Senior School 14 Jan 22

Headmaster’s Headlines – 14.01.22

It is a stunning afternoon here at School. The School site looks beautiful today, bathed in sunshine with hardly a cloud in the sky. Sunrises and sunsets have also been breath taking; I wonder how many more days we can have like this as the winter progresses.

Sixth Form 14 Jan 22

Head of School Speech

During the Headmaster's Assembly today, Katherine Sawyer (Upper Sixth) delivered her Head of School speech, which you can read below.

Sixth Form 7 Jan 22

Head of School Speech

During the Headmaster's Assembly today Theodore Dransfield (Upper Sixth) delivered his Head of School speech, which you can read below.

Senior School 7 Jan 22

Indoor Hockey Success

Over the Christmas break, several of our pupils competed at the Indoor Hockey UK Championships. This is a tournament ran independently of England Hockey, aiming to give more athletes a taste of Indoor Hockey, in a highly competitive environment.

Card Sharks Club

29th Apr 2022
Prep School

A new club in Pre-Prep started this week - Card Sharks. The children learnt about the names of the various suits, shuffling, dealing, hands and most importantly how to have fun playing a new card game!

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A Commendable Comic Club

29th Apr 2022
Prep School

Our Year 5 Comic Club has filled Monday lunch breaks with creativity, fun and laughter. Promoting pupil voice, the club was organised and run by Year 5 children with a sense of humour, love of comic characters and an entrepreneurial spirit.

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Year 6 Magistrate’s Workshops

29th Apr 2022
Prep School

This week Alvin Shaw, a local magistrate, visited our Year 6 pupils to talk to them about the processes and procedures connected to our law system and the consequences of breaking the law. 

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Prefect Pieces – 29.04.22

29th Apr 2022
Prep School

This week's prefect pieces come from Sienna C and Henry K (both Year 6). Sienna writes about her fascination with the Titanic and its tragic story and Henry describes his experience seeing osprey eggs on his holiday in Scotland!

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Learning Powers – 29.04.22

29th Apr 2022
Prep School

Our final pair of Learning Powers this year is Curiosity and Originality. Mr Watkins, Deputy Head, introduced these to the children last week, through the lens of how we use questions to solve problems in new and creative ways.

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Brilliant Beatrix Potter

29th Apr 2022
Prep School

This week, children in Year 5 applied their Super Hoot Learning Powers of flexibility and collaboration to create mood board maps that reflected the life and art of Beatrix Potter. This brilliant woman’s legacy lives on through her amazing artwork, stories and films.

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Terrific Tallying

29th Apr 2022
Prep School

Children in Year 1 have been learning about tally charts in creative and exciting ways - including porridge tasting! They have also been using their knowledge and skills from their ICT lessons to problem solve.

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Fantastic Fashion Designers

29th Apr 2022
Prep School

The Year 6 Design and Technology lessons have been giving the children the opportunity to be fashion designers. They are making items of clothing for the rabbit character from the book 'The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane'.

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