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Years 3-5 met in the Loft last week for Book Club with Mr Silk and Mrs Byrne. Under the microscope this time was ‘Beetle Boy’ by M. G. Leonard, a funny and poignant story about Darkus Cuttle, a young boy who is forced to move in with his eccentric uncle after his father goes missing […]
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Hats off to our Pre-Prep children who sparkled in this year’s nativity, ‘The Late Angel’. Let’s just say what they lacked in live audience members they more than made up for in enthusiasm and excitement, with some stellar performances throughout! Very well done to the children (who loved attending their very own premiere this afternoon) […]
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The Perrott Hill Scholarship Day is coming up on Friday 5th February and interested families are advised to contact our Admissions Registrar, Camilla, for an information pack. We offer 9+ and 11+ scholarships in a range of disciples (academic, art, drama, music, sport and all rounder) and all children who are currently in Year 4 […]
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Our Pre-Prep children have been cooking up a storm with Miss Catharine in her ever-popular ‘Round the World’ Cookery Club. This week, the children made an Indian dish, Goan prawn curry with basmati rice and chapatis, which we hear tasted every bit as good as it smelled! In First Aid Club, the children are now […]
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Our Nursery children have been using the bow saws to make Christmas baubles in Forest School, and last week got to decorate them with paint and glitter! Cue lots of excitement… Many thanks to our Forest School supremo, Ms Bresland, and our amazing EYFS staff for being a constant source of ideas and inspiration.
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Friday’s community action and fundraising morning saw pupils in Year 3-8 putting their shoulders to the wheel in a range of initiatives, from cleaning churchyards and clearing paths to picking litter along the River Parrett. We are immensely proud of all our pupils who, in true Perrott fashion, threw themselves into their tasks with gusto. […]
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Very well done to our wonderful Year 2 children, who impressed Ms Williams, Miss Fussell and Ms Skiverton so much this term (and across the year) that they were ALL awarded the Head of Pre-Prep Cup at their end-of-term Prize Giving ceremony! We are very proud of you, Year 2, and know you’ll make the […]
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Years 5, 6 and 7 took part in our annual Latin Play Competition at the end of term, presided over by the brilliant Mrs Cashmore, Head of Classics at King’s College Taunton. Mr Patrick was delighted with the quality of the performances, with special mention going to our newest pupils who threw themselves into the challenge […]
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Year 2 have been studying famous people and looking at how the different views and attitudes of people in the past have shaped our world today. They particularly enjoyed learning about political activist and suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, before having a go at writing their own speeches about women’s rights. The resulting work, which includes the […]
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Our Nursery children have been reading ‘The Rainbow Fish’ in class and loved stopping in the Rose Garden to look at the fish. As part of their literacy work, the children also made robot masks and then used their ‘robot’ voices to sound out and spell items in the classroom, such as p.e.n and b.o.x. […]
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