Sixth Formers with Nellie on the steps of Main Hall at Leighton Park The planning stages for Leighton Park’s next Sixth Form Africa Trip will be taking place in the next few months, and students in Year 11 and Lower Sixth will soon be given the opportunity to decide which country they wish to visit. A key highlight for students from Leighton Park’s Sixth Form is the biennial trip to Africa, which...
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Due to popular demand! From September Kent College Pembury will have a new Year 6 class. The Board of Governors is delighted to announce that Kent College will be extending its Year 6 provision in the Preparatory School as of September 2015. This will increase the number of Year 6 classes from two to three. This comes as a response from the Governors to requests from prospective families, and since...
A group of staff and pupils travelled yesterday to Royal County Down to spectate at the Irish Open Pro-Am, where they had the opportunity to watch some of the world’s greatest golfing stars such as Rory McIlroy, Ernie Els and Sergio Garcia. Pupils took their chance to soak up the atmosphere and bag souvenirs and autographs of golfers and the celebrities who partnered...
Rounders Last week the Lancaster teams put on a great display beating Thomas Telford School in both matches. The Under 13s had the closest game winning by half a rounder. Athletics The boys’ and girls’ athletics teams have had a very busy and successful month. On Wednesday 29th May the boys’ team had an exciting relay match against Shrewsbury, Bedstone, Lucton and Thomas...
A frisson of excitement permeated Wellington School on Friday as cricketing superstar Kevin Pietersen spent a day in school. The controversial star ran a series of Masterclasses for school pupils and aspiring cricketers from around the region. Over 100 students took part in practical exercises and hands-on batting and bowling applications and heard Kevin speaking about his experiences. He was...
King Edward's Witley girl's football team with Andrew Wyciechowski (Mr. Wishy) After spending nineteen years at King Edward’s Witley, there is not a lot that Mr Andrew Wyciechowski does not know about coaching 11-18 year old boys and girls! Andrew originally joined on a part-time basis as an in-house football coach and after six years, went on to become Assistant Housemaster for Edward House,...
Cobham Hall’s Photographic Art student Dilara Sasmaz is celebrating after finding out that she will be one of only 38 art students nationally to have artwork displayed in the Royal Academy’s A-level Summer Exhibition Online. A-Level and International Baccalaureate Art students from across the UK submitted their work earlier in the year in the hope of being included in the online exhibition, which...
Plymouth College pupil, Sid McLaren, 16, has won a place at the iconic school for performing arts and technology, the Brit School. Based in Croydon, the school has seen stars such as Adele, Jesse J, Ashley Madekwe and Leona Lewis pass through its doors. Out of 500 applicants and 100 auditionees, Sid was offered one of only 20 places on the Post-16 Theatre course. Her achievement is all the more...
Kevin Pietersen and Chris Gayle On Thursday June 4th Aldenham School had the honour of Kevin Pietersen and Chris Gayle playing on the 1st XI Cricket Ground. The two cricketing legends were filming a promotional video to advertise the forthcoming Caribbean T20 Tournament. They were involved in two competitions, the first being who could hit the biggest six and the second was to see if they could hit a...
Farlington’s Prep 6 became evacuees for the morning as they enjoyed a World War II workshop with the History Man. They were all prepared for evacuation, with their suitcases and teddies under their arms. They wore their labels with pride for the experience. The History Man began his talk by explaining how life was before the war; luckily the artefacts were recognised, from an old fashioned wireless to...
The Place of 'traditional homework’ and its relationship to welbeing Eve Jardine-Young Through our support of the Cheltenham Science Festival last week, Cheltenham Ladies’ College sponsored a talk on Mindfulness from the clinical psychologist Linda Blair, which was a sell-out event. Following this talk, the Principal of Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Ms Eve Jardine-Young, was interviewed by...
Over 100 Farlington day girls, boarders, mothers and staff took part in Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life at Horsham Park on Sunday 7th June. This was Team Farlington’s second year of participating in the 5k race which was held in searing heat in and around Horsham Park. The carnival atmosphere kept all runners, joggers and walkers going to finish the event. Sara Whittaker, Farlington’s...
(L-R) Euan Cooper (11 from West Linton), Evdokios Demetrios (12 from Wirral) and Santiago Bulle Navarro (12 from Mexico) Talented young Golfers from Loretto Junior School won the Junior Team Trophy at the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools national championships at Hill Valley Golf Club in Shropshire last Friday. The team, consisting of Euan Cooper (11), Evdokios Demetrios (12) and...
West Buckland School in North Devon is pleased to announce that Mr Phillip Stapleton has been appointed Headmaster from 1st September 2016. Phillip is the current Deputy Headmaster at Ardingly College in West Sussex. With a degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from Durham University, Phillip’s career began at Stonyhurst College in 1996 teaching chemistry before moving to Charterhouse School...
Old Whitgiftian trio, Elliot Daly (Wasps), Marland Yarde (Harlequins) and Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks), all impressed in England’s crushing 73-12 victory over the Barbarians, as Stuart Lancaster’s side began their World Cup preparations with a bang. All three were recently named in an extended 50-man training group, which will be reduced to 31 for the showpiece event that kicks off in September -...
Dauntsey’s School has announced that the 2015 Richard Sandbrook Award will be shared between two entrants: Old Dauntseian Alexandra Halliday is currently studying Theology at St Peter's College, Oxford. Her award will finance travel costs to a rural health project in Jamkhed, India. Alexandra will participate in a programme run by Interserve, a Christian organisation which connects volunteers...
Plymouth College is one of only two schools in the UK and one of 11 in the world to be given accreditation that allows its national-level athletes to study the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) over up to four years. The school has a global reputation for high-performance sports programmes with swimmers, modern pentathletes, fencers and divers amongst its ranks. With IB normally run over two...
Mason Crane, Lancing Sixth Form cricketer, plays with the England Under 19 Squad. Lancing College has an excellent record on the cricket field, with outstanding facilities in a spectacular setting. The latest success is Mason Crane, who took part in the England Development Programme, training camps run by the England and Wales Cricket Board, and was selected for the England Under 19 Cricket Squad to...