The most important parts of the Independence Days are that children are in positions where they need to make choices, to problem solve and feel like they are in real world situations, whilst still having adults around to support them. Form VI’s trip to the Metrobank in Guildford was the epitome of this goal. The children…
On Wednesday, Year 6 finally got to reap all the rewards for their Severus-ly hard work in English and set Pad-foot inside the Harry Potter Warner Brother Studios. On arrival, they were escorted behind locked Dumbledoors to their workshop about ‘Screenplay Stories’, where they learnt about how writers use the written word to convey visual…
On Thursday, Year 5 went to Legoland Windsor. We started our visit with a brilliant workshop run by one of the Lego experts. We made robots which detected motion and movement which was very clever. After our workshop we were amazed by the mini city and particularly enjoyed seeing the NASA building which had a…
Sam B and Thomas S in Form VI represented Longacre at the SATIPS and IAPS skiing competitions held at Hemel Hempstead on Monday. The boys took part in the pre-race training on the Sunday evening for some last minute practice and enjoyed tucking into the hotel buffet breakfast on Monday morning! The first competition was…
We were very lucky to have two British tennis legends visiting Longacre today. James Auckland, former GB Davis Cup player and occasional doubles partner of Andy Murray and Danny Sapsford, former GB Davis Cup player and the founder of the Bright Ideas for Tennis charity, gave a tennis skills masterclass to our senior tennis squad…
The Form IV children enjoyed a fantastic Tudor day on Wednesday. The day started when the children arrived in their Tudor costumes; we had princes and princesses and rich and poor children from Tudor times. The children all looked fantastic and it really set the day off well. When we arrived at the museum they…
We are very excited to announce that Longacre has been shortlisted as a Finalist in the Muddy Stilettos Schools Best School Awards 2022 for our Outstanding Pastoral Care. The winners will be announced on 14th June – watch this space! To find out more about our outstanding pastoral care please click here.
The children from Nursery to Form I were enthralled by author Lucy Reynolds’ visit on Wednesday. Lucy read from her book ‘We are Family’ showing the diversity of all sorts of animal families and how it mirrors humans. Nursery and Kindergarten looked at different animal babies before moving on to some of the less lovely…
On the first day of the Easter break, 26 intrepid Longacre pupils and four robust staff members embarked on the 2nd Longacre ski trip to Artesina, Italy. Feeling very lucky that COVID travel restrictions lifted just in time for us to travel, this dynamic bunch once again proved that early starts are a breeze (…
A very warm welcome to our new school chef, Simeon. Having started his career at the Frimley Hall hotel as an apprentice in the 90’s, Simeon has been in the hospitality industry for almost 25 years, the last 10 years working as a Head Chef at various conference centres and hotels and at the Chartered…