DECLAMATION COMPETITION

The annual Declamation Competition was held in the Prep School at the end of May. Every child participated in the heats and the finalists from each class were put forward to perform in the Farley Hall in front of a large audience of family, friends, teachers and peers.

Touch Typing

Pupils from Forms 5 to 8 are enjoying learning how to ‘touch type’ in classes run by Mrs Vassallo each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday during Reading Rest.

In the Junior competition for Forms 3 to 5, all the children rose to the occasion, and we heard clear, joyful readings from a range of books. Our overall winner was Jacques dT who built tension skilfully and showed great timing. For regular followers of the competition, the result of the annual Dahl vs Walliams vote was a win for Roald Dahl putting him back on top after several disappointing seasons.

For the Forms 6 to 8 competition, the children similarly rose to the occasion and threw themselves into their reading which ranged from the delights of Tolkien to the footballing skills of Ronaldo. Our winner for this competition was Form 6 student Jake D who caught both the judges’ and audience attention with his enthusiastic recitation from Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’.

See Page 35 for our Form 8 residential trip to Letton Hall