School News
Year 6 swimmers excel in National Finals
On Saturday Hamish, Shaan, Finlay, Andreas and Sebastian from the year 6 swim squad attended the English Schools Primary Team Championships. The boys were in awe of the size of the competition, with hundreds of swimmers on poolside and over 1000 spectators. The competition began with a parade of representatives around the pool from each…
Year 8 Sailing Trip
This past week, two 74 foot Challenger yachts set sail from Portsmouth Harbour for an exhilarating trip along the Solent. The boys had exceptional weather during their week away, only needing to wear their salopettes for Thursday’s adventure, culminating with their night sail back into Portsmouth! The yachts travelled along the Isle of Wight for…
Year 4 Residential Trip
The Year 4 boys enjoyed their two night trip away to Dorset where they stayed, worked and played on Magdalen Farm. The boys had a chance to build shelters, collect eggs and use the amazing egg sizing machine, feed goats, pigs and chickens and gather herbs for their organic pizzas baked in stone oven. Once…
Early Years Sports Day and Open Morning
The field at Gallery Road was filled with happy families and smiling faces on Saturday. The weather was perfect as the march out began and the races started. All the children had a wonderful time and they hugely enjoyed their families joining in the races. After the fun, we welcomed many new parents and children…
London Schools Swimming Champions!
This Wednesday the Swimming Squad in years 5&6 won the London Schools Swimming Championships. For the first time the competition added four new races: 100m Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and 50m Butterfly. The boys were the only team to qualify for every final and individual medallists included Hamish (1st), Nate (1st), Andreas (1st, 4th), Shaan (2nd,…
Swimming victory in the National Finals
On Saturday the boys from Years 5-8 swam in the IAPS National Swimming Finals at the London Aquatic Centre. It was an amazing experience for the boys against the best swimmers in Prep school swimming: 4000 children from 400 schools took part in 32 qualifying galas with 1500 children reaching the National Finals! All the…
Lower School Concerts
The boys in Lower School are to be congratulated on a tremendous pair of concerts which began the series of musical events that will take us to the close of the academic year. The richness of tone from the String Orchestra, and also from the String Ensemble, was very impressive. The Orchestra entertained with three…
Year 3 Ocean Day
On Monday, the Year 3 boys enjoyed a ‘Wow’ day to finish off their ‘Under the Sea’ humanities topic. Activities included snorkelling and diving for objects in the pool, time in the cookery suite making shark cupcakes, and a lesson creating an origami dolphin. The boys engaged enthusiastically throughout this hugely successful day.
Year 3 Residential to Sayers Croft
Last Friday and Saturday, saw Year 3 on their residential trip. The boys travelled to Sayers Croft in Surrey and were blessed with perfect weather for their adventures. The boys were exceptionally busy with orienteering, pond dipping, caving, problem solving, a challenge course (blindfolded), a maze, making and firing a ballista as well as time…
European Day
Before half term, the Year 1 boys had a wonderful European Day. They started with a delicious feast from the country they had been studying. The boys tucked into delicacies from all over Europe, from hummus to mozzarella and stroopwafles to Pastéis de Nata! (custard tarts) Once the boys had demolished everything, they were ready…
