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The grounds are springing back to life as we prepare to welcome students for the start of the Summer Term next week - even if blue skies are currently fleeting! 🌱🌷🪻 https://t.co/nPSU6LIJqC
An annual end of term tradition, this year’s whole School Baton Race was won by Holdgate for Seniors, Founder’s for Inters and Lambe’s for the Juniors. In time honoured fashion, winning Houses were presented with their trophies by the youngest members of the SVS community. 🏃🏽♀️ https://t.co/5Ag0X9o3FF
Head’s Lines – 16.12.22
As the School breaks up for the Christmas holidays (albeit Little Lambs Nursery will continue to operate until Wednesday 21st December), we can look back on a busy and varied term. We have just held the final assembly of term with children from Reception to Year 6 there to celebrate, the first time all of these year groups have come together in an assembly since the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, which happened so soon after the start of term in September. The mood then was sombre and respectful; the mood today was rather more jubilant and raucous!
Read MoreA Visit to Kolkata
Mr Sansom is spending the last few days of term visiting The Mathieson Mission School (MMS) in Kolkata, with whom the School has built a relationship over recent years to help support their aim of providing sponsored education to under-privileged children in Kolkata, who might not otherwise have access to any education.
Read MoreBarcelona Hockey Tour
Sixty children from Sevenoaks Hockey Club attended a Hockey tournament in Barcelona between the 9th and 11th December. Cian N (Second Form) has written the following report on the trip.
Read MoreHistory Trip to Poland 2022
With 76 pupils on an overseas trip, our visit to Poland was always going to be epic and it started with an epic delay at Stansted Airport! Despite the extra 12 hours that we had to inspect the departure lounge, not one of the participants whinged or moaned, we remained upbeat and hopeful we would arrive in Kraków before the end of the day. Once we arrived, the difficulties of the previous day melted away as we were met with a picture-perfect scene that looked like it was straight from a Christmas card.
Read MoreBoarders’ Trip to the Christmas Lights
Last Saturday, the full time boarders went on an evening trip to the Leeds Castle Christmas Lights. Lilly Mueller (Fifth Form) writes about the trip below.
Read MoreA Spanish Boarder’s Tea
As part of Spanish being December's Language of the Month, the SVS kitchen staff have been busy preparing a Spanish dinner for our boarders to experience the wonderful food from this culture. You can take a look at the menu and find more information about Spain and it's cuisine below.
Read MoreBebras Computing Challenge
Our Fourth Form Computing group recently took part in the Bebras Computing Challenge. This challenge introduces computational thinking to students and is organised in over 50 countries. This is designed to get students all over the world excited about computing as each participant answers questions that focus on computational and logical thinking.
Read MoreClothworkers’ Hall Performance
On Tuesday, the Senior Strings performed at the Clothworkers' Hall, London to Guild members during their Christmas dinner. As you may be aware, the School was founded by William Lambe the master of the Clothworker’s Guild in the late 16th century, and the school was governed by them until they handed it over to the United Westminster Foundation in the early 20th century.
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