Events newsletter - February-March 2018

All children will be able to dress up as a book character of their choice and celebrate World Book Day with their Dame Bradbury's peers.

Year One will travel to Saffron Walden and enjoy a range of book themed activities at Dame B's.

Year Two will host a celebration at the City site for their Dame B's friends, where we look forward to welcoming Polly Faber (alumna of Perse School for Girls) who will talk to the children about her 'Mango and Bambang' series. She will be accompanied by Clara Vulliamy (daughter of Shirley Hughes) who illustrates the 'Mango and Bambang'. 

During this experience the children will be visiting the Whipple Museum, Cambridge to explore and understand the science behind light and shadows. The children will look at a range of scientific artefacts and learn how scientists, doctors and mathematicians have helped us in the past.

The children will need to have a waterproof coat as they will need to walk from the coach or City site.

Parents will have the opportunity to watch a co-ordinated gymnastics display in the hall:

• 12 March - City Y1 at 1.40pm
• 13 March - City Y2 at 1.40pm  
• 20 March - Madingley Y1 at 2.30pm
• 21 March - Madingley Y2 at 2.30pm

Each child will showcase a sequence they have prepared demonstrating the gymnastics skills they have learnt. The children will also perform a conditioned movement phrase as a whole class.

Year 3 set out for Hazard Alley in Milton Keynes to learn about how to keep safe in today’s world.

Year 4 pupils from Junior School and Dame Bradbury’s will meet up at the Junior School for a ‘Space Mission’.

Year 6 pupils from both schools will experience a ‘World War 2 evacuation day’ together at Dame Bradbury’s.

Year 6 pupils will be wearing period costume.

Not to be outdone, Year 5 also wearing period costume, will go off timetable with a Tudor Day at Burghley House near Stamford on Wednesday 28 February.

All Junior School pupils are encouraged to come to school dressed as a book character of their choice.  

We look forward to welcoming Polly Faber, alumna of Perse School for Girls, who will talk to Years 3 & 4 about her 'Mango and Bambang' series. She will be accompanied by Clara Vulliamy (daughter of Shirley Hughes) who illustrates the 'Mango and Bambang'. 

Year 4 pupils are looking forward to extending their knowledge and understanding of life in Antarctica when they visit the Scott Polar Museum. 4Alpha will be going along to the museum on Friday 2 March and 4A on Friday 9 March.

Year 6 pupils are looking forward to their spring trips to the Foundation Nature Reserve this week.

Students from the Junior School and Senior School will perform gymnastics and dance routines that they have been practising in PE lessons and club sessions over the last term. 

This year's Junior School Integrated Learning Project will be focusing on the Foundation's Learning Wheel, with an emphasis on historical knowledge and understanding. This looks set to being an exciting week, during which Junior School pupils will have the opportunity to delve into a variety of activities, explore historical establishments on our own door step and meet a panel of experts.

Year 5 pupils are working very hard towards their drama production of 'Pirates Of The Curry Bean' by Craig Hawes.

This lively musical will be performed in the Senior School Hall at 18:30 on Tuesday 27 March. Tickets will shortly be available from the Junior School Office.

The librarians will be launching our Spring Reading Challenge. The theme they have chosen this year is ‘A World of Words’. We would like everyone at Dame B’s - and their parents, grannies, cats and gerbils etc -  to join in the fun and read as wide a range of text types as possible. The librarians will be working hard to design certificates to award at the start of the summer term. We will be running a poster competition too, which will be open to any member of Dame B’s, from the Kindergarden to Year 6.

All children will be able to dress up as a book character of their choice and celebrate World Book Day with their Junior School peers.

Year One will host a celebration at Dame B's for their Junior School friends.

Year Two will travel to Cambridge and enjoy a range of book themed activities at the Junior School, including a highly anticipated visit from Polly Faber (alumna of Perse School for Girls) who will talk to the children about her 'Mango and Bambang' series. She will be accompanied by Clara Vulliamy (daughter of Shirley Hughes) who illustrates the 'Mango and Bambang'. 

We are delighted to be visiting the Stephen Perse Junior School for a Year 4 ‘Collaborative Learning Day’. This will involve Year 4 children from both schools spending a day at the Junior School focusing on thinking skills and decision-making activities.

Our Year 6 pupils will be joined by their counterparts from the Junior School to experience some aspects of what it would have been like to be a WW2 evacuee. Dressed in role, they will share activities including making toys, doing some “no-cook cooking”, and finding a new use for our PE shed!

Some Year 6 pupils are working towards the 2018 Science Investigative Competition, which culminates in an exciting finale with students from the Junior School on Friday 9 March.

We wish the teams from both schools all the best as they decide how to tackle their investigative research projects!

An opportunity for parents and friends to come and watch year 10 perform extract from ‘Girls like that’ by Evan Placey and ‘Blue Remembered Hills’  by Dennis Potter. Refreshments will be served from 4.45pm. Please note: some of the material is not suitable for younger children. 

After success at the regional Big Bang STEM event, two teams from Year 9 and Year 12 have been invited to present their projects at the Big Bang Fair National Finals! Read more here.

Students from the Junior School and Senior School will perform gymnastics and dance routines that they have been practising in PE lessons and club sessions over the last term.

Year 9 & 10 drama  production of ‘The Tempest’ - with live music and original choreography. Costumes and set created by members of Backstage Club. Not to be missed! Tickets on sale soon.

More information to follow.

Our partnership with the Collège la Providence in Rouen has been going strong for the past two decades, and this year’s trip once again should provide great linguistic and cultural opportunities for all involved.

The outbound trip will depart on Saturday 24 March and we will return on Good Friday, 30 March.

Calling all singers - particularly tenors and basses!

The Spring Concert in West Road Concert Hall on Monday 26 March will include a performance by our massed choirs of John Rutter's Feel the Spirit, an extensive work for choir and orchestra. Parents who are experienced singers would be most welcome to join, with a particular need for tenors and basses. Please contact Mr Rudd if you would be available to sing (mr@stephenperse.com). We will provisionally schedule a full rehearsal for the afternoon of Sunday 25 March, but can make copies of the music and recordings available immediately.

A presentation explaining the banks roles and resposibilities in an accessible, imaginative and entertaining way. The presentation explains why low inflation and a safe and stable financial system matter to the UK economy.

John is the co founder of INKLE, a Cambridge based video game company. His game ‘80 days’ won the BAFTA for game of the year and was ‘TIME’ magazine game of the year. More information to follow.

After success at the regional Big Bang STEM event, two teams from Year 9 and Year 12 have been invited to present their projects at the Big Bang Fair National Finals! Read more here.

An opportunity to listen to Professor Hamid Sabourian, a fellow of Kings College Cambridge, talk on “The power of theory in Economics and Social Sciences: Coordination, Herd Behaviour and Trust". More information to follow.

We are proud to host the first high school level MUN in Cambridge, organised by our sixth formers. With participants from Serbia, Turkey, Portugal, Italy and many more countries, the competition is high, hence the conference is bound to be prestigious and unique. The theme of the conference is 'Hostility Towards Globalisation', chosen to fit the political landscape at the time of the conference. 

An exhibition showing off the talents of our IB Visual Art students.