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March Good Reads – KS3
This Month’s good reads are below and are aimed at children in Key Stage 3: The Potion Diaries: Royal Tour by Amy Alward The second book in the Potion Diaries series, Sam sets out on a quest to retrieve her grandfather’s memories before rivals get their hands on his powerful potion knowledge. These memories…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 7 March 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, Happy British Pie Week 2023, everyone! What a great week in the British calendar – everybody loves a pie – sweet or savoury – short crust or puff pastry – hot or cold – fully enclosed or just a pastry lid (this is very controversial in our house!) ….
Sixth Form Trip to London
The sixth form history students went on an exciting trip to London on 2 March to visit the Tower of London. It was fascinating to be able to walk around and retrace the steps of some of the Tower’s famous residents and prisoners who the students have recently been studying back at school, including Richard…
World Book Day Tokens
It is World Book Day this Thursday. Parents or pupils can scan the QR code below to get their World Book Day token. You can get one of these books for FREE with your token.
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 28 February 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, Welcome back to the second half of the Spring term! Welcome to the last day in February and welcome to the 59th Day of 2023. I hope you all managed to have a wonderful half term break and that you managed to relax, no matter what you did. I…
February Good Reads – KS5
Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens’s tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 14 February 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, Happy Valentine’s Day to you all. All you need to know today is that you are loved. Even if your doorstep isn’t overflowing with cards dropped off by the postie or you don’t get a huge bunch of flowers delivered to your workplace, you are still so very…
Pitch Perfect Planets
Last week our resident singing superstar, Cadence, performed at the Birmingham Symphony Hall in yet another musical marvel, here’s what she had to say about it: This week, I had a great time singing with my choir, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ~ Youth Chorus, in a concert called ‘The Planets’, written by Gustav…
National Poetry Day Competition
Heads of House awarded certificates for the National Poetry Day Competition organised by the English department in October for the nationwide event. The theme was the environment and all students in KS3 entered. Winner: Cadence Ball U4S – Lancaster Second: Alice Diaz-Thomas U4S York Third: Shaan Jamil U4S Lancaster Highly Commended Gabrielle Waele …
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 7 February 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope that you are well and that you have had a lovely weekend. Can you believe that we are only 38 days into this year. . .it seems much longer than that! I had a relatively quiet weekend. I went to see a band play in our local…
