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On Thursday 4th December the children went Christmas shopping in our school hall! The hall was transformed into a marvellous shopping market, thanks to the hard work of the PFA. The children all had a fantastic time purchasing their gifts for family, friends and of course themselves. It was fabulous to see the children interacting with adults other than their own family and friends’ parents, in a safe, controlled environment. The children were learning how to manage money, how to calculate change and how to make choices for themselves. It was wonderful to see the children choosing gifts, with help [...]

It was wonderful to welcome our entire school community to our annual Christmas Service of Praise and Thanksgiving in Brentwood Cathedral. It began with a solo sung by Jasmine, giving a spine tingling start to our Christingle. Our school orchestra filled the Cathedral with music as the children sang, danced, read and behaved brilliantly. We were all very proud of them. The children in the Pre-Prep department formed their Nativity tableau bringing gasps of delight to the congregation and everyone felt Christmas had really begun. Thank you for all your donations in the collecting candles we will let you know [...]

On Friday 28th November we had two children from Upper Two who took part in the National Swimming Gala, which was held in the London Aquatic Centre. They were both excited and nervous but swam very well in their races, one finishing sixth place in the 50m breaststroke and 7th in the medley 200m relay race. Another child came sixth in the front crawl 200m relay race. A big congratulations to both children for making the county swimming team.

Lower One presented their first assembly as junior students on Wednesday. They did a fantastic job of explaining the four main British Values and their importance with a message that ‘Everyone is different and that is something that should be celebrated.’ Well done Lower One! 

The school is thrilled to announced that we have our third national art winner in just two years! A member of the Reception class gained a first place award in the 2D Individual EYFS Category with his amazing dinosaur painting. Well done!

Lower One had the opportunity to immerse themselves in all things ‘Stone Age’ with a historical experience day. As well as making a brilliant effort and dressing up as ‘cave people’, they were able to learn survival skills such as; catching (magnetic) fish, complete comprehensive quizzes where they moved around the room to find the clues, explored interesting artefacts, worked together to ‘build’ Stonehenge and learnt some great facts about this fantastic era!

Anti-Bullying Week 2025 took place from Monday 10th - Friday 14th November with the theme ‘Power for Good’. We began the week with the children coming to school wearing odd socks, highlighted we are all different and unique! Lower Two children delivered a whole school assembly based on the Anti-Bullying theme for this year. The week progressed with the children from the pre-prep, infants and juniors participating in age-appropriate anti-bullying workshops. Finally, every child within the school was issued our U.P.S. ‘Child Friendly Anti-Bullying Policy’. The themed week portrayed a powerful message whilst having fun and enjoyed by all within our school community.  

On Tuesday, Upper One marked the Armistice with their class assembly. They led the school and their parents in a thoughtful reflection upon the significance of this date for everyone. It was a moving assembly that gave us an insight into the history of children’s individual families. As is fitting, during the assembly two minutes silence was observed.

On Monday 3rd November, our school took four teams across to Woodlands Hutton school for an ISA Cross Country Relay Competition. The teams were mixed and all the children ran extremely well, trying their hardest throughout and consequently, were delighted with the results they achieved. Our U11’s girls’ team came 1st, U11’s boys’ team finished in 2nd placed, U9’s girls’ team came 4th and the U9’s boys’ team achieved to come 2nd place.   The children were amazing and their hard work and determination has paid off. Well done.  

Canon John Harvey visited school today to celebrate mass for the Feast of our school’s Patron Saint, St Ursula. The children in Lower Two led our liturgy, reading, serving and singing beautifully. During his homily Fr John recounted the story of St Ursula and her friends and their unfailing faith. He focused on God’s love and protection of us all and reiterated the Gospel’s message: ‘Do not be afraid!” Thank you to Lower Two and all of the members of staff who made today’s mass such a special event, it was lovely to see so many parents, grandparents and friends [...]