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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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Calling all parents in the local community! We run a number of clubs and groups here at Perrott Hill that we are delighted to be opening up to families in the surrounding communities. They are: • Saturday morning sports courses for children in Years 2-4. These take place on the Astro from 0830-1000 every Saturday […]
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Our Nursery children have been busy planting their new mini vegetable garden this week, as part of their topic work on growth and change. They will be checking in on their vegetables each week and hopefully getting to eat them by the end of term! Many thanks to Miss Becky and Miss Jo for a […]
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Welcome back, everyone. The Headmaster’s Assembly this week featured a whistlestop tour of the Easter story via food – bread and wine, simnel cakes, hot cross buns and Easter eggs, which are eaten as a symbol of hope and new life. On that note, we’re looking forward to the start of our new summer term […]
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To celebrate Pi Day (3.14), pupils took part in a range of fun activities with Mrs Crane (did you know that 3.14 spells PIE in the mirror? Us neither!). Shout out to our amazing catering team for a delicious lunch (pie, of course), and congratulations to Euan who won Mrs Crane’s break-time challenge by reciting […]
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Friday’s House Poetry Recitations Competition saw pupils in Years 1-8 battle it out for the coveted House Poetry Cup. Following a bevy of standout individual performances and some excellent House recitations, Brendons reigned victorious overall (although were pipped to the post in the House performance by Mendips’ brilliant and original rendition of ‘I’ll Be There […]
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World Book Day at Perrott Hill! From James Bond to Gangsta Granny, the grounds are brimming with brilliant book and film characters today. A special mention to our Year 7s for their timely debate, ‘This House believes that children should not be forced to wear school uniform’ – we bet you can’t guess who won! […]
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Year 3 have been learning about how Athena came to be the patron goddess of Athens in their classical civilisation lessons with Dr Longley-Cook. Last week, they reconstructed the pediment of the Parthenon which shows the contest of Athena and Poseidon for the city. labor magnificus, omnes!
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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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