School News
4D Assembly
In Lower School, the School value of the week has been Gratitude. From the simplicity of being grateful when someone holds a door open for you, to the need to recognise how much people at home do to help us with no question of reward other than our love and respect, to the wonderful class…
Year 8 Field Trip
The Common Entrance and Scholarship candidates all spent a day on the sunny South Coast of Sussex measuring the changing morphology of the Cuckmere River. Armed with ranging poles, tape measures, stop-watches and the humble dog biscuit, the boys gathered excellent data to compile some rather advanced enquiry- style projects. The trip allowed the boys…
A big week of football at the Prep!
The week started with the Under 13 team playing in the 7 aside IAPS Rokeby tournament performing some of the best football of the term so far. The team started the tournament really well winning 3 of their group matches and drawing the other two. They finished joint top on points, but second on goal…
The Forty Years On Lunch
Saturday September 28th was Open Morning for prospective parents. A few Old Boys took the opportunity to come and look around the school which, after so much refurbishment since their time here, was much changed! From noon, Old Boys who had left the school between 1941 and 1979, gathered for the annual Forty Years On…
Year 4 Swimming Gala
On Monday afternoon, Dulwich Prep London hosted a pre-season gala for the Year Four Swim Squad. The races against Oakfield and Dulwich College gave all boys the opportunity to practise their dives, improve their racing technique and try to clock a new PB! Watching from poolside, it was clear the squad were incredibly positive and…
Pre-Prep Parent Workshops
In the first few weeks of term, Pre-Prep parents were invited to attend the English and Maths Workshops. In the English Workshop, Miss Reynolds discussed and demonstrated cursive handwriting for the parents to try out themselves. As well as tips for reading at home, parents also got to try out using strategies in phonics such…
The Great Fire of London!
Last week the Year 2 boys were transported back through time to experience London in 1666 as they recreated life in Pudding Lane on the eve of the Great Fire of London with the help of the Freshwater Theatre Company. The children explored what life was like for residents of London at that time, the…
Matt Dickinson visit
This Wednesday, the Lower School boys were enthralled when they met author Matt Dickinson. He told them how his own life and the adventures he has had inspire him when he is thinking of a new story idea. He not only officially opened the Lower School library for us, he also launched his new book,…
Early Years Parent Workshops
This week in Early Years we held three parent workshops, each one including a short talk about three areas of our curriculum, Literacy, Maths and PSED. The Literacy workshop focused on early reading skills and RWI. Ruth and Graeme spoke about the importance of rhymes and syllables, how we teach clipped, pure sounds to the…
Jump out of a Book Day
On Friday 20th September who should arrive in Early Years but lots of different story book characters for the Reception boys’ special ‘Jump out of a book’ day. We had gruffaloes, knights, crocodiles and dinosaurs, several Zogs and a very dashing fantastic Mr Fox and many more imaginary characters. Our Reception teachers performed a mixed…
