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During Half Term 46 pupils from Benedict House Preparatory School, Crown House Preparatory School and Griffin House School (all Chatsworth Schools) travelled out to Ponte di Legno Ski Resort for an exciting school ski trip, accompanied by 6 teachers. The children had a fabulous time with lots of fresh snow, ski school, ice skating, and evening […]

Last Friday, our Early Years unit celebrated the start of the Chinese New Year, the year of the rat. Amongst the activities we made a 3D dragon head, practised using chopsticks, made ‘bamboo’ books and Chinese lanterns. The children enjoyed watching videos of people celebrating this event both here in the UK and in China.

On Friday 24th January, we went to the Victorian Museum in Reading. First, we met Richard and went upstairs. He put on a hat and went back in time and became Joseph, the Head Gardener at the Nethercott’s house. We then got to dress up as different workers – laundry maids, a chimney sweep, footmen, fire

Last week was a wonderful musical week at Griffin House. The Music Concert on Monday was a marvellous illustration of the ability, confidence and enthusiasm for music at school and on Thursday, the choir (and some very excited staff & parents ) had the most incredible afternoon at the Voice in a Million concert. To

Last Friday, Form IV had a fantastic time visiting the Science Museum in London! We explored the ground floor first and enjoyed finding out how inventions and developments in technology have changed our world. It was then time for us to watch a science show called ‘Live Wire’, which was focused on one of our

On Monday, Form IV shared what we have been learning about in history – the amazing Anglo-Saxons! The children delivered their lines beautifully and gave a fantastic performance. They told the story of Anglo-Saxon Britain from start to finish and enjoyed acting out the key battles! We also shared some interesting facts, such as how to identify

On Monday our Music Captain, Jessie did a magnificent job of presenting our spring term concert. With over 40 children performing on piano, voice, guitar, drums and as part of the Griffin House choir it was a marvellous event showcasing not only the musical ability of the pupils, but also the enthusiasm, enjoyment and confidence

In our recent ICT lessons, we have been consolidating our mouse and keyboard skills through the use of a simple arts package. Trying to re-create the art work of the highly underrated artist, Timothy Maynard Walford, the children have been learning and practising various skills and techniques such as selecting shapes, brushes, colours, dragging and

On Monday 14th January, Forms III & IV had a football match against Princes Risborough School. The match began and Risborough were attacking but then Ben K. did a beautiful tackle and then cleared the ball to the wing and we were on a counter attack and Muhammed passed it to Harry B. and he scored

Reception have been thinking about the changing seasons this week so after reading some stories set in winter, we decided to go on a winter walk to see what clues we could find. The children were keen to explore around school with their magnifying glasses and camera. We also used our ears to listen, our