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From Expressive Dance to Animation: Geography gets Creative

This week, L4 have been learning about coastal processes and landforms during Guided Home Learning. Having looked at how Old Harry stack in Dorset was formed, they were then asked to submit a creative product that depicted the coastal landforms of crack, cave, arch, stack and stump. They definitely used their imagination - some were…

SCHS FRIENDS: Thank you to Brigid & Jane!

The FRIENDS of SCHS extends its warmest thanks to Brigid Bose and Jane Duncan who are taking a well-earned rest and stepping down from the committee. Jane and Brigid began their tenure with the FRIENDS five years ago as Treasurer and Secretary. In recent years, they have served as co-chairs, and the driving force behind the quiz nights,…

Birdlife

There has been an abundance of birds in our gardens and parks recently. Year 2 have been developing their observational drawing skills by drawing a few of them.

Key Worker Girls: Working Hard & Embracing PE!

SCHS Musical Performance: Schubert to Sondheim

This week we premiered our first episode of Schubert to Sondheim. Congratulations to the girls who performed in this episode, and a huge thank you to our Director of Music, Ms Polly May, BMus (Edinburgh), for putting this all together. We look forward to episode two. To view the first episode, please play the video below:

Lower Fifth: Hands-On Science

It has been such a pleasure to welcome back Lower Fifth pupils this week; the girls have enjoyed being back on the site and their teachers have so enjoyed engaging with them in person. Thanks to our facilities and rigorous planning, our girls had the opportunity to do some GCSE-required practical activities. In science, the…

All-School Assembly by Mr Andrew Christie, MA (Oxon), PGCE Assistant Head Master (Co-Curricular & Partnerships)

In his assembly, Mr Christie,  encourages us not to be complacent and  ignore the issues in our society, but to engage critically with them and change our positions when we realise that we are wrong. To view the assembly, please click the video below:

Classic Poem Re-Imagined and Recited by SCHS Staff

It has been an unusal few months and we have all adapted to new ways of working, staying in contact and maintaining connections. Our Head of Drama, Ms Thane-Woodhams BA (Loughborough) PGCE, came up with a wonderful idea to connect staff by writing her own piece based on Rudyard Kipling's famous poem of ‘If’ which…

Focus on BLACK LIVES MATTER: All-School Assembly by Ms Sophia Potter, BA (Durham), PGCE, Assistant Head Mistress (Sixth Form)

Below is an excerpt from Ms Potter's assembly with all Senior School girls. The full video is available on Teams.   On May 25th in the American city of Minneapolis, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed during an arrest for allegedly using a counterfeit bank note. White police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's…