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For our 9th and final Junior School author visit of the year – we welcomed the amazing football pundit, coach and scout Ben Lyttleton to the Junior School.
Junior School News
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For our 8th Junior school author visit of the year – we were thrilled to have the prize-winning author Phil Earle come on publication day for his new book THE DAWN OF ADONIS.
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After weeks of hard work, dedication and hours of rehearsals, all of the Year 6 boys finally took to the stage in the beautifully refurbished Edward Alleyn Theatre to perform their end-of-year play, Oliver! Jr, and they delivered all showstoppers with unity, passion and confidence.
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The Great Hall Concert on 21 May was a musical celebration of summer and a real chance for our emerging musicians in the Junior, Lower and Middle School, supported by some of our Year 12 musicians, to shine.
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We were thrilled to welcome Hamza Yassin to the College to talk about his new book Hamza’s Wild World with such a busy schedule.
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Last Thursday, a very excited coach of Year 3s headed off to Wowo Campsite in Sussex for our highly anticipated residential.
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This year’s festival saw over 50 young string players perform in a concert alongside their peers and in front of parents and staff.
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During the first week of the Easter Holidays, 56 pupils from Years 5 and 6, accompanied by seven staff, headed to the French Alps for a thrilling week of skiing in the beautiful resort of Pra Loup.
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On Tuesday 11 March, rock bands from across the school performed songs they have been working on to an appreciative and packed-out audience in the Auditorium.
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The concert on Thursday 6 March featured soloists were Alistair Boulan, Ollie Kelly, Jonas Lee, Oli Pring, Xiiang Yu Looi, Max Dallas-Ghosh, Milo Middleton, Daniel Reglar, Joe Sugden, Alexis Dernis, Leo Michaelides, William Woods, Theo Tsui, Jacopo Sabbaghian, Bosco Cheung, Will Carter, Gordon Zong, Ryan Qiu on the drum kit and Kanten Sze on the marimba.
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As a main academic outcome to the Junior School journey, we ask the Year 6s to prepare a project to focus on a question derived from the UN Global Goals.
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As Pride Month draws to an end, EDI Ambassadors James and Zander presented an assembly to the rest of the school, sharing the activities they took part in at the Senior School as part of Pride Month.
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The House pancake race, which was held during Tuesday morning break, threw up its usual dose of thrills and spills.
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Pupils, parents and staff collected more than 800 new and gently used books for the charity, the Children's Book Project.
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The Junior School Book Week Marvellous Mysteries and Clever Crimes had everyone searching for clues. With four fabulous author visits: Karen Owen, Jennifer Killick, Tom Percival and Rhian Tracey all Junior School boys enjoyed two author visits.
