News & Events
Form IV trip to Farnham Museum
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…
Finalist in the Muddy Stilettos Best School Awards
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.
Author Visit Lucy Reynolds
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…
Easter ski trip to Artesina, Italy
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 (…
Welcome to our new Chef
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…
Form IV Production – Plastic Pirates
After a delay due to high winds and scurvy (aka COVID) the Plastic Pearl took to the high seas of the Palmer Hall on Wednesday and Thursday this week and Form IV delighted us with their energy, enthusiasm, characterful performances and fantastic singing. The show was full of humour, bravery and the important environmental message…
Science Week 2022
Longacre Science Week 2022 had a medicine theme and was full of many interesting talks and activities for the children. We started with the Year 6 Science Masters giving an assembly about the history of medicines and how important it is for scientists to try new things and make mistakes so that they can learn….
Christ’s Hospital Maths Challenge
On Wednesday, Reuben, Bryony, Sebastian and Amy in Form V proudly represented Longacre at the highly anticipated maths challenge at Christ’s Hospital School where 21 schools pitted their wits against each other to complete a carousel of mathematical challenges against the clock. The challenges included tangrams, broken calculators, cycling curly, make 24, ordering cards and…
King Edward’s Orchestral Day
After the disappointment of cancellations and postponements of the last few orchestral days, our more advanced instrumentalists were very happy to jump on the minibus and head off for a wonderful day of music at King Edward’s School, Witley. We joined other Prep schools with their young learners, and the KESW Orchestra. Our instrumentalists did…
U11 & U9 Girls’ Football Tournaments
The sun and football gods combined to create a glorious feast of sizzling football on Wednesday and Thursday this week when we hosted Longacre’s U11 & U9 Girls’ Football Festivals. All of our form VI ,V, IV & III girls were in action against a host of quality opposition from the surrounding prep schools. Longacre’s…