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This week saw the first netball matches of the season for the girls, against Leweston. Next week they’re looking forward to a tournament plus matches against All Hallows and Hazlegrove. Good luck, girls!
Our boarders enjoyed not one but two top trips last weekend. On Saturday, they travelled to Sandy Park to watch Exeter Chiefs play Castres Olympique. Will B and Will F-S got to take part in the half time entertainment (along with OPH Harry!) and they all got meet the players afterwards. It was a brilliant evening; huge thanks to everyone involved. On Sunday, another group went to Player Ready in Taunton where they got to explore the VR games and experiences, playing both solo and group games. It was a lot of fun; thanks again to our boarding team and to everyone at Player Ready.
Perrott’s Eco Team, made up of pupils in Years 3-8, went to Carymoor Environmental Centre near Castle Cary last week. The Centre is based next to the landfill site where most of South Somerset’s rubbish goes, and is a fascinating place full of compost heaps and recycling stations. The children walked over hills of rubbish 15 metres deep! Many thanks to all the staff involved for a hugely informative and fun trip.
Last year, pupils took part in a sketchbook exchange with children at schools in Sarajevo and Erbil, as part of a cultural exchange programme we set up in 2019. Pupils were encouraged to keep visual diaries of their lives before we sent them on to primary schools in other countries for the children there to read and respond to. Last week, our pupils were very excited to see the responses and to see just how similar young people are, no matter where they live around the world. Many thanks to Mrs Palmer, and to Richmond Park Schools in Sarajevo and Stirling Schools in Erbil for taking part; it has been a wonderful way of celebrating the magic of children all over world.
Many thanks to Mr Rigby, Head of Science at Downside School, for a fantastic Science Day at Perrott Hill last week. Pupils in Years 6-8 attended workshops throughout the day where they got to explore an amazing array of equipment including oscilloscopes, beds of nails, Van der Graaf generators, polaroid discs, exploding methane fireballs and glasses that make everything upside down! Mr Rigby introduced lots of new ideas in an engaging, fun and informative way, and helped cement existing knowledge. It was brilliant; thank you.
The boys played their first matches of the season on Saturday; many thanks to Hazlegrove for a brilliant afternoon of hockey! Meanwhile, the girls are gearing up to play their first netball matches with Queen’s Taunton tomorrow. Good luck to you all.
Joining this term’s roster of extra-curricular activities is Perrott Hill’s first rock band…. Perrock! Led by two of our peripatetic music teachers, Mr Waite and Mr Lane, our newly formed rock band of guitarists, drummer and singers will be meeting on Thursday afternoons in the Music School. First up is the Grammy award-winning breakthrough for Avril Lavigne, ‘Complicated’. We can’t wait to hear it live!
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!
