News
End of term is approaching…!
Unbelievably, we are facing our final week in school as the lengthy Autumn term draws to a close. The girls have lots of festive fun to look forward to in the next few days with themed activities in class, our traditional Christmas lunch with all the trimmings, a craft afternoon for the Pre-Prep department and…
Singing Success
Three of our talented singers in Years 4, 5 and 6 have auditioned for, and been awarded a place in the National Children’s Choir. Congratulations to Lucinda, Amy and Grace – Mrs Petersons is very proud of you and delighted with your efforts, she commented, “It is such an honour for them to be accepted…
Advent
Sunday was the official start to the Christmas season in the church’s eye, with the beginning of Advent. A time of preparation and increasing joy as we await the birth of Christ. All the girls in school have knowledge of this important period and have been encouraged to reflect and compose Advent prayers. Advent has,…
Pre-Prep Nativity Joy
We were all enchanted by the three Pre-Prep Christmas plays that happened at the end of last week in school; the Christmas season has got off to a superb start! Despite it being one of the oldest and well-known stories ever told, the girls brought a charm and magic to the Nativity tale, with the…
Fabulously Festive!
Girls young and old, staff present and past, alongside siblings, friends and extended family flocked to the hall on Saturday to experience the hugely popular FOHC annual Christmas Fair; and what a treat they were in for! Our talented choir opened proceedings and delighted us all with their sweet and strong voices. There was a…
Pre-Prep Nativity Plays this week…
We are looking forward to our three Pre-Prep Nativity plays towards the latter part of this week as we appreciate how hard the girls have been learning lines and song words and rehearsing moves and performances. We hope to see many of you there; please do remember to park considerately in George Road and be…
Festive Fun Looming…!
Despite the ‘official’ start of Christmas, Advent, still being a week away, it certainly is beginning to look a lot like Christmas in school at the moment…! Rehearsals are in full swing for the Pre-Prep Nativity pays which showcase towards the end of next week and the all-Junior school production the following week. Display boards…
Mass of Inscription
We shared a worshipful morning in school on Wednesday when we celebrated with the girls from classes Y3 and Y3P at their ‘Mass of Inscription’. Father Michael led our worship as we came together as a whole school community to pray for those who had embarked upon the next step in their faith journey; towards…
Book Fair in school this week
Our Librarian, Mrs Wood, has organised for an independent book company to trade at school over the next couple of days in a change from the usual company; we hope this will offer a much broader, inspiring and exciting range of books. Please see https://bookwagon.co.uk/categories/ All the books have been especially selected for our school…
Online Safety
On Thursday our ‘Digital Leaders’ presented an assembly on the theme of ‘Anti-bullying’ which reminded us of what constitutes bullying behaviour and then specifically focused on cyber bullying. Our knowledgeable digital leaders reminded us that all bullying is very serious and is dealt with by our school very firmly and cyber bullying is no different….