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Early Years Open Morning and Sports Day
Thankfully the rain stopped and our wonderful Sports Day went ahead as planned. The seven classes paraded out in their class colours in what has become a Dulwich Prep tradition, and the races began. We were so proud of the children, their happy, competitive spirits and their sense of fun. The races with brothers and…
Early Years celebrate the Queen's 90th Birthday
On Friday, children and staff at Gallery Road wore red white and blue to celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday. The children’s assembly started the day with the wonderful story by Nicholas Allan, The Queen’s Knickers and a special visit from Her Majesty…. The highlight of the day was an Early Years Street Party in the…
Pre-Prep Art Week
The boys in the Pre-Prep have had a most exciting and creative Art Week. This year, the theme was ‘recycling’ and the boys honed their skills and experimented with a range of materials and techniques. Year 1 looked at the effect that rubbish has on our water ecosystems. Amongst the many projects, they particularly enjoyed…
Lewisham War Memorial commemorates Prep Alumnus
On Saturday 28th May at 11.00am two of our Head Boys, Louis and Jasper, accompanied by Mr Roulston, Mrs Revell, our archivist and Mr Gordon, Head of Upper School assisted in the unveiling of a commemorative paving stone at the Lewisham War Memorial. This was in honour of Lieutenant Richard Basil Brandram-Jones, VC of the 8th battalion…
Fun Day raises over £3000
During Fun Day boys from across the school raised money for eight charities chosen by the School Council. Every form ran their own stall selling all manner of treats, ranging from temporary tattoos to milkshakes, mocktails and waffles. Boys could test a range of skills, play games and face challenges to win great, mostly edible prizes….
Victory for Ojibwas in Year 3 Swimming Gala
The year 3 swimming gala was played out in front of a packed crowd and was as closely fought as ever. Taking part in over twenty events the tribes fought hard in every single race and the competition went right down to the wire. An incredible final length in the last relay by Alan (3L)…
Adventures in Normandy
Now in its third year, on the Monday of half term the French and History trip, made up of 28 boys and 4 staff, headed off to Dover to catch the ferry to Calais. As usual, we stayed in the beautiful Château du Broutel, located only an hour from the ferry port. Despite the weather…
Waterpolo Team ranked second in the country
It is fair to say that our Under 13s qualified for the English Schools Finals against all expectations. Not only were we the only Prep school involved, competing against big senior public schools, we were 12 boys who less than 10 months before had been shooting incorrectly sized balls against upside down floats propped against…
1000 Smiles
Once every two years we get the whole school together in the hope that we can get all 1000 pupils and staff looking at the camera at the same time. There was almost exactly an hour between the first boy and the last member of staff taking their position but with the cooperation of the…
Early Years "Pedal Push" to raise money for NSPCC
All the children in Nursery and Reception classes had a wonderful time cycling or scooting around the playground track before half term. The sponsorship forms are still flying in and we don’t have a total yet so please remember to bring your kind donations in this week. A huge thank you to Maureen who fundraises…