We welcomed nearly 80 students from Reed’s, St John’s, Tormead, St Cats and Menuhins School for a Sixth Form Topic related ‘speed debating’ workshop. The T floor was buzzing with activity as all discussed a wide range of provocative A Level topic in French, German and Spanish: Express divorce; the effects of the media in…
Pupils in Years 1-3 enjoyed a visit from author the Major and Mynah series, Karen Owen, Karen shared some of her favourite books, how she came up with the ideas for her junior detective series, her creative process and signed some books at the end of the session.
On Saturday 20 January, 9 students participated in the Surrey Schools Cross-Country Championships at Reigate Priory, having qualified to represent Guildford. In the Under 13 Race, Sam came in First Place, making him Surrey Champion. He has qualified to run for English Schools in the County Championship. In the Junior Boys (Year 8 and 9),…
Our Design and Technology department were excited to launch a new DT collaboration project with Tormead. Mixed groups have been assigned Olympic countries to research and will, over the course of next term, work to complete various marketing and design tasks.
There was a plethora of responsible risk taking in Boyzone this week. Shell and Nursery used tools and warm water to extract small-world animals from ice blocks. There was plenty of cheering when the ice was smashed! Year 1 and Year 2 enjoyed toasting marshmallows over the fire and had a cosy cup of hot…
“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be” is a quotation from Leo Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina and remains central to my understanding of the concept of respect. To illustrate why I think this rather controversial statement has merit, I would like to recount an event that occurred when I was…
At the most basic level, aspiration can be summarised as the desire to achieve a goal; however, to me, it is a far more complex idea. Aspiration to me represents the driving force behind some of the greatest achievements in human history. It holds the power to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary and allows…
Shortly before the Christmas holidays, Mrs Rathmell, Mrs Stephenson, her daughter and 9 students joined Ranger Matt (from the Blackwater Valley Conservation Partnership) at Ash Meadows to plant some saplings. Despite pouring rain, they worked hard to plant an impressive 320 trees! See the types of trees planted below: English Oak 40 Bird Cherry 10…
At its most basic level, kindness is making a sacrifice to make someone else’s life better. The sacrifice may be as small as giving away your last cookie or as big as donating a kidney but ultimately it is recognising that another’s gain is worthy of your loss. And the magic of it is this….
