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Scholarship news
Well done to the following pupils: Yuliya Yarmolyuk , who has been awarded an Art Scholarship to Woldingham Yolanda Gumpo, who has been awarded a Music Scholarship to Seaford College Oli Tipple, who has been awarded a Music and Sports Scholarship to Hurst Prep Laura Tipple, who has been awarded a top music scholarship to [...]
Richard Foster joins BSA Executive Committee
Richard Foster was recently put forward for the role of IAPS Boarding Representative on the Boarding Schools Association (BSA) Executive Committee. We are delighted to announce that the IAPS Council have just confirmed that he is to be the next IAPS representative. It is a great honour for Richard and indeed for Windlesham.
World Awareness Week
Last week, pupils and staff at Windlesham House School played their part in making a difference as they took part in their sixth annual World Awareness Week raising awareness and vital funds for charities supporting vulnerable children around the world. The week featured a packed programme of special events and speakers visiting the school. The [...]
Chinese New Year celebrations
The Year of the Dragon! To celebrate the Chinese New Year, a group of our Mandarin speakers went to Roedean school on Monday. We were treated to a delicious Chinese lunch complete with fortune cookies, and then went to the theatre to perform some speeches and songs. Our Windlesham team came first in the Mandarin [...]
Pre-prep Open Morning on Wednesday 14th March
We are holding an open morning for Windlesham pre-prep on Wednesday 14th March from 9.30am to 11.30am. Come and see what Windlesham has to offer you and your family. R.S.V.P. to Lucy Thornton: lthornton@windlesham.com
Windlesham featured in Prep School magazine
Windlesham’s walled garden features on the front cover of Prep School magazine’s Spring Issue with a full write up on page 73. Read the article at www.prepschoolmag.co.uk
Open Morning on Saturday 25th February
We are holding an open morning on Saturday 25th February from 10am to 12pm. Come and see what Windlesham has to offer you and your family. R.S.V.P. to Lucy Thornton: lthornton@windlesham.com
The first debate of 2012- A Royal Flush
The first debate of 2012 got underway in the MFT Theatre on Sunday evening, 15th January. The motion was: ‘This House believes that the British monarchy should become a republic’. After the rules for debate were highlighted the first speaker for the Proposition, Minna Howorth, rose to make the first of six speeches from the [...]
Music Scholars’ Evening
On Tuesday night a group of our aspiring Music Scholars took part in a workshop given by Mr Sandy Chenery, Director of Music at Brighton College and Mr Neil Carter, Head of Brass and Woodwind at Brighton College. Both Mr Chenery and Mr Carter worked with pupils who performed on their instruments and discussed questions [...]
Windlesham triumphs in Chess Tournament
Windlesham’s chess team made the best possible start to 2012 by winning the Brambletye prep schools tournament. In a field of six strong chess-playing schools, the victory was particularly pleasing! Rory Law had an outstanding afternoon, winning all four matches whilst neither Otto Pyper nor Hamish Milne-Skillman lost a match either, just drawing a few [...]
Windlesham Scoops Prestigious Award
Windlesham House School scooped the prestigious Outstanding Community Initiative award at the Independent School Awards 2011. The judges described the school’s Odyssey weekend as “inspiring”, “amazing” and “spectacular”. The category was very closely contested, but the judges were unanimous in choosing Windlesham for this particular award. Around 300 guests from among the cream of the [...]
ITV Meridian visit Windlesham
Click below to watch the clip ITV Meridian at the Windlesham Walled Garden
WINDLESHAM WINS!
On Sunday 16th October 2011 six intrepid Seniors set off to north to compete against eight other prep schools in the Marlborough College Debating Day. After a workshop and lunch, the six were put to the task of preparing, with only 15 minutes notice, two speeches for the grand debate. Otto Pyper was to be [...]
Richard Foster interviewed on BBC Radio Sussex
Listen to: Walled Garden BBC Sussex27.9.11
Windlesham Family Safari
The Foster’s Family Safari Party to Kenya all returned safe and sound on Sunday 31st July after their 16 day holiday. From all accounts the trip was a resounding success; many of the party have described it as being the holiday of a life time, it was certainly a never to be forgotten experience being [...]
Windlesham House School Triumphs at UK National Mandarin Reading Competition
As Chinese Premier, Wen Jia Bao, shook hands with UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, British education could be at the forefront of a new era in Sino British relations. UK schools are blazing a trail when it comes to learning the world’s most spoken language. Windlesham House pupils are leading the way, triumphing at the [...]
2011 Champions of the IAPS Golf Championship
Windlesham became champions of the IAPS Golf Championship, an annual tournament held this year on Friday 10th June at the prestigious Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club. The venue has hosted 10 Opens, 2 Ryder Cups and will be hosting the British Open next year. Over 90 children from prep schools all over the [...]
A fun day at the 2011 WINDLESHAM CHALLENGE
Windlesham House School hosted its annual Windlesham Challenge on Thursday 12th May, 2011. Over 100 children from 13 schools, from Sussex and London, competed against each other in four Challenges – ICT, Technology, Science plus three outdoor tasks. It was a fabulous day and enjoyed by all the children and staff, culminating in, “Professor Butlin’s [...]
Windlesham 2011 – ISI Report
We are delighted to published our latest ISI Report following last term’s inspection.
Windlesham win U13 Rugby 7s Tournament for the first time in 27 years!
Windlesham sport blossomed in superb conditions on Tuesday, March 8th, as the boys won our own U13 Rugby 7s Tournament for the first time in 27 years and the girls were runners’ up in the Hockey 7s, following some gritty performances in the early rounds. There were 18 schools represented in the rugby and 12 [...]
Harry Fenn – Film Premiere
Harry Fenn, who left Windlesham last summer, was to be seen on the red carpet last night, 14th February, at the premiere of the new film , Coriolanus, at the 61st Berlin Film Festival! Harry was delighted, as were we all at Windlesham in the Spring of 2010, when Harry learned he had been offered [...]
Minister for Children, Mr Timothy Loughton, opened conference to launch new United Nations initiative to 250 school pupils and staff from across the South East at Windlesham House School on Friday 11th February
Windlesham was delighted to host a Youth Conference, on Friday 11th February, which launched a new United Nations initiative for schools. Minister for Children and Families, Mr Timothy Loughton, opened the event and Mr Steve Chalke, Special Advisor to the United Nations gave details of the ground-breaking initiative. The response to the conference, which was [...]
World Awareness Week
We have a packed programme of events lined up for our annual World Awareness Week which will run from Monday 7th to Friday 11th February. We will launch the week with our ‘Make A Difference Day’ on Monday 7th February, as we enjoy the privilege of dressing differently in a top linked to any country. [...]
Scholars in Wonderland
On Tuesday 25th January our eleven potential drama scholars accompanied by Mrs Jenkins went to ‘The Space’ at Steyning Grammar school to watch the Oxfordshire Theatre Company’s new version of ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ written by Neil Duffield. Set ‘end-on’ with only three players, original songs and some puppetry, this was a challenging and intriguing theatrical [...]
How the Romans Lived – An Exhibition by the 3′s at Windlesham House School
Now showing in the library, the 3′s at Windlesham have brought the Roman Empire back to life by putting on a sensational exhibition about Roman houses. Having researched the Roman town house – or ‘domus’ to give its Latin name – some children produced detailed, three dimensional, scale models to show how Roman houses would [...]
Reports
World Awareness Week
Last week, pupils and staff at Windlesham House School played their part in making a difference as they took part in their sixth annual World Awareness Week raising awareness and vital funds for charities supporting vulnerable children around the world. The week featured a packed programme of special events and speakers visiting the school. The [...]
The Prince’s Pursuit
The autumn play was a traditional pantomime this year with all the twists and turns you might expect. Simple Simon and Little Bo Peep, played beautifully by Archie Steele and Ellie Whiteside, took the audience on a magical journey as Prince Charming, the dashing Sam Williams, sought to find a wife. The entire cast surpassed [...]
Our Normandy Trip
After an early rise and a long journey we arrived at the Chateau de la Boudonnière. We had a small tour of the Chateau grounds before we had our supper. During the day, we were divided into several groups. There where lots of very enjoyable activities for everyone. The climbing wall was fun and challenging. [...]
Staff v Parents Hockey/ Staff won 2-0
Saturday 28th November 2011 On Saturday afternoon the parents and staff played a very competitive hockey match against each other on Campbell field. The parent’s team was managed by Neil Munn and they played in a very smart white strip. It was fabulous to have David Turner back who kindly umpired the match with Rebecca [...]
Windlesham Act of Remembrance
On Friday 11/11/ 2011, around 11 minutes to 11 o’clock, the Staff and students of Windlesham House (all wearing their poppies) assembled at All Saints’ Chapel in the heart of the school for the annual Act of Remembrance. Mr Foster, the Headmaster, welcomed everyone and explained the sad history of Armistice Day and its evolution [...]
Scholars Take the Lead
For the past two weeks Scholars’ Evening guest speakers have been ladies who launch. At the first meeting of November Mrs Kate Griffiths-Lambeth addressed the members on the concept of business leadership (her credentials were impeccable and she has launched a good many businesses after an impressive legal education at Cambridge). Her talk covered a [...]
Sweeney Todd
On Tuesday 18th October, SG and the Drama scholars went to Chichester Festival Theatre to watch a spine tingling play called Sweeney Todd, written by Stephen Sondheim. It was a little more modern than the original, set in the early twentieth century. The stage setting was interesting to see as we waited for the play [...]
Confucius Leads the Chinese Way
On Wednesday 14th September the All Party Parliamentary China Group (APPCG) hosted the UK Confucius Institutes’ National Conference in Parliament. The Conference was hosted in conjunction with the Confucius Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine (CITCM). The purpose of the conference was to facilitate discussion and an exchange of ideas and best practice about the teaching [...]
Cracking the Code
On Thursday 13th October six children from MJW were very lucky because we went to the Sherborne School for a special Code Cracking DNA day. It was a very interesting and enjoyable day. During this event there were a series of codes to crack in a number of subjects including Maths, Languages, History and Science. [...]
Young Einsteins
I was once again honoured to take Young Einsteins on the last Wednesday before half term with the title, ‘So you want to be the next Shakespeare?’ My intention was to inspire and challenge the children into writing their own stories or plays and judging by the enthusiastic responses and creations – I believe I [...]
Why Classics?
No schoolboy (or girl) of my vintage who ever studied Latin will have forgotten wading through dusty copies of Kennedy’s Latin Primer (invariably defaced to Latin Eater!) Yet the modern world has impacted on the way that the classics are taught and nowhere more so than at Windlesham House. Nowadays pupils are more likely to [...]
Laser Tag
Weekends are always great fun at Windlesham with so many fun and engaging activities on offer. Laser Tag is one of those ‘must do’ activities on the calendar for the children as they queue up excitedly, waiting to enter the ‘Laser Zone’ and do battle against each other. Following a thorough safety briefing sesson, a [...]
Eco-conference
On Thursday 12th of October Mr Nuttall drove six pupils to The Dragon School in Oxford for an Eco-conference. We arrived to hear a talk about the uses of an Oak Tree. We then split into activity groups, Abigail Aitken and Cecelia Nobel did an art activity making a dress from recycled newspapers. Tom Law [...]
Harvest Evensong
On Sunday 9th October the Chapel Choir sang evensong at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the hamlet of Warminghurst. The church which is no longer used for regular worship was beautifully decorated with displays of fresh fruit, flowers and vegetables and provided a stunning setting for evensong. The service was led by the [...]
Piano Day
Lancing Prep Schools Piano Day Tuesday 11th October Our annual visit to Lancing College on Tuesday was a huge success and saw our pupils showcasing their piano prowess to a delighted audience of staff, fellow pupils and parents. After a busy morning of small group classes including Performance Practice, Improvisation, and a visit to the [...]
The Balloon Ablaze
On Sunday 11th September 2011 the seniors of Windlesham assembled in the MFT Theatre to witness the opening of the debating year. Ten celebrities from the past spoke for their lives as they pleaded for the one and only parachute in a plummeting, fiery balloon. Sir Winston Churchill (George Hilton) gave another great war-time address [...]
Cranleigh under 13 Girl’s Hockey Tournament 15th Oct 2011
Team: Emily Baring, Stella Clarke, Lily Margaroli, Gaia Mizzi, Becx Radford, Jemima Spurr, Laura Tipple, Issy Woolvine, Esther Banks, Emma Thornett 1st round: v Highfield 1-0 V Danes Hill: 2-0 V Hurstpierpoint: 1-0 Won through section as winners, played semis against runners up of section 2 Edgeborough :0-3 Play off for 3rd/4th v Highfield :1-2 [...]
‘In the Line of Fire’
On Friday the Ones went to a talk in the M.F.T called ‘In the Line of Fire’ by Captain Garth Banks. We were joined by members of the public who came to support the event. Captain Banks started by showing us a fascinating video portraying the life of a solider in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban. [...]
Windlesham Book Week
The week of the 3rd – 7th October was our annual Windlesham Book Week and this year’s theme was ‘Pirates’. The whole school, including Pre-prep joined in the week’s book related activities commencing with a ‘Pirate Dress Up Day’ on the Monday. It was simply wonderful to see all the costumes in assembly – even [...]
Will Buckley and Will Hoskins visit Windlesham
Footballers at Windlesham were treated to a lively question and answer session with two of the Championship’s up and coming star players from Brighton and Hove Albion. Will Buckley and Will Hoskins were put on the spot with some probing and interesting questions from the excited crowd of games players. Winger, Will Buckley, moved to [...]
Hogwart’s Weekend
On the 8th and 9th of October the boarders were treated to a Hogwart themed weekend at Windlesham and all the activities were based around the Harry Potter books. On Saturday we spent the afternoon making Hedwig owls in the Art room, creating ghostly meringues in the cookery room with Mrs Attwood, competing in a [...]
Transition Visit to Anne of Cleves House
On Tuesday we went to Anne of Cleves House in Lewes. First we did some Drama. We dressed up in Tudor clothes and I dressed up as Anne Boleyn and had my head chopped off by a French executioner. He used a sword not an axe because the sword was sharper and it was a [...]
A Very Special Visitor to the Art Department
On Wednesday September 28th we had a very special visitor to the Art Department. Helen Dean from Bryanston School came to run an art master-class in printmaking with the Ones year group. She also showed pupils examples of GCSE and A level art work which was very inspiring. The children created group pieces of work [...]
Bush Camp
I had an amazing camping trip in the New Forest. It was an incredible experience for all of us to be able to know how to perform first aid. I learnt so much on how to save someone and what to do if someone is having a heart attack. We stayed in the forest with [...]
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