News & Events
Longacre Pupil Wins English Heritage Short Story Competition
Huge congratulations to Rupert B in Year 5 who has been chosen as the overall winner of the English Heritage ‘Tell Us A Story’ short story writing competition. Rupert has won some amazing prizes including a three night stay in an English Heritage cottage for his family, an annual family membership, an illustration of his short…
National Schools Indoor Series
The ski-season has started! On Monday, Longacre took part in the first ski race of the National Schools Indoor Series at Hemel Hempstead. Will P, Dexter R, Joe S and Thomas S represented Longacre along with 210 other children from junior schools from around the country. The race is run over two legs using the…
Tom Palmer Author Visit
On Wednesday the children in Forms III-VI enjoyed a visit from the author Tom Palmer. Tom answered some very sensible questions about his books, which centre around his own interests; football, rugby and history. He spoke about how long it takes him to write his books and where he gains his inspiration. His book ‘Armistice…
Whacky Hair Day for Cancer Research
What a fantastic, whacky, colourful day we had on Thursday for Waterloo’s Charity Day raising money for Cancer Research UK. The children came into school fashioning the whackiest hairstyles going. We had coca cola bottles in hair, mermaids, butterflies, all the hair dye you can imagine and a crazy amount of glitter! After lunch we were treated…
Elmbridge Retirement Village
On Monday the children from Form IIL spent the afternoon at Elmbridge Retirement Village in Cranleigh. The children (and teachers) thoroughly enjoyed their first visit to Elmbridge. They had a carousel of different activities to complete with the residents, focusing on our ‘Kings and Queens’ topic. They made crowns, wrote about what they would do…
Community Service Club Visit
This week saw the first session of the new Community Service Club which is linked to leadership development at Longacre. Following a link provided by one of our governors to a club for the elderly that meets each Wednesday at Blunden Court in Bramley, some of our Year 6 pupils headed off with Mrs Hall-Palmer to do…
‘Bear Hut’ opens at Longacre
Longacre has opened a new wellbeing space for pupils and staff as part of the school’s focus on mindfulness and mental health. The ‘Bear Hut’, so called after the bear that features in the school’s logo, opened at the start of the term and is already proving popular with Longacre pupils. Funded by the Longacre…
Charity Day for WaterAid
On Monday we hosted our Agincourt Charity Day in support of WaterAid. We were delighted to welcome our guest speaker, Barrie Lawrence to talk to children in Reception to Year V about the plight of those in many parts of the developing world who still do not have access to clean water. The children also…
Form V Tennis Club Trip to Wimbledon
On Monday some of the Form V Tennis Club participants enjoyed an amazing day at Wimbledon. This day was a treat for the pupils who had worked so hard all year in Mrs Hall-Palmer’s tennis club. The group arrived at the venue in good time, ensuring they didn’t miss a minute of play, nor an opportunity…
Gifted & Talented Sports Trip to Reed’s School
Longacre’s Gifted & Talented Sports Club went on another incredible trip to Reed’s School this week. The pupils were quickly greeted and led to their first session with Mr Garrard (Hockey Professional and two times GB Olympian). This was the first time the group have had a session with Mr Garrard. He led the pupils through…