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Year 6 DT Project
Mr Irvin’s year 6 DT class had the opportunity to use a Dyson Engineering Kit For Schools last term. This included a Dyson Cool fan that they could disassemble and a set of instructional and interactive videos about the design process and the life of a design engineer. With their new found knowledge on how…
Reception Classes visit Greenwich
This term’s topic for our Reception boys has been ‘To infinity and beyond’, and to help them find out about the solar system, each class visited the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. They had the chance to explore three galleries looking at light in the universe and how the planets were formed. A highlight was definitely…
Year 5 DT Project
We are always looking for ways to make our school more Eco friendly and our Year 5 boys have embarked on a whole year of thinking sustainably in DT. Their first project was a challenge to create a bug hotel for the school garden using only re-used materials. We found timber from the palettes that the…
Bristol Rugby Tour
42 boys and 4 staff left early on Friday for an epic adventure of rugby, food, sea, sand and plenty of mud. After a lunch stop on route to Bristol, we arrived at Clifton College for our first round of matches. These were highly competitive and fiercely contested as always. Later that evening, the boys…
Chinese New Year
On Friday 24th January in assembly Early Years were lucky enough to have some parents teach us about Chinese New Year. They explained how homes are cleaned, new clothes are bought and special meals are shared with their families. The boys and girls all receive a little red envelope with money hidden inside to symbolize…
Parkrun at Crystal Palace
In support of Red Cross Australia, the DPL community attended the Crystal Palace Parkrun on Saturday 18th January. Glorious sunshine and a great turn out of boys, staff and parents helped create the most wonderful atmosphere. We had well over 100 in attendance from our community, welcomed with open arms by the Crystal Palace Parkrun…
Swimming Squads Final
Last week the boys from the year 3-6 swim squads swam in the London Independent Schools Swimming League South Final held at JAGS. Up against the top 5 schools in the league we went into the gala ranked third. The boys swam amazingly well and every single boy managed to achieve a personal best which…
Tribe Cross Country
It was a brilliant way to start the term with Tribe Cross-Country for Years 3 to 8. A new format this year for boys in Middle and Upper School, as for the first time they had the option of running a short or a long course. It was very pleasing to see so many boys…
Year 5 Road Safety Talk
This week the Year 5 boys were fortunate to take part in a workshop delivered by The Riot Act, a theatre group that use innovative projects to deliver powerful road safety messages to young people in Southwark. The shocking statistic that road accidents are the biggest killer of children aged 11 – 15 grabbed everyone’s…
Water Polo Festival
On Tuesday, the U12s and U13s finished their first term of polo with a wonderful Christmas festival hosted by Dulwich College. Playing in mixed teams, the boys played nearly an hour of non-stop competitive matches and finished the evening with hot-dogs in the club room. It was a superb way to end the year!
