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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…
20/20 Vision? Early Years Optician Assembly
Funny glasses, letters on the wall and strange looking instruments, these were all objects that Mr Qureishy brought to the Early Years assembly last week to explain his job as an optician. The children learned about what it means to be short or long sighted, and also how important it is to have your eyes…
Rugby Sevens Season Kicks Off
Last Saturday 12 of the UK’s rugby playing schools descended upon our immaculate fields at Gallery Road to play in our Sevens Tournament. The players were in two groups of six teams, with each team playing five matches before the group winners were decided. Some superb sevens rugby talent was on display, giving rise to…
Healthy Eating: just a spoonful of sugar?
Before half term Olivia Pratt, a nutritionist from Chartwells (who provide our school lunches), came to talk to boys in Year 3 and Year 4 about healthy eating. Boys looked at the ‘eatwell plate’ and were reminded about choosing from a variety of food groups for a healthy diet. A selection of drinks and sweets…
Adventures in Cape Town!
Following our adventures up Table Mountain we undertook a whirlwind tour of Cape Town over the next 8 days. Our next adventure was zip-lining where the boys took in stunning scenery whilst suspended on a series of zip-lines than spanned a distance of 2.3km. The longest line ran for about 500m and was about 155m…
The Prep takes to the slopes!
A little dishevelled and bleary-eyed, a group of 45 boys and 6 staff met at 5am on Saturday 13th February to head off for Obertauern, Austria, for our annual ski trip. After the smoothest of journeys, we were having dinner in our hotel before we knew it and, after an early night, hit the slopes…
Nursery Assemblies
The Nursery classes each held their own assembly during the week before half term. Yellow Class excitedly bounced into the Hall with individual t-shirts with their photo on and their assembly was All About Me.. Red Class were next, telling us all about Skeletons and Crazy Scientists -there was a lot of backcombing and amazing artwork involved! …
