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Book Clubbers in Years 3-5 enjoyed sharing their impressions of Roald Dahl’s classic tale ‘Danny, The Champion of The World’ with Mrs Byrne at our recent gathering. The children discussed the close relationship between Danny and his father, and talked about making good choices. After half term it’s Onjali Q. Rauf ’s enthralling novel ‘The […]
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Thank you to Dr Leaman and the strings pupils from Blundell’s who joined us for a wonderful workshop and concert last week. From the fabulous solo performances (Jemima’s performance of The Swan was sublime) to our joint renditions of Shostakovich’s ‘Romance’ and Bizet’s ‘Habanera’, led by our Head of Strings, Ms Greenwood, our audience of […]
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We are proud to be supporting Children’s Mental Health Week with Place2Be this week, and there is lots going on in school to reinforce this year’s theme of connecting. First up, we are fortunate to have four experienced and fully trained Mental Health Champions on our staff team and one of them, Mr Sheldon, kicked […]
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Well done to our U11 boys who won the plate competition at Friday’s IAPS hockey tournament. It was fantastic event (not to mention quite unusual, in that only one goal was scored in the pool stage!), and the team were commended for their resilience and effort. A special thanks to King’s Bruton for hosting the […]
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Our youngest boarders in Year 3 had great fun at their Loft Night last night last week! The children played crash mat rounders and other games in the Sports Hall, before heading upstairs for Harry Potter and popcorn. Many thanks to our brilliant boarding team for yet another amazing Loft Night for the junior boarders.
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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!
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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; […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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