School News
Prep pupils excel in South London Literary Quiz
Three teams of boys from Years 6 to 8 joined 18 other teams from South East London schools in the fourth annual CWIZZ, held last Thursday afternoon here at the Prep. Organised by children’s authors from CWISL (Children’s Writers and Illustrators South London), this literary quiz is designed to bring together young Londoners in a…
Walk to School Week 16th – 20th May
Monday 16th – Friday 20th May 2016 is Walk to School Week. This national event is designed to promote the health and lifestyle benefits of walking. Our hope is that by supporting the scheme we can encourage our pupils, parents and carers to begin their day with a walk. We are going to operate a sticker…
General Knowledge Quiz Team Success
Thirty boys sat down one morning, in the Spring term, and under exam conditions tackled this year’s SATIPS quiz. Very similar to our own school quiz, which all boys in the Middle and Upper School had a crack at last term, this is open to boys and girls from any prep school in the country…
Swimmers crowned the IAPS National Champions!
On Saturday 7th May the school swim team headed to Crawley for their biggest competition of the year: the I.A.P.S National Swimming Finals. Historically, this has been a competition in which we have always fared very well, but we have not won the top overall prize since 2007. The competition started with the relays – here…
Year 8 salute Shakespeare in Style
Under the watchful guidance of our Director of Drama, Benji Sperring, the boys of 8H have spent the past two weeks putting together a programme of ‘historical, tragical, comical and pastoral’ theatrical sketches which pay homage to The Bard, in this year of celebration of the man and his works. The creative efforts of this…
Open Mornings in the Reception Classes
Last week, Reception parents were invited to the ‘new style’ Open Mornings in Magenta, Green, Blue and Purple Classes. Mrs Burtonshaw talked to the parents about Excellent Learning before handing over to the boys. They took the lead, proudly showing their parents all their work books since the start of September, and encouraging Mums and…
Bees create a buzz in school
The natural phenomena of honey bees swarming has fascinated humans for millennia and we were able to witness our very own swarm on Tuesday outside the cookery classroom. It started about midday with first a few and then many more – about 2000-4000 in all, settling on a low bush. Under the watchful eye of our resident…
The cricket season gets underway
After a fitful start to the cricket season due to inclement weather, last weekend saw 3 of our teams take to the field for the first time this season in fixtures against Northcote Lodge and Shrewsbury House. The boys struggled to get to grips with the early season wickets and came second in some very…
Fun on the Farm for Year 4
What an amazing week for Year 4 boys! They enjoyed being out and about on an organic farm in all weathers; experiencing rain, snow, hail, thunder and lightning with bitterly cold winds from the north but some very welcome sunshine in between! (Scroll Down to see the films about this fabulous trip) They built dens…
Big Band takes part in 'All That Jazz' in aid of LinkAge
Last Friday, a Jazz Evening was held at JAGS in aid of Linkage, Southwark (formerly The Dulwich Help Line), a charity supporting the elderly of the borough. This is an annual event and once again, our Big Band was invited to participate; the only prep school group to perform alongside bands from five local secondary schools. …
