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Appointment of New Executive Head
The Chair of the Governors, Mr Darren Johns, was delighted to announce that Mrs Joanna Hubbard has been appointed as the new Executive Head following Mr Doble’s appointment as Chief Executive of the Northwood Schools Group. Joanna will be taking up the post from Easter 2021 and will become the 9th Head of Shrewsbury House …
End of Year Celebrations
Throughout the final week of the academic year, we celebrated the success of the boys in their Year group’s virtual Final Assembly. Mr Doble, Headmaster, said, “Whilst it was disappointing to not end the academic year with the traditional ‘Speech and Sports Day’, it was wonderful to be able to present the Year 8 leavers …
Rainbow of thanks
As part of the activities during the last two weeks of term, boys were given the chance to reflect on lockdown and to write down what they were thankful for or things that they were looking forward to now that lockdown is being eased. Their notes were put together to form a wonderful rainbow which …
Artist of the Week
Theo Broby (Year 5) has sent in a wonderful self-portrait. Theo has used acrylic paint to blend and showcase an impressive array of colours. A very thought provoking piece. Congratulations Theo!
Food Art – Artists of the Week
As part of their post-Common Entrance programme, the Year 8 boys participated in an hour long virtual ‘live food art’ session with Mrs Kheir, Head of Art. As well as having great fun, the boys produced some stunning results using a variety of ingredients. Mrs Kheir said, “I was incredibly impressed with the boys throughout …
Merit Badges
In Assembly, Mr Fletcher read out the names of boys who were awarded Merit Badges. These reflect a boy’s behaviour for learning in Work Card 5 (first half of the Summer Term). Congratulations to the following boys: Year 3Max Bareham, James Barton, Oscar Bech, Oliver Black, Joshua Brown, Max Buchanan, Harry Bunce, Ollie Campbell, James …
Artist of the Week
Congratulations to Reuben Galaun (Year 5) who is awarded Artist of the Week for his fantastic fruit and vegetable montage influenced by the Italian painter artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo (best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books). Very creative Reuben, well done!
Merit Badges
On Wednesday, Mr Fletcher read out the names of boys who were awarded Merit Badges. These reflect a boy’s behaviour for learning in Work Card 4 (second half of the Spring Term). Congratulations to the following boys: Year 3Max Bareham, Oscar Bech, Charles Brain, Harry Bunce, Ollie Campbell, James Chapman, Chris Cornelsen, Alexander da Costa, …
SHS family undertakes Three Peaks Challenge at home
We were delighted to hear of our own version of Captain Tom: the McIIroy family decided to undertake a challenge to support a technical college in Durham which is making visors and other PPE for local health care workers and the NHS. The McIIroys undertook the ‘Three Peaks Challenge’ with another family, without leaving their …
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Artist of the Week
Having finished his Futurism topic, Henry Hulme (Year 7) moved onto a self-directed piece of work. He has painted a fabulous abstract avocado on A2 using acrylic paint. A superb Artist of the Week celebration and congratulations Henry.
