During the Easter holiday four of our Chamber Choir members were hard at work improving their singing. Anna Harding, Josie Harding and Cecilia Beddison were singing in Shrewsbury in the National Children’s Choir and Alice Patterson was performing in Coventry in the National Youth Choir. Their end of course performances ...read more →
On the last day of the Lent term the children joined together to enjoy a wonderful afternoon of music for the House Singing Competition. Despite many tired eyes after a long term, every House rose to the occasion and sang their hearts out. This year’s theme was ‘Our World’ and ...read more →
This year’s annual visit to the Pangbourne Piano Festival was a resounding success. A small group of pupils came from both Cranleigh Prep and Cranleigh Senior Schools with their parents and Head of Piano, Dr Marie Ward. Edward T won the Solo Intermediate class, with Josie H coming runner-up in ...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 →
Last week was another busy week for the Fives playing world with two tournaments in two days. The first tournament was the culmination of the U12 Nationals. Two of our three pairs had come through the qualifying round held previously and qualified for the prestigious Elite tournament. The 32 best ...read more →
Cranleigh Prep School played their first girls’ football fixture on Tuesday. Sixteen Form 3 and 4 girls represented the School in two 7 a-side matches against Parsons Green Prep School. The enthusiasm for the game had been building for a number of weeks and the excitement from both sets of ...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 →
Move over Banksy, there are some new kids on the block… On Wednesday 20th March, over 60 boarders took part in a Graffiti workshop led by a leading provider of Street Art courses. Graffiti guru, Leon, guided the children through the various techniques, from creating ombre blends to stencilling; tagging ...read more →
The Chamber Choir sang with great professionalism and flair this weekend at the Leith Hill Musical Festival. This annual Youth Choirs Competition encourages choirs to perform to each other and to share their love of choral singing. There were five choirs competing in the afternoon session and we were awarded ...read more →
We were treated to a wonderful Informal Drama evening on the Wyatt Hall stage last night by the Middle School LAMDA children, who are about to take their exams next week. The confidence and enjoyment that they showed was second to none. Some performers also displayed real talent and creativity ...read more →
