In the Press

Lucky kids in Years 3-6 who were treated to an outstanding media workshop at The Royal School today. There were 3 different workshops for them - a podcast workshop, a TV green screen studio workshop and a TV development workshop.  The children used the green screen to see themselves in a variety of settings, they developed ideas for a new family television show and they used the equipment to learn how to present a podcast.  A brilliant afternoon.

What fun we had at Little Street yesterday!  We loved the themed rooms and how we could pretend we were hairdressers, builders, actors, firefighters, waiters and policemen.  An excellent start to our 3-day careers festival.

Year 1 kicked off their topic ‘Castles, Queens & Knights’ with a visit to Arundel Castle this week. The children were amazed at the impressive sight as we arrived & were full of questions. They enjoyed a dress up activity & learning all about the Battle of Hastings before exploring the different parts of the castle. They were very brave climbing up the steep, spiral staircases & were fantastic ambassadors for the school too!

A glimpse of Year 6 revising the topic of digestion.  They simulated food being broken down by the tongue and teeth, with the addition of saliva, then passing down the oesophagus.  They then simulated the food being churned in the stomach, with stomach acids being added.  Next they added bile before passing the food down the small intestine, absorbing nutrients into the body and finally into the large intestine where it was stored before going to the toilet.  The children thoroughly enjoyed the process, but loved protesting their disgust at the messy process!

A school trip with a difference!  On Monday, Years 4 and 5 visited Colourscape Music Festival on Clapham Common.  Colourscape is a very large labyrinth of colour and light, a sculpture of pure colour that the children walk around inside.  We all put on a coloured cape to become part of the colour experience to explore the incredible changes.  The visit was divided into two parts - the first was a talk from an Artist about the illusions and mixing of colours and the second was a composer and musician demonstrating sound using Tibetan Singing Bowls with interactive demonstrations.  The children threw themselves into everything with gusto, which made for a really memorable trip!

The children in Reception have loved showing us their "All About Me" boxes which they collated over the Summer holidays.  They've shared information on their families, their pets, their holidays, their toys and their favourite animals.  It has been a wonderful way for us all get to know each other quickly and has helped the children settle in so easily.  Well done Reception!

We're delighted to have received our Eco Schools Green Flag Award with Distinction once again! The judges praised our Eco Strategy in many ways, noting 'Pupils in your school are clearly very passionate about environmental issues & willing to go above & beyond to create positive impacts in their local community & beyond'. Thank you so much to last year's Eco Committee for working so hard throughout the year to ensure the Eco strategy was upheld & involved all of our pupils. We will be selecting our new Eco Committee in the next couple of weeks & look forward to maintaining the high standards this committee has set.

We're celebrating the most incredible set of results from the Speech and Drama exams which took place in the Summer term.  Pupils took 53 exams in total (Verse & Prose, Musical Theatre and Acting) and they received Distinction in every single one!  This is an extraordinary achievement, especially when you consider that 75% of our pupils from Year 2 upwards take Speech and Drama.  These results bode extremely well for the end of year production, although how anything can match last year's Shrek is beyond us!

Wonderful to see so many of our pupils in today for Pre-season Football and Netball training!  Bodes well for a wonderful term of sport, teamwork and friendly competition.  We can't wait to welcome the rest of you back in tomorrow.  Here's to a very exciting Autumn Term!

As we look forward to welcoming the children back tomorrow, we are thrilled to announce we've been shortlisted at The Independent School of the Years Awards once again for Small Independent School of the Year.  Having won it in 2022 and 2019, we are delighted to be considered for this prestigious award once again, alongside a host of other outstanding independent schools across the country.  A great start to the 2024/2025 academic year!  We have been planning a very exciting term and can't wait to welcome the children back tomorrow.