by Claire Delahaye | Jan 15, 2020 | Nursery News, Pre-Prep News
Our Nursery and Pre-Prep children were excited to welcome Mr James McKay, who is a zoologist and Director of the National Falconry School in Ashover. He is famed for training the birds used in the Harry Potter films and is passionate about promoting conservation by...
by Claire Delahaye | Jan 13, 2020 | College News, Prep School News
The 2020 Ski Trip saw the largest ever cohort of S. Anselm’s pupils taking to the slopes in Austria, 49 pupils in total. All returned safely on Sunday night, thoroughly elated by their achievements on the slopes and the experience of spending time with their friends...
by Cheryl Stevens | Jan 10, 2020 | Pre-Prep News, Prep School News
On the 9th January, the Rolls Royce team delivered an excellent workshop for our Year 3 to 5 pupils in which the children had to complete problem-solving activities focussed on boat designs. The workshop was an excellent opportunity for the children to think...
by Claire Delahaye | Jan 7, 2020 | College News, Nursery News, Pre-Prep News, Prep School News
We are delighted to welcome Mr Frank Thompson, one of the leading Headteachers in the country with an outstanding track record in educating young people of all abilities and backgrounds, as the new Head of S. Anselm’s Preparatory School and College. Mr Thompson has a...
by Claire Delahaye | Dec 10, 2019 | Nursery News, Pre-Prep News
‘Tis the Season of the Nativity Our parents and staff were delighted by the children’s performances in both the Pre-Prep and Nursery Nativities this week. In a first for this year, our Pre-Prep children walked down to Bakewell Parish Church to perform...
by Claire Delahaye | Dec 3, 2019 | Nursery News, Pre-Prep News
Pre-Prep took delivery of 1,000 trees this week and helped by parents, this gardening gang drilled, dug, planted and staked almost 600 trees in less than 2 hours. What a fantastic gesture of helping the environment! They planted hawthorn hedges; a circle of silver...
by Claire Delahaye | Nov 27, 2019 | College News, Event, Prep School News
S. Anselm’s musicians performed with true professionalism and enjoyment at both the Prep School Michaelmas Concert on Monday evening and the College Michaelmas Concert on Tuesday evening – a marvellous culmination of the term’s...
by Claire Delahaye | Nov 20, 2019 | College News
“Why does the quality of life and life expectancy vary between the different wards of Sheffield?”, was the question posed by the our College geographers in Arkwright (Year 11) last week. To answer this interesting question, students considered how the...
by Claire Delahaye | Nov 19, 2019 | Prep School News
On Thursday 14th November, Mrs Whawell, Mr Crichlow, Miss Murphy and Mr Mace took an enthusiastic group of Year 7 and 8 historians to Leicester. They were off to examine bones, books and battlefield weapons in order to decide whether Richard III has deserved his...
by Claire Delahaye | Nov 13, 2019 | Event, Prep School News
We were delighted to be joined by local primary schools. Bakewell Methodist Junior School, Baslow St. Anne’s Primary School and Youlgrave All Saints Primary School for S. Anselm’s Choral Day. Throughout the morning, all the children worked extremely hard...
