OUT OF SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS

Holly, Year 5, competes in a mounted games team (which is a bit like relay stunt racing). The season starts in around March/April time and from then we’re away at competitions every weekend all the way through to August and go all over the country. Holly has just started training for the season ahead with her new pony Twiglet.

Outside of school, I do drama courses at different schools, focusing on musical theatre and acting. In 2019, I did a summer course at the Beck Theatre, which was two weeks of rehearsals in acting, dance and singing. We performed ‘The Wizard of Oz’. In 2021, I did two courses at ‘West End Stage’. In April of 2021, I did the ‘School of Rock Summer Course’, which was all on zoom due to the pandemic, yet we did put together an online performance. (This was also two weeks.) In summer of 2019, I did a West End stage course at Guildhall School of Music and drama. This was one week. I went there every day, and we had lessons in singing, acting, and dance. We put on the show ‘Sleeping Beauty’. Finally, this summer I did a one-week course at Dulwich College in London. I boarded there for a week, and at the end of the week, we put on a show about plastic in the ocean, and the environment as a whole. All of these schools were in London. Charlotte, Fourth Year

At the beginning of April, Layla took part in the European U19 Individual Championships for Squash in Zurich, Switzerland, performing very well. She came into the competition unseeded and knocked out the 9th seed in the tournament. Layla reached 12th place which is a respectable and huge achievement. Well done, Layla! She is also ranked first for U17, ranked top four U19, 4th U19 British Junior Championships, and is a England National squad member.