by S. Anselm's | Nov 12, 2018 | Pre-Prep News
The children in Reception dashed into school at the start of their outdoor week, armed with waterproofs and enthusiasm for the adventures ahead. Scooping and mixing cement was a tricky task but perseverance paid off and the children all made a beautiful stone to place... 
by S. Anselm's | Nov 9, 2018 | College News, Pre-Prep News, Prep School News
One hundred years since the end of the Great War, S. Anselm’s gathered on the Headmaster’s lawn this morning to remember before God, and commend to his sure keeping: those who have died for their country in war; those who we knew, and whose memory we... 
by S. Anselm's | Nov 8, 2018 | Prep School News
Each year, the children in S. Anselm’s four School Houses (Churchill, Nelson, Pitts and Wellington) choose a charity to support for the year and meticulously plan different activities to support and raise funds for their chosen cause. Churchill’s House have chosen to... 
by S. Anselm's | Nov 6, 2018 | Pre-Prep News
What a fantastic start to Year One’s ‘King of the Castle’ project! The children have immersed themselves in castle facts and are now experts on Motte and Bailey Castles. They worked in teams to create prototypes out of Lego before they creatively built life-like... 
by S. Anselm's | Nov 6, 2018 | Prep School News
Year 6 had a marvelous day at the Heritage Centre at Bosworth, learning about the famous battle between the Yorkists and Lancastrians ahead of this term’s Tudor project. We were fortunate to have fabulous weather, which helped to make the outdoor talks and events... 
by S. Anselm's | Nov 5, 2018 | College News
On Wednesday 31st October, College pupils in Derwent and Arkwright visited the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. After sketching and making notes about the collection in the fashion gallery, pupils used a map of the galleries to plan out where they wanted to... 
by S. Anselm's | Nov 1, 2018 | Nursery News
Our Nursery children spent the week busily investigating pumpkins and modelling their own pumpkin patch. They were intrigued to explore the contents of our home grown pumpkin with which they concocted a magical ‘Pumpkin potion’ and added some rather creative... 
by S. Anselm's | Oct 29, 2018 | Prep School News
To conclude Year 3’s project on the Stone Age, the children decided to recreate a life size settlement, complete with shelter, cave paintings, fire, spear throwing, tool making, trapping, skinning, food collecting and jewelry making! The pupils sent an email inviting... 
by S. Anselm's | Oct 10, 2018 | Prep School News
The pupils in Year 6 have enjoyed an exciting project on ‘Extreme Earth’, learning all about the earth’s structure, tectonic plate movement, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis. In pairs, they chose one major tectonic feature to study in depth and... 
by S. Anselm's | Oct 9, 2018 | Nursery News
What a busy time our Nursery children have had, celebrating Harvest. Herbs were collected from the garden, potatoes mashed and we discovered that oats have many uses. Our busy little chefs prepared a delicious Harvest lunch of homemade carrot soup and fresh bread...