School News
Biathlon Championships
Last Sunday boys from Years 4-8 competed in the National Schools Biathlon Championships at Crystal Palace. In what is a starter competition leading into Modern Pentathlon the boys are timed in a 50m or 100m swim and then timed in an 800m or 1600m run, points are awarded for each event and then added together….
Ducklings at the Early Years
Each of the eggs hatched at the Early Years and we have been looking after six beautiful Peking ducklings. The children have loved quietly visiting them in their warm nest in the drum, watching them swim and holding them carefully. They have been collected by the farmer and have been safely returned to their home…
Rugby Sevens
The Gallery Road fields were in immaculate condition last Saturday to welcome 15 of the UK’s rugby playing schools for the Sevens Rugby event. For the first time an U12 competition was included and in the first round all teams played each other once. During the round robin matches, bonus points were awarded for three…
IAPS Ski Championships
The IAPS skiing championship, held in Italy last week, was a unique experience for the 12 boys from The Prep who competed against some of the very best skiers in the UK. The ski team joined 310 other young athletes from almost 30 IAPS schools for a week of intensive race training that climaxed in…
Astonishing Cats at the Prep
Astonishing, remarkable, stunning… just some of the adjectives used by the Headmaster as he addressed the cast, crew and audience following the final performance of Cats by Andrew Lloyd-Webber with the texts by T.S. Eliot. A personal greeting of best wishes was sent to the cast by the composer which was received before the first…
Fundraising for swift boxes
I took this photograph on a visit to Tate Modern last year, when a gull followed me around the café. It was persistent and slightly aggressive, and I wondered why it was so far from the sea. Traditionally gulls have lived near the coast, but they are increasingly breaking their connection with the sea and…
Pre-Prep Eco Club
Our Pre-Prep Eco Club has had the most wonderful time over the past 2 weeks getting close to nature and exploring the wildlife in our local area thanks to our school’s ‘Eco Governor’, Mrs Celia Randell. She invited the boys into her beautiful garden to hunt for mini beasts, search for hedgehogs and go pond…
National Theatre Trip
We had a very interesting trip to the National Theatre backstage tour and a visit to Alma-nac architectural offices on Friday. The boys saw how props, costumes and stage designs were made and how 1:25 models were transformed into amazing full scale theatre sets. The guide explained how the Olivier Theatre contains an incredible drum that…
1W Class Assembly
Last week, 1W presented their Class Assembly ‘Life in Year 1’. The boys incorporated what they had learnt so far, their favourite Topic fact, a poem highlighting all the different parts of speech and a Maths Quiz hosted by our very own Albert Einstein! The boys also shared their hopes and dreams for the future,…
Two Weeks in the Life of Prep+
It’s been a very busy and varied time with Prep+ for the boys and parents who have had the opportunity to experience a great cross-section of events that London has to offer over the last ten days. A trip to ‘Thriller the Musical’ had the audience (us included) dancing in the aisles. The next evening…
