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Pre-Prep have had a busy week so far and, after a glorious lunch break in the sunshine yesterday, started their rehearsals for the Pre-Prep Nativity. The children have also been creating some beautiful poppy artwork for next week’s Remembrance Service. Mr Edgar was very impressed with the creations coming out of Year 1! Watch this […]
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Senior pupils would ordinarily be preparing to visit Feltonfleet Prep School in Surrey this week, for the annual Remembrance fixture to honour the strong bond between our two schools. For those not in the know, the children and staff from Feltonfleet were evacuated to the North Perrott Manor in 1940 during the Second World War, […]
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Year 2 have been learning about the Great Fire of London in history with Ms Williams. To bring their learning to life, they took their replica of Pudding Lane (which they made themselves) to Forest School and watched as Ms Williams set fire to the bakery. They then played a Great Fire of London version […]
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The second half of term began with an uplifting Headmaster’s Assembly as Mr McCullough welcomed Reverend Jonathan Morris to speak about yesterday’s All Saints’ Day. Jonathan spoke of the Beatitudes recounted by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, and talked about how these eight blessings offer consolations to the […]
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Congratulations to Year 8 pupil, Levi, who won the Open Visual Arts competition at the TYCA (Taunton Youth Culture and Arts) Festival this week. Levi beat off stiff competition from schools and colleges across the South West with his ceramic work ‘3 bowls for soup’. The judges were looking for creativity and originality, content, and […]
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Congratulations to senior pupil, Grace, who received a bronze certificate and the best in school certificate at this year’s Junior Maths Challenge with the UK Mathematics Trust, which took place last term. Inspired by her achievements, our younger pupils have been buffing up on strategy games in junior maths club with Mrs Crane, including three […]
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Let the battle commence! Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed last Friday’s history trip to Maiden Castle, the largest and most complex Iron Age hillfort in Britain. As well as exploring the steep ramparts and searching for evidence of the Roman invasion and abandonment, the groups had great fun attacking and defending the hillfort. A brilliant day […]
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The Year 5 boys enjoyed a great night in the top floor dorms on Friday, complete with indoor football, ICT and Star Wars! May the force be with you…
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Years 5 to 8 camped under the stars on Saturday for our first boarding activity weekend of the year. Following a hearty breakfast on Sunday, the children got stuck into some bushcraft with Hooke Court’s Chris McConnell. As well as gutting fish and plucking pigeons for a gamekeeper’s stew, the teams discovered three different ways […]
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Earlier this term, we were invited to take part in the IAPS Covid-19 Response Series, a new project by IAPS and ITN Productions to showcase the great work of prep schools in dealing with lockdown and remote learning. The series launches this week via IAPS (which has over 670 of the world’s leading prep schools […]
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