School News
Grandparents Coffee Morning
Last Friday, the Year 1 boys had the pleasure of inviting their grandparents/senior citizens for a Coffee Morning. As part of Poetry Week, they were asked to bring in a poem from their childhood to read to the boys. The visitors were treated to wonderful musical performances by each class, ranging from Frère Jacques on…
In the starting gate
I wonder how fast a young boy’s heart would be beating as he stands in the starting gate before plunging down an icy giant slalom course. The 12 boys who represented the school at the IAPS Ski Championships in Italy last week will know the answer first hand. This superbly organised event featured more than…
Eco-Awards
Our school was recently invited back to attend Dr Jane Goodall’s annual Roots & Shoots Awards at The Barbican Centre. Dr Jane is the world’s leading expert on chimpanzees and is a passionate, life-long campaigner of animal conservation and environmental issues. In September 2016 we started to run her ‘Roots & Shoots’ environmental club in…
Year 1 visit to Brooklands Museum
Year 1 ended their topic on transport with a visit to Brooklands Museum. The highlights of the day included a guided tour of one of the few remaining Concordes left in the world and being allowed to sit in Ayrton Senna’s Formula One racing car. The boys immersed themselves in the history of transport, from seeing…
Big Band perform at JAGS for Dulwich Helpline
The Big Band assembled at the Holst Hall at James Allen’s Girls’ School on Friday for the Dulwich Helpline Jazz night. Alongside groups from Dulwich College, JAGs, Kingsdale and Charter School, Dulwich Prep London were, by far, the most junior band in terms of age. The boys were placed sixth in the running order and entertained…
Design Museum Visit
On Friday Year 8 DT rotation spent their last session at the New Design Museum in the spectacularly converted old Commonwealth building. They saw beautiful examples of Zaha Hadid’s 3d printed forms, how the tennis ball is manufactured and how the mobile phone has evolved over the last 20 years. The comments from the boys…
Maths Day at the Early Years
Mrs Barrick masterminded an incredible Maths Day on Friday. The children had been really creative arriving in school dressed in an amazing assortment of maths based outfits. We started with an assembly to introduce the theme of the day, ‘Maths inside Story books’. Then, in the hall, the children attempted a roundabout of maths challenges…
Year 3 Egyptian Day
Another wondrous day for the boys in Lower School as Year 3 donned Pharaoh Headdresses and death masks in order to travel back to Ancient Egyptian times. The boys were lucky enough to meet ‘Mr Egypt’ (Phillip Harris) who is a working Egyptologist of 41 years! He shared with the boys his inspiring experiences of…
Year 2 Explorers Day
On Monday, Year 2 visited Dulwich College where they were given a tour of historical artefacts relating to Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton. As well as viewing historical paintings and photographs, the boys were thrilled to have an up-close viewing and guided tour of Shackleton’s lifeboat, the ‘James Caird’. The boys then embarked on their Explorers…
Pre-Prep Maths Day
On Friday, the Pre-Prep enjoyed celebrating Maths Day with a variety of exciting activities where the boys had to be super problem solvers. The theme was Superheroes and along with shopping for hero gadgets and creating symmetrical outfits, the boys worked out co-ordinates of the evil villains’ battleships. All the boys from Year 1 visited…
