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Our Languages Prefect, Venetia, has continued to run Italian Club this term. This week, she taught a group of very keen pupils how to play a popular Italian board game called ‘Gioco Dell’Oca’. Gioco Dell’Oca translates as ‘Game of the Goose’ and is similar to our traditional game, ‘Snakes and Ladders’. During the game two…

Children at the Prep School were treated to an assembly led by one of our Year 3 classes on Monday, when they took over Mrs Thomas’ assembly to teach the pupils all about Chinese New Year. 3T burst into the Sports Hall together to create a ‘dragon’, taking the microphone from Mrs Thomas and proceeded…

Girls from Key Stage 3 have taken part in a Cricket Taster session, providing an opportunity for them to test their skills, with many of them playing cricket for the first time. Girls’ Cricket is a new sport for St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form that will start in the Summer Term, with some further…

The St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form Parents’ Association were delighted to host a Well-Being Event in the Performance Hall on Wednesday evening. The event aimed to provide answers to some of the questions parents have about the pressures faced by today’s teenagers and how they, as parents, can support their children to thrive. At…

Throughout this week our Kindergarten children have been taking part in a range of activities ahead of Chinese New Year, which is taking place on Saturday. They created threaded dragons using card cutouts and a range of different beads to thread and decorate the dragon. They also had the opportunity to learn some Chinese characters,…

For the past three weeks in the Senior School we have been joined by three trainee teachers from Chicago – Alissa, Malina and Jackie – who came to St Edward’s to gain experience of life in an English School. Whilst they were with us they spent time working in the English and Music Departments, taking…

During the Christmas break, one of our Sixth Formers was fortunate enough to travel to Dundee to take part in a two week flying scholarship programme. The ACPS flying scholarship allowed Year 13 student, Maddie, to take part in 12 hours’ worth of flying lessons, ground lessons and a theory test, all with the aim…

Sixth Form Classics students visited the ‘Troy: Myth and Reality’ exhibit at the British Museum in London this week in order to enhance their knowledge of one of Greek Mythology’s most famous stories. The legend of Troy has existed for thousands of years, with the exhibit focusing on the people who are said to have…

This week we welcomed our specialist coaches back to St Edward’s for the first time this term, to teach our STEPS students some new techniques and help develop their game. After school on Thursday some of our top swimmers took part in a masterclass with Aqua Zone Swim School, with the students being put through…

PC McDowell came along to assembly at the Prep School this week to talk to Year 2-Year 6 pupils about the important role played by the Police in Cheltenham and the work they do to protect people in the local community. PC McDowell, who is a Cheltenham-based Schoolbeat officer, firstly talked about some of the…