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Technicoloured production of Joseph
On Thursday the 12th May 2016, Dulwich Prep London was presented with an original masterpiece of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’ written by Tim Rice and produced by our own Director of Drama, Benji Sperring, and involving a cast, crew and band of over fifty boys from years 5 to 8. It was a full house…
May Day Assembly at the Early Years
Now that May is here, bringing warmer weather and trees in blossom, we know that summer is nearly upon us. What better reason could we have for celebrating life and practising our maypole dancing? The May Queen, flanked by her two attendants, glided into the hall; then sat on beautifully decorated thrones to…
Big Band perform in 'Love West Dulwich' Festival
The organisers of ‘Love West Dulwich’ offered the Prep Big Band the opening performance slot at last Saturday’s Festival and Street fair. The Band played literally in the middle of the road but its music was much more diverse! The organisers had provided a small marquee for the Band on Park Hall road and an…
1C dish up Danish delights!
Café Copenhagen opened its doors to 1D yesterday, serving freshly cooked Danish pastries filled with a variety of scrumptious fillings. As part of their cross-curricular topic on Denmark, class 1C peeled, chopped and stewed apples. They then added either raspberries, blueberries, raisins or apricots (although in some cases all four!) onto a pastry base which…
Prep pupils excel in South London Literary Quiz
Three teams of boys from Years 6 to 8 joined 18 other teams from South East London schools in the fourth annual CWIZZ, held last Thursday afternoon here at the Prep. Organised by children’s authors from CWISL (Children’s Writers and Illustrators South London), this literary quiz is designed to bring together young Londoners in a…
Walk to School Week 16th – 20th May
Monday 16th – Friday 20th May 2016 is Walk to School Week. This national event is designed to promote the health and lifestyle benefits of walking. Our hope is that by supporting the scheme we can encourage our pupils, parents and carers to begin their day with a walk. We are going to operate a sticker…
General Knowledge Quiz Team Success
Thirty boys sat down one morning, in the Spring term, and under exam conditions tackled this year’s SATIPS quiz. Very similar to our own school quiz, which all boys in the Middle and Upper School had a crack at last term, this is open to boys and girls from any prep school in the country…
Swimmers crowned the IAPS National Champions!
On Saturday 7th May the school swim team headed to Crawley for their biggest competition of the year: the I.A.P.S National Swimming Finals. Historically, this has been a competition in which we have always fared very well, but we have not won the top overall prize since 2007. The competition started with the relays – here…
Year 8 salute Shakespeare in Style
Under the watchful guidance of our Director of Drama, Benji Sperring, the boys of 8H have spent the past two weeks putting together a programme of ‘historical, tragical, comical and pastoral’ theatrical sketches which pay homage to The Bard, in this year of celebration of the man and his works. The creative efforts of this…
Open Mornings in the Reception Classes
Last week, Reception parents were invited to the ‘new style’ Open Mornings in Magenta, Green, Blue and Purple Classes. Mrs Burtonshaw talked to the parents about Excellent Learning before handing over to the boys. They took the lead, proudly showing their parents all their work books since the start of September, and encouraging Mums and…
