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One of our favourite events of the year – the much-loved Grandparents’ Tea Party – took place on the Front Terrace last Wednesday. It was such a joy to see the children’s faces as they led their grandparents off around the school, before enjoying a delicious afternoon tea and a short concert by our wonderful […]
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Mr Silk, Mr Edgar and Mr McCullough took a group of 16 boarders to the County Ground in Taunton recently to watch Somerset play Kent Spitfires in the Vitality Blast T20 competition. It wasn’t the result they were hoping for as Somerset lost by 32 runs but nonetheless a great time was had by all. […]
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The Year 2 children enjoyed a brilliant transition morning into the Prep School last week, where they spent time in the classroom with Ms Bresland and had a guided tour of the school with Year 3. Later, they had great fun at their boarding taster session where they had a tour of the dorms, asked […]
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Pupils in Years 3-5 flocked to Book Club to share their thoughts on Hannah Gold’s enchanting debut novel, ‘The Last Bear.’ The book, which follows a young girl called April who joins her father on a research trip to a remote Arctic outpost for six months, clearly had a profound effect on our readers; the […]
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The roof of the theatre was well and truly raised before half term as pupils, parents and staff came together for The Perrott Promenade. Featuring solo and group performances in different locations around school and two mesmerising finales in the Sports Hall and Theatre, it was an beautiful and uplifting celebration of all things music […]
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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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Parents and children enjoyed a top morning at Potwell Farm Racing Stables recently. A tour of the stables and a chance to watch the horses on the gallops was crowned by a close encounter with the yard’s superstars, Regal Encore, (pictured) and stable mate, Sam Brown (owned by Perrott grandparents Tim and Monica Frost) who […]
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In the run up to Valentine’s Day earlier this month, Year 1 looked at the work of American artist, Jim Dine. Jim’s vast body of work includes painting, drawing, printmaking (including etchings, letterpress and linocuts), sculpture and photography, with ‘hearts’ featuring as a theme in many of his works. The children were inspired to explore […]
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Congratulations to our Year 7 pupils for their fantastic contributions to this year’s Public Speaking Competition. Pupils were asked to imagine that thirteen famous men and woman, whose lives have left a significant legacy, were travelling together in a hot air balloon. Only hours into the flight, a mechanical fault is detected causing the balloon […]
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Well done to pupils in Year 7, who led a section assembly last week on endangered animals. Working in groups, they prepared their own PowerPoints and gave a presentation to Years 6 and 8 about an endangered animal they’d been researching. The animals included takins, giraffes, elephants, giant pandas and hedgehogs!
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