School News
Lower School Voices at Beckenham Festival
On Saturday 24th November, Lower School Voices travelled to St George’s Church, Beckenham to compete in the annual Beckenham Festival. The choir performed three songs and were praised for their fantastic dynamics, excellent diction and ability to empathise with the meaning of the songs. They received a score of 89 (Honours), which was only 1…
Year 7 visit the V & A Museum
The Year 7 Creative Rotation boys spent a really interesting and stimulating day at the Creative Quarter of the V & A Museum last week. They took part in drop-in workshops including: building cardboard furniture with Kingston design students (including card plugs and lamps), constructing elements for a floating city with graphic designers, and designing…
Knights and Castles in the Pre-Prep
Last Friday, the Pre-Prep opened its doors to a myriad of knights, kings, queens, jesters and many other wonderfully dressed Year 1 boys, for their Knights and Castles Dress-Up Day! The boys enjoyed an engaging talk from Mr Gordon, from the History Department, who told them about the honourable qualities that a knight must uphold….
8D Drama Performance
Last Friday, just a week after the school’s centenary commemorations of the Armistice and beneath the new memorial wall in the Concert Hall, the boys of 8D performed an anthology of work to commemorate the First World War, focusing on the morale and humanity of those in the trenches. Having worked with Mr Sperring, our…
Winter Bicycle MOTs at the Prep
Today we were delighted to have Richard Balfe and his team into school to do a bicycle MOT for boys and staff. The team from Balfe’s Bikes checked tyres, brakes and the general condition of each bike, especially important as the winter months close in. The most common issue seemed to be under inflated tyres…
Christmas Events at the Prep
Christmas Events – 2018 Early Years Reception Winter Show Magenta and Blue Classes Friday 23rd November 9.45am Reception Winter Show Purple and Green Classes 11.15am Nursery Orange Class Nativity Dress Rehearsal Wednesday 5th December 9.45am Nursery Yellow Class Nativity Dress Rehearsal 11.30am Nursery Red Class Nativity Dress Rehearsal 2.00pm Nursery Orange Class Nativity …
Bell ringing at St Stephen's
For the first time our Year 8 boys became bell ringers at St Stephen’s on Remembrance Sunday. Even with a little technical explanation from Rev. Schűnemann and a practice the day before (it was a real treat and pleasure to be able to do this), the boys realised that bell ringing is quite a tricky, technical…
Rugby news
Last Saturday, our boys engaged in their first block fixture against Emanuel School. There were 8 fixtures in total – U13A&B, U12ABCD, U11A&B. After tribe rugby and a full week of training, it was a great chance to see the boys play as we start to develop a Dulwich Prep London style of the sport across all year groups. A particular…
1950s Day in the Pre-Prep
On Friday, the Year 2 boys got the chance to immerse themselves in a Day in the Life of a 1950s school child. The boys had to follow more formal lessons in Reading with the help of Janet and John, Writing and Arithmetic. They also took part in a Movement and Music class and nature…
Lower School Open Afternoons
On Monday and Tuesday evenings after school the classrooms of Years 3 and 4 buzzed with energy and excitement as the boys guided their friends and family through their books. All were impressed with the quality and quantity of work. Many also admired the boys digital learning journal posted on Seesaw, showing some of the…
