School News
Cross Country Team win Gold!
A record entry of 500 runners from over 30 prep schools took part in the annual Epsom College Prep Schools’ Cross Country Competition last Wednesday. Thankfully the horrible weather forecasted stayed away just long enough as a 10 strong team from Year 5 and 7/8 raced around Epsom’s grounds, whilst spectators vigorously cheered them on…
Year 6 Adventures in York: Blue Skies and Snow Blizzards!
The Year 6 residential to York took place between the 28th February and the 5th March. The boys were split into two groups, with the first group spending Sunday to Wednesday in York before swapping with the second group who spent Wednesday to Saturday away. The trip is one of the highlights in the Year…
Reception child wins Dulwich Mothers' Day portrait competition
Congratulations to Jack in Blue Class on winning the Mothers’ Day portrait competition for Reception to Year 3 children. All the boys submitted incredible art work and the judges must have had a hard time choosing a winner. But Jack did it! There wasn’t room to display every boys’ work at Tomlinsons , but well…
Rugby Sevens 1st VII placed Runners Up
Last weekend saw a busy few days of rubgy matches for our 1st VII team with tournaments on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday: The Downs Tournament On Saturday the 1st VII went to The Downs Tournament in Bristol. They won all their group matches to meet Port Regis in the quarterfinal. The boys then progressed…
Maths Day in the Early Years
This year Maths Day took the Early Years children exploring maths inside four different picture books, ‘Harry and his bucketful of dinosaurs’, Jack and the Beanstalk’, ‘The hungry Caterpillar’ and ‘How big is a million’. The activities varied from measuring a giant, counting his enormous gold coins, ordering dinosaurs to discovering which food the hungry…
8C Drama Project: Animals
The 8C Drama Project last week saw the Drama Studio turned into a menagerie of literature as the boys tackled an anthology of drama, poetry and comedy based on the theme of Animals. Working with Mr Sperring, our Director of Drama, the boys got their claws into drama such as George Orwell’s Animal Farm and Eugene…
Spring Choral Concert at Southwark Cathedral
Southwark Cathedral was, once again, the magnificent setting for this year’s Spring Choral Concert. The Senior and Chamber Choirs were joined by the 70 strong adult Choral Society to perform two major works. The Lower School Voices also made their annual contribution. The concert opened with a fun cantata retelling the story of Noah –…
Success at the RCA Young Art Exhibition
Once again we have done fantastically well in this competition, with 36 pictures chosen for the Cancer Research UK, Young Art Exhibition, from 7,500 entries. The prizes are fiercely contested, but we have had 6 Commended pieces and 2 Highly Commended. Huge congratulations to Jacob ( 8C) who has won 2nd prize in the Year…
Magic in the Pre-Prep
Last week Pre-Prep children and parents of 1C were treated to a special performance of Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute. At the end of the performance, Mrs Whitehead praised their energy, stage presence and obvious enjoyment. The singing from all the children was ‘magical’ as was the musical accompaniment, and the audience were kept on the…
Year 4 visit from the Earl of Sandwich
Last week the boys in Year 4 were treated to a visit from the Earl of Sandwich. Grandfather of Nestor in 4H, he spoke about the family’s role in introducing chocolate to Britain. He interspersed his talk with some fascinating historical facts. Boys were also shown some pages from the 1st Earl of Sandwich’s journal…
