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Our 2018 Perrott Hill Children’s Literary Festival is set to take place on Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st May during half term. Last year saw an impressive array of award-winning authors and illustrators, including Waterstones Book Prize winner Rob Biddulph and creator of Cbeebies’ Bing!, Ted Dewan – and this year’s line-up promises to be […]
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Our junior pupils have been using Hot Seating to explore the characters in the book ‘Street Child’ on a deeper level. Well done to Henry for his wonderful improvisation skills as Jim Jarvis.
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We were delighted to see Somerset and England cricketer Marcus Trescothick a few weeks ago, when he popped into the Sports Hall after watching his daughter play in a Netball match. He is currently in training for his 25th season with Somerset. Here he is alongside the plaque commemorating his inauguration of the Perrott Hill […]
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Many thanks to award-winning novelist and Perrott Hill parent Boris Starling, author of Unconquerable: The Invictus Spirit, for his fascinating talk about some of the inspirational servicemen and women who have competed in the Invictus Games. It was very well received by all, as part of our Years 3-8 Lecture Programme. Thank you, Boris.
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The focus in English for the Years 1s has been The Scarecrows’ Wedding by Julia Donaldson. Cue lots of work on wedding preparation: writing invitations, making scarecrows, writing instructions on how to make a scarecrow, decorating cupcakes for the wedding breakfast and toasting with elderflower.
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We were delighted to host our first ever Archery contest this week, which was greatly enjoyed by all. A close encounter saw Sandroyd edge the win by a mere 5 points! We are all looking forward to a return match at Sandroyd in the summer.
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Perrott Hill pupils were busy investigating a murder this weekend as part of our Cluedo Activity Weekend. They had great fun interrogating members of staff to find out who was responsible. It was the maid (aka Ms Cox!). The new generation of detectives is right here!
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This weekend, five of our pupils took part in the Young People’s Music Festival at the Arts Centre in Stoke sub Hamdon. Rose played the piano beautifully in the 10s and under section, while Lucy, Chester, Toby and Sebastian all competed in the 11-14 section (singing, guitar, piano and violin respectively), with Lucy winning the […]
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