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Book Clubbers in Years 3-5 enjoyed sharing their impressions of Roald Dahl’s classic tale ‘Danny, The Champion of The World’ with Mrs Byrne at our recent gathering. The children discussed the close relationship between Danny and his father, and talked about making good choices. After half term it’s Onjali Q. Rauf ’s enthralling novel ‘The […]
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Thank you to Dr Leaman and the strings pupils from Blundell’s who joined us for a wonderful workshop and concert last week. From the fabulous solo performances (Jemima’s performance of The Swan was sublime) to our joint renditions of Shostakovich’s ‘Romance’ and Bizet’s ‘Habanera’, led by our Head of Strings, Ms Greenwood, our audience of […]
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Well done to our U11 boys who won the plate competition at Friday’s IAPS hockey tournament. It was fantastic event (not to mention quite unusual, in that only one goal was scored in the pool stage!), and the team were commended for their resilience and effort. A special thanks to King’s Bruton for hosting the […]
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Our youngest boarders in Year 3 had great fun at their Loft Night last night last week! The children played crash mat rounders and other games in the Sports Hall, before heading upstairs for Harry Potter and popcorn. Many thanks to our brilliant boarding team for yet another amazing Loft Night for the junior boarders.
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Our boarders enjoyed not one but two top trips last weekend. On Saturday, they travelled to Sandy Park to watch Exeter Chiefs play Castres Olympique. Will B and Will F-S got to take part in the half time entertainment (along with OPH Harry!) and they all got meet the players afterwards. It was a brilliant evening; […]
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Last year, pupils took part in a sketchbook exchange with children at schools in Sarajevo and Erbil, as part of a cultural exchange programme we set up in 2019. Pupils were encouraged to keep visual diaries of their lives before we sent them on to primary schools in other countries for the children there to […]
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Many thanks to Mr Rigby, Head of Science at Downside School, for a fantastic Science Day at Perrott Hill last week. Pupils in Years 6-8 attended workshops throughout the day where they got to explore an amazing array of equipment including oscilloscopes, beds of nails, Van der Graaf generators, polaroid discs, exploding methane fireballs and […]
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The boys played their first matches of the season on Saturday; many thanks to Hazlegrove for a brilliant afternoon of hockey! Meanwhile, the girls are gearing up to play their first netball matches with Queen’s Taunton tomorrow. Good luck to you all.
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At the end of last term and after studying the vocabulary necessary to discuss the pros and cons of modern technologies in French, both 7G and 7Y worked on designing a gadget of their choice, describing it and presenting its benefits in French. This morning both classes came together to present their final product to […]
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Very well done to Ruby in Year 8 who played viola in her first public performance with the Somerset County Youth Orchestra in their Christmas Celebration Concert in Wells Cathedral in December. The orchestra is open to young performers of grade 5-8 standard and meets at the end of each academic year for an intensive […]
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