School News
Inaugural Prep Panto
For the first time in its 131 year history the boys at Dulwich Prep London have performed a Panto … Oh no they haven’t! Oh yes they have! The year 4 boys took to the stage in full costumes to a packed concert hall of parents on Monday afternoon and what a sight it was. …
Year 3 Christmas Stars
On Friday afternoon the concert hall came alive with the talented Year 3s performing their Christmas X Factor musical, Christmas Stars. With songs galore and the boys in full voice the Christmas spirit truly shone through. The highlight for many parents was the stunning performance of ‘Heaven has Opened’ where the Year group split into…
Christmas in Early Years
It’s been a very special end of term in Early Years. Instead of Monday we had Elf day! The children, dressed as Santa’s ‘little helpers’, came to school ready to work in their classroom workshops. They were busy creating lots of Christmas treasures, from bead baubles, sticky elf biscuits, snowmen cakes and sparkly stars. In…
Christmas Concert
Thank you to all the musicians in our flagship groups who presented a splendid evening of music in our Christmas Concert. The new lighting system in the Concert Hall gave a warm atmosphere to what was a tremendous evening. The larger ensembles, Senior Concert Band, Big Band, Chamber Strings and Senior Orchestra played impressively and…
Google Virtual Reality Expeditions
There was a lot of excitement today when the boys in Lower School were taken on a virtual tour of the Egyptian Pyramids, the Borneo Rainforests and the Great Barrier Reef. The boys were even lucky enough to be able to view Santa’s journey, visit his house and workshop. This was all possible due to…
Year 2 Roots & Shoots Club
Year 2 have been busy in the new Roots & Shoots club this term. This is a charity founded by Dr Jane Goodall, the world expert on chimpanzees, for children who would like to make our world a better place. We have been studying the Animals topic this term. The boys have been looking at…
Year 1 post letters to Santa
Last week, following our focus on letter writing, Year 1 wrote to Santa! They told him whether they had been good (or at least tried to be!) and made sure they wished him a very happy Christmas. The highlight of the letter was listing a few things that they would like for Christmas. We decided…
Hour of Code
Throughout this week, boys across the school have been taking part in the ‘Hour of Code’ event. The Hour of Code takes place in 180+ countries and encourages pupils to try coding. Boys had the opportunity to try new coding tutorials and receive a certificate after completing the one hour of code. This year, the…
Pre-Prep Christmas Play
This year’s Pre-Prep Christmas show was ‘Strictly the Nativity’ filmed by the Bethlehem Broadcasting Company. There were lights, camels, and action as we joined the jam-packed Pre-Prep cast of nativity celebrities. They celebrated Jesus’ birth with a dazzling dance show. We had line dancing Nazarenes, Morris dancing shepherds, funky camels, a disco star and tangoing…
Old Boys' Christmas Party
50 Old Boys joined by several senior staff members of the Prep enjoyed a splendid Christmas party at the East India Club last night. The party followed a well-attended AGM at which John Simpson was elected President of the Dulwich Prep Old Boys’ Association in succession to Roger Knight, who spoke warmly of his successor. In…
