School News
Iceland
Twenty one boys and three staff ventured once more to Iceland during half term. The five day trip included exploring the remarkable South Coast with an overnight stop near Vik with views of the Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands), the Golden Circle and the Western Fjords and Borganes. The group encountered all seasons during their stay, from…
Sorrento
A group of Year 8 boys enjoyed an incredible cultural and historical trip to Sorrento during the half term holiday. The sun shone down on them every day as they took on the sights of Pompeii, Vesuvius , Herculaneum and the spectacular view from Sorrento itself. One of the biggest highlights of the trip was…
Bedtime Stories
Just imagine; soft lighting, lullaby music, snuggly pyjamas and cuddly toys, that sums up the gentle atmosphere of our bedtime story day which took place on Friday 18th October. The children arrived at school wearing their best pair of pyjamas and clutching their favourite bedtime story book. Then, instead of shaking hands and saying the…
Bebras Challenge
All the boys in Y3 and Y4 along with the current computing rotation in Middle School took part in the UK Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge this week. The Challenge is an online competition open to all schools in 40 different countries. It introduces pupils to computational and logical thinking. The Bebras challenges are made of…
Diwali at the Prep
Before the half term break the boys in Middle and Upper School celebrated Diwali festival by drawing wonderful chalk rangoli patterns throughout the school grounds. Diwali is a five day festival of light that is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and some Buddhists (this year it began on the 27th October). Every autumn, the observance…
Dulwich College Music Day
Oliver M and Tom H (both 6D) have written about their recent musical experience at Dulwich College: During a school day while everyone else was at school, we were at Dulwich College…It was amazing! We got to play our instruments all day. As soon as we arrived we found our seats in the orchestra and…
Prep+ Graffiti Art Course
On Sunday, Prep+ came to school when we had our first ever Graffiti Art Course. The marvellous Leon, a professional graffiti artist from Graffiti Stars gave a three hour course to 30 boys from Years 5 to 8 as an introduction to the art form. The first task was making paper and card stencils and…
A thank you from the Friends
The Friends of Dulwich Prep London would like to thank all the boys, parents and teachers for their generous harvest donations of food. Food parcels were donated to senior citizens at Balmoral Court & Cedar Close. Year 7 boys accompanied Mr Young to deliver harvest goodies to senior citizens in Bowen Drive and the Kingswood…
Biathlon at Whitgift
On a grey and wet Sunday morning a selection of boys travelled to Croydon to compete in the Whitgift Biathlon. The boys performed amazingly well on the day despite the conditions, competing with a sense of energy and pride. There were some fantastic results in the pool and on a very muddy and slippery running…
Prep+ The Term So Far
We have had three fully booked outings so far this term. The term (season) kicked off as boys, staff and parents went to watch The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ -a musical of the famous book written by Sue Townsend. The staging and the musical itself were fabulous and thoroughly enjoyed by…
