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Religious Education in Pre-Prep

Our Pre-Prep children came together for a special morning of Religious Education last week, with a carousel of activities looking at the different elements of Judaism. As well as looking at the story of Hanukkah and making a menorah, they learnt about the significance of the Star of David, had a session on the synagogue and why it’s a special place for Jewish people and made their own dreidel, before playing the game. A brilliant morning of learning, many thanks to Mrs McCullough and all the staff involved.

20th February 2019

Scholarship Success

Congratulations to Toby and Chester for their Academic and Music Scholarships and Exhibition to Blundell’s, and to Lola for gaining the Headmaster’s Award – one of only three this year! We have also received the news that Stella (not pictured) has been awarded a Drama Scholarship and Art Exhibition, to go alongside her Sports Scholarship. Fantastic achievements, well done to you all.

20th February 2019

U11 Training Session

Our roster of external sports coaches coming into Perrott from senior schools is impressive, with specialists from Millfield, Canford and King’s College, Taunton in the past year, to name a few. This week, our U11 boys enjoyed a brilliant hockey training session with Mr Corbin O’Grady, Head of Cricket and Hockey Coach at King’s Bruton, while our U11 girls had a shooting workshop with Mrs Ireland, Head of Netball. Many thanks to you both for sharing your skills and expertise.

20th February 2019

STEM Science Club

This week in STEM science club, senior pupils have been working towards their CREST Awards, the British Science Association’s scheme for STEM projects that inspires young people to think and behave like scientists and engineers. As part of the awards, they have to complete a 10 hour project – with different groups running experiments on bath bombs, tea bags and lemonade.

12th February 2019

Year 8 Debate

Our Year 8 pupils battled it out in the Grundy Hall last week, contesting the motion ‘This house believes nothing is more precious than independence.’ After some rousing speeches and thoughtful questioning from the floor, the motion was defeated by a miniscule margin. Well done to all our speakers, along with our super-efficient timekeeper and Chair. We are very proud of you all.

12th February 2019

Scholarship Success

Scholarship season is well under way and we are thrilled to bits with the news that five of our pupils have been awarded scholarships to King’s Bruton. These awards sit alongside Stella’s Sports Scholarship to Blundell’s and Lucy’s Art and Drama Scholarship to Wellington School, and are a testament to the rich tapestry of opportunities we provide at Perrott Hill. Very well done to you all and we look forward to announcing more scholarship news over the coming months.

11th February 2019

Fun in Forest School

Years 1 and 2 have been honing their survival skills in Forest School this week, with workshops on fire lighting and shelter building; the children made a ‘blobster’ to leave in their shelter until next week, when they will find out how efficient it was. Others were using the bow saws and hammers to finish their owls and they all came together to tuck into some toast and eggs – wrapped in foil and baked on the fire, of course!

8th February 2019

Cricket Coaching

Many thanks to Rob Woodman, Head of Cricket at King’s College, Taunton, who ran a brilliant coaching session for our pupils in the Sports Hall yesterday. Rob specialises in batting and fielding, having played for Somerset and Gloucestershire, and it was great to see our boys and girls benefiting from his skills and experience. Thanks, Rob!

8th February 2019

Hunger Lunch for Yemen

The whole school took part in a Hunger Lunch (soup and bread) last week, to raise money for and awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. The idea was put forward by our Year 6 children, who have been looking at the conflict and the devastating impact it has had on the country’s children, who are facing a triple threat of bombs, disease and hunger. They have been learning about all the work Save the Children are doing to help those in need and have created some incredible pieces of art showing Yemen’s beautiful architecture in collapse, but each with a glimmer of ‘hope’ – that with all our help, the sun will shine again. Keep up the amazing work Save the Children; the entire Perrott Hill community is very proud to support you.

8th February 2019

Show Jumping Success

Congratulations to our show jumpers who enjoyed a very successful day at Moreton recently. They were joined for the NSEA event by debutants Nia and Lucy who both rode well in the 70cm individual event. In the team event Ted, Lola, Anouska and Poppy (pictured) came 6th in the 80cm class in a very competitive field and went on to gain 3rd in the 90/95cm Royal Windsor qualifier. They missed out by just one second! In the individual event with no fewer than 91 riders competing, Anouska, Lola and Ted came 2nd, 4th and 5th respectively. Well done, team – what incredible achievements – and good luck at Bicton in February.

8th February 2019