Milbourne 'Skipathon' raises over £2.5k for The Garden Route Charity Trust

The Pre-Prep children were delighted to present the charity with £2962.95 which they raised by participating in a 'Skipathon' on Be Well Day.

Celebrating Harvest Festival in Pre-Prep

This afternoon our Pre-Prep children took part in a wonderful Harvest Festival Assembly, in our local church - The Church of the Holy Name, Claygate

Milbourne Marathon runners - London 2021

On Sunday two of our teachers - Mrs Bowen-Perkins, Director of Music and Mr Sleeman, Prep Maths Teacher will be running the 2021 London Marathon 

Milbourne Success at Tonbridge Athletics Meet

During the 2/3 term holiday a team of Milbourne Athletes were invited to attend the Tonbridge Prep Athletics Meet. Accompanied by Mr Smalley and Mr Kitto our team performed exceptionally well. Many PB's and school records were broken and at the end of the Meet, Milbourne were crowned runners-up behind Hilden Grange in the Trophy event and our U14 team were crowned winners of their age group.

Pre-Prep Science Week 2021

Goggles were donned and lights dimmed for the grand finale or the Pre-Prep Science Week. Mrs Salvucci, Head of Science, welcomed the Pre-Prep children into the science laboratory and, in spectacular fashion, demonstrated the very different results when you burn iron fillings and magnesium. Many thanks to Mrs Salvucci for inspiring our Pre-Prep scientists in such entertaining style!

Hot off the Press - Year 8 Scholarship Awards so far...

We are delighted to share with you the latest Year 8 Scholarship Awards. Congratulations to: Henry who has been awarded an Academic Scholarship to Hampton Lucas who has been awarded a Music Scholarship to St John's Zain who has been awarded a Sports Scholarship to Reed's Julian who has been awarded at Sports Scholarship to Reed's Jason who has been awarded the Top Academic Scholarship

Pre-Prep Science Week

Pre-Prep Science Week kicked off with a BANG! when our madcap scientist launched his rocket high up above the Milbourne grounds. Our Pre-Prep children were also lucky enough to hear a short presentation all about our solar system from two of our Senior pupils, David and Daniel. In our Reception PSHE lessons we are learning about 'people who help us' and today the reception children

Milbourne Inaugural Triathlon

The first Milbourne Lodge Triathlon was contested on Saturday the 15th of May.

Outdoor Adventures for Year 6

Year 6 have certainly been enjoying themselves at Cuffley Outdoor Centre in Hertfordshire

Summer Term 2021 starts with a bang

The Summer Term at Milbourne is in full swing with Years 4 and 5 taking part in a series of Team Building activities.

Frances Hodgson Burnett’s ‘The Secret Garden’ continues to inspire our Art & IT projects this year

Pupils in 2H and 2N (Year 4) are designing labels for small lidded-tins during their IT lessons. 

Milbourne Lodge Boys help bring Worldwide Under 12 Chess Tournament win!

During lockdown, some of our pupils have been competing online in the Worldwide Under 12 Chess tournament which has been running for several weeks.

Gabriel cycles over 300km in aid of Breast Cancer Now and raises over £700

Congratulations to Gabriel in Year 6 who has cycled an amazing 314.4km in aid of Breast Cancer Now charity. Gabriel decided that he wanted to take part and cycle the 300km target in March. 

Highly Commended Award in National Science Genetics Competition

Congratulations to Amelie in Year 4 who has been awarded a Highly Commended certificate for her entry in the University of Bath National Competition – Storytelling Science: The Letters of Life.

Milbourne Christmas Celebrations 2020

We are so disappointed that we have not had the opportunity to enjoy our usual festivities and to share a glass or two of mulled wine at our Dickensian Evening and we are saddened not to be seeing all our families at our traditional Carol Service. But, although some of these events are just not possible, we have managed to invent a number of festive

10 Gold Awards in Bebras Computational Thinking Competition 2020

Bebras is an international computational thinking competition for schools. The Bebras Challenges are a set of short problems delivered online. They are based on situations that Computer Scientists meet and enjoy solving. The tasks require logical thinking. The aim is to solve as many as you can in the allotted time.

Year 8 success in UKMT Senior Maths Challenge

Congratulations to the following boys in Year 8 who sat the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge recently and have received Bronze Awards.  This is the Maths competition designed for students who are doing their A-Levels, so they have done very well indeed. Henry H (Best in School) Harry W Freddy O Jonathan M Jason S These are a selection of questions to give you an idea

Remembrance Service 2020

Another very poignant Remembrance Service this morning with the whole school able to come together and pay their respects.

New Pre-Prep Play Area is opened

The wait is over and we are delighted to announce that the new Pre-Prep Play Area at Milbourne Lodge has just been opened by Mrs Waite and Mrs Brooks.

Our Well Being Wall and special Well Being Wishes

During our Well Being day on 25th September our pupils were incredibly honest when asked to pen their wishes for the future and share their Well Being thoughts and concerns.

Global Be Well Day 2020

We have joined over 55,000 children and young people around the world to draw attention to the vital role of mental and physical wellbeing in education.  Covid-19 has put the spotlight on young people’s wellbeing more than ever before. 

As featured in the 2021 Tatler Schools Guide

We are delighted to announce that we have once again been included in the 2021 Tatler Schools Guide. It is a real privilege to be selected and to be considered as one of the very best Prep Schools in the South East. Another excellent review of the school  - 'This may be a traditional school but it's certainly forward-thinking - just ask Marty and Martina,

Money, Money, Money - Year 8 Finance Course

For their final term at Milbourne, our top year took part in a special Maths project about money, finance as a job and debt.

Our first virtual Poetry Recitation Celebration

Not to be deterred by lock-down and the remoteness of online learning our English Department launched the annual Milbourne Poetry Recitation Celebration as a virtual event this year.

A Tour of the Prep School for our Year 2 children

As we are unable to have our traditional 'Moving Up Afternoon' this year, our Year 2 teachers are going to share this video with Year 2 ready for their move into the Prep school in September.

Join us at our first virtual Teatime Musical Soiree

We are delighted to be able to share with you our first virtual Teatime Musical Soiree. These events traditionally run a couple of times each term at 5.15pm. Even though we are not physically in school our Director of Music, Mrs Bowen-Perkins was determined that the children should still have an opportunity to showcase their talent - hence the virtual Teatime Soiree was created.

Milbourne Lodge Weekly Sports Challenges - Week 4

During this time of school closure, Mr Kennard has been keeping everyone occupied with a weekly Challenge.

Celebrating VE Day 75

But even in lockdown, it’s still possible for us to have a shared moment to celebrate the end of the Second World War in Europe, and to commemorate the suffering endured by men and women in wartime across the world.

Charity Stationery Initiative

Friends and families of children at Milbourne have clubbed together and donated money towards stationery for vulnerable children who are being home schooled at present

Launching The Weekly Milbourne Sports Challenge

Each week the Sports Department are setting a Challenge for the Milbourne Community.

Welcome Back for the Summer Term from Mrs Waite

2020 Senior School Scholarship Awards for Milbourne Pupils

We are delighted to announce that 7 Scholarship awards have been made to Milbourne pupils for entry into Senior Schools this September and beyond.

Fantastic results in 2020 Intermediate Maths Challenge

The pupils in U6, M6, L6 and Form 4 Maths Set 1 all sat the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge in February.  The top 40% of entrants nationally come away with an award, but since this is a competition usually taken by pupils in Years 9, 10 and 11, for our pupils to get an award in this competition is exceptional.

Milbourne pupils share success in Robotical Ltd #Stickit2Marty competition

A group of Milbourne Lodge pupils today celebrated their joint success in the #StickIt2Marty competition. Pupils were challenged to submit designs for a new sticker set for the Marty v2 Robot from Robotical Ltd.

Milbourne Girls love their Hockey

Our Junior Girls enjoyed their first Hockey training session of the season on the astro at Old Cranleighans Hockey Club in Thames Ditton

Pupils achieve BEBRAS success

17 pupils in the older age group achieved scores in the top 10% of their age group nationally and have been invited to participate in an online challenge which is the TCS Oxford Computing Challenge to be held in early March

Milbourne Win U13 Surrey Plate Competition

The Milbourne U13 team were buzzing after the 6-1 home win against Cumnor House in the Semi-Final of the Surrey Plate Competition. This win guaranteed a 9.30am Plate Final against Thomas’s, Battersea on Saturday 23rd November.

Remembrance Day 2019

On Monday 11th November we honoured the lives of all those that have died at war with a special Remembrance Assembly and two minutes silence.

Alfred Huberman Writing Awards 2019 - Lake District Holocaust Project

The Lake District Holocaust Project set up the award in consultation with the family of Alfred Huberman who was one of the 300 child Holocaust Survivors who stayed in the Lake District in 1945. In excess of 500 pupils submitted entries this year.

U10 Football Team Win Charterhouse U10 Tournament

Congratulations to our U10 Football Team who won the Charterhouse U10 Football Tournament yesterday afternoon. Following pool matches against Danes Hill, Cumnor House and Rokeby

Global Be Well Day - 27th September 2019

Today we are joining 45,000 pupils and staff by taking part in the Cognita Global Be Well Day #GBWD. The timetable has been collapsed and we are spending the day thinking about mental health and wellbeing.

Countdown to our Global Be Well Day

The countdown is on for our Global Well Being Day on Friday. Don't forget to book your place at our Interactive Digital Awareness session with Charlotte Robertson from Digital Awareness UK from 4pm to 5pm in the Pavilion. Free Tea and Coffee if you bring a reusable cup to the event.

‘Money Can’t Buy’ musical piece performed at ‘Silent Pool’

Year 6 pupils were invited to perform their haunting ‘Money Can’t Buy’ musical suite at Silent Pool in Shere on the evening of Monday 16th September.

Tatler School Awards select Milbourne Lodge for their 2020 Schools Guide

We are delighted to have been selected by the Team at Tatler Schools Guide to appear in the 2020 issue. The Schools Guide was launched last night at a reception in London when the top Prep and Public schools in the UK were unveiled.

The sky is the limit in National Physics Rocket Challenge

In celebration of British Science Week, Milbourne Lodge launched its very own Water Rocket Challenge Event which was held on the morning of Monday 29th April.

Just announced - More Scholarship Awards for Milbourne Lodge pupils

We are delighted to announce that six Scholarship Awards have been offered to Milbourne pupils in Year 8.

The Week - Best of the Best Prep School for Art and Creativity

The Week - Independent Schools Guide has selected Mibourne Lodge as their 'Best of the Best Prep' for Art and Creativity.

Outstanding Results in UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge

Years 6 to 8 sat the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge earlier this term and yet again the children have done remarkably well, given that the competition is designed for pupils in Years 9 – 11. To put it in context some of our 10 year old pupils were pitted against 16 year olds! We are very proud of all the pupils who took part.

First set of 2019 Scholarships are announced

We are delighted to announce that the first set of 2019 Scholarship awards have been made. Two of our Year 6 pupils have been rewarded for all their hard work and commitment

Teatime Music Recital

Musical talent from across the school was showcased with pupils singing, playing the piano, violin and cello. Our Teatime Recitals aim to offer all pupils learning music, the opportunity to perform in front of a small audience within a safe, nurturing environment.

Vashti Hardy - author of Brightstorm visits Milbourne

The pupils loved meeting author Ashti Vardy on Friday 25th January. They learnt all about her novel titled ‘Brightstorm’ and took part in creative writing workshops. Her novel ‘Brightstorm’ has been nominated for the Cranleigh School Awesome Book Awards.  www.awesomebookawards.com

Digital Wellbeing - Digital Sisters Workshop

Emma and Charlotte Robertson are jointly known as the Digital Sisters and co-founded Digital Awareness UK (https://www.digitalawarenessuk.com/) which is an award winning digital wellbeing agency.  Emma is constantly campaigning in the media about digital safety,

Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge 2018

This is the first time Milbourne Lodge has entered the competition. All pupils in the Prep School tackled the 40 minute online challenge during their IT lessons.

Senior UKMT Maths Challenge 2018

We have a long tradition of entering the UKMT Maths Challenges and always enter the Intermediate (Years 9-11) and Junior (Years 7 + 8) Challenges.  This year we took the plunge and entered 10 pupils for the Senior Challenge.  The Senior Challenge is designed for pupils in Years 12 & 13, i.e. pupils studying for their A-Levels.  Despite the fact the ages of the pupils

Outstanding Primary Maths Challenge Results

All the pupils from Year 3 to 6 sat the Primary Maths Challenge last week and we were delighted to be able to award certificates to 71 pupils in assembly this week.  We are waiting to hear which pupils have made it through to the Follow-On Round.  The PMC is designed for pupils in Years 5 & 6, so for so many pupils in Years

Milbourne Choir records 'WW1 Song' for BBC Radio Surrey

Milbourne Lodge has been selected by BBC Surrey to help produce a special performance of the World War 1 marching song ‘"Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile".

Milbourne raises over £500 for NSPCC

The NSPCC joined us in school today to deliver their #speakoutstaysafe to the children programme. We held a special assembly and then each year group enjoyed workshops delivered by the NSPCC team.

Celebrating National Poetry Day 2018

We celebrated National Poetry Day on 4th October 2018 by reading, listening to and studying a number of poems. 3B treated us to a performance in assembly of some of the poems they had written, using the poem Russian Doll by Rachel Rooney as inspiration. Pupils in other classes wrote some extremely powerful poetry and we would like to share the following delightful examples of pupils' writing with you.

Old Milbournian Captains University Challenge Team

Good Luck to Old Milbournian Anthony Chater who captained the Kings College London University Challenge Team.

Senior Prefects are announced

The beginning of a new academic year sees the appointment of a new team of Senior Prefects.

Best Ever UKMT Maths Challenge Results

Whilst Milbourne has had a long history of success in the Maths Challenges 2017/18 has been our most successful year to date.

Pre-Prep challenge the Prep children to design a Maths game

THE MISSION, IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT…. … DESIGN AN ORIGINAL, EXCITING AND ENGAGING GAME TO MEET SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR THE PRE-PREP TO USE ON THEIR MATHS FOCUS DAY.

Epsom College Public Speaking Competition

Congratulations to Hattie, Marcus and Lucas who represented Milbourne in the Epsom College Public Speaking competition on Thursday 26th April.

Promoting Healthy Eating

As part of our ever-expanding PSHE curriculum both the Pre-Prep and Prep school listened to talks about nutrition, diet, health and exercise.

Milbourne Spring Concert 2018 - A musical extravaganza

Congratulations to everyone who took part in last night’s Spring Concert for a fantastic evening of musical entertainment, showcasing the array of musical talent to be found at Milbourne.

Winners of the Michael O'Mara Books Personal Choice Award at the Global Canvas Schools Art Competition Finals

The finals of the David Shepherd Global Schools Art Competition – ‘Into The Wild’ were held at the Natural History Museum on Thursday March 15th.   4,500 entries were received from 13 countries. Of this total, 15 schools were then shortlisted for the final exhibition.

Primary Maths Challenge Bonus Round Results are published

10 pupils from Year 6 scored highly enough in PMC last term to be invited to sit the Bonus Round this term. The top 4.7% of entrants were chosen to enter the Bonus round, so even being selected was a huge achievement.

Celebrating World Book Day in Pre-Prep

World Book Day celebrations were in full flow on Wednesday, in our Pre-Prep. Due to the snow last week, we rescheduled out dress-up day and book swap to this week.

Spring Term Sports Colours

As is customary we award Sports Colours during the school year.

Pre-Prep Literacy Week - The Beauty of Poetry

Adjectives, alliteration, similes and metaphors were tripping off the children’s tongues (and the end of their sharpened pencils) when PP1 and PP2 set about writing their own poems about one of their favourite topics: animals

Milbourne Lodge selected for David Shepherd Schools' Art Competition Final

We are delighted to announce that Milbourne Lodge has been selected as one of the fifteen schools selected to take part in the final and will showcase their Art and IT work at the Natural History Museum in March.

UKMT Maths Challenge Success

We like to enter the pupils at Milbourne for a variety of challenging competitions, including the UKMT Maths Challenges. We enter pupils in Years 4-6 in the Primary Maths Challenge (designed for pupils in Years 5-6), pupils in Years 5-8 for the Junior Maths Challenge (designed for pupils in Years 7-8) and pupils in Years 6-9 the Intermediate Maths Challenge (designed for pupils in Years 9-11).

Old Milbournian publishes her first novel

We are delighted to be able to bring you news of ex-milbournian Ariane Van Hoof, who has just had her first novel published by Olympia Publishers - "The Four Flames".

Debate Team win top prizes at Rotary Club National Youth Speaks Competition

Milbourne Lodge senior debate team: Zooey Child, Chair; Thomas Masefield, Main Speaker; William Enskat, Vote of Thanks, represented the school at the Rotary Club's National Youth Speaks competition on Tuesday evening, 16th January

Milbourne Lodge Wins Cognita Way Award

We are delighted to announce that Milbourne Lodge was awarded the Cognita Way Award at the recent Global Education Conference.

Milbourne Carol Service

Our Carol Concert took place in the Holy Trinity Church, Claygate on Wednesday 12th December. The whole of the Prep School took part in the service and the Senior, Junior and Chamber choir sang some wonderful arrangements.

2017 Poetry Recitation Competition

The Poetry Recitation Competition is an annual event and the final is the culmination of much hard work and reciting by the pupils. The best performers from each Form are selected for the final.

A King Is Born - Pre-Prep Nativity 2017

We have just finished watching a wonderful Pre-Prep Nativity at the Church of the Holy Name. The children performed beautifully and were so clear as they sang and spoke their lines.

An Evening of Dickensian Christmas Cheer

On Thursday 7th December the Centenary Garden was transformed into a Christmas Grotto, ready for our Dickensian Evening. Pupils, staff and families braved the elements and enjoyed a feast of festive performances

Milbourne Win Epsom College Prep Challenge for third year

On Friday 17th November our Year 6 Quiz team went to Epsom for a General Knowledge Quiz and for the third year in succession they won!

Pre-Prep Children in Need 'Spotacular'

On Friday 17th November, Pre-Prep hosted a fabulous fundraiser for Children in Need. The children came to school dressed in an assortment of spots and enjoyed making cakes throughout the day for this wonderful cause.

Ella is finalist in Young Cartoonist of the Year competition

Congratulations to Ella Mackinnon who has had her ‘Ark of Fun’ illustration selected as a finalist in the Young Cartoonists of the Year competition in the Evening Stardard.

Year 1 release their butterflies

Year 1 have been learning about animals in their science lessons. This was brought to life by observing the life cycle of a butterfly and recording their observations at each stage.

The Seniors visit the Thames Flood Barrier

Last Friday Upper and Middle Sixth boys enjoyed an informative trip to the Thames Barrier at Greenwich.  We were lucky to have the run of the visitor centre to ourselves in the morning and were greeted by our guide, Neil who gave us some of the history and future plans for the barrier.

A seasonal walk with our Reception Classes

On Thursday, our Reception children went on the first of their Seasonal Walks to Arbrook Woods.

The Great Balloon Debate

Form 4A held their first ever Balloon Debate yesterday. They had all picked a historical figure to research, focusing on that person’s achievements and the impact they had made on their country or other countries.

Announcing our new Head of School and Prefects

In Assembly on Monday, Mrs Waite announced that Kit in Year 8 has been appointed as Head of School and Zooey as Deputy Head of School for this academic year

L6 visit to the Bank of England and St Paul’s Cathedral

The new Senior pupils in Lower 6th (Year 7) visited London last Friday.  They travelled up by train and then walked to St. Paul's Cathedral along the South Bank. 

Happy Birthday Theo from 'First News'

The children love reading First News which we have delivered to school and Mrs Waite often refers to the child-friendly articles in Assembly. 

Lower 6 pupils win Alfred Huberman national writing competition

Congratulations to Two of our Lower Sixth pupils; Thomas (1st Prize)  and Theodore  (Highly Commended), who have today been announced as winners of the national Alfred Huberman writing project. Pupils entered the competition as part of their work on the Arthur Ransome Theme in IT & Art. 

Milbourne Lodge is judged 'Outstanding in All Areas'

We are delighted to announce that following the recent visit by the SIS Inspectors, Milbourne Lodge was judged 'Outstanding in All Areas' during their Inspection in June 2017.

Form 1 Perform 'Parent's Evening' by Alan Ahlberg

On Tuesday, Form 1 were proud to perform Alan Ahlberg's poem, Parents' Evening

Halfords Gear-Up! Workshop with Form 3

We were fortunate enough to have Alan and Sam from the Byfleet Halfords store visit Milbourne Lodge this week to give a practical bike maintenance workshop to Form 3 (Year 5) pupils. 

U6 Scholars Review ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the Globe Theatre

On Thursday 24th May our U6 scholars travelled to the Globe Theatre in London to see Romeo and Juliet. The theatre was built to look as close to the original Globe theatre as possible so we were interested to see what it would have looked like when William Shakespeare was writing and working there.

Milbourne Lodge Parent Feedback Programme wins award for innovation and excellence

Our ‘Voice of the Parent’ programme has won a 2017 Confirmit ACE (Achievement in Customer Excellence) Award. This is the second year that this programme, implemented by Cognita across all their schools, has been commended, with the ongoing feedback received from parents directly inputting into the continuous improvement at the school.

House Music Competition 2017

The Church of the Holy Name in Claygate was the stage for the finals of the Milbourne Lodge House Music Competition 2017. It was a wonderful evening of musical entertainment with a range of ages and abilities taking part.

100% Scholarship Success for our 2017 U6 Scholars

We are delighted to announce that all of our U6 Scholars have been awarded places on scholarship to their future schools.

Assembly Skype with The Rainbow House in Kenya

During assembly on 17th May we welcomed Mr Jonathan Cowan – Head Trustee of The Rainbow House Charity. He talked to us about Rainbow House in Malindi

Olivia wins Best Book Review at the Cranleigh Book Awards

Congratulations to Olivia in Year 5, who won first prize at the Cranleigh Book Awards for her book Review of 'The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow' by Katharine Woodfine.

Year 6 pupil - Henry Franke top of UKMT Grey Kangaroo Maths Competition

Huge congratulations to Henry Franke in 4A (Year 6) for achieving a Merit Award (the highest award) in the Grey Kangaroo, designed for pupils in Year 9.

The Arthur Ransome Society publishes Milbourne Lodge article

The Arthur Ransome Society recently invited Milbourne Lodge to submit an article detailing the projects on which we have been working in Art and IT, for their publication ‘Signals’.

Form 3 enjoy an interactive Science Workshop run by Epsom College

On Wednesday 22nd March members of 3A and 3B were treated to a Science Workshop organised and run by Mr Styles and Mr Telfer, the Heads of Chemistry and Physics at Epsom College.

Old Milbournians return to Milbourne Lodge for Reunion

On March 17th we were delighted to welcome back to school a group of 12 Old Milbournians who had spent time at the school in the mid 1950’s.

Congratulations to our Public Speaking Team in the Epsom College Public Speaking Competition

Are you an embarrassing parent? Perhaps you are a pupil who has an embarrassing parent? Amel, Rowan and Alexandra from Form 3 presented a lively and entertaining speech on this topic at the Epsom Public Speaking Competition.

Celebrating the '20th' World Book Day

Fantastic fun was had by the children and teachers in Pre-Prep today as we celebrated the '20th' World Book Day.

UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge Results

Congratulations to the following pupils for achieving certificates in the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge this term.  This competition is designed for pupils in Years 9 to 11, so to get a certificate early is a huge personal achievement.

U9 and U10 Rugby Teams win place at National School Finals

On Sunday 5th February, our U8, U9, U10 and U13 Rugby teams competed in the Snowstyle National Schools Rugby Tournament at Epsom College.  Despite a very chilly morning, the teams got off to a great start and were soon putting points on the scoreboard. Our U9 team finished top of [...]

Swallows and Amazons Private Screening

Two screenings of Swallows & Amazons were followed by lively Question and Answer sessions with Jethro Ensor the film’s location manager, and Andrea Gibb, the screenwriter.  Questions included how long it had taken to bring the film to our screens (eight years), how much the film had cost (estimated at £5m) [...]

Swallows and Amazons private screening - 9th February 2017

On Thursday 9th February we shall be showing the film version of Swallows & Amazons 2016.   This will be a family event and we look forward to welcoming our families to this special Milbourne screening. Pupils in the Prep school will finally be able to compare the book, which they have [...]

A Surprise Visitor in Pre-Prep

Chinese New Year celebrations begin on Saturday 28th January. However in Pre-Prep we welcomed in the Year of the Rooster early. We saw a spectacular Lion Dance performance which was so exciting and energetic. The children loved it. The Lion Dance is an important part of the Chinese New Year celebrations. Enormous [...]

Dickensian Evening 2016

It was lovely to see so many of our families at the Dickensian Evening last night. The garden looked magical and the children performed with such energy and enthusiasm that they could not have failed to fill us all with festive cheer. It was an eclectic mix of drama, music [...]

Animals galore as the Travelling Zoo makes a visit

Following a week of school exams, Years 5 and 6 enjoyed a visit from the Travelling Zoo. They came face to face with a range of reptiles, mammals, insects and rodents - all of the children were given the opportunity to hold and touch the various animals. It was a [...]