School News
Family Book Club
Our second Family Book Club meeting took place last Thursday, and attracted over 80 participants – all of whom had read the chosen book, The Day I Was Erased, in preparation. Fortified by delicious cakes, the boys and other family members took part in round table activities and discussions on different elements of the book: …
The Fourth Plinth Schools Awards Ceremony
Our future generation of London artists gathered last week at the City Hall, right below Sadiq Khan’s office, to collect their prizes for the Fourth Plinth Schools Awards. Francesco in Year 8 sat amongst the 40 prize winners selected from 3225 entries, representing each of the London boroughs. Francesco’s work, a Book Art sculpture inspired…
Ben Fogle talk
This week the Prep+ boys took a trip to the Royal Geographical Society for a talk with Ben Fogle. His talk was moving in terms of him showing his vulnerability– he began with a photograph of himself as a boy and spoke about how he failed at everything and was/is very shy. After failing at…
Southwark Book Award 2019
Over 50 students representing the different schools in Southwark that had been shadowing and voting for the 2019 Southwark Book Award, came to the Prep last Thursday morning for the Award Ceremony. Members of our Year 7 Book Club were amongst those students who took part in round table discussions assessing each of the shortlisted…
Year 1 Grandparents Afternoon Tea
The Year 1 boys enjoyed inviting their grandparents and senior citizens to a beautiful afternoon tea laid out in the Pre-Prep Hall. The guests enjoyed a selection of cakes, sandwiches and tea to rival a royal garden party! The boys performed songs from their class Assemblies and played kazoos and boomwhackers. As part of our…
Animal Man Visit
Last week the Early Years were visited by Pythons, Bearded Dragons, Tarantulas, Stick Insects and Giant Millipedes. An expert from a local school told the children all about the insects’ origins and let the children hold them if they wanted to. The Reception boys wrote about what they had seen, drew pictures and made butterfly wall…
Pre-Prep Storytelling Week
The boys returned from their Easter holidays to find themselves in the throes of Storytelling Week. The week started with an Assembly in which Mrs Dow imaginatively retold one of her favourite stories. The boys spent the rest of the day exploring features of traditional tales and the day concluded with them scouring the tables…
Tate Britain Art Trip
As part of the Art Scholarship Preparation Programme, the boys attended a special ‘behind the scenes’ experience at the Tate Britain. Charity Fox, an Art conservator at the Tate, gave the boys an insight into the logistics involved in managing thousands of artworks and the issues surrounding the conservation, preservation, re-fabrication and displaying of artworks….
Literary Quiz for Years 6 and 7
Two teams of boys went to Dulwich College on Friday to join a host of other teams from South London schools in the seventh annual literary quiz organised by children’s authors from CWISL (Children’s Writers and Illustrators South London). Between rounds of highly challenging questions there were chances to meet authors, hear “one minute reads”…
U11 ISFA Football Tournament
On Tuesday, 7th May, our Year 6 boys will be competing in the National Finals of the ISFA U11 Seven-a-Side Football Tournament which take place at The National Football Centre, St. George’s Park. This is the pinnacle of the football season with teams from all around the country in pursuit of glory. The boys have…
