Year 7 enjoyed a ‘voyage fantastique en Bourgogne’ last week, where they visited Vézelay and Flavigny, took part in a French mosaics workshop and cooked up a storm, baking ‘le tartouillat’. In the evenings, they played some pétanque and Loto, practising their French throughout. Many thanks to our wonderful hosts at Maison Claire Fontaine, along with Madame Brooks, Mr Kane and Mrs Tarrant, for leading such a fun and insightful trip. Félicitations à Alistair et Pelayo pour avoir été nommés Ambassadeur de Maison Claire Fontaine!
5th July 2019
Our annual Year 5 Storytelling Competition took place in the Library on Friday afternoon and featured an impressive array of stories, both written and recited by the seven finalists. Katya won with her story ‘That one Halloween’, closely followed by Rosie with ‘The House’ and Toby S with ‘The Adventures of Raj’. Well done to everyone who took part (including the mastermind behind it all, Mr Silk) and the biggest thanks to our guest judge, the one and only Boris Starling, whose masterclass in creating conflict earlier in the term well and truly paid off.
3rd July 2019
To celebrate our brilliant beekeeping club and as part of an ongoing project to raise awareness of bees, Year 3 have been working on a series of paintings in the art studio this term. These will form part an exhibition at the North Perrott Fruit Farm this summer, alongside the older children’s mixed-media sculptures made out of recycled materials. It’s exciting watching it all come together!
3rd July 2019
We are delighted to announce that Perrott Hill has been shortlisted for not one but TWO prestigious awards at the Independent Schools of the Year Awards, in association with Independent School Parent magazine. Once again, we are proud to be flying the flag for small country prep schools on the national stage!
27th June 2019
The Perrott Young Farmers paid a visit to Neil Baker’s farm in neighbouring Haselbury Plucknett before half term, ahead of his brilliant lecture on farming. They witnessed his huge rotary milking parlour being put through its paces, saw the cows munching on their supper and saw the farm’s two bio digesters at work. The digesters are powered by the methane generated by the slurry from the farm’s 1,800 cows and provide enough electricity to run the farm and plus an additional 900 homes. Many thanks to Neil for a superb afternoon and a fascinating lecture as part of our Years 3-8 Lecture Programme.
24th June 2019
We’ve unearthed a treasure trove of old Perrott Hill Review magazines, with pictures and stories going back to the early 80s. It’s incredible how much – and yet how little – has changed (we especially love the photo of the horse outside what is now our Nursery). We’re very much looking forward to sharing even more memories at our OPH get together in September; if you’re coming along, please do bring any photos and old reports/magazines with you as we’d love to see them. For more information, please contact Libby on reception@perrotthill.com.
24th June 2019
Our U12s enjoyed a top Cricket Festival at Wells Cathedral School last week. Many thanks to the staff and children at Wells for their superb organisation and great cricket and to our friends at Sherborne Prep for some top matches. In other news, well done to the Perrott Hill Equestrian Team who continued their winning ways two Sundays ago by coming first in their class at Badgeworth – and to Year 7 pupil, Nia, who won the 200m at the recent South West Athletics. Team Perrott is on fire!
24th June 2019
And they’re off! There was much excitement in the Grundy Hall as our Year 8s set off on their Leavers’ Trip this week; we can’t wait to hear all about it as the week progresses. Meanwhile, we are looking forward to celebrating National Boarding Week this week and our Year 2 children are starting their transition into the Prep. Adventure all round…
18th June 2019
Many thanks to our wonderful children, grandparents and staff for a glorious Grandparents’ Tea Party just before we broke up for half term. The sun was shining, the tea and cakes were flowing and the Junior Choir and Wind Band were on fine form on the Front Terrace. Very well done to the children for being such incredible hosts; we are looking forward to next year already.
18th June 2019
Year 5 have been honing their writing and reciting skills this term ahead of the annual Year 5 Storytelling Competition at the end of June. This morning, they enjoyed an inspirational masterclass with Perrott parent and novelist extraordinaire, Boris Starling, who talked about the basics of storytelling and the importance of conflict. Thank you, Boris – we can’t wait to see what the children do with your wise words.
18th June 2019
