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Mellow Autumn
With warm temperatures throughout the weekend and the forecast looking fairly settled for the week we can feel blessed with the weather making the start of our Autumn term all the more lovely! As we look back on our first full week, and hope the novelty has not quite worn off yet, we can be…
Happy Feast Day!
We shared our first whole school Mass together and acknowledged the Feast of the Holy Cross which is on Friday, 14th.September. This feast day of course has special significance for our community as we are a school set up by the teaching sisters of the Holy Cross order founded in Switzerland. Father Michael led our…
‘Meet the Teacher’
At the start of the new academic year we like to set up sessions for all our parents to enable them to meet the new class teacher and teaching assistant that their daughter will be involved with all year. These sessions are informal, take place in the Old Chapel and provide an opportunity to raise…
Extra-Curricular Clubs and Activities
We are delighted here at Holy Cross to offer our girls a broad and rich education which extends beyond the school day in their normal classrooms. We have many extra-curricular clubs on offer, some provided by our own staff, some facilitated by external provision, which cover a wide range of interests and activities from ballet,…
Feast of the Holy Cross Mass
The school extends a warm invitation to you all this Wednesday, to join us in the Hall for whole school Mass at 8:45am. Father Michael Sileshi, the parish priest from St.Anne’s Catholic church on Kingston Hill, is our school celebrant and well known to us all. We welcome families of all faiths in school and…
Welcome Back!
We were blessed with glorious sunshine and blue sky for the start of the new academic year, Autumn term 2018, on Thursday. The girls had all grown over the summer break and were sporting even bigger smiles as they came happily through the gates exchanging stories of holiday adventures and fun. We welcomed our new…
End of Term
We enjoyed a wonderful Prize Giving last night with all our junior girls whose varied success and talents were recognised and applauded. We welcomed author, playwright and lyricist Tim Knapman to celebrate with us and he reminded the girls that failure can be the best lesson sometimes. He beseeched us all, adults and children alike, to ensure…
Pre-Prep Awards
Our Pre-Prep pupils received their awards this morning from Mrs Hair, Mrs Lanigan, their specialist subject teachers and their class teachers to recognise their many gifts and talents. The beaming smiles and proud little faces were infectious as they jumped up to receive their badges – well done girls, a fabulous year for you all…
More Marvellous Music
The visiting instrumental teacher’s concerts continued this week with Mr and Mrs Taylor’s pupils performing their pieces in solos, duets and trios. They all played with great confidence. Well done to you all. On Tuesday Mr Cattell’s piano pupils performed (except the Year 5 pupils who sadly did not arrive back to school in time…
PHONE SERVICE INTERRUPTED
Please be aware the incoming phoneline to school is down. BT engineers are on site to correct the problem. If there is anything urgent please email the school office, secretary@holycrossprep.com Thank you for your patience. 29.06.2018