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Year 3 spent last term studying Ancient Greece in their classical civilisation lessons with Dr Longley-Cook, looking at the Persian Wars. This term they are moving onto Ancient Egypt and recently made their own plaster walls and Eygptian friezes in art with Mrs Palmer. They also used clay to make canopic jars, which were used during the mummification process to store and preserve organs. Excellent work, Year 3; Dr Longley-Cook can’t wait to ‘dig into’ Egyptian archaeology with you this term!
The end of last term’s meeting brought the curtain down on the spring term’s Book Club with a lively discussion of our two Year 6-8 books, Sophie Anderson’s ‘The Thief Who Sang Storms’ and Gavin Maxwell’s ‘Ring of Bright Water’. Pupils discussed everything from characterisation to central themes, and the gathering was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The books for this term are ‘The Butterfly Lion’ by Michael Morpurgo for Years 3-5, and ‘Swallows and Amazons’ by Arthur Ransome for Years 6-8.
Mr McCullough kick-started the summer term with a brilliant assembly this morning all about puddings. After a poll of pupils’ favourite puddings (with raspberry pavlova coming out on top), the children discussed the meaning behind the saying ‘the proof of the pudding is in the eating’ and looked at how this can often provide a test of faith with us having to experience things in order to believe them. Afterwards, it was lovely to see so many happy, smiling faces at morning break! It’s good to be back.
Our brilliant boarding team laid on an Easter eggs-travaganza for the boarders on the last night of term, with fun and games in the Grundy Hall and Front Car Park. They all took part in Mr Edgar’s Easter egg hunt too! Meanwhile, the final morning’s Easter Service in St Martin’s Church was a fine and fitting way to end a busy and successful term. Many thanks to Reverend CJ Davis for leading such an uplifting service, to Mr Shortman and our Junior, Senior, Chamber and Staff/Parent Choirs for their magical singing which left us all mesmerised, to our wonderful musicians and pupil and staff readers, and to our Prefects and Head of School for welcoming the congregation. The service was full of spirit and joy, just like our pupils themselves! Proud to be Perrott.
Our wonderful Pre-Prep children enjoyed an Easter egg hunt around school on the last day of term. As you can imagine, there was a lot of excitement… Meanwhile, Years 3 and 4 battled the wind and rain to find clues hidden by the Friends of Perrott Hill, which they used to crack the code and release their chocolate eggs! Many thanks to everyone involved for such a fun final week of term.
We were delighted to be named in The Week UK’s Independent Schools Guide recently, as one of the ‘best of the best preps’ in the country. “An idyllic rural location on the Somerset/Dorset border makes Perrott Hill a tempting option for town escapees and locals alike,” they write, before praising our extra-curricular programme and Forest School. Proud to be Perrott!
Did someone say fancy dress? The Perrott spirit was out in force for World Book Day earlier this month as pupils and staff paid homage to all things literary… From a clowder of cats in hats to multiple midnight gangs and everything in between, it is a joy to see such fun and creativity on display. Well done, everyone.
Our recent House Poetry Recitations Competition was an absolute triumph, with pupils battling it out to win the coveted House Cup. Following several rounds of fantastic solo and House recitations celebrating this year’s theme of ‘all around the world’, Quantocks were crowned as this year’s champions. Well done, Quantocks! Well done, too, to those pupils who scored points for their beautifully written and illustrated poems (more on that later in the week) and to pupils in EYFS, Spanish Club, Junior Choir and more, whose performances interspersed the main proceedings. Many thanks to our guest adjudicator, Mr Alex Nash, Head of English at Radley College, and to Mrs Byrne and Mr Silk for all their work with pupils behind the scenes.
