How is Shakespeare Relevant to Me? How is Shakespeare relevant in our modern world? This question really sparked the childrens’ curiosity as all the children, from Reception to Year 8, were challenged to think about this question across the curriculum in a fascinating and insightful Shakespeare Week. Our Reception children explored the magical world of…
All the children had a fabulous time taking part in the various themed activities we held in aid of Children in Need, we had lots of crazy hair and some brilliant dressing up outfits. The children have also been really busy working on their problem solving skills using multi link cubes, painting by numbers and…
What better way to have some half term messy fun than create your own magic potion! Just before half term pupils in the Prep school spent a lesson learning some autumnal and Halloween vocabulary in French. They were then set an optional challenge of making their very own potion complete with an antique ingredients label…
Amazing Architecture Our budding architects and engineers in Year 8 were challenged to design and construct a building. Their brief was deliberately wide, to see what sparked the curiosity and they were told they could use any materials they wanted to. Their 5R skills were tested to the full as they had to use their…
Year 4 and 5 joined our regular Tuesday night boarders to have a fun packed evening of Disney themed games and challenges. They all had to dress up in a Disney costume and there was some great teamwork on display as they got stuck into the challenges with a great spirit. There was a carousel…
Year One have been having great fun with their new theme ‘Enchanted Woodland.’ We started off spending some time outside looking at trees. We enjoyed looking at similarities and differences in their shape, size, leaves and trunk. We used a tree identification sheet to try and identify the trees we saw and looked to see…
Dear Parents, Thank you very much to all those who helped with the Autumn Visit by our governance team. I found it a brilliant time, and had a good chance to talk through and test ideas with the team. Some of the meetings will stick in my mind for the next few years and you…
Dear Parents, This week’s Year 4 to 8 assembly focused on Ruth Bader Ginsberg, ‘notorious RBG’, and included a challenge to the girls to be as focused on equality as she was, and the for the boys to recognise the battles and arguments she went through to achieve what she did. I then moved on…
Pre-Prep Awards Golden Awards Reception Proud Clouds Larissa J, Massimo C, Ottilie M and Rory M Year 1 Golden Awards Noah W and Maddie A Year 2 Golden Awards Emily S and Harry A Year 3 Golden Awards Joshua M and Imogen B 5R Awards Resilient Rhino Hugo N, Rowan M, Finn C, Massimo…
Passion, skill, determination and resilience were all on show as the Under 9 football team came away overall winners of the annual Under 9 Football Festival at Littlegarth School, on 1 November. This came as a result of an excellent first half of term. The boys had performed well in all of their matches leading…
