School News
Early Years celebrate Harvest
The Nursery boys and girls, in their class coloured t-shirts all sat in front of an extremely proud audience and sang their well-practised Harvest songs. The Headmaster‘s visitor from Australia read the children an autumn poem and they sang about autumn leaves. The Reception classes sang songs about cauliflowers, cabbages and beans and other Harvest…
Flash Mob!
Three weeks ago the boys of Year 4 had a dance workshop with two dancers currently performing in the West End. From this initial stimulus Mr Bennett Surtees has been working with the boys of both Years 3 and 4 to prepare a ‘Flash Mob’ dance. Monday was performance day and to the delight of…
U13 and U11 Football comes to a close
U13 Football Team A great effort by the boys in the ISFA qualifier. The team lost their first game to Parkside 2-0 and also ended up playing the rest of the tournament with 7 players as Tino was carried off injured and damaged his ankle ligaments. They then played Hoebridge School and won 3-0 with…
Pre-Prep Harvest Festival
The Pre-Prep was in full swing ‘harvesting’ this week! The boys delighted their audience with beautiful, emotional singing, kazoo playing and Michael Jackson dance moves whilst dressed as fruit and vegetables! The hall was filled with boys dig, dig, digging the earth and rocking the Harvest! It was a fabulous morning’s entertainment that left us…
Year 6 Music Day at Dulwich College
It was a jolly minibus full of young musicians that sang its way to Dulwich College on Thursday morning, as 23 boys were transported with a range of instruments ranging from a flute to a double bass and almost everything in between, for the annual Music Workshop offered to our Year 6 boys. An opportunity…
Year 2 "Mini-Engingeer" Workshop
The power of Lego came to Year 2 on Wednesday with a visit from the ‘Mini Engineers ILab’! The boys were thrilled to work in teams to create their own London landscapes and design new and old iconic landmarks. As “Mini-Engineers” they were able to apply a wide range of skills, including interpreting 2D and…
Ce. Ome. Yei. Nahiu.
Ce. Ome. Yei. Nahiu. On Wednesday 28th September Year 4 were transported back in time by Mexicolore to learn more about their Aztec topic. All the boys were immersed in chanting and counting in the Aztec language; playing musical instruments and dressing up to appreciate the different aspects of Aztec life. The wonderful, numerous artefacts…
U11 Football Success Continues
Congratulations to the U11A team for their performance in the Epsom College tournament. The team won their first game against Knightsbridge School 1-0, after a fantastic curled goal by Hugo. They then drew 0-0 with Thomas’s Clapham; the team created many chances but unfortunately could not find the net. They finally wrapped up the group…
Year 8 DT visit to the Design Museum
On Friday afternoon Year 8 Design and Technology Creative Rotation went to the Designer Maker User permanent exhibition at the newly refurbished, spectacular Design Museum beautifully designed by the minimalist architect John Pawson. We looked at the Crowd Sourced wall where members of the public voted on objects they thought worthy of being in the…
Lower School Lego Clubs
This year, the importance of progress is a focus for school. This is true of club activities too. In Year 3, the boys begin Lego club with time to ‘free style’ individually or in pairs. As the year progresses, they will start to be set building challenges to foster skills of problem solving and tap…
