Month: October 2021

Please note the links are in the titles. COMMON SENSE MEDIA Highly recommended! If your child asks you if they can use an app, or if you discover an app on their device that you don’t recognise, it is worth looking it up on Common Sense Media.  Common Sense Media will tell you what the…

The boys in Year 7 and 8 will be sitting examinations for academic subjects in the week beginning 8 November, carried out over four days.  Please be advised that revision material has been placed into Microsoft Teams and the boys will be able to access material using their office 365 login. There is a team…

All of the children at The New Beacon have been busy making their Christmas card designs, these will come home before half term (please encourage the older boys to show you their card design). They will have with them a leaflet explaining how you can order these to be produced into Christmas Cards. Orders must…

Tuesday, 9 November 2021 We will be holding a book fair for Nursery, Pre-Prep and Junior School children in The Studio on Tuesday, 9th November.  It is an ideal opportunity for the children to discuss reading with their teachers and choose books together that are appropriate for their age and interests.  The children will then…

Wednesday, 3 November 2021 Year 4 will be taking part in an Ancient Egyptian Workshop to support their history work. They will have the opportunity to take part in a number of activities, which will include finding out more about the river Nile, pyramids, the Afterlife, pharaohs and gods. This workshop will run throughout the…

Nursery ~ Year 4 On Thursday 4 November, children from Nursery to Year Four will be participating in a Bollywood Dance workshop to celebrate Diwali!   They will be learning all about this Hindu festival and practising some Bollywood dance moves. Children may wear their traditional clothing for this occasion if they would like to.  There…

Pre-Prep and Junior School  Thank you all for all your help with our suggested country walk with your boys to identify the leaves, trunks and nuts from The Oak (acorns) the Beech tree (beech nuts) the Horse Chestnut (conkers) and the sweet Chestnut (chestnuts).  My thanks too for all the photographs you took on your…

Details regarding ordering your photographs online from Imago will reach you shortly. Provisional Order-By Date: Parents are offered a free delivery if they place their order by 4 November.  There will be a delivery charge for all orders placed after this date. Provisional Delivery: All orders that were placed before the order-by date will be delivered…

Thursday, 14 October 2021 We have arranged a class trip to Pumpkin Moon, Maidstone on Thursday, 14 October. We went there last year and can confirm that it has very high standards of safety and hygiene and we know that everything will be done to ensure the boys have an enjoyable and safe visit. Do…

For those parents with sons registered for Tonbridge, the school will have written to you recently confirming the date and time of your son’s visit – there are two groups attending Tonbridge next week. As the interview session starts at 2:00pm, parents are welcome to collect their sons between 1:00pm and 1:15pm (after lunch) on…