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As well as waving off our senior pupils at the end of last term, we also said goodbye to these valued members of staff (along with Mr Meadley, Mrs Nagel and Mrs Goss, who are not pictured). Mr Kane deserves a special mention, having been with the school for an incredible 17 years and serving as the Joint Acting Head alongside Mr Silk last year. One particularly memorable moment, according to Mrs Dare on our domestic team, was when he hid in a cupboard in the maths room one day and jumped o…ut on her while she was cleaning the room. “I remember that,” laughs Mr Kane. “It must have been over a decade ago…” So what is he going to miss the most? “Everything!” he says. “From the changing seasons to the actual manor house; I have a great respect for how old it is and how well it has looked after generations of children, staff and parents. Most of all though, I will miss the people – the children, the staff, the parents and the community of North Perrott.” Thank you for everything, Mr Kane, and thank you to each of our departing staff members for playing their part in making Perrott Hill the small but mighty school it is today. We are now looking forwarding to welcoming new staff and families for the start of the academic year on Monday!
Our Year 6 pupils enjoyed the most incredible Latin trip to Hadrian’s Wall at the start of the summer holidays. As well as visiting Segedunum and getting to see the excavated fort from the 35 metre high viewing tower (wow!), they experienced what life was like at one of the Roman Empire’s most northern outposts and took in some amazing Roman reconstructions at Arbeia Roman Fort in South Shields. They also visited the wonderful Housesteads Roman Fort and were at Vindolanda (The Roman Army Museum, where they had a Latin lesson with holographic teacher from the past, Velius Longus!) when the team uncovered a beautiful little oil lamp from the Antonine excavation. What a phenomenal week of bringing Latin to life… Our biggest thanks to Mr Patrick, Mr and Mrs McCullough and Ms Williams – and to all at Mowden Hall School for letting us stay there. A truly unforgettable four days.
What a pleasure to see so many past, present and future Perrott Hillians and friends at The Melplash Show at the end of August. The atmosphere was incredible! Bravo to everyone involved; we’re looking forward to next year already.
Years 3 to 6 enjoyed a great day of fun and adventure on Monday, as part of our annual Expedition Day. Year 3 went to Crealy Theme Park in Devon, Years 4 and 5 went to the Dorset Water Park and Year 6 went to Splashdown in Poole (minus a camera!). Many thanks to everyone involved in making these trips possible and to all our staff for such a brilliant year of academic, creative and sporting success.
After another brilliant year of our Tuneful Tots music classes for 0-3 year olds, the children and parents headed down to our Forest School for their end-of-year party. As well as eating cake and warming their feet (Ed!), they made leaf art, explored the dens and blew bubbles – all with the help of our Year 2 children, who were so lovely with the little ones. The biggest thanks to our inspirational music teacher, Miss Greenwood, to our amazing Forest School leader, Ms Bresland, and to all our parents and toddlers who come along to make music every week. There are now a few spaces free for September – please email admissions@perrotthill.com for further info.
Our Year 8s had their Leavers’ Dinner Dance recently and it was, in the words of one parent, ‘magic’. Many thanks to Mrs Palmer and Perrott parent, Deborah Johnson, for the incredible pics (the full album can be seen on our Facebook and Instagram pages) and here’s to the next adventure. We’re going to miss this brilliant bunch…
We are so proud of our Pre-Prep children, who took part in a brilliant Sports Day in the beautiful sunshine on Saturday. Many thanks to our Director of Sport, Mr Sheldon, our Pre-Prep staff and to Miss White, Mr Sutherland, Mr Percival and Miss Hand, who have all been working with the children in the run up. It was heartwarming to see so many Prep pupils and Old Perrott Hillians cheering the children on, too! Well done, team.
We were privileged to welcome author and war time evacuee, John Hollands, to Perrott Hill last week for a hugely insightful talk to Year 6 about his memories of life during World War Two. John also judged the model Anderson shelters the children have been making as part of a cross-curricular art, history and DT project and pronounced Poppy as the winner. Well done, Poppy!
We recently hosted our inaugural Orchestral Morning at Perrott Hill, where our pupils teamed up with pupils from King’s College, Taunton and musicians from the Somerset County Youth Orchestra to create one ‘super’ orchestra, culminating in a fantastic half hour concert at the end. The rousing finale of Brahms’s ‘Hungarian Dance No.5’ raised the roof! Many thanks to our wonderful Director of Music, Mr Shortman, along with the visiting musicians for such an uplifting morning of music.
Very well done to our Year 3 children, who have collectively read more than 10 million words in the Accelerated Reader scheme this year. Special mention to Max and Jasmin who have read over two million words, George B and Samuel with over one million words and to Horatio and George K who have passed 104 and 84 quizzes respectively. What a fantastic achievement Year 3, well done.
