School News
Traditional Tales Dress-up day for Reception Boys
On Friday, the Reception boys all dressed up for our Traditional Tales Dress up Day. We had knights, wolves, gingerbread men, Peter Pans, Pinocchios and even a tortoise. They all looked incredible. The boys told the story of Goldilocks and the three bears using Talk for Writing to their captivated Nursery audience before a fun day of…
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…
Year 1 visit to Crystal Palace Park
Last week, Year 1 visited Crystal Palace Park to see the recently renovated dinosaur models created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins. Armed with their homemade dinosaur sandwiches, the boys eagerly boarded the minibuses ready for their adventure! Following their picnic, the boys were full of shock and awe as they came face to face with the…
Under 13 Football
Congratulations to the under 13 team for their performance in the Northcote Lodge School 6 aside tournament. The team won their first game to Thomas’s Battersea 1-0 playing some intricate football and scoring a fabulous team goal scored by Ben Gbadamosi. They then played Westminster School drawing 0-0 but playing some superb football and working…
Musician of the Week
Headmaster’s assemblies on Fridays always include a ‘musician of the week’. Last Friday Xavier joined Mr Street in an accordion duet. Mr Street is fresh from his stint as on onstage musician in the Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of Fiddler on the Roof, starring Omid Djalili. Xavier played the haunting theme which opens the entire…
Early Years First Assembly
Today was the very first assembly for all the children in Early Years together. And they were all incredible! They practised crossing arms for the good morning song and Mrs Burtonshaw talked about the Teddy Bears Picnic, then the children all sang a song together. Arms crossed for good picnic weather on Friday!
Year 1 Self Portraits
Year 1 have been busy creating their own self-portraits this week and as you can see they have been employing the ‘draft’ method. The idea of doing a draft beforehand was introduced to staff by James Nottingham, during an Inset session at the start of term. It allows the boys to self-assess, reflect on their…
Under 11s kick off the Football Season
Congratulations to the under 11A team for their performance in the Shrewsbury House Football tournament. The team lost their first game to Rokeby School 1-0 after dominating the game and losing to a deflected goal. They then when on to play Cumnor House School and won 1-0 with a fabulous goal by Hugo Richards. They…
Parking in Alleyn Park
As usual at this time of the new academic year I would like to remind you about parking in Alleyn Park. We are already receiving complaints from our neighbours about inconsiderate parking and vehicles blocking driveways and parking on double yellow lines. Our neighbours are being very understanding about the increase in traffic resulting from…
Big Band success at Music For Youth
We heard, early in the summer term, that the Big Band had been invited to participate in the finals of what is the largest music festival in the world. We have been represented at this prestigious occasion by the Senior Orchestra, or by the Big Band, every year for over a decade. The finals, held…
