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Senior School Lunches

This Term a new initiative has been launched to hold formal lunches with every year group in the Senior School once a week at Panton Hall.  Tutors are invited to come, as well as Mr Burden (Head of Seniors) and Mrs Wren (Head of Pastoral) and the Headmaster, Mr Fletcher when he can. For the […]

A Trip To The Battlefields

On 19th October, 40 intrepid pupils set off for the triennial French / History Battlefields Trip. We were delighted to be joined by Mme Haddow and were fortunate to have fabulous weather throughout the trip. Mrs Rowland had planned a full programme of visits including, on the first day, Poperinge with its contrasting Talbot House […]

Forest School Baton is passed from Y4 to Y6.

As the Forest School baton is handed on from Year 4 to Year 6, Mr Catley shares a few thoughts from the pioneer group’s time in Abington woods. ‘When we first arrived, we had to choose a base camp.  This involved working together to haul some very large logs into place in a clearing the […]

Bronze D of E Expedition successfully completed

On Fri 28th September 17 Y10s set off on their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award assessed expedition, walking from the environs of Graham Water to the environs of Oundle, a total distance of approx 25km in two days with an overnight camp. They had exceptionally good weather both days, if somewhat cold for camping with […]

Music Making This Term

This year the Music department is giving pupils some additional whole-class performance opportunities. We now have a class set of ocarinas, which were wonderfully showcased in our Infant & Junior Recital Assembly by our enthusiastic year 6 class. Ocarinas are accessible to all children and make a warm, mellow sound – an ideal choice for […]