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Thank you to the organisers of The Melplash Show for another brilliant event last week – we loved catching up with so many pupils, parents, Old Perrott Hillians and friends. Congratulations to all those who got their GCSE results and A Level results this month – we are very proud of you all!
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It was a pleasure to welcome back our 2020 leavers for a get together on the Front Terrace last week. This brilliant group of pupils – who between them went onto 11 different schools including Canford School, Blundell’s, King’s Bruton, Sherborne Girls and Taunton School – missed out on the usual leavers’ events due to […]
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Year 8 performed their leavers’ play last week, which was a stellar production of J. Meade Faulkner’s 1898 novel ‘Moonfleet’, adapted for the stage by Mr Shortman. The acting was phenomenal and it felt very special to bring this local story to new audiences at Perrott Hill. Very well done to all our Year 8 […]
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Years 6 and 7 enjoyed a brilliant trip to France recently, where they were hosted by the wonderful Maison Claire Fontaine staff in Burgundy. As well as visiting the towns and villages of Avallon, Flavigny and Vézelay, they also toured le Château de Bussy Rabutin and took part in various workshops and competitions – all […]
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Congratulations to the ten finalists who took part in our annual Year 5 Storytelling Competition in the Library. Pupils had to write and recite their own stories based on Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Just So’ series and it was lovely to see such creativity and imagination on display. Well done to Alvin, Willoughby and Milly who came […]
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Our senior choir and musicians took to the stage at the Beaminster Festival last week, performing a half hour set in the glorious St Mary’s Church. Following this, they were lucky enough to listen to and then take part in a Q&A session with the pupils of the internationally renowned Yehudi Menuhin School, who told […]
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Some exciting news to share on behalf of our ‘parents and friends’ cricket team, The Perrott Hill Plodders… At their recent match against Hardington and West Coker at North Perrott Cricket Club, the Headmaster presented John Grundy with his cap as newly appointed President of The Plodders. John is the son of Perrott Hill’s founder, […]
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The Prep School enjoyed a fantastic Sports Day recently (head to our social media pages to see the video!). The sun shone, the Pimm’s tent did a roaring trade and the Perrott spirit was out in force – not least in the parents’ tug of war… Numerous records were broken, including the U11 javelin, the […]
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Our Platinum Jubilee celebrations were such fun, with the whole school coming together for a street party style lunch on the Front Terrace and taking part in activities throughout the day. We had Morris dancers, Scottish reeling, coin pressing, an archaeological workshop, a time capsule and much, much more. It was incredible! Huge thanks to […]
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Hats off to our amazing Lower Prep pupils for the most joyous and uplifting production of ‘Cinderella & Rockerfella’ on Friday. In true panto style, there were cheers, boos and laughs aplenty as the children retold the classic fairytale in their own unique way. Big thanks to the show’s director, Mr Silk, along with Ms […]
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