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Speech and Sports Day
Saturday provided a marvellous end to the academic year! We were blessed with glorious sunshine and ideal conditions to enjoy the sporting events. Thank you to all of the boys who entertained us with delightful musical and poetry performances as part of the morning’s proceedings. There was a wonderful atmosphere and it was a fitting …
Scholarships and Common Entrance Awards
2019 saw a further superb set of results from Scholarships and Common Entrance. 37 Awards were made in total, including Scholarships across multiple disciplines; Academic, Art, Design and Technology, Drama and Sport. Subject Awards and Prizes from Senior Schools recognised the boys’ achievements across the academic curriculum, including English, French, Geography, History, Latin, Maths & …
Year 4 Music Concert
Year 4 parents were treated to some delightful performances on Tuesday, before the boys went off to Sussex. As always, there was a wide range of instruments and genres on offer, with even ‘Seven Nations Army’ by The White Stripes making an appearance. The Year 4 Choir sang marvellous renditions of ‘You Raise Me Up’ …
Rainforest in a Shoebox
In Geography, Year 4 have been studying the ‘Contrasting Environment’ topic. As part of their study they created desert dioramas to understand the challenges of the hostile environment on plant and animal life. Year 4 were also set an optional Easter holiday task to produce a ‘rainforest in a shoebox’. This was to understand the …
Careers Talk
Today we are living in ‘Exponential Times’. The skill-set needed to navigate the future world of work and employment is ever-shifting and boys need to be prepared to think about jobs which don’t even exist yet. With boys often needing to choose GCSE options in Year 9, only a few months after leaving SHS, it …
Academic Colours
Mr Doble was delighted to award Academic Colours to the following boys in Assembly on Monday: Oliver Bamford Thomas Brooks Joshua Cheong Ben Clarke William Jarrett Thomas Koshy Lorcan Pountney Finlay Sanders Wilf Stokhuyzen Jean Van Der Spuy Nicholas Webber Congratulations to all of the boys above for your efforts and achievements this year.
IAPS National Shooting Competition
The Year 7 U12 and Year 8 U13 clay shooting teams took part in the IAPS National Competition held at the West London Shooting School. They had 12 representatives at West London Shooting School for a fantastic morning of competition in the sun. Both the U12 and U13 teams did very well against 25-odd schools …
Musical Soiree
The half term concluded with a simply wonderful Musical Soiree in the Pinsent Hall. Featuring the School’s top musicians and ensembles, the evening was a real highlight. There was an impressive range and variety of music on display, from the classical highlights of Mozart to the more contemporary Elton John. The evening featured the outgoing …
Author Visit – Shane Hegarty
The boys in Year 3 were joined by Year 2 children from Shrewsbury House Pre-Prep for a talk by visiting author, Shane Hegarty. Shane was here to introduce his new book, ‘BOOT – small robot, BIG adventure’, about Boot, a toy robot who wakes up at a scrapyard with just two and a half glitchy …
U11A Cricket Festival at Harrow
The U11A team travelled to the beautiful grounds of Harrow School to play in their 8-a-side Cricket Festival. They enjoyed a fantastic day and particularly the opportunity to experiment with some new formats including double scoring power play overs for each pair. The boys made excellent progress throughout the day and produced some very impressive …
