Category: Upper School News
Our Spring Term Head Boy, James
Starting his term as Head Boy during Remote Learning, this was James’ message to the Dulwich Prep community. We chatted to James during Children’s Mental Health Week, the theme this year being ‘Express Yourself’. Read on to find out more about James and to see why we are so proud to have him as…
DPL Model Challenge
On the last Friday of half term, boys in Middle and Upper School were encouraged to take part in the first-ever Tribe Model competition. The aim was to recreate part, or all, of the school in either a 2D or 3D format. The final pieces submitted by the end of the February break exceeded all…
Remarkable Success – Year 6 and Year 8 Offers Announced
With the majority of senior school results now known in Year 6 and Year 8, we are, once again, thrilled with the results. Despite the challenges of this assessment season, the boys have achieved remarkable success. “I hope the boys know how proud we are of them and that their experience will stand them in…
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 sports…
Green Screening at the Prep
Boys in the Year 7 Creative Drama Rotation have been experimenting this month with the use of the green screen. They have been editing and putting together their own short films. For the Year 7 Drama Rotation, the boys worked on a Docudrama/Documentary where they filmed and edited a Corona-themed piece of Docudrama that they…
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…