Category Archives: Academic

We celebrated Science Week 2020; Our Diverse Planet, in style. The children were regaled a host of speakers from subjects as diverse as storms and wild weather, to ancient building techniques, problems and solutions, mental health issues and micro-organisms, hygiene...

Whenever the clouds part to reveal clear skies we zip the telescope out and take a look at the night sky! Early evening is a fabulous time to see Venus! The boys loved to see the constellations of Orion’s Belt, Ursa...

Saturday school in the Science Department is always something a little different! It is a great opportunity to see Science in everyday life. This week the Year 6 boys made bath bombs, complete with colouring and perfume. The combination of...

As part of their topic on castles, B5S went to  Berkhamsted to look at the motte-and bailey-Castle. Mr Moubray took the boys into the bailey where they pretended to be Saxons and had to attack the motte. The boys had...

The academic year’s first Public Speaking event took place shortly after exams with a panel of distinguished Year 8s answering questions as diverse as ever, from choosing a part of the body to lose (toes were popular!), unrequited love and...

We have been celebrating the joy of Mathematics in school this week. In addition to the puzzle set for parents on the Lockers Week, there have been puzzles and problems set for the boys in the Boys’ Hall each day. ...

Last night we held our annual poetry competition and the standard of boys performing was phenomenal. Our judges, Mr Stephen Hoult-Allen the Executive Headteacher of the Blue Tangerine Federation of Schools, Mr William Allen, a Lockers Park Old Boy and...

Our  Year 7s have been learning all about chemical equations with acids and alkalis and how to balance them; Year 8 have been learning about chemical reactions, their favourites were burning magnesium and exploding hydrogen balloons. We have been greatly...

Saturday morning saw Mr Iqbal take 17 Year 8 boys to the River Gade to measure speed by setting paper boats to sail down the river. The boys walked to town with enthusiasm and took to the task like ducks...

Years 3, 4 and 5 made the most of the team building workshop during the first day of optional Saturday school. The focus was on developing communication skills and the boys had to work in groups to solve challenging tasks....