(L-R) Sam Freeman, Jenny Cyffin-Jones, Kizzy Lumley-Edwards, Meredith Bryson, Connor Greenwood Following Oswestry School’s record Lamda (music and drama) results this term, the school has just received news of the outstanding English Speaking Board (ESB) results pupils have achieved. 95% of the pupils obtained a Distinction or Merit Plus (the equivalent of an A*/A), and five individual pupils were...
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Moreton's impressive U15 Cricket team made it through to the U15 National Cricket finals day to be held on September 7th after beating Wakefeld Girls High School by 7 wickets on Thursday June 18th. The finals day will take place in Oxford and will consists of both the semi-finals and finals with teams from Shenfield High School, Brighton College and South Dartmoor Community College competing for...
On Friday 5 June, the headmaster of Dean Close School, Cheltenham announced the acquisition of St John’s-on-the-Hill Prep School in Chepstow, securing its future. Dean Close has enjoyed a very close and successful relationship with St John’s over recent years, and has seen significant numbers of pupils move over to its Senior School in Cheltenham. It is very much in Dean Close’s interest that...
Farlington School’s Year 8 girls have just returned from a three-day bonding trip at Blackland Farm in East Grinstead as part of the Key Stage 3 Physical Education curriculum and to develop peer group relationships. The camp is run every year for the 12- and 13-year-olds and develops and enhances their team building skills, initiative, independence and self-confidence. The girls have to work outside...
Farlington School’s Prep 6 girls have just experienced a five-day trip to the Isle of Wight. The girls were given a full itinerary which was certainly action-packed, with never a dull moment. Not only did the trip enrich the girls’ learning in relation to the curriculum, but it also allowed the girls to learn how to be independent and to use team building skills, as well as develop leadership...
Kevin Hicks as a British Redcoat recounts experiences as a soldier Wellington School commemorated the Battle of Waterloo in fitting style this week. With kind permission from The National Trust, teams of Year 5 and 6 pupils from Wellington Prep School travelled up to the Wellington Monument with Historian Kevin Hicks (History Squad). Kevin was dressed as a British “Redcoat” for the Napoleonic...
An example of artwork from the Exhibition. “The Eye of Providence” by Angel Zhou, A2 Student, aged 19. The Gallery at Dauntsey’s School will open the School’s Summer Festival by staging a collaborative Exhibition of work by GCSE and A Level Students. The Exhibition celebrates a diverse breadth of creative talent and success from Dauntsey’s pupils. Opening times are as follows: Opening...
Reception pupils from Clifton School and Nursery have been spending time with their fathers and grandfathers as part of their Father’s Day celebration. The event gave the parents and children an opportunity to be creative as they made their own cardboard...
Aimee Mayfield aged 10 from Burton on Trent, a pupil in Year 5 at Abbotsholme School has won Player of the Year Award after having only played for Burton Hockey Club Under 10’s for the past two years. Aimee and the Under 10s went to a tournament recently and they played four teams in the competition including Belper, Lichfield, Burton B Team and Beeston. They won all their matches bar...
On Thursday 18 June a group of Year 7 St Mary’s School, Cambridge students performed six Grimm Tales to an audience of parents in the gardens of the school. The students performed Tim Supple's dramatisation of Carol Ann Duffy's version of the tales, which famously highlights some of the darker aspects of these stories. From the violent rejection of Hansel and Gretel to Ashputtel's stepsisters cutting...
On 4th June, Oundle School welcomed fifty-six pupils from seven local primary schools (Oundle and Kings Cliffe Middle School, Gladstone Primary School, Castor CE Primary School, Brigstock Lathams CE School, Exeter Primary School, Woodnewton Primary School and Studfall Junior School), to its SciTec science facilities to take part in a Gifted and Talented science event. This annual event aims to...
Children aged 7 to 9 at Stonyhurst College’s prep school, St Mary’s Hall, Lancashire, gave a dazzling performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ this term. Parents were bowled over by their strong singing and colourful dancing, and gave them a standing ovation at the...
(L-R) Heather Thomas, Learning Officer at The Lightbox and Caroline Shouksmith, Head of Art at King Edward's Witley. Sixth Form Visual Arts students studying for the International Baccalaureate at King Edward’s Witley, have been invited to exhibit their work at the contemporary Lightbox Gallery and museum, Chobham Road, Woking until 28 June 2015. The stunning creations were developed in response...
A pupil from Salisbury Cathedral School has won Dauntsey’s School’s annual Dodecahedron Competition. Jude took first prize in this highly respected maths competition, now in its 27th year. The competition is designed to give the most able mathematicians aged 12 and under the opportunity to stretch and challenge themselves beyond their normal maths curriculum. More than one thousand candidates...
Culford School Nursery once again supported Meningitis Now last week by undertaking a ‘toddle waddle’ around Culford Park. As usual the event was extremely well-supported with children, parents and staff coming together to raise over £150 for Meningitis Now. The Toddle Waddle is one of Meningitis Now’s biggest fundraisers and thousands of children take part every year. The money raised helps...
After a promising season as Leicester City’s U12 goalkeeper, Oundle School pupil, Freddie Craven (12) has recently signed a two year contract with the club. Freddie started with Lincoln City as their U11 goalkeeper, moving to Leicester City last year as their U12 goalkeeper on a one year contract. He trains on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings at Leicester’s training ground in...
Helen Arney The contribution that STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths) can make to the British and world economy is widely recognised, not just in the political arena but also by industry; consequently there is a growing national recognition of the importance of recruiting more students and especially women into STEM careers. But how do we actively engage girls in STEM...
Pupils from Rydal Penrhos Prep School’s flagship choir, the Friday Singers, enchanted local care home residents at a special lunchtime concert recently. The children stole the hearts of the ladies and gentlemen of Abbeyfield Care Home in Colwyn Bay with beautiful performances of Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus, Hurford’s Litany to the Holy Spirit, Don Besig’s Love Grows Here and Any Dream Will Do by...