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This week has seen pupils in Year 5 and 6 at St Edward’s Prep School take part in Financial Workshops, run by students from the University of Gloucestershire, to help teach the value of money. The initiative is part of a project being run by the University of Gloucestershire Financial Education Project Team, in conjunction…

In their Art lessons this term, students in Year 7 and 8 at St Edward’s have been learning about composition and impact. Students were initially given a selection of shells, from which they chose an effective composition to work from, which was set as a rock pool. From their rock pool they were tasked with making…

At the Prep School we are very fortunate to be able to offer Forest School as part of the curriculum in Pre-Prep. Classes are taken outdoors where the children hunt for mini-beasts, grow produce, look for birds and wildlife and make dens. Our educational programme also involves inspiring visits to nature reserves, seashore, farms and…

Pupils interested in taking Food Preparation & Nutrition at GCSE had the opportunity to get a taste of what the subject would entail this week when they participated in an after-school taster lesson. The Year 9s donned their aprons to whip up some meringues in our Design & Technology kitchen, with some very tasty results!…

Children in Reception had great fun when they welcomed a Dentist to the Pre-Prep Department to talk to them all about dental health and how to keep their teeth nice and clean. They started off by thinking about their teeth – how many teeth they have, what shapes they are and what we use our…

Members of Year 3 and 4 Drama Club ensured that the whole of Prep finished the week on a hugely positive note thanks to their very special assembly themed around “Random Acts of Kindness”. The Drama Club members asked the rest of the school how they thought it would make them feel to carry out…

St Edward’s Prep’s First Team were fortunate enough to be joined by Cheltenham Town FC Manager Michael Duff for a very special training session on Wednesday. Right from the start, Duff went about putting the players through their paces, with the warm-up including the classic lap of the pitch and also a game of dodgeball….

The Final of the Gloucestershire Latin Reading competition took place at The Cheltenham Ladies` College this week. As usual, our Year 8 and 9 pupils were very keen to take part in the Junior Section, having already been through their class and school finals. Seven pairs from St Edward’s participated in the Junior Section, reciting,…

Students from Year 9 to Year 13 were delighted to welcome family members and staff for a small informal concert in the Performance Hall this afternoon. The audience were treated to a series of piano, woodwind, vocal and brass performances, covering a range of genres including classical, jazz, pop and musical theatre. The standard ranged…

This week we welcomed Year 6 children from six different schools to St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form to enjoy a busy and action-packed “space” themed STEM Day. Children were tasked throughout the day with exploring the origins of “a meteorite that has survived its journey through the atmosphere”, analysing its contents and investigating what…