Category: Upper School News
A Letter from the Head Boy
Happy 2021! Dear Parents and friends of the Prep, We can’t do our normal Christmas concerts this year but that doesn’t mean we can’t be festive. With the help of teachers across the school, and with some technical support, we’ve put together an advent calendar here – click on Santa over there on the right…
Jacob, our Autumn Term Head Boy
Starting at Dulwich Prep London in 2011, Jacob is remembered as “always arriving at school with a lovely smile and ready to learn” by Mrs Barrick, his Nursery teacher. Mr Topham, Head of Upper School, says “Jacob is kind and thoughtful and his independence of mind, creativity and playfulness shine through in this video. He…
Dulwich Prep London Remembrance Service 2020
“When you go Home, tell them of us and say, For your Tomorrow, we gave our Today” John Maxwell Edmunds, 1916 At 11am on 11th November 2020, our school joined together for a two minute silence to honour and remember all those who have sacrificed their lives in combat. The service began with autumn…
Embracing Change in Sport
It’s a new normal for sport at Dulwich Prep London. Coming back in September, we knew that our teaching style would be impacted by the new social distancing measures. Often we find that anything new or different can be seen either as a threat to the status quo or as an opportunity. The DPL…
DT Community Projects
From working with the Alma-Nac architects repurposing the Dulwich Picture Gallery’s Colour Palace to creating environmentally-friendly engines using the 3D printer, learn about all the wonderful things our DT department are involved with at Dulwich Prep London.
DPL @ Home Goes Live
Our new Remote Learning site, DPL@Home, opened its virtual doors this morning as pupils returned to work for the Summer term. Staff have been busy building the site and creating content during the Easter break to allow our pupils to continue their learning as effectively as possible. The site directs pupils to their subject lessons…
8C Drama Production
“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.” ―Gloria Steinem For the last two weeks, 8C have spent their time working on a piece of drama with the title “This Is What A Feminist Looks Like” with Mr Sperring in the Drama Studio. Surprisingly, the boys had no…
Townsend History Prize
DPL has, for the 2nd time, entered pupils in Years 7 and 8 for the Townsend Warner History Prize for prep schools, a historical tradition in its own right now celebrating 135 years of friendly competition. After the success of getting a record five boys through to the second stage of the Townsend Warner History…
Buddy's Big Workout
Well done and thank you to all of the Dulwich Prep London boys and staff who helped to raise money for Buddy’s big workout for the NSPCC. A wonderful week of fun fitness with dance and tribe workouts took place to raise awareness with the message to ‘stay safe and speak out’. Each boy from…
Big Night Out
Friday 20th March will be a day of relaxation leading into the weekend for many. However, for over half of us in Year 8, it will be something different entirely; we will be experiencing homelessness. We will be wearing beanies and jackets, having a dinner of soup and sleeping outside on the school’s grounds in…