The Week of Monday 22nd May and Half Term Trains, earthquakes, bees and Charles Dickens. These and a lot more are on offer from Mr Salmon’s selection of talks in London over the next two weeks! For more information, please see Mr Salmon. Monday 22nd May Islamism: A political, social, and cultural battle is raging…
(above) Our outgoing Upper VI Leadership Team Last Monday, 8th May, the whole school gathered in our newly refurbished school hall to hear the announcement of our new School Officials for the 2017-18 academic year. We would like to thank Erin Costello and the current School Officials for all they have contributed to the life of the school this year and congratulate…
Useful websites to help alleviate examination worries Our School Counsellor, Mrs R Good, has some suggestions to help those sitting public examinations during this Summer Term: ‘As the ‘season’ for public examinations gets underway, it’s normal to be anxious around exam times. This is a natural reaction in response to real or perceived threat. As…
Challenging the Brightest Our Able, Gifted and Talented Co-ordinator, Mr Neil Elder, has introduced some of our students to the IGGY Scheme, run by Warwick University. Their website says, ‘IGGY is a no fee global educational social network designed to help gifted and talented young people aged 13-18 realise their full potential. We’re part of…
The Week of Monday 15th May Water scarcity, capitalism and surviving Antarctic extremes – three highlights from this week’s offerings of talks from Mr Salmon. For more information, please see Mr Salmon. Monday 15th May Now you hear it, now you don’t: the neuroscience of deafness: What makes hearing possible? Just the size of a…
Talks at Ealing Abbey We thought you would be interested in hearing about two talks which are coming up over the next few weeks in the Newman Chapel at Ealing Abbey. These talks address important issues and should be thoroughly thought-provoking. The first, on Tuesday 16th May at 7.30pm is ‘The Oppression & Resilience of Victims…
Upper II’s enchanting production Thursday 4th May saw a spectacular baptism for our refurbished Hall. Upper II presented ‘Alice, The Musical’ to an appreciative audience of parents. This musical retelling of the classic tale, ‘Alice in Wonderland’ saw great acting, spectacular sets, magical music and eye-catching costumes bring this story to life. Earlier in the…
The new school hall has been well and truly broken in by Drama since its completion last week, with Upper II’s performance of Alice in Wonderland and both Upper IVA and Upper IV Alpha’s versions of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Witches’. Miss Brown and Upper IVA and Alpha recreated Roald Dahl’s chilling tale of…
Linear Graphs – without paper Mathematics is most definitely the most exciting subject on the planet.. Especially when Mrs Bennet, Head of Maths, decided to creatively challenge the Lower V Set 1 Maths in our No Paper Day. Here she reports on the way Lower V set about meeting the challenge! ‘Tuesday 2nd May was…
Inspirational Lower VI student brings grades up by two places by restricting time spent on mobile phone. We’re lucky enough to live in an age where we have access to world news, numerous social media networks, a telephone, email, books, videos and apps to help you with just about anything from shopping to cooking to…
