Senior School 14 Jan 22

Headmaster’s Headlines – 14.01.22

It is a stunning afternoon here at School. The School site looks beautiful today, bathed in sunshine with hardly a cloud in the sky. Sunrises and sunsets have also been breath taking; I wonder how many more days we can have like this as the winter progresses.

Sixth Form 14 Jan 22

Head of School Speech

During the Headmaster's Assembly today, Katherine Sawyer (Upper Sixth) delivered her Head of School speech, which you can read below.

Sixth Form 7 Jan 22

Head of School Speech

During the Headmaster's Assembly today Theodore Dransfield (Upper Sixth) delivered his Head of School speech, which you can read below.

Senior School 7 Jan 22

Indoor Hockey Success

Over the Christmas break, several of our pupils competed at the Indoor Hockey UK Championships. This is a tournament ran independently of England Hockey, aiming to give more athletes a taste of Indoor Hockey, in a highly competitive environment.

World Book Day March 2022

4th Mar 2022
Prep School

Where’s Wally? And Hermione? Or Fagin, Thing and Alice? Well, they, and many more book characters, were right here at SVPS!

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Tilly C – Prefect Piece

4th Mar 2022
Prep School

Tilly C (Year 6) speaks in her Prefect Piece about her recently discovered love for drawing with charcoal. I had only recently discovered drawing with charcoal, which I love, when I got some chalk pastels for Christmas.

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Weather Working Wall

4th Mar 2022
Prep School

In Humanities, our Year 3 children are creating a working wall to support their Weather and Climate topic. They have identified the continents and become aware of the significance of the equator and the tropics.

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Collaged Characters

4th Mar 2022
Prep School

Having previously drawn self-portraits that reflected their likeness through perfect facial feature proportions and shading to enhance 3D realism, our Year 4 children have made a move towards the surreal.

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Deputy Head’s Lines – 04.03.22

4th Mar 2022
Prep School

Each half of term at SVPS starts with a now-familiar pattern. On the first day back, in assembly, I always talk to the children about our new pair of Learning Powers and when I speak to the children about what these Learning Powers look like, I always try to give some examples, to illustrate how they might look in the real world.

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U10 Rugby Festival 2022

4th Mar 2022

On Friday 25th February, SVS hosted the annual U10 seven-a-side Rugby festival that saw eight local schools take part in a hotly contested set of matches.

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Head’s Lines – 25th February 2022

25th Feb 2022
Prep School

This half term, we are focusing on the Learning Powers of Flexibility and Collaboration and I am sure we will have many opportunities to hone these skills, given how many exciting opportunities and events are taking place over the course of the next month or so. 

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Curiosity Day Lent Term 2022

25th Feb 2022
Prep School

Curiosity Day this term took the theme of World Inventors' Day and Innovation. All children from Reception to Year 6 took part in a range of exciting and challenging activities throughout the day.

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