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Looking After our Planet
Led by Mrs Hewitt, this week’s Eco Club assembly focussed on raising awareness about how much waste we are producing, and how we can make little changes, including reducing the amount we use and throw away, as well as making sure we recycle. These small changes really make a difference. We learnt that up…
Enjoying Music ‘With Nicky’
Nicola Benedetti, a classical violinist from West Kilbride in Scotland, is one of the most sought-after soloists in the world, as well as a leading advocate for quality music education. This week sees the launch of ‘With Nicky’, an exciting new series of educational videos aimed at providing support and guidance for young musicians. Known…
Tate Year 3 Project
On Friday morning, Y3 and Y3P took part in a unique London-based arts project, headed up by Turner Prize and Oscar-winning artist, Steve McQueen. Big, bold and ambitious, this fascinating venture has encouraged 7 and 8 year olds across the capital to come together to create a group portrait of enormous scale. Our girls were…
Y3 Assembly: Teaching Resilience through British Values
This morning’s wonderful assembly, hosted by Y3, focussed on the importance of demonstrating resilience in the face of adversity, promoting British values such as perseverance and a strong work ethic, as well as a sense of humour! No one is born with the ability to be resilient – it is a skill we learn over…
Year 4 Trip to The Wimbledon Synagogue
On Tuesday 15th January, Year 4 pupils visited the Wimbledon and District Synagogue. On arrival, the girls gathered around the entrance of the synagogue where they discussed the features of the building and its uses. They were then taken into the main hall where they learned all about the features inside the synagogue and how…
Happy New Year!
We hope that everyone enjoyed a restful Christmas break, ready for the exciting new experiences and challenges that lie ahead this year. There’s a lot to look forward to this term, from fascinating history topics and intriguing science experiments, to dance-fuelled discos and musical extravaganzas. We continue to enjoy seeing our pupils’ love of learning…
End of Term Christmas Mass
We came together as a whole school community on Thursday morning to commend the successes of the Autumn term and celebrate the birth of Jesus. These most popular Bible passages were read by the girls in Y6, as they led us through the unfolding events of that joyful time long, long ago yet still so…
House Winners
During Thursday’s Assembly, Pre-Prep and Junior girls sat together in their houses wearing their colourful house t-shirts with pride! Each term the house points are counted up to find out who has earnt the most credits from each house in each class and then they eagerly anticipate the overall result of the House winner for…
‘Bethlehem – The Musical!’
The Junior girls dazzled us with their performance of ‘Bethlehem – The Musical’ for two nights last week as the Hall erupted in appreciative cheers and calls for encore! Mrs Thompson had adapted the script to suit our girls and Mrs Petersons ensured the singing was West-end worthy. Many hands backstage had also helped bring…
Theatre trip
The Junior girls enjoyed their trip to the Polka Theatre on Friday afternoon to see ‘The Wind in the Willows’ and it will be the turn of our Pre-Prep department this Tuesday. Going to any theatre is a real festive treat and really enhances the girls’ learning experience of their drama and music curriculum in…