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Pupils go Vegan for a Week in aid of children's hospital

Pupils at Swanbourne House raised £133 for Birmingham Children's Hospital Charity

Local MP Presents the Prizes

Visitation Day at Aldenham Prep School is always a very special occasion for all the children and staff at the school. This year was made all the more special with the Guest of Honour Oliver Dowden MP.

Oakwood School Tea Party for Chichester’s elderly community

Oakwood School Tea Party for Chichester’s elderly community

Belmont Preparatory School presented cheque for £2,000 to Brigitte Trust

The Friends of Belmont, at Belmont Preparatory School, presented a cheque for £2,000 to the Brigitte Trust. The Trust support people at the end of life in their own homes, offering support and respite to their carers.

Forget The Rolling Stones – a real legend headlined local Winchester school’s Kirkfest 2018 tribute concert to its much-loved retiring Headmistress Miss Penelope Kirk.

School throws legendary retirement party for headmistress - Prince's Mead School

School Fundraising for CALM

Pupils at St Margaret's have helped raised thousands of pounds for a charity that helps families with children suffering from cancer or leukaemia.

Say Hello to the new boy at Hallfield School

Hallfield School’s new Headmaster has big plans for the school when he takes hold of the reins in September.

Proud Parents Watch Delightedly As Pre-Schoolers Graduate From Little Crackers N

Proud parents watched on delightedly this week as 17 pre-schoolers graduated from Little Crackers Nursery. Nursery staff had organised the special ‘Graduation Ceremony’ to celebrate the pre-school group ‘moving on’ to big school.

Founder's Day Celebrations

Tree planting ceremony with the current headmaster, Michael Connolly and 2 previous heads, along with former parent Rt Hon Anne Milton MP followed by Mass with Bishop Richard Moth rounds off Cranmore School’s 50th year celebrations.

Headmaster of St Andrew’s Prep, Eastbourne, Gareth Jones, is just days away from achieving his target to swim in the English Channel each school day of the summer term (73 days in total).

Headmaster swims in icy channel for full term to raise funds for school pavilion - St Andrew's Prep

Year 8 Leavers Dinner and Disco

Year 8 had a lovely final evening on Thursday 28th June at their Leavers' Dinner and Disco.

Children Meet Pizza Powered Superhero Hare - Super Hare-O!

Hot on the heels of the highly successful Haslemere Hares 2018 project, children at Barrow Hills School received a visit from a very special super-sized hare! 

Youth Sport Trust encouraging girls to a life of sport

Ursuline Preparatory School Supporting Girls and Women into Sport

Ursuline Preparatory School is delighted to announce its charity focus for Michaelmas Term 2018 will be the Youth Sport Trust and Women in Sport.

Introducing Vincent van Owl

Drum roll please...we are proud to introduce you all to Vincent van Owl, the owlet we have sponsored, designed and decorated for the Minerva Owls of Bath Sculpture Trail.

To coincide with Ascot Ladies Day, Ursuline Preparatory School celebrated their own Ladies Day with a parade of hats created to the theme, ‘What does Ursuline mean to you?’

A thoughtful 'Ursuline Hat Day' - Ursuline Preparatory School
Friends of Bede’s Prep Chair Samantha Williams (second from the left) and Bede’s Prep pupils Mishia and Albert presenting the cheque to Eastbourne Foo

Friends of Bede’s Prep Raises £5,500 for Eastbourne Foodbank

On Friday 22 June, the Friends of Bede’s Prep proudly presented a cheque for £5,500 to Eastbourne Foodbank.

Staff at Moulsford embrace their silly trousers

Moulsford Prep School Embrace Silly Trousers

Last week boys and staff at Moulsford Prep School were invited to wear a pair of non-uniform trousers for charity

Mount Junior Teacher Honoured in National Celebration of Teaching

Jan Wilson of The Mount School York wins a Silver Teaching Award in the category, The Award for Teacher of the Year in a Primary School

Ryde Junior School Summer Fair

The Ryde Junior School Summer Fair was a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon for all involved, and was entirely pupil led.

Pupils at Sompting Abbotts learned the warfare skills of Anglo-Saxon militiamen while unpicking the history of the former manor that is their school today and used them to display the ‘interlocking shield wall’ tactic for a local history society.

Sussex pupils teach local historians about their school’s Saxon past - Sompting Abbotts

School bird hide designed by pupil now open in Maltman's Green Forest School

Last year, our girls were given a Design Technology competition to design a bird hide for our Forest School. The winning design had their bird hide built and it has just opened for business!

Kingswood Prep Sponsor Owlet Ahead Of Owls Of Bath Summer Trail

Yesterday, a group of children from the Nursery and two Year 6 pupils went to the Royal Crescent for the launch of Minerva’s Owls of Bath trail.

Mission Complete

Moulsford Year 5 Boys Complete Coast 2 Coast Cycle

Ed and Will in Year 5 at Moulsford Prep School complete the Coast 2 Coast Challenge for charity

Dumpton School are the South West Environmental Youth Award Winners

Dumpton School, having won the prize for Dorset, won the award for the South West at the Bath and West Show in June

The weather proved most kind for Bancroft’s Prep School’s annual Charity Day which supported the Chigwell Riding trust for Special Needs and the Marine Conservation Society. In total the day raised £6000 for the two wonderful charities.

Bancroft's Prep Charity Day 2018 - Bancroft's Preparatory School

Moulsford Prep School Hosts Senior Citizens Afternoon Tea

Residents of three local nursing homes attended Moulsford Prep School to be entertained by the Year 7 boys

Grandparents' Day 2018

On Thursday 14th June, we celebrated all of our wonderful grandparents with another lovely, and successful, Grandparents' Day!

The boys of Shackleton House presenting a cheque to Epilepsy Society

Davenies’ Shackleton House raise big money for Epilepsy Society

The pupils of Shackleton House at Davenies School in Beaconsfield pulled together to organise, promote and participate in a fundraising initiative in aid of the Epilepsy Society.

Pupils released the elvers from the steps of Monmouth School for Boys’ Rowing Club.

Boys release 1,000 slippery visitors into River Wye

The pupils from Monmouth School Boys' Prep looked after the elvers, fed and watched them grow in a tank before sending them back into the River Wye.

Cranmore School Rowing Club hosts the Queen’s Row Barge, Gloriana, as part of Cranmore School’s 50th year celebrations.

A Royal Day on the River - Cranmore School

Sorting Day proves a hit with pupils

Pupils at The Blue Coat School gathered in the School Hall with lots of excitement for it was the day they had been long awaiting... House Sorting Day! With the help of the 'sorting hat' our eager Year 2s were picked for one of the four Prep Houses.

Juniors create 'Money Trail' for Great Ormond Street Hospital

On Wednesday 13th June, girls in the Wimbledon High Junior school created a ‘Money line’ raising cash for the ‘Chloe Mansfield Fund.’

Pre-Prep Sports Day 2018

The annual Sports Day began on Saturday 9th June with Pre-Prep.

Crescent Raise Over £1400 For Rugby Based Charity Bwengu Projects Malawi

On Tuesday 5 June local Rugby residents Tony and Sue Melia, from Bwengu Projects Malawi, visited the Crescent School to receive a cheque for £1409.02.  The cheque was presented to Tony and Sue by Class IV pupils Tumi, Archie and Euan, in a whole school assembly.

A group of Moulsford Prep School staff took on the Welsh 3000s Challenge over half term to raise money for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People

Welsh 3000s Challenge for Moulsford Prep School Staff - Moulsford Preparatory School

Hallfield children take steps to end world hunger with charity trek

Two pupils from Hallfield School in Edgbaston are putting their best feet forward to trek Mount Snowdon in a bid to raise funds to feed less fortunate children hundreds of miles away.

Clayesmore Year 6 calling time on Single-Use Plastic.

Clayesmore Prep wins Better Energy School Award with Time's up for SUP campaign

Clayesmore Prep Year 6 has been voted the Regional Winner for Wales & West in the Better Energy School Awards with their ‘Time’s up for SUP‘ campaign. The £500 prize money they receive will help further develop environmental education at the school.

Outdoor Classroom in Memory of Evie

St Margaret's has helped to keep alive the memory of former pupil Evie Clover who died in January aged 13, just weeks after having been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. 

Lola challenges herself for charity

Lola’s Mountainous Adventure

Congratulations to Year 5 pupil, Lola House, from Talbot Heath school, who has just completed a 15 peak climb in aid of Forest Holme Hospice, Poole.

70 Moulsford pupils take part in a charity triathlon at Bradfield College

Moulsford Boys Lead the Way at the Schools Triathlon at Bradfield - Moulsford Preparatory School
St. Philips' Superhero Fundraisers

Blue Coat Pupils raise over £8,000 for local charities

The introduction of House Charity Days has seen a staggering £8,199.85 raised for Action for Children, Kids Like Us, Guide Dogs for the Blind and Midlands Air Ambulance by pupils at The Blue Coat School.

Yateley Manor Team Complete Challenge

Yateley Manor team complete their Y2P24 Challenge to cycle from the school to Paris in 24 hours.

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