A leading independent prep school in Somerset, offering excellence in education for 2-13 year olds
Our Eco Team visited Carymoor Environmental Trust last week, which is one of Somerset’s two landfill sites. It is home to 48 years’ worth of rubbish, some of which will take thousands of years to decompose. ‘Standing on huge hills with 15 metres of rubbish beneath you is a real eye-opener,’ said Mr Coverdale, our Head of Geography, Year 8 Tutor and Eco Team Leader. The team have been learning about the vast amounts of rubbish we send to landfill and the many environmental issues this creates. They’ve also been looking at how we can improve the situation through recycling, reusing and reducing. Some excellent learning, both in and out of the classroom.
We always look forward to welcoming families to our wonderful school and this week is no exception! Come along to our Open Morning on Friday 25th January to see the school in action – from our eco-build Music School on the edge of the woods to our incredible sports facilities and Forest School. Please contact Camilla Bracher on 01460 72051 / admissions@perrotthill.com for further info or to book.
Our Saturday morning hockey training has now started back up and is open to all children in Years 2 to 4 from Perrott Hill and surrounding schools. The training takes place every Saturday during term time from 8.30am to 10am and costs £2.50 per week. Please email admissions@perrotthill.com for further info and booking.
Our Nursery and Reception children have been looking at the best of British, as part of their topic work on ‘Understanding the World.’ There were lots of happy faces when they got to take part in a traditional afternoon tea recently!
Very well done to all our pupils who took ABRSM exams last term across a range of instruments (cello, violin, piano, harp, trumpet, horn and voice). Every child passed with an impressive 90% being awarded a Merit or a Distinction. A fantastic set of results, well done to you all.
Introducing our Head Boy, Stanley, Head Girl, Lily, and Prefects for this term. Our Heads of School are appointed in recognition of their personal qualities and efforts and, following their first meeting with Mr McCullough and Mr Silk this week, the team are raring to represent the school. Well done to you all.
Happy New Year to all our families and friends, from all of us here at Perrott Hill. We’ve enjoyed a bustling INSET programme this week and are looking forward to welcoming the children back on Monday.
Hot on the heels of our special Advent service at St Martin’s Church in North Perrott, 44 of our pupils performed at an evening of Christmas Carols and Readings at Mapperton House. What a joyously informal evening of music making it was, concluding with a stonking rendition of ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ with children, staff and parents combining to great effect. Well done to all those who took part and a very big thank you to Mr Shortman and his team. Proud to be Perrott!
Our annual Year 7 Public Speaking Competition was a great success this month; each pupil had just two minutes to talk about the best human invention, using their powers of persuasion to convince our guest judge, Mr Giles Robinson from Sherborne School, that theirs should be chosen. Very well done to Jemima, who came 1st for clarity of voice and use of humour when talking about her chosen invention, the oven; to Sebastian, who was highly commended for good eye contact and a well-reasoned argument about books; and to Octavia, who was speaking about the iPhone and was commended for great delivery and a good use of counter argument. We were so impressed by all of you!
Earlier this month, our U9s celebrated a great morning at the Hazlegrove Hockey Tournament. They tried exceptionally hard, came second in their group to go through to the knockout stage and finished joint third place with Taunton School. Well done, girls – we are very proud of you.
