Citizenship Service summer programme.

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• RAF Olympics

  26 March 2021

  This week, the Third Form RAF cadets competed in the RAF Olympics. 

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• US and Global Universities Webinar

  26 March 2021

  Have you got academic strength? Intellectual curiosity? Leadership?

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• CCF Senior NCOs

  26 March 2021

  Tradition is important in the CCF and the pace stick is the symbol of the Senior Cadet. 

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• Website Competition Winner

  26 March 2021

  We are pleased to announce the winner of the SVS Foundation Connect prize draw.

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• Exciting Computing Project

  26 March 2021

  Our Second Form students have an exciting Computing project coming up in the Summer Term. 

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• RAF Museum Green Aviation Challenge Winner

  26 March 2021

  Grace Manning-Greene (Second Form) entered the RAF Museum Green Aviation Challenge, in which she had to come up with and present an idea that could help the Royal Air Force be more environmentally friendly.

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• Holiday Reading

  26 March 2021

  Don’t forget to make use of the SVS eBook and audio library over the holidays. You can access our eLibrary anywhere, anytime and on multiple devices.

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• Leavers' Netball 2021

  26 March 2021

  Yesterday, our Upper Sixth took to the Netball court for the annual Boys vs Girls Netball match.

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• Intra-School Fixtures - 19th March 2021

  26 March 2021

  Last Saturday afternoon saw another round of intra-school sports fixtures with students participating in fixtures across Football, Hockey, Netball and Touch Rugby.

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• Blue Gown Winners - Lent Term 2021

  26 March 2021

  We were delighted to see how many students had received their Blue Gown this term.

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• End of Term Announcement

  26 March 2021

  Please see information pertaining to the School holidays and next term.

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• Zachabees

  25 March 2021

  Zachary H (Year 4) has developed a huge love of bees and has become extremely passionate about helping to save the bees.

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• Message from Deputy Head - 19th March 2021

  19 March 2021

  There’s a funny feeling of limbo, being in School at the moment.

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• International Affairs Forum

  19 March 2021

  Summer Beames (Lower Sixth), who is one of our Academic Scholars, took part in an International Affairs Forum earlier this week. She reflects on the experience below.

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• You Cube Reminder

  19 March 2021

  A final call for everyone to create a You Cube to celebrate you being part of the SVPS community.

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• SVPS Ski Trip 2022

  19 March 2021

  We are hoping to offer a Ski Trip in Easter 2022 to the current Year 2 to Year 5 children (who will be Year 3 to Year 6 at the date of travel).

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• Year 2 Triathlon

  19 March 2021

  Whilst Year 2 were at home during the lockdown, they decided to raise money for the Hile School in Nepal. They challenged themselves to complete a triathlon event to raise money, in which they raised a staggering £2,862!

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• Red Nose Day 2021

  19 March 2021

  Our children have been celebrating Red Nose Day today, raising lots of money for charity.

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• Comic Relief TTRockstars

  19 March 2021

  What a busy week! The pupils at SVPS have been going mad for their times tables.

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• Third Form Shooting

  19 March 2021

  The reopening of School has brought a welcome return to our co-curricular activities. 

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• Teen Tips Wellbeing Hub for Pupils

  19 March 2021

  We are now pleased to inform you that Teen Tips has extended their Wellbeing Hub to pupils.

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• Young Doctor Programme

  19 March 2021

  Holly Clark and Simona Jovanovic both Lower Sixth) participated in the Young Doctor Programme by InvestIN, which provided them with a fascinating insight into the medical profession.

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• Intra-school sport returns to SVS

  18 March 2021

  On Saturday afternoon, our intra-school sport recommenced with nearly 190 pupils participating in Football, Hockey, Netball and Touch Rugby fixtures.

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• Headmaster's Copy Prize - Sophia Parkin

  18 March 2021

  During the Headmaster's Assembly today, we were delighted to learn that Sophia Parkin (First Form) has been awarded a Headmaster's Copy Prize for her impressive and mature essay on King John.

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• COVID Home Testing

  18 March 2021

  We have now concluded our COVID testing on-site.

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• Morris Meadows for SVPS!

  12 March 2021

  A landscaped wildflower meadow in the grounds at Compton Verney House, an Art Gallery and Garden in Warwickshire, was the seed that grew the Year 5 Morris Meadow for SVPS artworks.

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• Never Judge a Book by its Cover!

  12 March 2021

  Mrs Savage’s Year 5 set had a vile time on World Book Day creating eye-catching, blood-curdling covers inspired by their villainous writing.

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• British Science Week 2021

  12 March 2021

  This week, we celebrated British Science Week at SVPS.

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• St Patrick's Day

  12 March 2021

  Prefect Freya S (Year 6) has shared her St Patrick's Day cookie recipe and crafts designs below. 

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• Year 2 Art Competition Winners

  12 March 2021

  Year 2 were inspired by the story of 'Katie and the Waterlily Pond'.

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• Year 6 Informal Concert

  12 March 2021

  After weeks of lockdown and a dearth of entertainment opportunities, what a joy last Friday was!

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• Message from Academic Deputy Head - 12th March 2021

  12 March 2021

  As our first week back in School comes to a close, we must congratulate all the children on how quickly they have adapted to being back in their classrooms and once again, getting used to classroom learning again.

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• Sixth Form Symposium 2021

  12 March 2021

  "It is not often you get the offer of free coffee with a side of existentialism, but when you do, you take it."

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• Codebreakers

  12 March 2021

  For centuries, organisations and governments have needed to send information secretly.

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• Lower Sixth InvestIN Webinar – ‘Your Future’

  12 March 2021

  On Monday morning, our Lower Sixth students participated in an InvestIN Education webinar, designed to explore their future career options.

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• English Competition - Design a Book Cover

  12 March 2021

  Before Half Term, our English department set out a competition for our students to design an original cover for a book they have read recently or that they are particularly fond of.

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• Translator Meeting

  12 March 2021

  Last Monday, our Fourth Form MFL students met with interpreter and translator, Rob Hunt.

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• Leavers' Ball 2021

  12 March 2021

  We announced our Leavers' Ball last week and we had a wonderful response from our community. 

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• English Competition

  12 March 2021

  Our English department ran a competition for our First Form students, following the Bishop’s Stortford literature competition in relation to a book The Girl who became a Tree by Joseph Coelho, in which they had to bring one of the characters to life.

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• Prefect Storytime

  11 March 2021

  During the lockdown, one of our prefects, Evie W (Year 6), came up with the idea of recording some stories for the younger children to enjoy.

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• Spring has Sprung!

  05 March 2021

  Year 4 are blossoming with enthusiasm for their new artist, Tracey English! The London based illustrator and surface pattern artist creates collages with hand-painted papers.

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• Individual Music Lessons

  05 March 2021

  Our visiting music teachers have been working wonders during lockdown, preparing pupils to sit remote exams and to perform wherever possible. 

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• Year 3 Peer Gynt Artwork

  05 March 2021

  Year 3’s imaginations have been on fire this term listening to Grieg’s music In the Hall of the Mountain King.

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• Prefect Book Review

  05 March 2021

  Who doesn’t love a good story…? It could be fantasy, mystery, autobiography, or a spooky horror. And it could be enjoyed out in the garden on a hot summers day or curled up by the fire with a steaming hot chocolate.

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• Message from our Head of Pre-Prep - 5th March 2021

  05 March 2021

  Message from our Head of Pre-Prep: A message for the children

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• Virtual Exercise Fixture vs King’s Rochester

  05 March 2021

  Last Saturday saw us take on King’s Rochester in a whole school Virtual Exercise Fixture.

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• COVID Testing

  04 March 2021

  In preparing for a return to School next week, we understand that the students may be a little apprehensive about having to take their first COVID test.

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• CCF Navy Promotion

  04 March 2021

  It is with great pleasure that we are able to announce the promotion of several Royal Navy Cadets, who have transferred from Able Cadet to One Star and one promotion from One Star to Two Star. 

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• Raspberry Muffin Recipe

  26 February 2021

  Prefect Clementine B (Year 6) has shared a wonderful recipe with us, to bake delicious raspberry muffins. 

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• Book Review - Prefect Report

  26 February 2021

  Prefect Evelyn W (Year 6) has written an excellent book review of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, by Joan Aiken.

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• Lockdown Reflections

  26 February 2021

  Our Fourth Form Photography students were given a two-week assignment called 'Reflections’.

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• Japanese Club

  26 February 2021

  Created in the first lockdown, our Japanese Club students are immersing themselves in Japanese culture.

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• Headmaster Copy Prize - 26th February 2021

  26 February 2021

  During the Headmaster's Assembly today, we were delighted to learn that eight students were awarded a Headmaster's Copy Prize for their outstanding academic work. Five students were also commended for their excellent work.

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• Message from the Head - 26th February 2021

  25 February 2021

  How wonderful that, in the week we introduced collaboration and flexibility as our learning powers, we also found out that we will all be back together from Monday 8th March!

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• OS News - Letter

  25 February 2021

  Recently, we received the sad news of the death of Old Suttonian Norman Collings (1940 W). In reporting his death, his widow, Susan, sent us through a scan of a letter he had sent to his mother shortly before he concluded his time at the School.

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• Environmental Project

  25 February 2021

  Our Second Form students undertook a project to apply for a Blue Peter green badge.

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• Half Term Drama Production

  25 February 2021

  Over Half Term, Mr Watkins launched a Drama competition, where each class performed a selection of poems and prose.

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• Looking for something to read?

  12 February 2021

  During lockdown, there are lots of opportunities for the children to spend some time curled up with a good book.

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• Snow Poems

  12 February 2021

  Poetry can be defined as 'literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience'.

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• Escape into a Landscape

  12 February 2021

  Year 4 have creatively escaped from lockdown by creating their very own L.S. Lowry landscapes.

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• You Cube

  12 February 2021

  Create a You Cube to celebrate being part of the SVPS community.

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• Message from our Head - 12th February 2021

  12 February 2021

  I am sure that we can all agree that, in many ways, this lockdown has been much harder than the first one.

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• Festival of Literature

  12 February 2021

  Bishop’s Stortford College has hosted a literature festival for a number of years and, undaunted by the lockdown this year, they proceeded with a festival that was entirely online.

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• Volcano Project

  12 February 2021

  During their Geography classes, our Second Form students have been learning about the theory of plate tectonics and the formation of volcanoes.

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• Saracens Rugby Interview - 5th February 2021

  12 February 2021

  Last Friday, the Senior Rugby squad had a question and answer session with Saracens Rugby player Charlie Watson.

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• Virtual Sporting Fixture - 6th February 2021

  12 February 2021

  On Saturday, SVS took part in a Virtual Exercise Fixture against Ashford School and St Lawrence College.

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• Headmaster's Copy Prize - Elliot Gooding

  12 February 2021

  During the Headmaster's Assembly today, we were delighted to learn that Elliot Gooding (Upper Sixth) has been awarded a Headmaster's Copy Prize for his incredible portrait, named 'The Marching Bandsman'.

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• Headmaster Announcement

  08 February 2021

  Mrs Gillian Swaine, Chair of the Governors at Sutton Valence School, is delighted to announce that the Governing Body has appointed Mr James Thomas as the new Headmaster of the School, effective as of September 2021.

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• Year 2 Art Competition

  05 February 2021

  In Year 2 we have been inspired by the story of 'Katie and the Waterlily Pond'. 

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• Beat COVID Board Game

  05 February 2021

  Beat Covid is a family game created by Aryaa O-S (Year 6) that encourages you to be physically active.

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• Stamps of Approval

  05 February 2021

  The well-known artist and craftsman, William Morris would definitely have given his stamp of approval to the wonderful stamp designs that Year 5 has created.

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• Games Review

  05 February 2021

  As part of his prefect duties, Kit H (Year 6) wrote a report on Year 5 and 6's Games competition.

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• Design Technology Takes Flight

  05 February 2021

  SVPS is full of Design Technology enthusiasts!

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• Calling the Community 

  05 February 2021

  Do you want to take part in the largest exhibition ever staged? Do you want to be part of a 'magical patchwork of creativity' and 'unleash your national flair'? The East of England's contemporary visual arts organisation Firstsite has launched an exciting new initiative to encourage the creation of ...

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• Ancient Egyptian Potions

  05 February 2021

  This week, Year 1 has been learning about Ancient Egyptian potions.

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• Buddies

  05 February 2021

  As part of their transition into Prep, children in Year 2 are allocated a buddy in Year 5 who can 'show them the ropes' and support them as they head up to the Coles Building. 

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• Message from our Deputy Head - 5th February 2021

  05 February 2021

  Of all the skills learned in School, the ability to read must be number one.

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• MFL Recommendations - February 2021

  05 February 2021

  To encourage our community to explore TV shows and books in other languages, the MFL department has shared their current recommendations on shows and books they are currently devouring. 

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• SV I-Fit Reminder

  05 February 2021

  Mr Howell wanted to remind pupils and parents of the flexibility within the SV I-Fit programme.

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• Holocaust Memorial 2021

  05 February 2021

  As mentioned in the 22nd January newsletter, this year we have made the viewing of the Holocaust Memorial optional.

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• DT In Action

  29 January 2021

  Harry H (Year 6) and brother Charlie (Year 4) have been actively applying their skills to construct flood-resistant homes and floating gardens for their Independent Design Technology Project.

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• New Brownie

  29 January 2021

  Amy J (Year 2) joined Brownies last week, she informed her peers in the class on Friday and spent her day in full uniform.

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• Science is Sweet

  29 January 2021

  Aaryan H (Year 6) has written a report about what Year 6 got up to in Science this week.

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• Choir Time

  29 January 2021

  “You’ve gotta make your own kind of music”, and that’s exactly what our Senior and Chamber Choir have been doing!

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• Magical Landscapes

  29 January 2021

  Friedensreich Hundertwasser was an artist who loved colour and nature.

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• Message from Academic Deputy Head - 29th January 2021

  29 January 2021

  One definition of learning is ‘if nothing has changed in long-term memory then nothing has been learned’.

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• Skin Cancer Study

  29 January 2021

  Congratulations to Old Suttonian Peter Bannister (2013 H), who has co-authored a study focused on the worrying increase in skin cancer cases in the UK.

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• Preparing for National Apprenticeships Week

  29 January 2021

  Here at SVS, we do not follow a one-size-fits-all approach when preparing our students for their future.

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• Blue Peter Green Badge

  29 January 2021

  This week, our Second Form Science students have started their Blue Peter Green badge project.

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• Be on the Team: Teenagers against Meningitis study

  29 January 2021

  For the last two years, members of the Sutton Valence Sixth Form have taken part in the 'Be on the TEAM: Teenagers Against Meningitis' research study.

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• Drawing Workshop

  29 January 2021

  Last weekend, the Art department set up a virtual Urban Landscape Drawing workshop with artist Jeanette Barnes.

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• Wellbeing Hub

  29 January 2021

  We are delighted to inform you that we have joined the Teen Tips Wellbeing Hub.

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• COVID Testing Centre

  22 January 2021

  Following the Government announcement that schools will be involved in mass testing of pupils and staff, we have been busy transforming the Sports Hall into a testing centre.

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• Home Sweet Home

  22 January 2021

  As we are all spending more time at home at the moment, now is the perfect opportunity to complete some interior design. 

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• Tissue Monsters

  22 January 2021

  Our Year 3 key worker children were given the task to create a tissue box monster as part of their Independent Extended Design Technology project.

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• Year 5 Book Study

  22 January 2021

  Year 5 have started their new book study for this term, The Girl Who Stole an Elephant. 

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• Art - David Hockney

  22 January 2021

  Seb H (Year 6) has been telling us all about Year 6's Art lesson this week, and how they are looking at a new artist known as David Hockney.

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• Music at Home

  22 January 2021

  While your children are spending more time at home than usual and perhaps looking for ways to entertain themselves, why not encourage them to spend time on some musical pursuits?

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• Lent Term Book Club

  22 January 2021

  We are delighted to offer a new Lent Term Book Club for our Prep children.

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• From our Head Girl

  22 January 2021

  Our new Head Girl, Mya B (Year 6), has written an excellent poem about the current situation we find ourselves in, with a wonderful sense of positivity throughout.

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• Message from Head of Pre-Prep - 22nd January 2021

  22 January 2021

  Well Pre-Prep, how can I start this newsletter without saying a very big well done to each and every one of you and of course, your parents.

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• MFL Recommendations

  22 January 2021

  The MFL department is making the most of lockdown to catch up on some of their favourite French and Spanish TV series and read the books they didn’t get around to reading during the last lockdown.

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• Holocaust Survivor Talk

  22 January 2021

  During a normal School term, we participate in the live webcast on Holocaust memorial day, taking place on 26th January. 

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• Head of School Speech

  22 January 2021

  During the Headmaster's Assembly today, Cameron Lamont-Brown (Upper Sixth) delivered her excellent speech to the School.

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• Junior Leadership Cookbook 2021

  22 January 2021

  The Juniors were tasked with the challenge of serving their family by cooking for them, as part of Junior Leadership.

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• Key Worker Children - 15th January 2021

  15 January 2021

  Although our key worker children are really missing their friends, they are making the best of the situation in School.

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• Sewing Bees

  15 January 2021

  Charlotte and Zara have been busy Design Technology bees, designing and sewing.

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• Stepping into Lowry’s Life

  15 January 2021

  Year 4 have stepped into the world of artist LS Lowry. A world filled with factories, street scenes, grey skies and matchstick figures with large feet.

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• Zoomposium - Can faith and doubt co-exist?

  15 January 2021

  The Sixth Form Symposium restarted on Wednesday lunchtime, thi