Year 8

A lovely week in the Boarding Houses

May 17, 2019

Last weekend, there was great excitement as the boarders were off to see the new Avengers Film – armed with all the appropriate treats, they settled in to watch that very long film! This coming weekend, the boarders will have a ball in Brighton when they visit GloBalls, Brighton Marina. Hopefully the sun will continue [...]

Life Coach News

May 17, 2019

Our ability to simulate possible futures is unique to humans. It is called ‘prospecting’. It helps us decide how to act. Year 7 are journeying into the future. This can have a number of benefits: Help them to make more prudent decisions – link their actions ‘now’ to what they want in the future. Help [...]

Outstanding LAMDA Results

May 17, 2019

Mrs Flower and I were delighted with the LAMDA results that arrived this week for the students who sat their examinations in March, just before Easter. They achieved 100% pass rate and some extremely impressive marks including 100% for Rosie E, Matilda H and Harley B which is both rare and outstanding. We were particularly [...]

Dissecting a Lamb’s Heart

May 7, 2019

Year 8 have been revising their Biology and have looked at how the heart works by dissecting a lamb’s heart (brought from the supermarket) They were amazed at how strong an artery is and that heart strings actually exist.

If only the Earth were a few feet in diameter …

May 7, 2019

If the Earth were only a few feet in diameter, floating a few feet above a field somewhere, people would come from everywhere to marvel at it. People would walk around it, marvelling at its big pools of water, its little pools and the water flowing between the pools. People would marvel at the bumps [...]

A week of achievements

May 7, 2019

This week has brought much excitement to Reception with the first of the eggs hatching and following Earth Day, there have been ongoing discussions in all sections of the school about what more we as a school can do to develop our “green and sustainable” credentials. Battery recycling is a new initiative and children should [...]

Welcome back to the Summer Term!

April 30, 2019

I hope all your children have enjoyed the first week back after the glorious weather of the Easter long weekend. We have packed a lot into the first 4 days with an Easter story assembly; early season cricket; the first block fixture of girls soccer; two wonderfully amusing and well performed Year 6 drama evenings, [...]

Earth Day

April 30, 2019

Earth Day is a day to reflect on our planet and our environment and what we can do to help keep them both healthy. At school today we enjoyed an excellent presentation from Year 7 pupil and beekeeper, Matthew B, who brought in a range of his equipment including his smoker and frames to help [...]

Ski Photos

March 31, 2019

Below are a selection of photos (the rest will be added at the end of the trip on to the Photo Gallery when the cameras are returned!)