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MESTival at St Swithun’s Winchester celebrates maths, engineering, science and technology
The pinny is a key component of Godolphin Prep’s school uniform
PINNY CEREMONY
One of the rites of passage at Godolphin Prep is the red pinafore that pupils wear daily, known as the ‘pinny’. As pupils leave Godolphin Prep and enter their first year of Godolphin’s senior school, they
replace their red pinny with a blue one - this is presented to them at a ‘Pinny Ceremony’ at the start of their first term. The third type of pinny is a pink one that girls are presented with to wear on their birthday. www.godolphin.org
Leehurst Swan pupils travelled to Belgium to tour WWI battlefields
ST SWITHUN’S HOSTS MESTIVAL VISIT TO THE BATTLEFIELDS OF WWI
In July, Leehurst Swan students travelled to Belgium for a visit to the various battlefields and war cemeteries in and around the Ypres Salient, which is the area around Ypres in Belgium that was the scene of some of the biggest battles in World War I. The day finished with three pupils laying a wreath during the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing. Menin Gate is dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown. www.leehurstswan.org.uk
Pupils and staff at St Swithun’s School in Winchester hosted MESTival, a festival of maths, engineering, science and technology that attracted over 1,000 students and teachers from primary and secondary schools across Hampshire. MESTival is the first festival of its kind to provide young people with an insight into STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Students could explore 3-D printing, virtual reality headsets and flight simulators, talk to apprentices, new graduates and university professors. Outside, the sound of drumming emanated from one STEMzone, mixed in with the cries of students zorbing around the back field. Inside, small groups could be seen talking to science writers, computer programmers and airline pilots. www.stswithuns.com/MESTival w www.mediaclash.co.uk I SALISBURY LIFE I 15