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Calling all parents, grandparents, families and friends! Following the success of last year’s Community Art and Orchestral Morning, we’re doing it again on Saturday 25th February – and this time we’ll be gathering a community orchestra of all ages to celebrate and play a selection of music composed by Shostakovich. The pieces have been specially arranged and will be suitable for any orchestral musicians from Grade 2 standard upwards. Running alongside the orchestra will be an art workshop with Mrs Palmer for children in Years 4-6 from local schools, who will be looking at the amazing art of Aubrey Williams – all are welcome and it’s completely free! To register, please email reception@perrotthill.com and we’ll send you the details. Here’s to a fantastic morning of music and art!
At the end of last term and after studying the vocabulary necessary to discuss the pros and cons of modern technologies in French, both 7G and 7Y worked on designing a gadget of their choice, describing it and presenting its benefits in French. This morning both classes came together to present their final product to their peers, with Oscar W-A’s design being voted the most likely to be bought. Excellent work, Year 7; du travail très créatif et impressionnant.
Very well done to Ruby in Year 8 who played viola in her first public performance with the Somerset County Youth Orchestra in their Christmas Celebration Concert in Wells Cathedral in December. The orchestra is open to young performers of grade 5-8 standard and meets at the end of each academic year for an intensive course culminating in a concert which is open to members of the public. Great work, Ruby!
Welcome back, everyone! There were lots of smiles at morning break as pupils caught up with friends and teachers after the Christmas break. It’s great to see everyone back together. There’s lots to look forward to this term including the spring term extra-curricular activities programme which kicks off today and includes cricket coaching, carpentry, ceramics, architectural drawing, pinhole photography, badminton, animation, woods, music tech, roving reporters, weaving and lots more. Plus, this term we’re forming our very own rock band with the help of Mr Waite and Mr Lane! Watch this space for ‘Perrock’, coming to a stage near you soon…
We are back and raring to go after a brilliant day of staff training on Friday! It was especially good to welcome our colleagues from Stirling Education for lunch and drinks; thank you for coming and a special mention to our wonderful catering team for their hard work. Here’s to a busy and successful 2023!
During the last week of term our Christmas Show made a triumphant return following a two-year hiatus – and what a show it was! From comedy sketches, singing and dancing to magic, science and jazz, it was chock-full of energy and charm, and we loved it. Well done to everyone involved, and you can head to our social media pages for more photographs and videos.
Friday evening’s Carols and Readings in the Grundy Hall was an absolute triumph, with Christmas songs aplenty and a sleighful of festive spirit. From the Wind Band’s ‘God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen’ to the String Ensemble’s mesmerising remix of ‘While Shepherds Watched Harry Potter’, it was a masterclass in carols and readings, and the perfect way to get us in the mood for Christmas. Take a bow, Mr Shortman! A big round of applause to all the pupils who took part and, of course, to our incredible music teachers. Proud to be Perrott.
Hats off to our superstar Pre-Prep children, who acted, sang and danced their socks off in their Nativity on Wednesday. This year’s play ‘Lights, Camel, Action!’ took the form of a talent show with acts including stars, innkeepers and angels performing in front of Caesar (boo!), the innkeeper’s wife (yay!) and donkey (cheer!). It was amazing! Very well done to everyone involved and a big thank you to our wonderful Pre-Prep staff, musicians (led by Mr Shortman) and set designers Mrs Palmer, Mr White and Mr Bishop.
Year 5 have been studying the Roman way of life in Latin with Dr L-C. As part of their work on the Roman Baths they have learnt all about defixiones (or curse tablets), which were often left in Roman bathhouses in an attempt to punish thieves who stole clothing and property from the baths. The children then had a go at creating their own defixiones using the formula found on curse tablets at Aqua Sulis (Bath, Somerset). Labor optime… but don’t try this as home!
Children in Years 3-8 were captivated by a reading from ‘The Wind in the Willows’ on Wednesday, courtesy of Perrott parent and actor, Harry Hadden-Paton – the first speaker in our new series of ‘Stories from the Orange Chair’. Harry’s extract followed the fortunes of the incorrigible Toad who is on the run, having escaped imprisonment disguised as a washer woman. Thank you to Harry for giving up his time and for helping to reveal the magic of the written word.
