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...
by Claire Delahaye | Nov 11, 2019 | College News, Event, Prep School News
Today, at ten minutes to eleven on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, S. Anselm’s pupils gathered on the Headteacher’s Lawn to honour all those who have fought in the service of our country. This year we particularly commemorated the service given by all...
by Claire Delahaye | Nov 11, 2019 | Prep School News
On Thursday night, the parents of children in Years 6 ,7 and 8 experienced an entertaining evening of evocative readings. After enjoying some wine and cheese they sat back and listened to some exceptional interpretations from our very articulate and confident...
by Claire Delahaye | Nov 4, 2019 | College News, Event, Prep School News
Saturday afternoon brought perfect conditions for our 2019 Mud Run which took place up on Top Field – a light drizzle fell adding the the already slippery and muddy conditions. Every child from the Prep School (Year 3 upwards) and College competed on behalf of...
by Claire Delahaye | Oct 7, 2019 | Prep School News
After almost half a term of working on their first project, the children in Year 3 finally enjoyed a game of Dinosaur Top Trumps with their very own top trump cards! Pupils have been using their research skills to find out all about the dinosaurs, and then made up...
by Cheryl Stevens | Oct 3, 2019 | Pre-Prep News, Prep School News
On 2nd October, our school was extremely privileged to welcome a visit from Rolls Royce in Derby. Representatives, Judith Lesowiec and Daniel Woolley spent an interactive day with Years 3 to 5 who enthusiastically took part in their exciting High Flyers workshop. The...
