A leading independent prep school in Somerset, offering excellence in education for 2-13 year olds
Scholarship Day is coming up on Thursday 2nd February! We offer 9+ and 11+ scholarships to children who can demonstrate significant potential in one or more areas of school life. If your child is currently in Years 4 or 6 and you’d like more information about scholarships or a chat about the process, please contact […]
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Year 2 stepped back in time in their history lessons before half term to explore what life was like in 17th century London. Using a range of historical sources, such as excerpts from the famous diary of Samuel Pepys and maps (a big thank you to Willow’s Dad for sharing his artefacts with us), the […]
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Our EYFS Celebration of Work took place in the Theatre and was on the topic of ‘all about ourselves’. The children talked about all the lovely things they’d learnt so far in class and sang some wonderful songs. They also showed off their mixed media self-portraits and their ‘what makes me special’ rainbows. Well done, […]
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Our Pre-Prep Harvest Festival took place in St Martin’s Church on Wednesday, with pupils donating boxes of food and giving thanks for all that they have. Very well done to all the children who sang and recited beautifully: 1L read a poem and 1E led the prayers, while Year 2 recited a poem they’d written. […]
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There were big smiles as Prep pupils took part in their annual Community Action Morning. Whether they were collecting apples at the Haselbury Plucknett Community Orchard, cleaning St Martin’s Church in North Perrott, helping at the North Perrott Farm Shop or performing at the West Abbey Care Home in Yeovil, the children approached the morning […]
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Years 7 and 8 were given a fascinating insight into the life of a solicitor on Tuesday, as part of our programme of Careers Talks for Upper Prep. Mr Michael Brierley, a partner at Stokes Partnership in Crewkerne who specialises in dispute resolution, gave an engaging talk and was particularly impressed by the quality of questions […]
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Our Nursery children have been getting to know their classroom and exploring all the lovely activities over the past few weeks. As well as learning where everything belongs and making new friends, they have started exploring the topic ‘all about me’. Last week, they used their new mirror tuff tray to look at their faces […]
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Our new Reception class went on a guided tour of the school yesterday with Mrs McCullough and Pre-Prep Grad, Miss Fletcher. The children were very polite and visited everywhere from the School Office to the Surgery – they even popped in to say hello to Mr McCullough in the Headmaster’s Study! On Monday they started […]
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Thank you to the organisers of The Melplash Show for another brilliant event last week – we loved catching up with so many pupils, parents, Old Perrott Hillians and friends. Congratulations to all those who got their GCSE results and A Level results this month – we are very proud of you all!
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Hats off to our Year 6 pupils who wowed us with their superb production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ on the Front Terrace last week – it was magical! Special thanks to Dr Berkeley, Mrs Byrne and Mr Shortman, and to all the pupils and staff who helped behind the scenes. These included musicians from […]
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