Category: Headmaster’s Notes
Headmaster’s Notes – Life is an adventure, not a package tour
A very warm welcome back from the half-term break. It has been an incredible week for our older children. Year 6 have enjoyed a week of water-based activities at Rockley and Year 5 have been deep in the forests of Oxfordshire; living off the land. Witnessing pupils around the campfire yesterday on their Bushcraft adventure…
Headmaster’s Notes – Good food is wise medicine
We know that food is the ingredient that binds us together and this last week I had the pleasure of witnessing our Food Committee doing exactly that and enjoying a veritable feast as they put their taste buds to the test sampling the quality and range of fresh food on offer from all three of…
Headmaster’s Notes – A Note-worthy Success
On Wednesday, we had the privilege to compete in the Prep Schools’ Choir of the Year competition. Set in Cadogan Hall in the heart of Chelsea and home of the Royal Philharmonic orchestra, pupils sung to a sell-out audience who enjoyed a spectacular choral celebration. The standard was high as over 300 choristers from a…
Headmaster’s Notes – the importance of resilience
We could not have asked for a more enjoyable start to the Summer Term. As the sun shone on the grounds on Monday morning, the children skipped into school sharing news of their holidays be it of our highly successful Normandy trip, IAPS Chess Championship performances, tales from the ski slopes or simply enjoying that…
Headmaster’s Notes – Changing Times
These past twelve weeks have simply flown by with an extraordinary breadth of highlights to celebrate. It was in this term that we received the wonderful news of our children’s scholarship success with 20 awards granted across Academic, Sport and the Arts and all our Year 6 pupils gaining entry to their first choice of…
Headmaster’s Notes – The best classroom in the world
This week has provided yet another fantastic opportunity for our pupils to showcase their musical creativity, talents, courage and team work in so many different areas. We have been treated to a Key Stage One Inter-House Quiz, School Music Festival, Music Festival Concert and a fabulous assembly in Friday Prayers this morning from 4M. Yesterday,…
Headmaster’s Notes – Busy Bees
It was wonderful to be present at the Tea Time Concert this afternoon and to witness such a large number of pupils performing so confidently in front of their audience. It is heart-warming to witness our young musicians flourishing in this area of the curriculum through the encouragement of Miss Williams and her outstanding team…
Headmaster’s Notes – Scholarship Success
One of the highlights for any Headmaster is being able to pass on good news to pupils. In Friday Prayers this morning I had the pleasure of congratulating our Year 6s on their success in achieving their senior schools of choice and recognising our 20 scholars this year; a stunning success. They have all performed…
Headmaster’s Notes – The 100 day milestone
I recall the expression that God couldn’t be everywhere so he made Grandparents. This was most certainly the case for those that I had the honour of meeting on Tuesday when they visited the School. It was a great privilege for me to take the opportunity to recognise the very positive influence they have on…
Headmaster’s Notes
There has been a tremendous energy around the school this week as the children have returned feeling refreshed from the half-term break. It has been a great joy to welcome you all back, and in beautiful sunshine too. We have an exciting diary of events to look forward to this half of term. In keeping…
