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In the News: Head Master’s Defence of Creativity Strikes a Chord

In response to the Head of Ofqual’s 'depressingly philistine suggestion' that the arts should be suspended to mediate the consequences of the pandemic, our Head Master, Dr Sachania’s full-throated support for the arts was published by The Times. Myriad readers, educators and concerned...

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Deputy Head Girl Leads Kindness Campaign

As part of National Anti-Bullying Week, centred around the theme 'One Kind Word', Deputy Head Girl Lili, (pictured above), led all year groups in exploring what it means to take an active role in kindness, as committed allies. “The isolation of the last...

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Modern Foreign Language Society

The Sixth Form Modern Foreign Language (MFL) Society meet regularly to discuss various foreign affairs and culture. Recently, they watched 'Todo Sobre Mi Madre' (All About My Mother) written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar in 1999. The critically-acclaimed film charts...

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SCHS Cricketers Called up to Surrey Team

SCHS cricketers Ammy (L4) and Slyvie (U5) have been selected for Surrey Cricket, in the U13 and U16 teams respectively. For both girls, this is another accomplishment in an already impressive cricket career. Ammy (pictured above) represents Dulwich Cricket Club...

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Dr Kaposi’s Life Story Inspires SCHS Girls

Last term, Dr Agnes Kaposi FIEE FREng, a British-Hungarian engineer, educator, author and Holocaust survivor, addressed our girls with an unsettling, sobering and captivating account of her life. During the Q&A session that followed, the girls showed empathy and curiosity, exploring themes such as 'How did you keep...

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SCHS Singers Plucked from Thousands for National Youth Choir

Left to right: Sadie Crawford Music Scholar Adrianna (U5), Music Scholar Emmylou (L6) Two SCHS music scholars, Emmylou and Adrianna, have been awarded places in the famed National Youth Choir. Only awarding places to young singers with 'outstanding potential', our girls have been chosen from the hundreds that applied...

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Upper School Shine in Smash-Hit Performance

Last term, the cast of the Upper School Production, Second Person Narrative by Jemma Kennedy, were showered in rapturous applause following two sell-out nights. Second Person Narrative is the story of ‘You’ – You are born, You grow up, You die – exploring how You establish your...

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U13 Football Tournament: A play by play

By Mrs Grant On Tuesday 16th November 8 students took part in the Girls Cup tournament which was held at Tooting and Mitcham FC. 18 teams entered the 6-a-side tournament and they were split into 3 pools. Games were 7...

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Secret Garden Grand Opening

This week, the Prep school opened their Secret Garden – a brand new outdoor learning area. Complete with a story-telling chair, fire-pit for toasting marshmallows, mud kitchen, bug house, crawling tunnels and planting areas. Cheryl Giovannoni, Chief Executive of the...