A leading independent prep school in Somerset, offering excellence in education for 2-13 year olds
We are delighted to share the news that Perrott Hill has been shortlisted for the Branding Impact Award at the upcoming AMCIS Awards 2020. Not only does AMCIS (the UK body for Admissions, Marketing and Communications in Independent Schools) have over 500 member schools across the country, but its Board of Directors is made up of senior staff at some of the top schools in the country – so this is high praise, indeed (and we must say a huge thank you to our friends at Coastline, who we formed a partnership with in 2017; they are an excellent local design agency by the sea who are doing incredible things). Once again, we are the only standalone prep school in the category and are up against our friends from Sherborne School and Sherborne Girls, as well as Burgess Hill Girls, Cardiff Sixth Form College, Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools and Wolverhampton Grammar School. What excellent company to be in! Proud to be Perrott.
Children and staff from Nursery to Year 5 dressed up in their finest literary attire to celebrate World Book Day this week – and we had everything from the BFG and Charlie Bucket to Harry Potter and Snow White. The children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in activities across the school, with Mrs Layfield’s shadow puppets in the science lab being a particular hit. A brilliant day celebrating the joy and wonder of books!
Human rights lawyer and founder of Reprieve, Clive Stafford Smith, gave a thought provoking talk to Years 7 and 8 this week. Clive, who founded Reprieve in 1999 in order to help people who suffer extreme human rights abuses at the hands of the world’s most powerful governments, challenged the pupils’ perceptions on the use of torture and implored them to ‘question everything’ in their dealings with authority. It was a fascinating talk and full of insight. Many thanks, Clive.
The latest edition of our termly school magazine, Review, is out now and brimming with news and events from last term. From our community action morning and the Christmas Show to Deborah Johnson’s incredible masterclass in lighting (the results of which are featured on the front cover), we can scarcely believe we packed it all in!
A brilliant afternoon of sport for our Prep pupils last Wednesday, with netball matches against Sherborne Girls, football with Port Regis and a great rugby sevens training session led by Sherborne School’s Director of Rugby Coaching, Jack Howden, with Sherborne Prep. A top afternoon of prep school sport in the sunshine; many thanks to all involved.
Huge thanks to our amazing catering team for the new range of healthy snacks on offer, starting with this week’s mango slices and apple flapjacks alongside the usual selection of fruit. Big smiles from the children in Pre-Prep!
Very well done to our Year 2 children, who took part in a brilliant swimming gala against their friends from Sherborne Prep last week. Ms Williams, Miss Fussell and Miss Hand commended the children on their exceptional swimming and exemplary behaviour.
Following on from their earlier Sports Exhibitions, we are delighted to share the good news of Sophie and Lucy’s respective Art and All Rounder Scholarships to King’s Bruton. Well done, girls – we are very proud of you.
We were delighted to welcome former Perrott Hill Headmaster, James Barnes, and his wife, Liz, back to school on Friday. James, who was Headmaster from 1992 to 1998, recalled many a story from his time here and he and Liz were especially pleased to hear of all the OPHs who now have their own children at Perrott Hill. A wonderful afternoon; we look forward to seeing you both again soon.
Our Nursery and Reception children are having a great ‘Pirate Day’ today, to consolidate a fantastic term of learning so far. They were last seen (or is that heard?) yo ho ho-ing their way into the Headmaster’s Study, as part of their treasure hunt around the school!
