Small is beautiful

Sunningdale was featured in an article in the Daily Telegraph on Saturday about the advantages of small schools. You can read the article here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationadvice/8538551/Parents-are-choosing-smaller-prep-schools.html

One Week to Go

While many schools are on half term this week, we are full steam ahead in the preparations for Common Entrance which begins on Monday. I think that it is so important that the boys are here this week so that we can continue to help them right up to their exams and make sure that they peak at just the right time.

It's all Greek to me!

What a pleasure it is to see Greek thriving once again at Sunningdale. This morning three boys brought Greek show ups to me. They are really enjoying studying the language and doing very well indeed. This is a great sign of the continuing academic strength at Sunningdale.

Telling the time

Recently, when teaching the time in French, I have discovered that a number of our youngest boys do not know how to tell the time on an analogue clock. They are aware of time but they are so used to seeing the time in a digital format that they have not learnt to read a normal clock. I would encourage all parents of young children to make sure that they have plenty of analogue clocks around at home and to draw children's attention to those clocks on regular occasions.

DT

The boys are loving DT and have made some fantastic projects.

Great Weekend

What a fantastic, action packed weekend!

On Saturday most of the boys were involved in cricket matches against St. Andrew's Pangbourne. The first and second elevens both recorded excellent victories, both sides bowling their opponents out for under a hundred. In the evening, as previously mentioned, a group of boys went over to St. George's, Ascot for a social.

On Sunday, the Mothers and Sons tennis was a great success, helped by the fact that the weather held off, although it was a little breezy! The go-karters raced with daredevil abandon and thoroughly enjoyed themselves (and came back safely!).

In the evening, a large number of parents came to chapel to hear Mr Keith Metcalfe preach in chapel. Mr Metcalfe is the housemaster of Lyon's at Harrow. He delighted the boys by getting them to throw rugby, football and cricket balls around chapel to huge cheers. Certainly a very popular sermon!

Social at St. George's!

Boys on one side - girls on the other! Early days!