On Monday 17 June, Cranleigh Prep ran a cross-curricular day celebrating space. The Great Space Day as its working title became, turned out to be a Super Space Day. From 8am to almost 6pm, everywhere you went someone was involved in a space themed activity. The Form 5s and 6s ...read more →
York, May 2019 will long be remembered by Form 5; for they came, they saw, they did a little sightseeing and then they had to sit an exam! ‘Why did they have to go and ruin the trip with an exam?’ was the common cry of Form 5 when they ...read more →
Form 4 have been visiting Cranleigh village this week to carry out observations and surveys relating to their current study of Settlement. In glorious summer sunshine, we were able to observe the settlement at close hand; considering the settlement pattern and the threshold of the services that we find in ...read more →
A huge congratulations to all the members of our scholarship class, 6B. Their results were outstanding; four candidates were awarded Academic Scholarships and one was awarded an Academic Exhibition. Toby Batchelor, Master of Scholars, says “Competition is always fierce but the academic journey that ALL the pupils undertook was attacked ...read more →
Form 2 scientists enjoyed glorious weather for their school trip to the Lookout Centre in Bracknell. The centre offers the children the opportunity for scientific exploration and they were able to work independently or in groups on problem solving activities. When they weren’t trying to launch a rocket or watch ...read more →
Hundreds of young readers from across the South East gathered together for a celebration of children’s fiction at the Awesome Book Awards 2019 prize-giving. Tamsin Winter won the top prize this year for her first novel Being Miss Nobody. “Reading is the best thing you can do for your brain but ...read more →
On Tuesday 2nd April, during the Easter holidays, six budding Design and Technologists ventured to London to the Institute of Engineering and Technology for EngFest 2019, accompanied by Khan Brewer, Head of Design. The day was packed with activities, exhibitions and lectures. Max McMurdo discussed his life as a Designer, ...read more →
A group of Upper School pupils dazzled Mrs Schutte and Miss Hopkinson with the superb poetry and prose they wrote during the Easter writing trip to North Wales. The sun shone brightly over the 12 children as they enjoyed workshop sessions and 1:1 tutorials from talented author, Andy Seed, and ...read more →
Form 3 have been learning about all about chocolate in their Humanities lessons this term. They’ve explored where in the world the cocoa bean is grown, learnt about Ghana, cocoa production and Fairtrade. Their eagerly anticipated Chocolate Talk took place on Thursday when they welcomed local Fairtrade chocolatier, Joanna Marshall, ...read more →
World Book Day was celebrated with huge excitement here on Saturday. One of the highlights of the day was a visit from Joseph Coelho, who inspired the children with his breath-taking poetry and compelling stories from his books Overheard in a Tower Block and A Poem for All Seasons. Upper ...read more →
