A leading independent prep school in Somerset, offering excellence in education for 2-13 year olds
Petty Officer Silk and Able Seaman Shortman took a group of sailors to Portland on Sunday – and what a great day they had! Under the watchful eye of instructors from the Andrew Simpson Centres, pupils sailed across Portland harbour, tacking and jibing with the best of them! Well done to all those who took […]
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Well done to all those who performed in Pupils’ Party Pieces last Tuesday – it was our first informal concert with a live audience in over a year! Mr Shortman opened the show with the following exerpt from Leslie Parkman’s book, ‘North Perrott Remembered’: “We had social evenings and song and dance events; these were […]
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Year 3 have been studying ancient Greece and looking at the Battle of Marathon in history. Last week, they designed their own fearsome shields which resulted in the Battle of Perrott on the Front Terrace! Big thanks to Mr Finch for bringing history to life.
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We are excited to share the news that Perrott Hill has been shortlisted in not one but two categories at the AMCIS Impact Awards 2021. AMCIS is the leading association for admissions, marketing and communications in independent schools, with over 500 member schools in the UK, so this is high praise indeed. Fingers crossed for […]
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Many thanks to ex-Perrott parent, author and BAFTA award-winning documentary-maker, Stewart Binns, who gave a talk to Years 5-8 before half term on Operation Barbarossa – otherwise known as the largest and most destructive military campaign in human history. It’s a topic he has a wealth of knowledge about, having recently written the book ‘Barbarossa: […]
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We’re proud to have launched a series of short videos on our social media channels this term, to showcase the different areas of school in the run up to our 75th anniversary in September. A new video is released every Monday and so far, we’ve covered sport, Pre-Prep, academics, art and boarding – follow us […]
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Year 7 enjoyed a fantastic trip to Lulworth Cove on Monday. As well as sketching and annotating Lulworth Cove and Stair Hole, pupils looked at coastal landforms and the resistance of different rocks. After lunch, they walked the coastal path to Durdle Door (in the pouring rain – all part of the fun!), before analysing […]
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It was a pleasure to welcome our bagpipes teacher, Rob Walker, into school last week for a potted history of the bagpipes to Years 3 and 4. Year 6 pupil, Harry, performed his first piece on the chanter (the stepping stone instrument towards learning to play the full set of pipes), and then Rob lifted […]
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Many thanks to our friends at Sherborne Prep and Millfield Prep for a cracking afternoon of cricket in the sunshine on Wednesday! Our 1st team enjoyed a brilliant afternoon at Sherborne – well done to player of the match, Tommy, for his superb batting. We’re looking forward to seeing Queen’s College Taunton this weekend.
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Congratulations to our Year 6 debaters who spoke fluently and persuasively on Friday (top marks from Mrs Byrnes!). The motion ‘This House would ban scientific testing on animals’ was defeated by the slimmest of margins with 50 votes to 49 – a surprise result and largely based on the strength of the counter-arguments put forward […]
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