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Macmillan Coffee Morning
The school was filled with green to celebrate the MacMillan Coffee Morning fundraiser this morning, with boys and staff wearing an assortment of green items ranging from hats to socks and from ties to welly boots! At break time the boys collected a croissant from the beautiful stands decorated with balloons and bunting by the …
Battle of Waterloo History Talk
Gareth Glover, a former Royal Navy Officer, historian and writer of more than 40 volumes on the Napoleonic wars visited the School this week to talk about one of the most famous battles in European History – the Battle of Waterloo. The talk was very well attended with over 125 boys, parents, staff and even …
Changing face of the UK High Street
Year 8 boys spent a few hours in Kingston town centre last week to collect fieldwork data on the changing face of the UK High street. They were given the task of recording the current land use of 50 shop units to allow comparison with data from 2010. They also counted pedestrians and shopping bags, …
Ecology Field Trip
Year 8 boys walked to a local nature reserve as part of their Science ecology topic where they were able to put their learning from the classroom into practice. The boys looked at different ways that an area can be sampled, using quadrats and transects to find the biodiversity and abundance of different species. Identifying …
New Pavilion Eco Facts
Our amazing new Pavilion building has been designed to promote high energy savings. Enhanced insulation materials were used and all materials were chosen from a sustainable source. The building is all electric and heated via state of the art ‘air source’ heat pumps which are highly energy efficient together with electric car charging points which …
Opening of the Shrewsbury House Pavilion
We were delighted to formally open our new Pavilion at our Sports Grounds on the first day of term. The boys were thrilled to undertake sports masterclasses from Olympians and England players, alongside coaches from Harlequins and were inspired by Jack Musk, a former Shrewsbury House boy who now plays for Harlequins and in Premiership …
Tatler Review
Thank you @SchoolsTatler for the fantastic review in your Schools Guide, which we are delighted to share as we welcome boys back for the start of term tomorrow. ‘Parents praise SHS for producing ‘happy, polite, kind and independent boys’, who go on to the likes of Eton, Winchester and Westminster. Read full review here.
Year 3 & 4 Music Concerts
The Year 3 & 4 Concerts took place this week, featuring a wonderful range of instrumental and vocal performances by our talented musicians, including the Junior Band who rocked the Assembly Hall with style. The Year 3 concert concluded with a wonderful performance by the whole year group of the song ‘Make your own kind …
‘Film in a Day’ Post CE Enrichment Programme
Year 8 boys enjoyed another fabulous day of their post CE Enrichment Programme with the 1 Day Film School where they learnt new skills such as screenwriting, filming, acting and editing before making short films that were premiered at the end of the day. Mrs Hubbard presented The Oscar for Best Picture to the winning …
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Year 5 Visit Fishbourne Palace
Year 5 boys visited the beautiful grounds at Fishbourne Palace this week, home of Togidubnus, a local chieftain and Roman ally. They completed work on the Roman mosaics and hypocaust of the Palace with a bit of dressing-up along the way! The boys watched a short film about the site before partaking in a Roman …
