Come and join us this Saturday and celebrate the beginning of the festive season at our wonderful Advent Fair.
A true family day filled with children’s activities, hand-crafted gifts, storytelling, puppet shows, music and food to tempt every palate.
The fair opens at 11am with the children leading us through to the magical Advent Spiral after which you are invited to take the Advent Trail and explore the hands-on crafts; or wander through the stalls selling dressing up clothes, Advent Wreaths, starts ..read more
Race for Space – Sunday 25 September 10.30am.
With only a few short weeks until our whole school sponsored fun run “Race for Space”, we can at last announce that our gym dept will be hosting training sessions for participants on each Tuesday and Thursday morning at 8.30 until race day, starting this Tuesday 13th September.
This will be a gentle introduction to running suitable for everyone. Please let me know if you intend to take part – call me on 01342 827925 ..read more
Over 70 people have already signed up for our sponsored fun run, “Race for Space”, on Sunday September 25th here at Kidbrooke Park.
The run is being organised to help raise money for the restoration of the Clockhouse to create urgently needed teaching space. Pupil numbers are growing and we need space for them!
Teachers, parents, children, staff, old scholars - everyone with an interest in the future of Michael Hall is being asked to join the run. And when we say run ..read more
This Saturday 11th June Michael Hall will once again be opening its grounds up to the public as part of this national scheme to make otherwise private gardens accessible to the public. Kidbrooke Park is a Listed Landscape designed in the 18th century by world renown Landscape Designer Humphry Repton. The 60 acre grounds boast a wealth of notable features including waterfalls, a Doric temple, a water garden, 2 lakes and a number of unusual specimen trees.
A later addition is ..read more
In celebration of 65 years since Michael Hall made its home here at Kidbrooke Park (1946), we are issuing a limited edition newsletter to accompany the Friday Flier between now and our gala fundraising event on Saturday 19th March. Take a look at the newsletters as they are published under the School Life>Newsletters section on the website. You will hear from old scholars, teachers and their families, read their memories and see their photographs; explore the challenge that lay ahead ..read more
Last Friday Jonathan Dimbleby and his crew braved torrential rain and winds to host BBC Radio 4’s live topical news panel show Any Questions? here at Michael Hall as part of the Forest Row Festival. Mr Dimbleby (on crutches after a recent operation) was warmly received by the lively audience as he introduced the team of panelists drawn from the worlds of politics and the media. The audience were encouraged to submit as many questions as possible, of which 9 were ..read more
TV should be banned for toddlers and severely rationed for other youngsters to protect their health and family life, a leading psychologist will tell MEPs today.
Dr Aric Sigman claims that millions of children spending hours slumped in front of TVs and computers is ‘the greatest unacknowledged health scandal of our time’.
He says it is linked to ills ranging from obesity and heart disease to poor grades and lack of empathy.
Toddlers should not be allowed to watch TV, according to expert ..read more
We are delighted to announce that Michael Hall has won the Gold Award for South East in Bloom. In a competition including all types of organisations from across the South East, Michael Hall prevailed as the East Sussex winner in the School Grounds category. The official presentation of the award will take place this week with the local East Grinstead Courier and Observer.
About the competition
South & South East in Bloom promotes, supports and encourages community activity through gardening, horticulture and ..read more
“A very interesting example of a diversified, locally adapted Bio-Dynamic market garden.”
That was the conclusion reached by the Inpsectors from Demeter who came to check the walled garden here at Michael Hall as part of their certification programme.
Demeter is an voluntary international organisation which certifies growers who offer organic and biodynamic produce. It is the only ecological association that has built up a network of individual certification organisations world-wide. In 1997 Demeter-International was founded for closer co-operation in the legal, ..read more
Class 8b are performing The Winter’s Tale and taking the production on tour, along with costumes and sets they have helped to make.
The pupils have been working for months on the play, which has been specially adapted for this age group by their teacher, Martin Schmandt. All 24 young people act in the production which is staged with a double cast, meaning most of them need to know the lines for two characters. They have applied themselves to learning not ..read more
