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We had a fabulous day when we all celebrated French Day on 18 March. Pre Prep and Junior School learnt a song and had a French assembly. Middle and Senior School year groups performed a song each. Year 8 went to perform their song to Junior School and Pre Prep. There were lots of competitions…

As part of our final assembly in the Pre Prep and Junior School, the remaining boys and staff enjoyed seeing who were the winners of the Company Tokens and Quarter Pluses. The Easter Colouring Competition winners were also awarded their prizes by Mr Piercy. The boys also wore their Easter Hats which we made and…

This year’s Year 6 production, ‘The Rise and Fall of the Trunchbull’ may have been unavoidably postponed, but Year 6 boys enjoyed sharing a taster of some of the scenes and songs to a Year 5 audience this week and are looking forward to sharing a full performance from a full cast to a full…

Amidst everything the UKMT maths challenge Intermediate Round 2 went ahead!  Boys in years 5 and 6 have qualified for the Grey Kangaroo which is an amazing achievement for a paper aimed at years 10 and 11! Mrs Yeats-Brown

The boys in the Junior School and Pre-prep had a lovely week celebrating ‘Our Diverse Planet’ for Science Week. Lots of activities and investigations went on from playing “What’s in the box” and in ICT using the CBeebies Science Quiz/Game in Diversity (Reception), stories about Hazel the Hen exploring different parts of planet Earth (Year…

The Under 11 swimming team made their way to Margate on Saturday 14 March to compete in the Kent Schools’ Swimming Championships. This competition is open to any school in the county with pupils aged under 11. Races were held in both individual races over 50 metres as well as a 4 x 25m medley…

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Although the hockey season was shortened, hockey at The New Beacon goes from strength to strength with the U11’s winning and the U13’s coming 3rd in these tournaments. U11 Boys: Winners Cup – The New Beacon Runners Up Cup – Windlesham House Winners Place – Ardingly Runners Up Plate – Royal Russell U13 Boys Winners…

The winner of the Spring 2020 Everitt Cup is Nelson; Wellington the 4 time consecutive holders of the trophy have been dethroned! This is Nelson’s 2nd win, the last was in Summer 2018, congratulations to all. The results were as follows: 1st Nelson – 524, 2nd Drake – 521, 3rd Marlborough and 4th Wellington. The…

I am pleased to report that after two valiant attempts the school has on this third occasion been successful in regaining the Hammond Cup. The winning team this term scored 379 ex 400 which is 3 points higher than our last winning score, however our record of 383 from Christmas 2018 remains. The 4 boys…