February 2021 - Perrott Hill

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Pupils’ Party Pieces

Pupils gathered around their instruments at home last night for another brilliant informal concert on Teams. From Xanthe on the piano to Alice on the cello (and with trumpets, flutes, guitars and singing in between), this week’s Pupils’ Party Pieces was another fine celebration of music making at Perrott Hill. One particularly special arrangement was […]

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25th February 2021

Dress to Express

On the Friday before half term, we took part in a Perrott Hill ‘Dress to Express’ day, complete with fun activities and a lecture from best-selling author, Boris Starling, in the afternoon. From ski wear and pyjamas to full on fancy dress, we are pleased and proud to see our pupils getting stuck in with […]

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22nd February 2021

Scholarship News

Welcome back, everyone! We are delighted to kick the second half of term off with some more scholarship news. Congratulations to Beau, who has been awarded a Sport Scholarship to Bryanston. A fantastic achievement Beau; very well done.

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22nd February 2021

Superheroes in Year 1

Year 1 pupils know how to party! These photographs are taken from the Year 1 Superheroes Dress Up Day last week. After a busy week of learning, the children had been reading Zog by Julia Donaldson and discussing which superhero powers they’d choose (flying was high on the agenda, as was creating sweets out of […]

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11th February 2021

Safer Internet Day

To raise awareness of Safer Internet Day, pupils in Years 5, 6 and 7 have been busy producing their own posters and videos to share with the rest of the school. During Rest yesterday, Mr Andrews hosted a Kahoot! quiz designed by Henry and Ruby, while Oliver and Harry collaborated on a short video about […]

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10th February 2021

Prep School Strava Challenge

The results are in! Congratulations to our entire school community for getting behind last week’s Prep School Strava Challenge with such trademark spirit; the final standings put us in 1st place with an incredible 37.5km per person average, followed by All Hallows with 30.24km and King’s Hall with 26.19km. Special mention to the Adams, Walsh […]

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8th February 2021

Pupils’ Party Pieces

Our informal concerts (aka Pupils’ Party Pieces) have been continuing remotely during lockdown, with Mr Shortman likening them to being sat around the piano at home, enjoying each other’s music. From Hugo’s rendition of Rigadoon on the flute to Grace’s incredible performance of Satisfied from Hamilton, it was great to see such talent, enthusiasm and […]

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5th February 2021

Years 3-8 Lecture

Many thanks to old Radleian, Ben Robinson, who delivered a fascinating lecture to Years 3-8 last week about his expedition along the length of Africa from Morocco to Cape Town. Ben, an engineering graduate, covered over 50,000 kilometres in a journey that spanned no fewer than eighteen countries. Thanks, Ben, for an engaging and insightful […]

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4th February 2021

Virtual Prep School Fixture

Monday saw the launch of this week’s Inter-Prep School Fixture on Strava. Run by King’s College Taunton, the idea is to bring together the prep school sporting communities at Perrott Hill, King’s Hall and All Hallows – and it’s open to all staff, pupils and parents. All Hallows have taken an early lead averaging 8.22km […]

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3rd February 2021

Year 8 Debate

Royalists can sleep a little easier in their beds following the outcome of last week’s inaugural virtual debate. Tommy, Florence and Fred’s proposition that the monarchy be abolished was narrowly defeated by their opponents Grace, Tin and Ben in a hotly contested debate. Many congratulations to our speakers who all spoke fluently and persuasively and […]

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2nd February 2021