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NEW YORK TRIP

Twenty four girls spent 6 days exploring New York during the Easter Holidays. They saw the views from the top of the Empire State Building, visited Ellis Island, watched a Broadway Show, considered various works of art in the MoMA and the Guggenheim, toured Radio City and Carnegie Hall and shopped till they dropped! A great time was had by all.
‘I thought it was excellent , the best school trip ever! I loved seeing all the Skyscrapers so different from London.’ Molly Edwards Form II pupil
‘I thought it was a great experience, a great last trip. I really enjoyed going shopping on Fifth Avenue and seeing Mary Poppins on Broadway, I would love to go again’ Jennifer Hill Form 5 pupil

‘I really enjoyed going to New York. My favourite thing was the shopping on Fifth Avenue and the Hotel was very nice. I would definitely go again.’ Sophie Drew Form 3 pupil

‘New York was amazing and I’d love to go again. My favourite part was seeing Mary Poppins on Broadway. I’d definitely go again!’ Penny Bielckus Form 2 pupil

‘New York was the BEST TRIP EVER. Seeing Ground Zero showed what really happened, Ellis Island showed the rates of immigration and seeing the breath-taking views from the Empire State building was amazing. Not forgetting all the shopping!’ Rhiannon Pettitt Form 2 pupil
Staff and girls enjoying a shopping break in New York!
‘New York was great. It was one of the best school trips. The whole week was amazing but for me the best parts were shopping and Braodway. Mary Poppins was great she actually could fly!’ Lauren Rixon Form 2 pupil

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Barbeque at Wykeham House

The rain clouds finally dispersed on Thursday 1st May. Bath Lane was still too wet for our Barbeque and sponsored events to raise money for charity - so we decided to go ahead with our Barbeque in the playground and postponed our sponsored events until the better weather.

Wykeham House School is delighted to support the charity KIDS which is for the benefit of young carers in our community.
Gemma and her friends in J2 enjoy the lovely weather and some rather large ice creams!

Dream On

On 26th, 27th, 28th March, the pupils of Wykeham House performed "Dream On". The play is 'loosely' based on William Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.

The girls put on a great show, which was enjoyed by the large audiences made up of the girls' families and Wykeham House staff.

The cast had great fun on stage!

The Rude Mechanicals.

From the left:
Katie Wilson, Victoria Moore, Elizabeth Johnson, Olivia Morris-Soper, Emma Turner and Katie Gwyther

The Mafia
Mr Jones, Natasha Beeby, Mr Robertson

Puck and Oberon
Played by Natasha Beeby and Malaika Evans

The Chorus featuring Carolyn Istepanian, Emily Day, Rhiannon Pettit, Sarah Istepanian

Oberon and Titania played by Malaika Evans and Sophy Ansell

Junior Summer Dress J1 - J4

The Junior Summer Dress is now available for purchase. Please log onto www.schoolblazer.com or click here to go to the School Blazer website.


Additional Science GCSE module

Some of the Form V girls who received excellent results in the Additional Science GCSE module taken in January

Form III Biology lesson

In a III Biology lesson the girls made models of DNA using sweets

Happy Easter from the Girls of Wykeham House

Junior One girls with their Easter Gardens

New Uniform.

Mr Tim James, from ‘Schoolblazer’, gave a very informative presentation about the new school uniform to over 100 parents and girls on Thursday 28th February. If you were unable to attend the presentation you will be able to view his PowerPoint slides by clicking here.

The Junior Summer dress will soon be available for purchase so that girls in Forms J1 to J4 will be able to wear it from the start of the Summer Term. The dress should be worn with the existing jumper, cardigan or sweatshirt, blazer and boater.

Many other samples were available for viewing and the photograph on the right shows you some of the exciting new styles worn by our girls. The new kilt, jumper and blouse (short and long sleeved available) will be for all girls from J1 to Form IV. The Junior Blazer will be for girls up to J4 and the Senior Jacket (in green) for girls from Form I to Form IV. Girls will wear black tights in the winter and either black tights or white socks in the summer. All of these items, along with a windproof jacket and the boaters will be on sale in plenty of time for the start of the Autumn Term 2008.

The girls who modelled the new styles said that they were very comfortable and they looked forward to being able to wear them.

There will be a ‘changeover’ period of one year and all girls will be expected to be wearing the new styles by September 2009.

School blazer will also be selling all the present games kit and school bags but there will be no changeover time for these items, please just purchase new items of sportswear from ‘Schoolblazer’ as needed.

Click here to go to the School Blazer website.

Independent Schools Inspection Report October 2007.

We are delighted that the high standards we achieve in all areas of school life have been recognised and acknowledged in our recent Inspection Report.

In reading the report, you should be aware that, in the judgements they make, inspectors have available to them four standards: outstanding, good, satisfactory and unsatisfactory. To receive a report such as this where every aspect of our work is rated at least 'good' and some aspects 'outstanding' is high praise indeed. The report is a testament to the hard work and commitment of all members of the school community.

As with all inspection reports, this one provides us with 'Next Steps', in which the inspection team recommend further developments in the work of the School. Over the next few months we will give consideration to those recommendations.

To download a copy of the Report please click on the following link; Inspection Report 2007

The Sunday Times Parent Power.

We are delighted to see that Wykeham House has been placed sixth in the Sunday Times listings of top independent schools with no sixth form. This listing reflects our excellent GCSE results last summer with 61% of the grades at A/A*. Please see www.timesonline.co.uk

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