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End of Term Christmas Mass
We came together as a whole school community on Thursday morning to commend the successes of the Autumn term and celebrate the birth of Jesus. These most popular Bible passages were read by the girls in Y6, as they led us through the unfolding events of that joyful time long, long ago yet still so…
House Winners
During Thursday’s Assembly, Pre-Prep and Junior girls sat together in their houses wearing their colourful house t-shirts with pride! Each term the house points are counted up to find out who has earnt the most credits from each house in each class and then they eagerly anticipate the overall result of the House winner for…
‘Bethlehem – The Musical!’
The Junior girls dazzled us with their performance of ‘Bethlehem – The Musical’ for two nights last week as the Hall erupted in appreciative cheers and calls for encore! Mrs Thompson had adapted the script to suit our girls and Mrs Petersons ensured the singing was West-end worthy. Many hands backstage had also helped bring…
End of term is approaching…!
Unbelievably, we are facing our final week in school as the lengthy Autumn term draws to a close. The girls have lots of festive fun to look forward to in the next few days with themed activities in class, our traditional Christmas lunch with all the trimmings, a craft afternoon for the Pre-Prep department and…
Theatre trip
The Junior girls enjoyed their trip to the Polka Theatre on Friday afternoon to see ‘The Wind in the Willows’ and it will be the turn of our Pre-Prep department this Tuesday. Going to any theatre is a real festive treat and really enhances the girls’ learning experience of their drama and music curriculum in…
Singing Success
Three of our talented singers in Years 4, 5 and 6 have auditioned for, and been awarded a place in the National Children’s Choir. Congratulations to Lucinda, Amy and Grace – Mrs Petersons is very proud of you and delighted with your efforts, she commented, “It is such an honour for them to be accepted…
Advent
Sunday was the official start to the Christmas season in the church’s eye, with the beginning of Advent. A time of preparation and increasing joy as we await the birth of Christ. All the girls in school have knowledge of this important period and have been encouraged to reflect and compose Advent prayers. Advent has,…
Pre-Prep Nativity Joy
We were all enchanted by the three Pre-Prep Christmas plays that happened at the end of last week in school; the Christmas season has got off to a superb start! Despite it being one of the oldest and well-known stories ever told, the girls brought a charm and magic to the Nativity tale, with the…
Pre-Prep Nativity Plays this week…
We are looking forward to our three Pre-Prep Nativity plays towards the latter part of this week as we appreciate how hard the girls have been learning lines and song words and rehearsing moves and performances. We hope to see many of you there; please do remember to park considerately in George Road and be…
Fabulously Festive!
Girls young and old, staff present and past, alongside siblings, friends and extended family flocked to the hall on Saturday to experience the hugely popular FOHC annual Christmas Fair; and what a treat they were in for! Our talented choir opened proceedings and delighted us all with their sweet and strong voices. There was a…
