Head’s Blog

#laptoplibrary – Providing Online Education for All The New Beacon is delighted to be able to assist in this brilliant local initiative by Fine Tuned Tech, Sevenoaks, repurposing donated laptops and PCs and delivering them to families in the local community who would otherwise be unable to access online education. Please do take a moment…

Mr Swann did a lovely Christingle Service for the PP and JS boys last Friday and encouraged them all to be a light for the people around them, just as Jesus is the light of our world. The boys were encouraged to make Christingles at home and many boys took up this challenge. Here are…

The boys in Reception have made an Ice Sun Catcher.  They collected items from the garden; different coloured leaves, twigs, berries and petals, etc and then placed them nicely into a container.  Then they covered their items with water and left it outside, and waited for a frost.  When it was cold enough, they found that the results were beautiful!    Here you can see Reception’s examples.   

Only a light dusting, but a beautiful frost, creating some dazzling shapes.

The New Beacon presents Slade’s anthemic hit ‘Merry Christmas Everybody‘. With over 200 singers, 17 soloists, staff and pupils, young and old, The New Beacon community came together to record a Christmas classic. Please share with your friends far and wide. Merry Christmas Everybody

The New Beacon Carol Service  from St George’s Chapel with the Chapel Choir, and with pre-recorded carols involving the whole of the middle and senior schools.    

Please follow the links belows to see the Pre-Prep and Junior School Nativities. Reception Nativity Year 1 and Year 2 Nativity 2020 Year 3 & Year 4 Nativity 2020

Thank you to Leandra and her team at Holroyd Howe for preparing and serving such a wonderful Christmas lunch, which all the children and staff thoroughly enjoyed!  

There was a great deal of competition amongst the staff this year to win the prize for the best Christmas Jumper 2020….and the Winner is JAMES WALKLING! Check out a selection of our spectacular staff Christmas jumpers below:  

It’s been a crazy Christmas week at The New Beacon – follow our Facebook page for even more exciting Christmas events. Please follow this FB video link to see which special group of visitors came to visit the Pre Prep!