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Merit Badges
In Assembly on Wednesday, Mr Doble had the pleasure in awarding Merit Badges which reflect a boy’s behaviour for learning in Work Card two. Congratulations to all of the boys below: Year 3Aneesh Agrawal, Charles Brain, Ollie Campbell, James Chapman, Chris Cornelsen, Luca del Rey, Jack Dickinson, Manny Diri, Zane Galaun, Ben Huang, Avi Johal, …
Rowing Regatta
Much excitement was in evidence on the way to Walton Rowing Club (WRC) as the boys mentally prepared for the first regatta of the year. Hosted by Cranmore School and involving boys from Cranmore, SHS, Danes Hill and the Duke of Kent schools, it was certainly an event that was eagerly anticipated. The boys raced …
House Quiz Competition
A firm favourite in the school calendar is the House Quiz, and the boys were very vocal in terms of supporting their Houses! All the boys representing their House proved to be superb quizzers, but the eventual Quiz Masters 2019 were Drake. Well done to all of the boys who took part.
Christmas Carol Service
What a joy it was to have so many families join us to celebrate one of the most wonderful evenings of the year, within the glorious setting of Epsom College Chapel. Our Carol Service featured all four of the school’s choirs and began with a clear and stirring solo verse of ‘Once in Royal David’s …
House Music Competition
On the last week of the autumn term, all the boys gathered in the Pinsent Hall for the annual House Music Competition. With 45 boys entering the competition at the semi-final stage, the final consisted of 18 of the finest musicians the school has to offer. This year’s contest was of a particularly high standard, …
Year 3 Play – ‘Santa Sings the Blues’
Year 3 treated us to a marvellous brace of performances, their first at SHS. We watched as the elves and two wonderful Italian voice coaches helped Santa learn to sing. Santa discovered his ‘rockabilly’ style and travelled on a whirlwind tour as Willy Mannilli. All the boys worked extremely hard. The passengers in the travel …
SHS Singers at Surbiton Care & Nursing Homes
At the beginning of December, Mr Thomas, Director of Music, took the SHS Singers to perform Christmas Carols for the residents at Milverton Nursing Home and Langley Court Care Home and both the boys and the residents thoroughly enjoyed it! Well done to all of the boys who performed and helped to spread some Christmas …
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Lifeboat Charity Collection
Josh in Year 6 reports: ‘At the end of last term all of Year 6 handed in jam jar pots full of 5p pieces or other amounts for the RNLI fundraising scheme. Robert brought in this idea after a visit to Rhosneigr in Wales where he came up with the idea of collecting jars after …
IMAD Charity Visit
The School welcomed Mr Nick Green from the Institute for Music and Indigenous Arts Development (IMAD). Founded in 2007, IMAD is an NPO operating in disadvantaged areas in and around Cape Town, South Africa. IMAD has two focus areas: first, teaching primary school children to play an instrument (saxophone, trumpet, trombone, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar …
Year 8 Trip to the Mary Rose Museum
At the beginning of December the History department took Year 8 to Portsmouth to visit the Mary Rose Museum. The museum staff in the Education Centre know our boys are very knowledgeable, and so staff at the museum do challenge them with their History and Latin. In two groups the boys rotated through three activities; …
