School Life
- 22/05/26
Hazel Tree Bread Day
Perhaps, if you are very lucky, you have visited our Early Childhood building on a bread day. Every Thursday, the comforting smell of freshly baked bread drifts through the corridors leading to Hazel Tree Kindergarten, bringing with it a sense of home, rhythm, and togetherness.Read Full Story - 21/05/26
Class 7RG Canoe Trip
Class 7RG went canoeing down the river Wye for their class camp. Over 5 days they canoed 39 miles in sun, rain, hail and high winds.Read Full Story - 20/05/26
Class 1 Play - The Golden Goose
In Class 1, the children’s inner life is nourished by listening to fairy tales. The pictures from the stories appeal to the imagination and reach the children exactly where they are. The tales bring distilled wisdom, passed down through generations, and provide the children with a sense of the...Read Full Story - 15/05/26
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Class 9 Work Projects
Class 9: Putting Their Will to Work Human development is often described in terms of three core faculties — Thinking, Feeling and Willing — and in our curriculum, the art is to weave these together so that students feel both challenged and supported. In Class 9, students can experi...Read Full Story - 15/05/26
Early Childhood May Festival
Beneath the old horse chestnut tree, garlands of blossoms and colourful ribbons dancing in the spring breeze, the Early Childhood May Festival awakens a sense of wonder, joy and togetherness. Last week the children of our Kindergarten accompanied by parents, siblings and other family members gathere...Read Full Story - 08/05/26
Awe and wonder in Oak Tree Kindergarten!
This week, the children were delighted to spot blue tits flying busily in and out of the bird box that sits on top of one of the sheds in our space, carefully carrying food back to their hungry baby chicks. The children sat quietly together, watching in fascination as the parent birds worked tireles...Read Full Story - 07/05/26
May Festival
The sun shone beautifully last week as Classes 1–5 took to the South Lawn for our annual May Day celebrations. With live musicians playing and Class 6 accompanying on recorders, the lower school students danced with joy and enthusiasm. Early Childhood and middle school students gathered with p...Read Full Story - 07/05/26
Upper School Spring Festival
Last term, our Upper School came together for a joyful Spring Festival, sharing an evening of music, movement, art and even a little science with families and friends.Read Full Story - 07/05/26
Middle School Watersports Club
The Middle School now has a watersports club running every Wednesday at Weir Wood Reservoir. This half term, 16 pupils have started learning to sail. The club has proved very popular, with more pupils wanting places than spaces available! We will be launching next half term’s places before...Read Full Story - 07/05/26
Class 12 - Chemistry Olympiad UK
Our five Class 12 A level Chemistry students participated in the Chemistry Olympiad UK, a national competition run by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) for top‑performing secondary school students. The competition challenges participants with demanding written problems that test chemical knowledg...Read Full Story - 01/05/26
Saplings May Day Craft
At Maple Tree Saplings, the children have been painting with yellow and red and have made crowns to wear for our Early Childhood May Festival on 6th May. The crowns will then be decorated with fresh flowers on the day. Stefania Caprio Maple Tree Saplings TeacherRead Full Story - 30/04/26
Spring Work Day
As the days lengthen and the earth stirs back to life, our Lower and Middle School pupils headed outside for a morning of landwork together at the end of last term: Springlemas is our spring equivalent of Michaelmas — a moment to pause, connect with the season, and care for this beautiful s...Read Full Story
