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.

Summer Term Heads of School

20th May 2022
Prep School

Congratulations to our newest Heads of School, Sienna C and Rhys M, and their fabulous team of prefects. So far this term, they have all been taking their various roles and responsibilities very seriously, demonstrating their Super Hoot Powers perfectly. 

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Prefect Piece – Jai S

20th May 2022
Prep School

In his prefect piece, Jai S (Year 6) talks about his love for Cricket, which he has been playing since he was four years old! Jai talks about how he aspires to play for England one day and the skills that are required to succeed in this sport.

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Senior Leader’s Lines – 20.05.22

20th May 2022
Prep School

What do the following all have in common: tea rationing finishes, The Great London Smog kills 4000 people, England has its first professional Cricket captain, the United Kingdom developed an atomic bomb, identity cards were abolished, the first jet aircraft flew from Johannesburg to London, Agatha Christie's 'The Mouse Trap’ opens in London and Mary Norton’s ‘The Borrowers’ is published?

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Year 6 French Trip 2022

13th May 2022
Prep School

This week, Year 6 enjoyed their first residential trip abroad since 2019. Four days based in Le Touquet saw the children visit a bee farm, a chocolaterie, a snail farm, the beach and - the children's favourite - the Vimy Ridge war memorial.

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Forest School – 13.05.22

13th May 2022
Prep School

Reception classes took the book 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' to the Forest School this week. The day began with building bridges and trying to find the strongest one. We tested this with our three different sized billy goats.

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Somerhill Mathematics Competition

13th May 2022
Prep School

This week, the Mathematics department have been busy competing against 16 other schools, and up to 40 teams, at the Somerhill Maths Competition. 

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Mathematical Mocktails

13th May 2022
Prep School

Last week, our Year 6 pupils learned about ratio. At the end of the topic, the year group got into groups to bring ratio alive! How would ratio be used in a real-life situation?

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SVPS Design Challenge

13th May 2022
Prep School

Maidstone Museum launched a design challenge for schools across Kent. Designers had to use inspiration from an artefact, gallery or special exhibition at the Museum to produce a prototype product that could be sold in the Museum Shop.

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