School News
Chamber Music Festival
On Sunday 3rd February Dulwich Prep hosted one of the preliminary rounds of The Pro Corda National Music Festival for Schools. The Festival is held in February and March each year and tours schools around the country through qualifying and regional semi-final rounds, culminating in a finals day at a prodigious performance venue. The strength…
Dr Higuchi visits the Upper School
The week began for the Upper School boys with an absolute treat of a talk from Dr Takeo Higuchi, who has been championing the concept of ‘the ideas marathon’ since its inception in 1984. He is a dapper septuagenarian, full of energy, playfulness and creativity, and he shared a phrase that will resonate with us…
Water Polo report
The Senior Water Polo squad have had another productive fortnight in the pool. Last week saw the U12s host a joint training session with the College. The boys were fortunate to learn from a variety of coaches and join in mixed drills, skills and matches. A brilliant afternoon of polo was had by all! Yesterday…
U11 Bristol Rugby Tour
An early departure on Friday morning set us underway for our Rugby Tour, to the beautiful and rugby-mad city of Bristol. 43 boys, 7 staff and our fanatic staff bus driver Andrew enjoyed a good passage through London, the M4 and beyond. After a planned stop at Beefeater near Swindon to feed the hungry tour…
Prep+ Spring Term update
Booking for this term’s events has been very brisk with several events sold out, but there are still places available for the Dulwich Hamlet v Welling United match on Saturday 9th February as well as the Harlequins v Gloucester match at The Stoop on 10th March. Saturday 9th February Dulwich Hamlet v Welling United 3pm….
Sid Sloane visits the Prep
The boys in Pre-Prep and Lower School were treated to a fantastically interactive talk from CBeebies presenter Sid Sloane. As part of Mental Health Week, the boys learnt about the importance of keeping their minds healthy and how their brains work. Through raps, poetry and movement, Sid put his message across in a fun and…
Family Book Club author visit
The first-ever meeting of the Dulwich Prep Family Book Club took place in our new Dining Hall on Tuesday night. The chosen book was Wed Wabbit, the Carnegie Medal and Costa Award shortlisted book by Lissa Evans, and around 80 boys, siblings, parents and grandparents had read it in preparation for the meeting. Fortified by…
Pupils' Concert
Pupils’ Concerts give individuals and small chamber groups the opportunity to showcase current repertoire and entertain parents, staff and supporters for about an hour. They usually occur four or five times a term involving up to 30 boys in each case. The involvement of so many individuals makes it impossible to comment on every performance…
Shrewsbury House School rugby reports
U13 Rugby v Shrewsbury House School Sportsmanship, school values, camaraderie, skill and agility were all on display in the U13 Rugby fixtures v Shrewsbury House School on Monday. With internal and external exams, illness and senior school visits, we were down to bare bones for numbers in teams. Everybody willing and available got on the…
Qualification for Swimmers
This past week the boys in the swim squad from Years 3-6 swam in the London League semi-finals at JAGS sports club. In a very competitive and noisy competition the boys swam fantastically well coming in second, but more importantly qualifying through to the grand final against the best schools from North London. In other…
