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Holy Week
This week is Holy Week, it is the week preceding Easter. There are 5 days of special significance, starting on Palm Sunday. At Holy Cross Prep we celebrated our own Holy Week with assembly’s lead by our girls teaching us about the events that occurred on Palm Sunday and at The Last Supper. Our week…
Chicks In School
Chirp chirp… our chicks have hatched This week we have chicks in school, the girls have watched them from eggs to hatching and now they are out of the Brooder Box our girls are able to hold them. Did you know, the lighter coloured chicks are boys and the more orange coloured chicks are girls!…
World Book Day
Happy World Book Day from Holy Cross! This year all our girls (and teachers!) impressed us with their amazing costumes from Elsa, Hermione Granger and Little Red Riding Hood to The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Cat in the Hat and Alice in Wonderland. This year we the girls been so lucky to have…
Shrove Tuesday
Happy Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day! Today marks the start of the season of Lent, a time of reflection, repentance and renewal. Today we indulge in delicious pancakes, and we encourage everyone take a moment to reflect on the meaning of this season of Lent. Traditionally, pancakes were made on this day to…
Pre-Prep Fairy Tale Workshop
Today our Pre-Prep girls attended the Fairy Tale workshop to continue our celebration of the Year of the Arts. They watched Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and The Three Bears, Three Billy Goat Gruffs and The Three Little Pigs – some of our girls even had the opportunity to take part in the tales performed….
Interhouse Dance Competition
Holy Cross interhouse dance competition took place to celebrate the Year of Creative Arts! With all years taking part making the competition truly unmissable. Reception opened the competition by taking us to the Circus with their routine. Year 1 dance was inspired by Cheer, Year 2 took us back to Disco, we travelled to Spain…
Eco Council Assembly
Today, our Eco Council led an informative and entertaining assembly to teach us all about the importance of being ‘Water Wise.’ As a school, we have been working hard to raise money for our chosen school charity Water Aid but the girls taught us today how, even in England, our water is becoming very precious…
A Fantastic First Day of Term
What a wonderful first day of term it has been, filled with excited faces, fun activities, happy reunions, new friendships and sunny smiles. We welcomed back our pupils in years 1 – 6 following the summer holiday – we enjoyed hearing all about their adventures. We also welcomed our brand-new girls starting their first year…
A Terrific Teddy Bear’s Breakfast
A very warm welcome to our new reception pupils, who will be joining us officially next week. Today the girls and their parents enjoyed a special Teddy Bear’s Breakfast in the early years playground with their classmates and teachers – it was lovely to see you all!
A Magical Performance of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
This summer our year 6 pupils performed an enchanting musical adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for their parents and teachers. The girls dazzled us with their incredible acting skills as they performed one of Shakespeare’s most famous and beloved comedies. To ensure social distancing, the performance took place outside at our (recently renamed) ‘Pavilion Theatre’…
