The Perrott Young Farmers paid a visit to Brooksfield Farm in Hardington Mandeville last week, where they saw Poll Dorset sheep and Landrace pigs. Many thanks to the wonderful Harry Brooks for showing the children around, and for being as informative and insightful as usual.
Many thanks to Major Simon Letts, who gave a fascinating lecture on his career as an aeronautical engineer in The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) last week. He spoke passionately about the sheer variety a career in the Armed Forces can offer; a fact borne out by his own experiences keeping Apache helicopters in the air in the heat of an Afghan summer, or Viking amphibious vehicles above the snow line in a Norwegian winter. It was a hugely informative talk; thank you, Simon.
The whole school came together on Friday for a great morning of community action and fundraising for this term’s chosen charity, Support Dogs. It was wonderful to see the children getting stuck into their tasks, from clearing trees and weeding churchyards to helping at the Ham Hill Cider HQ and singing at the West Abbey Care Home in Yeovil. The morning culminated with stalls on the Front Terrace, including the much-loved ‘soak the teacher’. Well done, everyone – it was lovely to see the true spirit of Perrott Hill out in force!
Our Year 8 art scholars immersed themselves in a brilliant printmaking workshop at Canford yesterday. With the help of art teacher and artist extraordinaire, Jay Jones, the pupils used a variety of techniques and materials to etch and then print their own plates on the theme of ‘wildlife.’ It was a hugely informative and thoroughly enjoyable afternoon – and we hear the brownies were pretty special, too! Many thanks to all the staff and pupils involved.
We are delighted to reveal that Perrott Hill has been named a finalist in both our categories (Pre-Prep of the Year and the Brand Communications Award) at the Independent Schools of the Year Awards with Independent School Parent. What a testament to our talented staff! We are looking forward to attending the ceremony and finding out the winners on Monday 7th October. Watch this space.
The Year 7 girls took over the top floor for their ‘Loft Night’ last Friday and had a blast with bubbling blueberry facemasks, hand massages and popcorn, courtesy of Mrs Layfield and Miss Hand. This week also marked the return of the much-loved talent night, with lots of singing, dancing and laughter in the Lower Den! Many thanks to our brilliant boarding staff for yet another great week in the dorms.
Our choristers enjoyed a fantastic trip to Milton Abbey on Monday for a Choral Workshop and Concert alongside five other choirs. The children worked together on excerpts from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’, finishing with a wonderful performance in the abbey to an audience of parents and friends. Our biggest thanks to Milton Abbey’s Director of Music, Nikki Budd, and to everyone we met for giving us such a warm welcome and an inspirational day.
The dorms were ringing with laughter last night as our first ‘Grab a Bed’ night of the year took place. It was so lovely to see all the Prep children, from the youngest in Year 3 up to the seniors in Year 8, come together for fun and games across the school. Many thanks to our brilliant boarding staff for yet another great experience!
Our U8 and U9 teams enjoyed a cracking start to the season this week, with rugby and hockey matches against Sherborne Prep. It was a pleasure to host you all! Well done to all the players for their energy and commitment.
Year 8 read an extract from Daphne du Maurier’s gothic novel Rebecca in English this week, before looking at how atmosphere had been created in the script. They then wrote a short piece of text and, using some of Pie Corbett’s poetry rules, they chopped and changed their prose into a piece of poetry. Mrs Catchpole was blown away by the resulting pieces of work, including this (pictured) by Nia.
