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  • Schools Biathlon Achievement

    Schools Biathlon Achievement

    28 March 2024

    Over the weekend, Caspar and Cressida competed in the Schools Biathlon Finals held at the University of Bath. Caspar gave a remarkable performance and secured the 34th position out of 59 participants in the Y8 Boys category. Similarly, Cressida showed great sportsmanship and came in 36th out of 88 p...

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  • Youth British Gymnastic Championship Achievement

    Youth British Gymnastic Championship Achievement

    28 March 2024

    It's great to hear that Abbie, in Year 7, participated in her first Youth British Championship Southern Qualifier competition for Teamgym in Eastleigh on March 9th. Her team secured the fourth position out of nine competing groups.

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  • British Ice Skating Qualifiers

    British Ice Skating Qualifiers

    28 March 2024

    Last week, Ava displayed her skills and perseverance at the British Qualifiers in Sheffield. Competing against 28 talented figure skaters from across the UK, she secured the 6th position on the first day with a score of 37.44 in the Short program.

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  • Basingstoke & Mid Hants Athletics Trophy Triumph

    Basingstoke & Mid Hants Athletics Trophy Triumph

    28 March 2024

    At the Junior Awards evening of the Basingstoke & Mid Hants Athletics Club, Travis M, in Year 9, was honored with four individual awards. 

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  • Rock Climbing Recognition

    Rock Climbing Recognition

    28 March 2024

    Congratulations to Kai in Year 2, who has made significant strides in rock climbing and received his NICAS level 1 certificate last weekend. We couldn't be prouder of his accomplishment and are delighted to see his hard work pay off. It's a testament to his dedication and perseverance, and we know h...

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  • National Schools Biathlon Championships Results

    National Schools Biathlon Championships Results

    28 March 2024

    Last weekend 23 Sherfield pupils competed at the National Schools Biathlon Championships at Bath University, which is the home of British Pentathlon. The boys had their races on Saturday and the girls on Sunday

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  • Duet Distinction!

    Duet Distinction!

    22 March 2024

    Congratulations to Taylor and Ava who came 1st place with a ‘Distinction’ award for their duet singing ‘I won’t grow up’. Taylor came 1st in the 8-9 singing category, performing ‘Naughty’.  While Ava came 2nd in her category singing ‘When I grow up’ Both girls did amazingly well with their confident...

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  • A Busy Weekend of Success!

    A Busy Weekend of Success!

    22 March 2024

    Let's give a big round of applause to Chloe, who had a packed weekend! On Saturday, she showcased her singing skills at the Basingstoke Music & Arts Festival and secured 2nd and 3rd positions in her respective categories. As if that weren't impressive enough, Chloe also participated in the Laser-Run...

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  • Music Solo Success!

    Music Solo Success!

    22 March 2024

    Congratulations to Ava in Year 5 who competed in the Basingstoke Music and Arts Festival over the weekend.  She performed a solo performance and secured 2nd place, in the age 9-11 category and was award "commended" for her performance.  The judges appreciated Ava's solo and commented that she has a ...

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  • Amazing Acting Achievement

    Amazing Acting Achievement

    22 March 2024

    Annya G has received a wonderful opportunity to star in a commercial for a well-known brand. Congratulations, Annya, on landing such an exciting role! We can't wait to see the commercial when it's released. Well done!

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  • Singing and Creative Writing Achievement

    Singing and Creative Writing Achievement

    22 March 2024

    Congratulations to for Saanvi T (Years 3.2) for participating in the Basingstoke Music and Arts festival for Singing and Creative Writing.  Additionally, Saanvi has successfully completed her singing pre-grade exam and received a great positive feedback from the examiner.  Well done, Saanvi!

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  • Golfing Triumph!

    Golfing Triumph!

    22 March 2024

    Our Sherfield golf team participated in the Hampshire Schools Golf Association on March 13th at Hockley Golf Club, and we are proud to announce that they did an excellent job! Out of 31 teams, our Sherfield 1 team, consisting of Albie B, Fred G, and Sam G, secured the 15th position. Moreover, our Sh...

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  • Perfect Piano Performance!

    Perfect Piano Performance!

    22 March 2024

    Congratulations to Vivaan B in year 4 who competed in the Basingstoke Music and Arts Festival in the Pianoforte section for Grade 2. He played the piece “Lullaby” and achieved a distinction for his performance, securing him 1st place in his category. Well done, Vivaan!   

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  • Rugby Recognition!

    Rugby Recognition!

    22 March 2024

    Congratulations to siblings Felix R (Year 5) and Beatrix R (Year 3) who competed in two Rugby tournaments on Sunday with their Rugby club the Tadley Tigers RFC. Beatrix’s tournament took part at Reading RFC, while Felix’s tournament was played at Reading Abbey Rugby Club. Both played remarkably well...

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  • Creative Writing Celebration!

    Creative Writing Celebration!

    22 March 2024

    Congratulations to Vivann B (Year 4) who competed in the Basingstoke music and arts festival, in the creative writing competitions category, Poetry and Short Story. In Poetry, he was awarded first prize for his acrostic poem “BADGER” with a Merit certificate.  While in short story, Vivann was awarde...

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  • Rugby Gold!

    Rugby Gold!

    22 March 2024

    Congratulations to Jacob T (Year 4) who participated in his first major rugby tournament representing Farnham RFC at the Surrey Rugby Festival hosted by Wimbledon RFC. The team went head-to-head with Esher, Effingham, Dorking, and Weybridge and emerged victorious in all four matches, securing the go...

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  • World Laser Run Qualifiers

    World Laser Run Qualifiers

    22 March 2024

    On Sunday 19 Sherfield pupils headed to Leweston School in Dorset to compete in the World Laser Run Qualifiers. Laser Run involves hitting an electronic target at 5m away (10m for 15 year olds and over) and then completing their run distance of 300m/600m a number of times according to their age.

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  • Sherfield School Swimmers!

    Sherfield School Swimmers!

    22 March 2024

    "A huge congratulations to the Sherfield School swimmers that have qualified for the South East Regional Championships on Saturday 11th May at the Spectrum Pool in Guildford. Although we were really disappointed not to be able to swim at a Hampshire County round, the team's times were submitted and ...

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  • Swimming Achievement!

    Swimming Achievement!

    22 March 2024

    "A huge congratulations to Travis Moore in Year 9 for competing at the English Schools Cross Country competition at Pontefract at the weekend. Travis was running in the Hampshire Schools team in a huge field of 344 runners.

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  • Basingstoke Music and Arts Festival

    Basingstoke Music and Arts Festival

    22 March 2024

    41 of our pupils participated in the Basingstoke Music and Art festival. It was wonderful to see the incredible talent within our music and drama department on full display, and we are incredibly proud of all the participants for their dedication and commitment to their craft. The event was an oppor...

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  • Acting Achievement!

    Acting Achievement!

    15 March 2024

    Congratulations to Annya G in Year 9, who had the amazing opportunity to take her acting further by appearing in a short film. This film is a short hard-hitting teen related film. Well done Annya, we can not wait to see it!

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  • Sherfield Flutes Take Home The Cup!

    Sherfield Flutes Take Home The Cup!

    15 March 2024

    Congratulations to our Sherfield School Flute Band, who participated in the Basingstoke Music Festival. Sherfield Flutes achieved a distinction mark and took home the cup! Well done to all of you, for your well-deserved win.

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  • Sherfield Orchestra Winners!

    Sherfield Orchestra Winners!

    15 March 2024

    Congratulations to our Sherfield School Orchestra Band, who participated in the Basingstoke Music Festival. Sherfield Orchestra achieved a commended mark, achieving the highest score and winning.  Well done to all of you, for your well-deserved win.

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  • BMHAC Sibling Success!

    BMHAC Sibling Success!

    15 March 2024

    Congratulations to Caspar & Cressida who represented the BMHAC on Sunday in the last Cross Country of the season for the Junior League. Caspar achieved 8th place in the U13 Boys. Cressida achieved 3rd place in the Girl's U9s and a medal as she came 3rd in the season overall. Well done, both of you!

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  • Drama Achievement!

    Drama Achievement!

    08 March 2024

    Congratulations to Saanvi Year 4 from her taking part in a drama competition and coming away with a Merit!  Well done, Saanvi! 

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  • ISA National Cross Country Championships Achievements!

    ISA National Cross Country Championships Achievements!

    08 March 2024

    "On Saturday 4 Sherfield pupils had the honour of representing the London West Region at the ISA National Cross Country Championships. They qualified at the regional event held at Sherfield School last month. Worksop College (nearly a 200 mile journey from school!) hosted the event. There were 50-

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  • Basingstoke District Schools Cross Country Achievements!

    Basingstoke District Schools Cross Country Achievements!

    08 March 2024

    "On Tuesday we had an amazing 17 pupils racing in the Basingstoke District Schools Cross Country team. They qualified to run following the Basingstoke Schools qualifier last month. The competition was held at a very wet and muddy Down Grange - definitely the muddiest course of the season!

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  • BMHAC Running Success!

    BMHAC Running Success!

    01 March 2024

    Congratulations to Caspar in Year 8 who was the 2nd fastest runner from BMHAC with a time of 14 mins & 2 seconds to complete 3km! Well done, Caspar!

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  • Fastest Runner at the BMHAC!

    First Place at the BMHAC!

    01 March 2024

    Congratulations to Cressida in Year 4 who was the fastest runner from BMHAC with a time of 7 mins & 52 seconds to complete 1.4km. Well done, Cressida! 

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  • Swimming Success at the Hampshire County Championships!

    Swimming Success at the Hampshire County Championships!

    23 February 2024

    Congratulations to Aliza in year 7, for her outstanding performance at the Hampshire Swimming County Championships.

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  • Swimming Bronze!

    Swimming Bronze!

    23 February 2024

    Congratulations to Freya in Year 6, on her remarkable performance competing in the Hampshire County Swimming Championships. Her outstanding races led to a bronze medal in the 200m Fly, reaching the final in the 100m breaststroke, and setting new personal best times. Excellent job, Freya!

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  • Gymnastic Sibling Success!

    Gymnastic Sibling Success!

    23 February 2024

    Congratulations to Abigail in Year 1 and her sister Isabel in Reception for competing in their in their debut gymnastics competition. Both girls showed outstanding performances! Abigail achieved a bronze medal, while Isabel proudly took home a gold medal. Well done, girls!

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  • Basingstoke District Cross Country Championships 2024 Results

    Basingstoke District Cross Country Championships 2024 Results

    23 February 2024

    We are so very proud of ALL of our cross-country runners. From years five and above pupils in the top 10 places have earned their place in the Basingstoke Schools Team at the Hampshire Schools Championships held at Down Grange on March 5th. Well done to all our pupils for taking part and achieving g...

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  • Math Challenge Conquered!

    Math Challenge Conquered!

    23 February 2024

    Congratulations to Menglin and Tommy who have both made it through to the second round of the Math Challenge - Pink Kangaroo paper. They will take on the next round of the maths challenges on 21st March.  Good luck to both of you!

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  • U9 Rugby Tournament Champions!

    U9 Rugby Tournament Champions!

    23 February 2024

    Congratulations to our U9 Rugby boys who remained unbeaten throughout the whole Rugby Tournament, tackled like trojans, and played open, free-flowing Rugby all afternoon. Taking home the victory!

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  • Sherfield Shout Out From Mr. Lord!

    Sherfield Shout Out From Mr. Lord!

    23 February 2024

    Some of our pupils took on the challenge to create their own Temples, in Classic class. 2 of our pupils made their designs out of CAKE, while another out of PAPER! Mr. Lord was very impressed with what they have created he wanted to give a special Sherfield Shout Out to the following students: ...

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  • Figure Skating Success!

    Figure Skating Success!

    09 February 2024

    Congratulations to Ava in Year 11 who competed in the Junior Ladies Figure Skating Open, in Guildford. On the Tuesday she performed in the short program, scoring a new personal best of 38.69 which was enough to secure first place out of sixteen other competitors. On the second day Ava performed in t...

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  • Running Accomplishment

    Running Accomplishment

    09 February 2024

    Congratulations to Travis M, in Year 9 who raced at the South of England Showground, Ardingly, Sussex. He had a fantastic day running for Hampshire Schools in the South East Inter Counties Schools XC race.

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  • County Medal Haul

    County Medal Haul

    09 February 2024

    Congratulations to Lachlan in Year 7 for his outstanding performance at the Hampshire County Swimming Championships!

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  • ISA Cross Country Silver Medal!

    ISA Cross Country Silver Medal!

    09 February 2024

    ISA Cross Country Success! Congratulations to Cressida M, in Year 4 who came away with an amazing achievement of 2nd place in the ISA Cross Country Regional Finals, U9 girl’s category. Well done, Cressida!

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  • ISA Cross Country Bronze Medal!

    ISA Cross Country Bronze Medal!

    09 February 2024

    Congratulations to Dylan E, in Year 6 who came away with an amazing achievement of 3rd place in the ISA Cross Country Regional Finals, U11 boy’s category. Well done, Dylan!

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  • ISA Cross Country Bronze Success!

    ISA Cross Country Bronze Success!

    09 February 2024

    Congratulations to Daisy A, in Year 10 who came away with an amazing achievement of 3rd place in the ISA Cross Country Regional Finals, U16 girl’s category. Well done, Daisy!

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  • ISA Cross Country Champion!

    ISA Cross Country Champion!

    09 February 2024

    Congratulations to Caiden G, in Year 7 who came away with an amazing achievement of 1st place in the ISA Cross Country Regional Finals, U12 boy’s category. Well done, Caiden!

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  • Year 8 Rugby Victory!

    Year 8 Rugby Victory!

    09 February 2024

    "Over the last fortnight, Sherfield's dominant Boys U13A Rugby team has shown remarkable progress, outclassing rival teams while evolving and improving collectively and individually.

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  • Hampshire County Swimming Championships

    Hampshire County Swimming Championships

    09 February 2024

    Congratulations to Amelie S in Year 8 for some remarkable swims at the Hampshire County Championships at the weekend. She achieved an array of personal bests, saving the best swim for last making the girls aged 14 100m breaststroke final. She started the race in rank 17th and finished 7th. W...

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  • Sibling Success!

    Sibling Success!

    09 February 2024

    Congratulations to Caspar M and Cressida M who compete in the Hampshire Schools Cross Country Qualifier at Down Grange on Tuesday.

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  • Celebrating Creativity!

    Celebrating Creativity!

    09 February 2024

    We want to give a special shout-out to Beatrix G in Year 6 for creating the poster for this year's drama production of "Little Shop of Horrors".

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  • Biathlon Celebration

    Biathlon Celebration

    02 February 2024

    A huge congratulations and good luck to the 28 pupils and 5 teachers who have qualified for the British Schools Biathlon Championships.

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  • Cross Country Champion!!

    Cross Country Champion!!

    02 February 2024

    We're thrilled to announce that Daisy, in year 10, has once again competed at the Lee Valley indoor athletics track.

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  • Hampshire Schools Cross Country Champion!

    Hampshire Schools Cross Country Champion!

    26 January 2024

    Congratulations to Travis M in Year 9 for his extraordinary performance at the 2024 Hampshire Schools Cross Country Championships in Wellesley Woods, Aldershot.

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  • Cross Country Achievement!

    Cross Country Achievement!

    26 January 2024

    Congratulations to Caspar M in Year 8 who took part in the Hampshire Schools Cross Country Championships on Saturday 20th January at Aldershot, competing against Year 9 as well as Year 8!

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  • 400m Individual Medley Swimming Champion!

    400m Individual Medley Swimming Champion!

    26 January 2024

    We are thrilled to announce that Cameron, our Year 10 pupil, emerged victorious in the 400m Individual Medley at the Hampshire County Swimming Championships.

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  • Swimming Recognition!!

    Swimming Recognition!!

    26 January 2024

    A big round of applause to Amelie S in Year 8, for her outstanding performance at the Hampshire Swimming Championships held at Winchester at the weekend and pulled off a massive 21 second personal best in the 400m individual medley.

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  • Running Success!

    Running Success!

    19 January 2024

    Congratulations to Daisy in Year 10 who took part in the Southern area (SEAA) U17 individual indoor championships at Lee Valley athletics stadium in North London...

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  • Running Recognition!

    Running Recognition!

    12 January 2024

    Congratulations to Daisy A in Year 10, who competed in the annual Basingstoke & Mid Hants club fun relay race at War Memorial Park, on New Years Eve, which is open to all club members and their families.

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  • Swimming

    Swimming Success!

    12 January 2024

    Congratulations to Lachlan, in Year 7 who after representing Sherfield School, as part of the London West in the ISA Swimming Nationals back in December.

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  • Powerlifting Perfection!

    Powerlifting Perfection!

    12 January 2024

    Congratulations to our Sixth Former Thomas, who entered the ABPU Power Lifting Qualifier in Alton back in December, with an aim to qualify for the ABPU UK Power Lifting Games, which are happening in Nottingham in, October.

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  • Gymnastic Glory!

    Gymnastic Glory!

    12 January 2024

    Congratulations to Abbie in Year 7. Ending her 2023 on a high note with a remarkable achievement, competing in her final competition of the year where she showcased her skills on Track, Vault and Trampette as part of a micro team and being awarded with a SILIVER medal!

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  • Cross County Commendation!

    Cross County Commendation!

    12 January 2024

    Congratulations to Caspar in Y8 who represented BMHAC in the U13s Hampshire Athletics Cross Country Championships at Fairthorne Manor, on Saturday 6th January,

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  • Sherfield Swimming Success!

    Sherfield Swimming Success!

    12 January 2024

    We are thrilled to announce that several of our students who swim for local clubs have achieved County standard times.

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  • Music MTB Merit

    Music MTB Merit

    12 January 2024

    Congratulations to Ryan in Year 10, for achieving a Merit in his MTB! Well done!

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  • Drama Distinction

    Drama Distinction

    17 December 2023

    Congratulations to Millie, who gained a distinction in her Acting Grade 1 Solo LAMDA exam. Well done, Millie!

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  • Sherfield School joins Education in Motion family

    Sherfield School joins Education in Motion family

    08 September 2023

    In an important and exciting move for the future of our school, we are delighted to announce that Education in Motion (EiM) has taken on ownership of Sherfield School.

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  • Sherfield School Celebrates Exceptional GCSE Achievements

    Sherfield School Celebrates Exceptional GCSE Achievements

    24 August 2023

    We are delighted to announce the remarkable achievements of our students in the recent GCSE examinations. Today the school community came together to celebrate the triumph of dedication, hard work, and perseverance exhibited by the students.

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  • Sherfield School Achieves Outstanding Results and Remarkable Progress in Sixth Form

    Sherfield School Achieves Outstanding Results and Remarkable Progress in Sixth Form

    17 August 2023

    Over 59% A*-A grades or equivalent Over 73% A*-B grades of equivalent 100% pass rate

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  • Sherfield School crowned National Small Schools Swimming Champions!

    Sherfield School crowned National Small Schools Swimming Champions!

    19 June 2023

    Sherfield School have been crowned the ESSA (English Schools’ Swimming Association) Small Schools National Champions, after an exceptional performance on Saturday 17 June 2023.

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  • Sherfield Schools Nick Brain Appointed CEO/Principal of GEMS Jumeirah College: Ensuring Continuity and Success

    Executive Head, Nick Brain Appointed CEO/Principal of GEMS Jumeirah College: Ensuring Continuity and Success

    24 April 2023

    In an exciting move, Mr. Nick Brain, the Executive Head of Sherfield School, has been appointed as the CEO/Principal of GEMS Jumeirah College in Dubai, starting from September 2023.

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  • The Importance of Your Childs First Three Years at School

    The Importance of Your Child's First Three Years at School

    01 February 2023

    The quality of a child's education undoubtedly has a lasting impact on the rest of their life. But how important are their first three years at school?

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  • Science Race

    Science Race

    16 December 2022

    On Tuesday, Sixth Form students Eunie, Stella, Megan and Charlotte launched the first ever Junior Sherfield Science Race with the support of Mr Rowson. It was a resounding success with the Year 6s.

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  • Sherfield Spirit... of Christmas

    Sherfield Spirit... of Christmas

    16 December 2022

    What a wonderful time of year Christmas is!  With so much fun, laughter and joy leading into the festive break, followed by the enjoyment of families and friends spending quality time together.

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  • Sixth Form Update

    Sixth Form Update

    15 December 2022

    The Senior Prefect Team has been working extremely hard over the past half term to continue with our plans.

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  • The Gift

    The Gift

    15 December 2022

    I have just been on a family holiday, but that’s not very newsworthy. What is worth reading about is how this holiday changed my life.

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  • Festive STEAM Day

    Festive STEAM Day

    02 December 2022

    On Thursday 1 December, Year 3 and 4 took part in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths day (STEAM).

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  • Entrepreneur Skills

    Entrepreneur Skills

    25 November 2022

    On 10 November, our Year 6 classes spent most of the day in an Entrepreneur Master Class with Bellevue Education!

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  • Autumn Concert 2022

    Autumn Concert 2022

    21 November 2022

    Thank you to all who came out to support our amazing Sherfield musicians at our Autumn concert last Thursday evening.

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  • Children in Need 2022

    Children in Need 2022

    21 November 2022

    Last Friday we raised a fantastic £1327 for BBC Children in Need.

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  • Outdoor Classroom

    Outdoor Classroom

    11 November 2022

    Due to Friends of Sherfield's fundraising efforts we now have a impressive outdoor classroom situated in our school woods.

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  • Country of the Year

    Country of the Year

    09 November 2022

    For the Year 8’s project-based learning project this year they were all given a country and asked to create convincing mathematical arguments as to why their country should win.

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  • Firework Spectacular!

    Firework Spectacular!

    04 November 2022

    It was wonderful to see so many families on Friday 4 November for our annual 'Fireworks Spectacular!'

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  • Fire and Rescue

    Fire and Rescue

    03 November 2022

    Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 were visited by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service at the beginning of November.

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  • Thriller Night

    Thriller Night

    31 October 2022

    Year 7 pupils thoroughly enjoyed their Halloween party on Monday 31 October, with DJ Jones, pumpkin carving, the Halloween special tuck shop and lots of singing and dancing!

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  • Prefect Progress

    Prefect Progress

    14 October 2022

    This half term, the sixth form prefect team have started to launch their projects!

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  • Peer Listening

    14 October 2022

    Yesterday 30 pupils from Year 6 to Year 13 were involved in a fantastic peer mentor training day from anti-bullying charity Kidscape. 

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  • Year 13 Conference

    Year 13 Conference

    12 October 2022

    On Tuesday Year 13 travelled to Farlington School in Horsham for a Year 13 conference.

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  • World Mental Health Day 2022

    World Mental Health Day 2022

    11 October 2022

    It was World Mental Health Day on Monday.

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  • Future Facing

    Future Facing

    23 September 2022

    Unusually, as we find ourselves at the end of our third week of the new school term, this is the first opportunity to formally welcome our school community back to school for the academic year 2022-23.  So, welcome back everyone to the new school year at Sherfield School!

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  • Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

    Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

    09 September 2022

    We would like to express our sincerest condolences on the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

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  • Future Proofing Our Students

    Future Proofing Our Students

    01 July 2022

    Growing up as a child or teenager in a modern world is an interesting challenge!

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  • Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

    30 June 2022

    The friends and family of Sherfield were treated to some Shakespeare in the Topiary Garden last Thursday, as Twelfth Night was brought to life by a cast and crew of year 7 to 13 students.

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  • Goodbye Senior Prep, Hello Seniors!

    Goodbye Senior Prep, Hello Seniors!

    30 June 2022

    On Wednesday, our Year 8 pupils enjoyed their end of phase celebration with a trip out to Thorpe Park, an idea put together by School Council Prefect, Aaryan!

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  • Proms on the Lawn 2022

    Proms on the Lawn 2022

    29 June 2022

    Friends of Sherfield hosted the inaugural “Proms on the Lawn” concert last Sunday in our beautiful school grounds.

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  • The Greatest Showman

    The Greatest Showman

    28 June 2022

    The Courtyard Studio was turned into a big top last week as P.T. Barnum and his circus came to town.

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  • Ardèche 2022

    Ardèche 2022

    28 June 2022

    At the beginning of June, 77 pupils and 9 staff ventured to the south of France for a week long residential.

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  • Move Up Day 2022

    28 June 2022

    Last Friday, Sherfield hosted the much anticipated move up day, where we welcome our new starters into school for the day and arrange for all students to meet their new form groups and tutors in preparation for September.

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  • Summer Concert 2022

    Summer Concert 2022

    27 June 2022

    The Music Department were delighted to host their Summer concert on Wednesday 22 June 2022.

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  • Prefects 2022-23

    27 June 2022

    Congratulations to the following Sixth Form and Senior Prep prefects ...

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  • Sherfield School makes history!

    24 June 2022

    On the back of their sensational victory at the Independent Schools Golf Association (ISGA) National Finals at Radley College last week, Sherfield’s Golf Team travelled to The Warwickshire Golf and Country Club on Tuesday 21st June to take part in the HG Trophy. The HG Trophy is the Premier ISGA One...

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  • ISGA National Champions

    ISGA National Champions

    20 June 2022

    Sherfield School have been crowned the Under 14 Independent School Golf Association (ISGA) National Champions after a stunning performance at Radley College on Friday 17th June.

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  • Battlefields Visit

    Battlefields Visit

    24 May 2022

    Years 8 to 10 experienced a poignant visit to the Belgian First World War Battlefields...

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  • Battle of the Bands 2022

    Battle of the Bands 2022

    23 May 2022

    The Sherfield Battle of the Bands returned in May 2022, and this year we went BIG. The musicians were out in force, with tough competition all around, but find out who reigned victorious...

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  • Year 9 & 10 STEAM Day

    Year 9 & 10 STEAM Day

    23 May 2022

    Year 9 and 10 were tasked with clearing a chemical spillage...on their STEAM day challenge!

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  • Sherfield Staff Member (and former BMX World Champion) Invited to the Jubilee Pageant!

    Sherfield Staff Member (and former BMX World Champion) Invited to the Jubilee Pageant!

    20 May 2022

    Housekeeper Sarah-Jane Nichols has been invited to represent the 1980s at the Jubilee pageant in London in recognition of her incredible BMX successes!

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  • PGL Liddington - Five (and six) go on an adventure!

    PGL Liddington - Five (and six) go on an adventure!

    19 May 2022

    In May 2022 Sherfield's Year 5 and 6 students embarked on a week-long residential trip in Wiltshire. Pupils Issy & Pippa share the adventure...

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  • Sherfields History Explored

    Sherfield's History Explored

    16 May 2022

    Year 1 Unearth the History of Buckfield House...

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  • Sherfield Golfers Deliver a Stunning Victory

    Sherfield Golfers Take the Salver

    13 May 2022

    Sherfield's Golfers retain the title at the ISGA Wellington Salver...

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  • New Mural for Sherfield Nursery

    New Mural for Sherfield Nursery

    10 May 2022

    Our Community Art Enrichment group have been busy creating a stunning new mural for Sherfield Nursery...

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  • Making a Difference to Yourself and Others

    Making a Difference to Yourself and Others

    05 May 2022

    The more positive interactions we can all have, the better we will feel and the more productive we will be in every area of life...

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  • Sherfield Duke of Edinburgh

    Sherfield Duke of Edinburgh

    05 May 2022

    Our Seniors have been storming their Duke of Edinburgh Silver Awards. They've faced mud, rain, hills, moors and raging cows...

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  • Sherfield Ski Trip 2022

    Sherfield Ski Trip 2022

    28 April 2022

    Sherfield students travelled to Jasper, Canada to embark on the best school Ski Trip yet! Find out what they got up to...

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  • Score This! A Mocktail Art & Music Exhibition

    Score This! A Mocktail Art & Music Exhibition

    12 April 2022

    On the final day of term, Year 8 showcased their Music & Art Projects to parents, students and staff in a special gallery soiree...

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  • French Easter Egg Hunt

    French Easter Egg Hunt

    06 April 2022

    Year 7 students were out in force for an egg-hunt with a French twist!

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  • People Who Help Us

    People Who Help Us

    01 April 2022

    As part of their ‘Superhero' and 'People Who Help Us’ topics this term, our Reception classes have warmly welcomed some exciting visitors into Sherfield school!

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  • Sherfields Spectacular Science Week!

    Sherfield's Spectacular Science Week!

    01 April 2022

    Sherfield's Science Department hosted the busiest Science Week on record...

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  • Sherfield Rock & Pop Concert 2022

    Sherfield Rock & Pop Concert 2022

    01 April 2022

    On Thursday 31st march Sherfield held it's first in-person Rock & Pop Concert in three years, and it was worth the wait!

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  • Sherfield Awarded Certificate of Excellence

    Sherfield Awarded Certificate of Excellence

    31 March 2022

    Sherfield has received a 5-star Certificate of Excellence from School Guide...

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  • New Dining Hall for September 2022!

    New Dining Hall for September 2022!

    31 March 2022

    Plans are under way for the development of new and improved school dining hall for September 2022.

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  • Sherfield welcomes new Director of Teaching & Learning

    Sherfield welcomes new Director of Teaching & Learning

    31 March 2022

    We are delighted to welcome a new Director of Teaching & Learning to Sherfield from next term.

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  • Sherfield Appoints New Deputy Head for September 2022

    Appointment of New Deputy Head

    31 March 2022

    We are delighted to announce the appointment of our new Senior Deputy Head in September 2022.

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  • Sherfield Success at British Biology Olympiad!

    Sherfield Success at British Biology Olympiad!

    30 March 2022

    2022 marks the first year Sherfield has taken part in the British Biology Olympiad, and our Year 12 & 13 students have performed spectacularly!

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  • Dinner in the Dark

    Dinner in the Dark

    28 March 2022

    Sherfield held it's first Dans le Noir gastronomic experience this term, with some great results...

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  • Future Ready

    Future Ready

    28 March 2022

    Preparing our students for what's next...

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  • World Book Day 2022

    World Book Day 2022

    04 March 2022

    Thursday 3rd March was World Book Day 2022 and at Sherfield we celebrated to the max, with a plethora of fun, literature-themed activities, competitions and costumes.

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  • Future Ready: Year 13 Conference

    Future Ready: Year 13 Conference

    04 March 2022

    Sherfield hosted a Year 13 Conference for students across the Bellevue Group, to explore the ways in which they can prepare for the road ahead...

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  • A Murder Mystery at Sherfield

    A Murder Mystery at Sherfield

    04 March 2022

    It was late on a cold Friday evening in February; the school was quiet as all had gone home for the weekend, except through the long shadows and dark corridors, came the growing chatter of a 1920's soiree...

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  • Sixth Form Adventures in New York

    Sixth Form Adventures in New York

    02 March 2022

    Over the Half Term break, Sherfield Sixth Formers embarked on a trip to New York, to explore and experience some of the incredible sights, history, cuisine and culture of the iconic American city.

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  • New Sherfield Gym Installed!

    New Sherfield Gym Installed!

    24 February 2022

    We are delighted to announce that a brand new gym and fitness suite has been installed within the Sherfield Sports complex...

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  • Senior Prep Prefects Raise over £3000 for MIND

    Senior Prep Prefects Raise over £3000 for MIND

    24 February 2022

    Our Senior Prefects organised a charity fundraiser and raised a whopping amount in support of mental health charity MIND...

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  • Sherfield Student On Track for Next Winter Olympics

    Sherfield Student On Track for Next Winter Olympics

    21 February 2022

    International Figure Skater and Sherfield Year 9 student Ava, has been sweeping the medal tables and has her sights set on the next Winter Olympics, watch this space...

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  • The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch

    The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch

    08 February 2022

    Year 1 use STEM to recreate their class story in the woods.

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  • Sherfields ISA Cross Country Success

    Sherfield's ISA Cross Country Success

    08 February 2022

    On Friday 4th February, Sherfield hosted the ISA London West Cross Country Championships with over 800 runners on-site.

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  • Sixth Form Voice

    Sixth Form Voice

    08 February 2022

    Head Girl Tilly shares her Sherfield Sixth Form experience.

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  • The Worlds Gone French!

    The World's Gone French!

    01 February 2022

    Years 6 & 7 enjoyed a visit from Onatti Productions, bringing French to life in a play that turned the world upside down!

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  • Year 2 Explore Nightingale and Nursing

    Year 2 Explore Nightingale and Nursing

    01 February 2022

    In studying British icon Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing, Year 2 have been crafting dioramas and speaking with a former RAF medic...

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  • Sixth Form Debating Workshop

    Sixth Form Debating Workshop

    24 January 2022

    In January, Bellevue hosted a sixth form debating workshop in London. From the battling it out over the monarchy to cars and climate change, find out how our Year 12s got on...

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  • Sherfield Shouts!

    Sherfield Shouts!

    21 January 2022

    Sherfield Sixth Formers launch a brand new podcast series...

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  • Sherfield Nursery Award

    Sherfield Nursery Award

    20 January 2022

    We are delighted to announce that Sherfield's Nursery has been awarded a Tigerlily Platinum First Aid award!

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  • Looking to the Future

    Looking to the Future

    19 January 2022

    The start of the calendar year though is always a good time to reflect on what it is important to us and to consider what the future might look like for all of us.

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  • Grace Darling Day

    Grace Darling Day

    12 January 2022

    On Tuesday 11th January, Sherfield’s Year 1s kickstarted their new topic for the term: ‘Year 1 to the Rescue.’ The launch was celebrated with ‘Grace Darling Day.’

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  • Christmas and Community at Sherfield

    Christmas and Community at Sherfield

    21 December 2021

    The end of the Autumn term at Sherfield is always such a wonderful festive occasion, with so much cheer, joy and celebration.

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  • Year 2s Great Fire of London

    Year 2's Great Fire of London

    21 December 2021

    This term saw our Year 2's learning all about the Great Fire of London. Their theme included a visit from a firefighter, reporting like journalists, building and then burning historic buildings!

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  • Green-Themed Enrichment at Sherfield

    Green-Themed Enrichment at Sherfield

    15 December 2021

    Last Friday afternoon saw the culmination of this term's Enrichment activities and the Green-themed groups were out in force! Planting trees, testing their hand-built electric car and presenting on how to make Sherfield more sustainable...

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  • Victorian Day at Sherfield

    Victorian Day at Sherfield

    15 December 2021

    As part of their thematic learning, Year 6 enjoyed a 'Victorian Day' this week and experience their lessons in a Victorian classroom. Find out what they got up to...

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  • Year 7 Positivi-tree

    Year 7 Create Positivi-tree

    15 December 2021

    Sherfield Year 7s have spent the Autumn Term carrying out three random acts of kindness, which have culminated in a Positivi-tree!

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  • Merry Christmas from Sherfield Science!

    Merry Christmas from Sherfield Science!

    14 December 2021

    Sherfield Science students have been creating crafty science-themed decorations for the Science Christmas Tree!

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  • Farming, Shooting & Shopping: A Year 11 Trip to the Wellington Estate

    Farming, Shooting & Shopping: A Year 11 Trip to the Wellington Estate

    13 December 2021

    Sherfield Business Students experienced businesses in action on a recent trip to the wonderful Wellington Estate.

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  • Sherfield Piano Extravaganza 2021

    Sherfield Piano Extravaganza 2021

    09 December 2021

    Back for 2021, guests enjoyed the return of our annual festive Piano Extravaganza!

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  • GCSE Musicians Perform at The Loddon School

    GCSE Musicians Perform at The Loddon School

    09 December 2021

    Students Ella and Christa, share their experience of the GCSE group visit and performance for our neighbours at the Loddon School.

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  • The Meaning of Christmas at Sherfield School

    The Meaning of Christmas at Sherfield School

    03 December 2021

    A message from our Head of Prep.

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  • Year 4s Spectacular Trip To London

    Year 4's Spectacular Trip To London

    03 December 2021

    As part of their project this term, Year 4 took a trip to London, to explore the fabulous Egyptian collection of the British Museum. They just happened to pop to the theatre too!

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  • Sherfield Young Writers Halloween Competition

    Sherfield Young Writers Halloween Competition

    03 December 2021

    This week, the winner of the Sherfield Young Writer's Halloween Competition was announced. You can read the full story here...

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  • Nursery Rhyme Day 2021

    Nursery Rhyme Day 2021

    03 December 2021

    Reception and Pre-Reception classes joined forces for the Sherfield Nursery Rhyme Day, dressing up as their favourite characters and creating some fabulous new artwork!

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  • Sherfield Autumn Concert 2021 - The Highlights

    Sherfield Autumn Concert 2021 - The Highlights

    03 December 2021

    Our Autumn Concert featured an array of performances from Senior Prep, Senior and Sixth Form students. You can watch the highlights here...

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  • One Kind Word

    One Kind Word Wednesday

    03 December 2021

    Sherfield celebrated 'One Kind Word Wednesday' and examined what we could do as a community to ensure kindness remains at our core.

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  • Student Review: The Punctuation Show

    Student Review: The Punctuation Show

    30 November 2021

    Senior Prep students were treated to 'The Punctuation Show' in November. You can read their reviews hot of the press here...

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  • Sherfield Swimming Success!

    Sherfield Swimming Success!

    30 November 2021

    Gold, Silver and Bronze! Five Sherfield Swimmers storm to victory at the ISA National Finals in London.

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  • Whizzpoppers and SnapperWhippers!

    Whizzpoppers and Snapperwhippers!

    24 November 2021

    Year 3 Students explored the world of Roald Dahl with a trip to the museum to mark the end of their English Learning Unit.

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  • Sherfield Remembers

    Sherfield Remembers

    19 November 2021

    Remembrance Day is a memorial that transcends faith, culture and background. At Sherfield, our staff and students have engaged in many activities to learn about and commemorate this important event.

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  • Young Leaders Inspired by Guest Speaker

    Young Leaders Inspired by Special Guest

    19 November 2021

    Our Senior Prep Prefects had a chance to chat with the Managing Director of JP Morgan and discover what qualities make a good leader.

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  • Harvest Festival 2021

    Harvest Festival 2021

    19 November 2021

    Prep School children and parents celebrated a fantastic Harvest Festival in aid of Basingstoke Food Bank.

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  • Sustainability at Sherfield

    Sustainability at Sherfield

    16 November 2021

    As the world watches the global climate talks at COP26 in Glasgow, Sherfield Head Boy Jude, examines how we as a community can make a difference, by boosting Sustainability at school.

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  • Sherfield Students Crowned National Junior Triathlon Champions

    Sherfield Students Crowned National Junior Triathlon Champions

    11 October 2021

    The Sherfield Junior Boys and Girls Teams both won gold in the ISA National Junior Triathlon in October 2021.

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  • Sherfield Celebrates National Poetry Day

    Sherfield Celebrates National Poetry Day

    11 October 2021

    Sherfield students celebrated National Poetry Day with their incredible creations and 30 of our students have had their short stories selected by the Young Writers Association.

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  • Why is it important that Pupils have a ‘Voice’ in school?

    Why is it important that Pupils have a ‘Voice’ in school?

    05 October 2021

    Schools with a strong commitment to pupil voice report improved behaviour, pupil pride in their school and better relationships across the whole school community. This is why at Sherfield, Pupil Voice is at our core.

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  • Sherfield School Named Rising Star in the BIEAs 2021 STEM competition

    Sherfield School Named 'Rising Star' in the BIEAs 2021 STEM competition

    29 September 2021

    We are pleased to announce that Sherfield School has been named 'Rising Star' in the British International Education Association's 2021 STEM-based competition.

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  • European Languages Day - A celebration!

    European Languages Day - A celebration!

    26 September 2021

    The 26th of September was European Languages Day, and Sherfield School celebrated this cause to the fullest!

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  • Sixth form prefects

    Sixth Form Leadership

    24 September 2021

    Last week our new leaders in Sixth Form for 2021/22 were announced and students discussed what it means to be a leader with Executive Head Nick Brain.

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  • ISA Award for Excellence in Pupil Personal Development.

    ISA Award for Excellence in Pupil Personal Development.

    24 September 2021

    We are delighted to announce that Sherfield School has received a 'Highly Commended Award' in the ISA Award for Excellence in Pupil Personal Development!

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  • Sixth Form students at Team building

    Sixth Form Team Building 2021

    15 September 2021

    At the start of each academic year Sherfield Sixth Formers get to take part in a range of fun team building activities. Year 12 student Charlotte, explains what's involved.

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  • A-level exam results 2021

    A-level exam results 2021

    10 August 2021

    Sixth form students, parents and staff are celebrating another fantastic set of A-level results; 98% of grades were A* to B with 56% achieving the very highest grade of A*. The school has for the last few years been in the top 1% of schools nationally for A-level performance and this year’s results ...

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  • Lagoona Aqua Park Trip 2021

    Lagoona Aqua Park Trip 2021

    02 July 2021

    Yesterday, Year 4 took a trip to Lagoon Aqua Park.

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  • Senior Prefects 2021

    Senior Prefects 2021

    02 July 2021

    Congratulations to our new senior prefect team on their appointment to their new roles - Head Prefects: Jude and Tilly and Deputy Head Prefects: Bonnie, Jasmin and Natalie. 

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  • A few reflections...

    A few reflections...

    02 July 2021

    As we know, the last eighteen months or so has been a hugely challenging period for everyone.  For students in school, the emphasis and focus has been on being resourceful, resilient and positive in mindset, always looking for solutions and adapting readily to change.

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  • Independent Schools of the Year Awards 2021

    Independent Schools of the Year Awards 2021

    01 July 2021

    We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted in the 'Co-educational Independent School of the Year' category, from a record number of entries, for the Independent Schools of the Year awards 2021!

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  • Water Battle

    Water Battle

    01 July 2021

    Year 3 celebrated the end of the academic year with a water fight! They were very excited and had so much fun soaking each other with their water guns. What a great way to end their time in Year 3. 

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  • Year 8 Outdoor Adventure Day

    Year 8 Outdoor Adventure Day

    01 July 2021

    On Wednesday. Year 8 pupils enjoyed an afternoon at Horseshoe Lake, as a treat before they finish their time in Senior Prep.

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  • A-Level Prep Sessions

    A-Level Prep Sessions

    01 July 2021

    The Year 10 Business A-Level preparation group were tasked with operating as a focus group to provide quantitative and qualitative data on a range of products.

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  • Walk for Water

    Walk for Water

    29 June 2021

    Year 2 ‘Walked for Water’ on Monday, covering 3km in the school grounds to raise money for WaterAid.

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  • Year 8 STEM Day 2021

    Year 8 STEM Day 2021

    28 June 2021

    Year 8 pupils had a great day last Friday on their STEM day.

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  • Explorer Day and Fruit and Veg Batteries

    Explorer Day and Fruit and Veg Batteries

    24 June 2021

    This week, in Year 4, they had an explorer day where they enjoyed learning more about Christopher Columbus and his fleet of ships.

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  • Year 6 STEAM Day

    Year 6 STEAM Day

    24 June 2021

    Sherfield School welcomed Year 6 students from Wandsworth Prep School, The Oratory Prep School, The Hampshire School and Bruern Abbey School to take part in a Bellevue Collaborative Learning STEAM Day on Wednesday. 

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  • National Thank a Teacher Day

    National Thank a Teacher Day

    18 June 2021

    Teaching is said to be the most influential job in the world. Teachers are known to shape the minds of young people, they support and encourage, they impart good values in children and turn them into responsible citizens.

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  • Battle of the Bands 2021

    Battle of the Bands 2021

    18 June 2021

    The music department were extremely pleased to hold Battle of the Bands 2021 on Wednesday evening, the first live music event of the year.

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  • Year 11 Move Up Week

    Year 11 Move Up Week

    18 June 2021

    This week Year 11 have been trialling A level lessons

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  • Tortillas de Patatas

    Tortillas de Patatas

    18 June 2021

    On Thursday Year 10 mixed Spanish and Food classes cooked Spanish omelettes.

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  • Mini Beasts

    Mini Beasts

    18 June 2021

    This week Pre Reception have been learning about mini beasts.

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  • Drawing in the rain

    Drawing in the rain

    18 June 2021

    After completing their summer exam project Year 9 and 10 were going to be treated to an opportunity to draw some observational studies of the school, however our glorious British summer interfered in their plans today.

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  • Rampaging Romans

    Rampaging Romans

    17 June 2021

    The Year 3 children made some incredible Roman shields over their half term break, and they couldn't wait to re-enact a Roman battle! They enjoyed creating different battle formations and they are looking forward to doing this again before the end of the year.

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  • Prop Making

    Prop Making

    17 June 2021

    30 pupils from Years 5, 6, 7 and 8 were selected to take part in an Art workshop where they learnt to make large scale props using willow and tissue paper, a traditional method for making art for festivals. These props will hopefully be used in the upcoming Senior Prep Carnival.

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  • Year 7 and 8 Art Champions

    Year 7 and 8 Art Champions

    16 June 2021

    This Art group has been set up for pupils who show great promise in Years 7 and 8, to encourage and develop creative skills.

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  • National School Grounds Week 2021

    National School Grounds Week 2021

    16 June 2021

    For ‘National School Grounds Week’ this week Year 3 pupils made the most of the lovely weather to learn and play some French games outside.

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  • Sports Day 2021

    Sports Day 2021

    14 June 2021

    It has been a unique and challenging year for the Sherfield Community with many events cancelled, postponed or hosted virtually due to COVID-19 and numerous lockdowns.

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  • Bellevue STEAM Day Masterclass

    Bellevue STEAM Day Masterclass

    11 June 2021

    Eight Year 6 pupils have been selected to take part in a Bellevue STEAM Day (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Maths), which this year has a focus on sustainability.

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  • Year 11 and 13 Leavers 2021

    Year 11 and 13 Leavers 2021

    11 June 2021

    On Thursday, Year 11 and Year 13's had their official last day at Sherfield.

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  • Year 4 at Milestones

    Year 4 at Milestones

    10 June 2021

    The children and staff had a wonderful time at the Milestones Museum on Wednesday.

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  • Ceramic Fish

    Ceramic Fish

    09 June 2021

    Last term the Year 3 and 4 Art after school club worked on making ceramic fish using slab building techniques.

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  • Moving On

    Moving On

    28 May 2021

    There is a palpable sense of excitement building in the Sixth Form Centre as Year 13 look forward to moving onto the next stage of their educational careers and the joys that university life brings.

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  • Marvellous Magnets

    Marvellous Magnets

    26 May 2021

    The Year 3 children have been using their scientific knowledge to design and make their own magnetic games this week. 

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  • Victorian Mystery

    Victorian Mystery

    26 May 2021

    Year 1 were enthralled to discover an old mysterious trunk had been delivered to the classroom this week.

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  • Visiting the past

    Visiting the past

    21 May 2021

    The Empire Strikes Back is 41 years old today!  This, the second of the Star Wars films to be made, the fifth film in what has now become known as the ‘Skywalker Saga’ and, without a doubt, the best Star Wars film made to date (I defy anyone to disagree), was released in the US and, I believe, the U...

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  • Sherbucks

    Sherbucks

    20 May 2021

    Today was the opening of our new Sixth Form Cafe! It's a big transformation from the office it was before.

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  • Are we magnetic?

    Are we magnetic?

    19 May 2021

    Year 3 have been learning all about magnets.  They have been testing objects around the classroom to see if they are magnetic or not. 

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  • Year 7 River Landform Experts

    Year 7 River Landform Experts

    18 May 2021

    In their lesson last week, year 7 were challenged to become the teacher by researching waterfall and oxbow lake formations.

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  • Make your own masks

    Make your own masks

    17 May 2021

    Last Thursday, in their Design & Technology lesson, Year 7 learnt how to hand sew and use a sewing machine, in order to make their own face masks! 

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  • Roman Roads

    Roman Roads

    14 May 2021

    In our Year 3 humanities lessons, the children have been learning about Roman roads; why they were built, where they were built and how they were built! The children all had a go at being 'collaborative crocodiles' and created their own version of a Roman road using junk modelling materials. 

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  • Chamber Choir

    Chamber Choir

    14 May 2021

    It was wonderful to get the choir back together this week and start preparing some songs to perform at the end of term. Our ever-enthusiastic bunch really found their voices rather quickly and are already excited at the thought of performing in front of a live audience again!

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  • International Day of Families

    International Day of Families

    14 May 2021

    During the International Day of Families we need to think about what being part of a FAMILY means.

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  • Oh, the Pastabilities

    Oh, the Pastabilities

    13 May 2021

    Today, the Year 9s and 10s made a selection of wonderful pastas and sauces as part of their GCSE Food assessment.

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  • Kaleidoscopic Imagery

    Kaleidoscopic Imagery

    12 May 2021

    The Art of Photography enrichment group have been working on making symmetrical patterns from natural imagery they have taken in the school grounds.

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  • Being the Best Version of Ourselves

    Being the Best Version of Ourselves

    07 May 2021

    I read a the following in an article the other day:   In 1885, a monk set out to run a 1,000-day marathon. Specifically, he and his fellow monks ran 40 kilometres a day for 100 days. Yes, you read that right. 40 kilometres per day! They did this for 5 years.

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  • Book Jackets

    Book Jackets

    06 May 2021

    Year 7 have been doing photography enrichment this term and were inspired by World Book Day.

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  • Sir Captain Tom 100

    Sir Captain Tom 100

    30 April 2021

    In order to commemorate the life of Sir Captain Tom Moore, who would have celebrated his 101st birthday last Friday, in Maths lessons across the school we have been completing challenges,

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  • Earth Day 2021

    Earth Day 2021

    30 April 2021

    With support from The Woodland Trust pupils in the prep school have been celebrating Earth Day on 22 April by planting trees.

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  • What does success look like?

    What does success look like?

    30 April 2021

    When you think of successful people who do you think of? Bill Gates? Oprah Winfrey? Richard Branson? A quick google search will bring up images of these three and many more … Usain Bolt, J.K. Rowling and Pratibha Patil to name a few. But did you think about yourself? Doubtful! Did you think about yo...

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  • Four Chord Pop Songs

    Four Chord Pop Songs

    29 April 2021

    Year 7 learnt how to create ‘four chord’ pop songs in Music last term.

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  • Dance at school is about progress, in every sense of the word

    Dance at school is about progress, in every sense of the word

    29 April 2021

    This #InternationalDanceDay, Rhianwen Moore, Director of Sport, explains why dance remains as valuable a school subject as ever.

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  • Habitat Investigations

    Habitat Investigations

    28 April 2021

    In Science, Year 4 are learning about living things and their habitats.

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  • Cut the Straps

    Cut the Straps

    28 April 2021

    During the Global Citizens Enrichment Programme on Friday the pupils embarked on a new awareness campaign, as part of their volunteering accreditation.

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  • Young Leaders - Football

    26 April 2021

    Our Year 7 and 8 Young Leaders were straight back into the swing of the Enrichment programme on Friday afternoon.

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  • RA Student Summer Show 2021

    RA Student Summer Show 2021

    22 April 2021

    The Young Artists’ summer show is an open submission exhibition for young artists aged 5-19 years studying in the UK.

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  • Outdoor Science

    Outdoor Science

    01 April 2021

    Today Year 10 GCSE Triple Science class carrying out a required practical for AQA GCSE biology.

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  • Confidence, Creativity and Connection

    Confidence, Creativity and Connection

    01 April 2021

    I’m sure you will agree the return to school has presented a wonderful opportunity for students to re-engage and connect with each other following a very unsettling period of time.

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  • WWII Theme Day

    WWII Theme Day

    31 March 2021

    Year 4 have had such an amazing WWII theme day yesterday.

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  • Our Wonderful World

    Our Wonderful World

    31 March 2021

    In Geography, Year 1 have been learning about hot and cold places around the world.

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  • Back to the Stone Age

    Back to the Stone Age

    30 March 2021

    Year 3 took part in Stone Age Day on Monday.

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  • Let's play a game

    26 March 2021

    How many Christmases have been ruined by that apparently innocuous phrase?  How many seemingly kindly grandmas or favourite uncles have become rabid at being cheated out of that last piece of pie (or is it cheese?) with an answer which is almost right but not quite right enough?  I am, of course, ta...

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  • Day of the Dead 2021

    Day of the Dead 2021

    26 March 2021

    Year 7 have been working on a project based on the Mexican holiday - Day of the Dead.

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  • Restore Our World

    Restore Our World

    26 March 2021

    Year 9 DT Students are taking part in a STEM competition organised by the British International Education Association.

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  • The Magic of Medicine

    The Magic of Medicine

    24 March 2021

    Year 2 carried out a science experiment this week, on the topic of germs.

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  • Spring in their Step

    Spring in their Step

    24 March 2021

    Reception class were looking for signs of spring in Forest School on Tuesday.

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  • To Infinity and Beyond

    To Infinity and Beyond

    24 March 2021

    This week the children in the Pre-Reception Booster have been learning about ‘Space’.

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  • Finding their way

    Finding their way

    22 March 2021

    Year 5 and 6 Outdoor Adventures Enrichment had a fantastic afternoon in the lovely weather on Friday.

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  • The Cars of Sherfield

    The Cars of Sherfield

    19 March 2021

    In our Pre-Reception Booster group this week, they have been learning about ‘Travel and Transport’.

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  • You can’t have the rainbow without the rain!

    You can’t have the rainbow without the rain!

    19 March 2021

    It's easy to feel grateful when life is good, but what about when things are not so easy? In the midst of this global pandemic can we, or should we, still feel grateful?

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  • Lockdown on Ice

    Lockdown on Ice

    19 March 2021

    Ava in Year 8's account of ice skating during the pandemic.

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  • Rhythm Grids

    Rhythm Grids

    18 March 2021

    Year 5 have been getting rhythmic and composing their own rhythm grids, which they performed in groups.

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  • Who made my T.Shirt?

    Who made my T.Shirt?

    18 March 2021

    What a fantastic exhibition Year 7 put on last week. We were so impressed with the standard of the work produced and the depth of understanding shown.

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  • PI Day 2021

    PI Day 2021

    16 March 2021

    The 14 March each year is World Pi Day (3.14) and as a school we celebrated this on Monday.

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  • World Book Day 2021

    World Book Day 2021

    15 March 2021

    What better way to mark our return to School than to celebrate World Book Day? Last Friday saw a stunning array of costumes as staff and pupils fully entered into the spirit of the event.

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  • GCSE Dance Duet

    GCSE Dance Duet

    12 March 2021

    Annabelle and Ruby, in Year 11, have been working hard on their GCSE Dance Duet.

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  • The Wonder of being in School

    The Wonder of being in School

    12 March 2021

    To coin, the opening comments from head teacher John Tomsett and his blog, I have been teaching for 23 years, I taught children from the age of 3 months to 18 years, on three different continents and with three different education systems and, at the age of 43, this much I know about The Wonder of b...

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  • 100 Days of School 2021

    12 March 2021

    Moving into Reception and Year 1 are two huge milestones for younger children. When the children start reception, they are start thinking of themselves as ‘big boys and girls starting school’ and likewise when children move from Reception to Year 1, the children face a new key stage, where the way t...

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  • Year 1 Go Exploring

    Year 1 Go Exploring

    11 March 2021

    Year 1 pupils have had a magnificent first few days back in school.

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  • Wonderful Woods

    Wonderful Woods

    11 March 2021

    Our pupils were fantastic during their online PE, Games and Morning Motivation sessions.

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  • On a Bear Hunt

    On a Bear Hunt

    10 March 2021

    Our booster Pre-Reception group had their bear stolen this week!

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  • Flower Power

    Flower Power

    09 March 2021

    In science this week, Year 3 have been learning about pollination, fertilisation and the parts of a plant that support these processes.

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  • Le gâteau au yaourt

    Le gâteau au yaourt

    05 March 2021

    This half-term Year 7 have completed the topic of food. Olivia B and Oliver G both went the extra mile by following a yogurt cake recipe called ‘le gateau au yaourt’.

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  • Nursery World Book Day

    Nursery World Book Day

    05 March 2021

    What a wonderful day of fun the children in Nursery and Pre-Reception had on Thursday, celebrating World Book Day.

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  • Re-engage, Re-connect and Re-establish

    Re-engage, Re-connect and Re-establish

    05 March 2021

    If you listen to the political narrative and media sound-bites about schools re-opening, they are all about children needing to catch-up, but a slower approach when schools return may reap longer-term benefits. Think of the tortoise and the hare! The lesson there? Slow and steady wins the race.

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  • Im a Celebrity...

    I'm a Celebrity...

    04 March 2021

    Year 5 complete an “I’m a CELEBRITY, GET ME OUT OF  HERE” workout during their lesson this week.

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  • SUPERTATO to the rescue!

    SUPERTATO to the rescue!

    03 March 2021

    In Reception they have been learning all things superhero this week!

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  • The certainty of uncertainty

    The certainty of uncertainty

    26 February 2021

    I am sure that both you and your children were delighted to receive the welcome news on Monday evening that schools will reopen on Monday 8 March.

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  • Perfect Plants

    Perfect Plants

    26 February 2021

    Year 1 have started their new science topic all about plants.

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  • Designing Remotely

    Designing Remotely

    26 February 2021

    Year 10 Design & Technology students have been working on redesigning a game controller this term, so it is better ergonomically and anthropometrically for a specific game.

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  • The Vision Quest

    The Vision Quest

    26 February 2021

    As part of the thematic learning topic Wild, Wild West, Year 6 have been learning about Native American Indian rituals in Religious Studies.

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  • Be Kind

    Be Kind

    26 February 2021

    The Senior Prep assembly this week had a very special message from the Duchess of Cambridge to encourage us all to do nice things for other people and be kind.

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  • Were Jamming

    We're Jamming

    26 February 2021

    Over the half term the Year 4s were tasked with designing and making an air raid shelter model.

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  • The Lockdown Apprentice

    The Lockdown Apprentice

    26 February 2021

    Year 9 Business Studies pupils are taking part in 'The Lockdown Apprentice'. Each week they are given a new task. 

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  • Paper Sculptures

    Paper Sculptures

    26 February 2021

    Year 9 and 10 have been working on a paper project for the first half of term. They have been exploring the versatile nature of what you can do with paper. 

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  • Bellevue Inter-School Spelling Bee - Double Win

    Bellevue Inter-School Spelling Bee - Double Win

    26 February 2021

    This week saw the semi-finals and grand finals of the Bellevue Education Inter-School Spelling Bee!

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  • Valentines Tea Party

    Valentine's Tea Party

    22 February 2021

    The EAL children, who are in school, hosted a fantastic Valentine's tea party on the last day of the half term. They decorated the dining hall and served cakes and drinks to their staff guests.

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  • The power of rest and recovery

    The power of rest and recovery

    12 February 2021

    First and foremost, please accept my gratitude and sincere thanks for your continued support towards the Sherfield cause during another challenging lockdown period of remote learning.  The impact that you have had in encouraging and supporting your children during this difficult period cannot be und...

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  • The Case of the Missing Millions

    The Case of the Missing Millions

    10 February 2021

    Year 5 pupils have been putting their sleuthing skills into practice this week, as they have worked on solving the mystery of the missing millions in the London Chancery Lane Robbery.

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  • Riding for your Mental Health

    What motivates me to pedal on....

    05 February 2021

    Throughout my life, sport has played a key part in maintaining not only my physical wellbeing, but my mental wellbeing as well. Before lockdown I used to play for a Netball Club up to three times a week and sailed frequently at my local club, as well as teaching sailing.

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  • Childrens Mental Health Week

    Children's Mental Health Week

    05 February 2021

    The Junior Prep pupils began the week with a class assembly and were set a self-love challenge. In Reception they were tasked with a daily self love exercise.

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  • ISA National Art Competition Gallery

    ISA National Art Competition Gallery

    05 February 2021

    The ISA are thrilled to open the first virtual gallery for the Finals of the ISA National Art Competition, showcasing the finalists from each regional competition.

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  • The mysterious incident...

    The mysterious incident...

    05 February 2021

    Year 5 have been studying the book ‘Tuesday’ by David Wiesner which is a picture book telling a story of a mysterious incident of flying frogs.

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  • Off Screen Day

    Off Screen Day

    05 February 2021

    On Wednesday we held an 'off screen day' where pupils and staff detoxed from the screen and virtual classrooms and filled their days with a huge array of activities.

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  • Snow, China, Chores and Lego in Reception

    Snow, China, Chores and Lego in Reception

    29 January 2021

    They love the snow in reception and made sure that they were able to squeeze in some time to build snowmen, have snowball fights, make snow angels and just enjoy the snow!

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  • Express Yourself

    Express Yourself

    29 January 2021

    Family life has changed considerably since lockdown began. Being a parent can be challenging in everyday situations but those challenges have certainly increased as we face supporting our children through remote learning, limited opportunities for socialising and restrictions to our hobbies and outd...

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  • Houses of Old

    Houses of Old

    28 January 2021

    Year 3 were tasked with making a house from either the Stone Age, Bronze Age or Iron Age this week.

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  • Year 11 GCSE Music Composition

    Year 11 GCSE Music Composition

    27 January 2021

    Year 11s have been composing and arranging music online.

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  • British Sign Language

    British Sign Language

    26 January 2021

    Year 3 have only had a few hours of learning BSL and have learnt so much already. They have been learning the alphabet, numbers and how to ask people how they are and tell people where they live.

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  • Skeleton Creations

    Skeleton Creations

    26 January 2021

    Instead of swimming on a Monday afternoon, our Year 5 and 6’s have been able to enjoy an extra practical PE lesson and a theory based lesson.

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  • Snow Science

    Snow Science

    25 January 2021

    Year 1 had a great afternoon on Monday carrying out some snow-themed science with the remnants of Sunday’s snow.

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  • The Archers Lodge Experience

    22 January 2021

    Having worked in boarding schools – either as assistant housemasters, housemasters or Head of Boarding – for quite a number of combined years (we won’t disclose how many) we were chatting the other day about how it struck us both that the word ‘boarding’ fails so spectacularly to capture the essence...

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  • Reception this week

    Reception this week

    22 January 2021

    Reception Class are looking at time in maths this week. The children are learning to order the days of the week and months of the year, as well as their daily routines.

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  • Sherfield Learning Habits

    Sherfield Learning Habits

    22 January 2021

    This half term we have launched the Sherfield Learning Habits. Habits that we hope the pupils can develop to support them in becoming expert learners. This week the habit that we focused on was COLLABORATION.

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  • Array City

    Array City

    22 January 2021

    This week in maths, Year 4 have been working really hard on developing their multiplication skills. During their 'Fun Friday' maths session, the children created buildings and used the windows to form arrays.

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  • Making a Wagon

    Making a Wagon

    22 January 2021

    Year 6 were working on writing a specification in Design and Technology yesterday. They were tasked with making their own wagon out of household equipment.

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  • Bond, James Bond

    Bond, James Bond

    22 January 2021

    Year 5 have been learning about spy music in music. They have been looking at different ways of recreating the James Bond theme, using their own instruments at home and online apps.

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  • Virtual Dance Duet

    Virtual Dance Duet

    22 January 2021

    Violet in Year 9 and Ruby in Year 11 have recorded this fantastic contemporary dance duet which shows how, with imagination, remote learning can work for practical and creative subjects.

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  • Flipbooks

    Flipbooks

    15 January 2021

    Year 9 and 10 have been working on the topic of personal sketchbooks this week.

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  • Who made my t-shirt?

    Who made my t-shirt?

    15 January 2021

    This half term Year 7 have been learning in a different way.

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  • Morning Motivation

    Morning Motivation

    15 January 2021

    Due to popular demand Morning Motivation returns on a daily basis for all pupils, staff and teachers to start their day in a positive way.

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  • Against the clock

    Against the clock

    15 January 2021

    The Year 7 Young Leaders enrichment group were set a challenge to throw a tennis ball / pair of socks in to a bin or bucket as many times are they could in 1 minute.

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  • Welcome Back - from Alfie, Year 8 Head Boy

    Welcome Back - from Alfie, Year 8 Head Boy

    15 January 2021

    Here we are at the start of a new year and new term, which will bring us many exciting opportunities in both our school and leisure time.

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  • Reception - First Two Weeks

    Reception - First Two Weeks

    14 January 2021

    The Reception Class have been busy the past two weeks. They've been given daily tasks to develop their fine motor skills and life skills. They've taken part in daily phonics sessions, talked about feelings, reignited the Lego Challenge, sorted money and more.

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  • Games Controllers

    Games Controllers

    13 January 2021

    Year 9 Design & Technology pupils started a new project where they are redesigning their existing game controller.

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  • Year 1 to the rescue!

    Year 1 to the rescue!

    12 January 2021

    Year 1 have been working hard getting stuck into this half term’s topic - To The Rescue! They will be learning all about the heroine, Grace Darling, and exploring the story of The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch. The pupils have produced some fabulous work so far, as part of their English lessons or extra...

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  • Fantastical Butterflies

    Fantastical Butterflies

    12 January 2021

    While the Year 4’s are learning from home, Mrs Warmerdam has set them some Outdoor Learning tasks to get them outside. 

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  • A brush with the law

    A brush with the law

    11 January 2021

    Year 6 had a Sheriff themed DT lesson last week.

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  • Art of Photography

    Art of Photography

    11 January 2021

    In the Art of Photography Enrichment last Friday Year 5 and 6 pupils were introduced to the technical aspects of a digital camera, such as shutter speeds and apertures.  They explored the concept of focusing a camera and composing a photograph.

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  • Marvellous Maps

    Marvellous Maps

    09 December 2020

    In outdoor education this week Year 1 pupils had fun matching map symbols to the real life place they represent.

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  • Young Leaders

    Young Leaders

    08 December 2020

    The Year 7 Young Leaders Enrichment group have fully embraced their lessons during Enrichment and are already showing real progress with their leadership, confidence and organisation.

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  • Lino Printing

    Lino Printing

    08 December 2020

    Year 8 have designed an illustration for a nursery rhyme, transferred it to a lino plate and are printing it on a table top press.

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  • Egyptian Art

    Egyptian Art

    07 December 2020

    Year 4 have been looking at the Egyptians this term. In Art they have made their own clay plaques, designed and made papier-mâché hippos and have worked as a group to make a life size Tutankhamun.

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  • Hare Sculptures

    Hare Sculptures

    07 December 2020

    Year 7 have been looking at the work of Barry Flanagan and have designed and made their own dancing hare sculptures.

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  • Year 3 & 4 Art ASC

    Year 3 & 4 Art ASC

    07 December 2020

    This half term some year 3 and 4’s have been attending an Art after school club.

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  • Seniors Art Master Christmas Challenges

    Seniors Art Master Christmas Challenges

    07 December 2020

    This week GCSE and A level Art pupils took part in the Christmas Art Master Challenge. Pupils were tasked with creative problems to solve within an allotted time.

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  • ‘Tis the season to be jolly!

    ‘Tis the season to be jolly!

    04 December 2020

    This week saw Senior Prep enjoying their Christmas movies in the Courtyard Studio.

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  • Being Kind Is Good For You…

    Being Kind Is Good For You…

    04 December 2020

    As many of the pupils will tell you, one of the major foci of Sherfield School is being kind. They will tell you that making others feel good with kindness can be really rewarding; making us feel great about our actions as humans, for doing the right thing.

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  • Reception get Festive

    Reception get Festive

    04 December 2020

    Reception class have been working hard on recording their Nativity this week and taking part in various festive themed activities around the classroom.

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  • Year 9 and 10 Art Exhibition Gallery

    Year 9 and 10 Art Exhibition Gallery

    04 December 2020

    This term year 9 and 10 have been creating work on the theme of 'In the News'.

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  • Woodland Creatures

    Woodland Creatures

    03 December 2020

    Year 4 created their own astounding woodland creature in outdoor learning this week, also thinking about animal welfare needs. 

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  • Inuit Life

    Inuit Life

    03 December 2020

    On Wednesday, in Outdoor Learning, Year 2 made Inuit ‘Inuksuks’ using the materials they could find in the woods.

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  • Well beloved subjects...

    Well beloved subjects...

    03 December 2020

    Year 5 have been learning about the Tudors this half term in history and have been analysing the meaning of the symbolism in portraits of the monarchs.

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  • Year 5 & 6 STEM Day

    Year 5 & 6 STEM Day

    03 December 2020

    It was the turn of  Year 5 and 6 to challenge themselves in all areas of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) on Thursday.

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  • Moo-tivating Workshop

    Moo-tivating Workshop

    02 December 2020

    Within the Global Citizenship Enrichment they are learning about Environmental Sustainability.

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  • Year 10 student builds hand sanitiser robot

    Year 10 student builds hand sanitiser robot

    02 December 2020

    Samuel, a Year 10 student at Sherfield School, has developed an intelligent hand sanitiser robot out of Lego that dispenses hand sanitiser without the need to touch the bottle and gives you just the right amount, reducing waste. It even says ‘thank you’ at the end.

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  • ISA Regional Art Competition Success

    ISA Regional Art Competition Success

    01 December 2020

    Fantastic and inspiring artwork by Sherfield School pupils impressed the judges at the recent ISA London West Art Competition, with three pieces picking up first place awards.

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  • Dance Leader

    Dance Leader

    01 December 2020

    Charlotte in Year 11 did a fantastic job leading a dance routine to her peers during Senior Games on Monday.

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  • Countdown to Christmas

    Countdown to Christmas

    01 December 2020

    The Sixth Form have done a fantastic job collecting advent calendars for the students at The Loddon School and have collected over 30 calendars which will be delivered there later this week.

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  • Year 3 & 4 STEM Day

    Year 3 & 4 STEM Day

    25 November 2020

    On Wednesday Year 3 and 4 took part in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) day . Pupils spent the day moving between different workshops, baking festive bread, experimenting with yeast, laser cutting festive decorations and designing and building nets to create packaging. 

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  • Music Painting

    Music Painting

    20 November 2020

    This term year 9 pupils have been studying the work of American pop artist, James Rosenquist.

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  • Art Mocks

    Art Mocks

    20 November 2020

    This week has seen the year 11 and 13 pupils taking their Art mock exams.

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  • When life gives you lemons...

    When life gives you lemons...

    20 November 2020

    Over the last few weeks, a major change has struck Sherfield, with that of course being the need for masks in school. As somebody who has been at Sherfield for nearly all my life, it is odd to see students and teachers alike walk the halls wearing masks.

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  • A Listening Ear

    A Listening Ear

    18 November 2020

    Year 10 have been focusing on Mental Health in PSHE this term.

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  • Bringing theory to life

    Bringing theory to life

    18 November 2020

    The Year 9 GCSE PE group have been enjoying some practical elements within their lessons, putting their knowledge of the anatomy and physiology theory to the test.

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  • Our View of the World

    Our View of the World

    13 November 2020

    Year 6 have been exploring what affects our view of the world in religious studies.

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  • Circuits & Mini-Shelters

    Circuits & Mini-Shelters

    13 November 2020

    This week in Outdoor Education Year 6 used their knowledge of circuit symbols to create giant circuit diagrams in the woods. 

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  • Every Penny Matters

    Every Penny Matters

    13 November 2020

    This week at Sherfield, our school has supported two significant charity events: Remembrance Day and The BBC Children in Need Appeal. All charities are struggling to secure enough donations to stay afloat as a consequence of Covid-19 and the closure of their shops and cancellation of fundraising eve...

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  • Polar Bears and the Titanic in Year 2

    Polar Bears and the Titanic in Year 2

    13 November 2020

    This week Year 2 have been role-playing boarding the Titanic and writing a log book with details of their accommodation, food and activities.

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  • Year 3 Library Time

    Year 3 Library Time

    12 November 2020

    Year 3 have really been enjoying their time spent in the library this week.

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  • Year 5 Gymnastics

    Year 5 Gymnastics

    12 November 2020

    Year 5 have been creative during their Gymnastics lessons in PE and have been looking at different paired balances and how to implement these into a routine. Pictured are some of their ideas.

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  • Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

    Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

    12 November 2020

    Reception Class 1 enjoyed their welly walk last Thursday.

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  • Mini-Beast Hunt

    Mini-Beast Hunt

    11 November 2020

    This week in outdoor education, Year 1 read the story ‘Norman the Slug With a Silly Shell’.

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  • Poppies in the Nursery

    Poppies in the Nursery

    11 November 2020

    The children in Caterpillars have made a lovely collage to commemorate Remembrance Day 2020.

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  • We shall remember them...

    We shall remember them...

    11 November 2020

    Sherfield marked Remembrance Day with the laying of stones. Alfie, Prep School Head Boy, invited all pupils to paint a stone with a poppy. 

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  • GCSE Art and Design Exhibition

    GCSE Art and Design Exhibition

    08 November 2020

    After working exceptionally hard on their GCSE Art and Design, the class of 2020 were sadly unable to exhibit their work during the summer term due to the new restrictions.

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  • A Moment in History

    A Moment in History

    06 November 2020

    You may well remember a really poignant newsletter introduction last year from our Head Girl of Senior Prep, India regarding the Covid-19 pandemic. A fascinating piece of writing as she projected herself into the future, to a time where she was retelling the story of the pandemic to her grandchildre...

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  • Anatomy and Motion

    Anatomy and Motion

    06 November 2020

    In Science, Year 7 have been making model arms and dissecting chicken wings to help them learn about movement.

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  • Year 3 Maths

    Year 3 Maths

    06 November 2020

    In Year 3 they have been learning to add and subtract 2-digit and 3-digit numbers. 

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  • Netball Coaching

    Netball Coaching

    05 November 2020

    During Year 5 and 6 Games the girls have been working on the accuracy of their netball passing and 1-2 passing to get around a defender.

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  • Autoportrait

    Autoportrait

    05 November 2020

    In French, a few Year 7 pupils took up the challenge of creating some magnificent masked self-portraits which unfold to reveal a grand array of French adjectives and eye-catching illustrations.

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  • Atlas Antics!

    Atlas Antics!

    04 November 2020

    As Year 5 begin their new thematic learning topic...

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  • Outdoor Art

    Outdoor Art

    04 November 2020

    Year 4 had a lovely Outdoor Learning session where they took part in an Autumn scavenger hunt and created outdoor art in the style of Andy Goldsworthy. 

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  • Caring Letters

    Caring Letters

    04 November 2020

    As part of our Enrichment programme, Year 3 have been communicating with Applewood Care Home.

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  • Year 12 Sewing Bee

    Year 12 Sewing Bee

    02 November 2020

    In the first half term year 12 students took part in a sewing bee. They studied the work of Keith Haring and David Hockney to create a series of garments. Once the garments were completed, students learnt how to take a professional photo shoot using studio lighting, for our glamourous year 13 models...

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  • Ceramic Face Tiles

    Ceramic Face Tiles

    16 October 2020

    This term year 9 and 10 researched the artist Louise Futon, who creates decorated ceramic face tiles.

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  • Year 9 Montserrat Tourist Operators

    Year 9 Montserrat Tourist Operators

    16 October 2020

    After studying the causes and devastating impacts of the Soufriere Hills volcano on Montserrat, some of the year 9 pupils worked together to create a tourist campaign to encourage visitors back to the island.

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  • The student becomes the teacher

    The student becomes the teacher

    16 October 2020

    Year 10 took on the role of teacher this week to teach the others in their groups the four key mathematical constructions using a pair of compasses and a ruler.

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  • Rotary Club Fair

    Rotary Club Fair

    16 October 2020

    Today the Year 4 Junior Rotary club held their fundraising fair. It included fun activities and games which pupils in Years 3 and 4 took part in.

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  • Who are the best learners?... Are you curious?

    Who are the best learners?... Are you curious?

    16 October 2020

    Professor John Hattie says, ‘if you ask children who are the best learners and why? – too many will say those who just seem to get it, or are naturally talented.’ Hattie also says that ‘these are the very attributes that do not relate to learning, learning involves a challenge. Learning involves bei...

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  • Cracking Smiles

    Cracking Smiles

    16 October 2020

    In Science yesterday Year 4 looked at their eggs, after being submerged in five different liquids for a week. They wanted to see the affect each liquid had on the egg shell. After observing the appearance and feel of each egg, they made conclusions about which drinks were better for their teeth.

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  • Kensukes Kingdom

    Kensuke's Kingdom

    16 October 2020

    In Outdoor Education this week Year 5 took inspiration from 'Kensuke’s Kingdom', completing their shelters and building signal beacons to attract passing ships.

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  • Woodland Skeltons

    Woodland Skeltons

    15 October 2020

    In Outdoor Learning this week, Year 3 used their knowledge of the human body to create their own woodland skeletons. 

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  • Creepy Capers

    Creepy Capers

    15 October 2020

    Reception Class 1 have loved the wonderfully creepy activities this week. In their adult-led sessions, they have been writing and making potions and learning festivals rhymes and songs.

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  • Pterodactyl Project

    Pterodactyl Project

    15 October 2020

    Year 9 Design and Technology students have been working hard on their Pterodactyl project.

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  • Walk like an Egyptian

    Walk like an Egyptian

    15 October 2020

    Year 4 had such a fun day on Wednesday. The pupils made a superb effort to dress up as an ancient Egyptian.

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  • Day of the Dead

    Day of the Dead

    15 October 2020

    Over the last two weeks year 3 and 4 art after school club have been working on a design for a Day of the Dead pillow.

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  • How to make...

    How to make...

    14 October 2020

    Year 3 pupils have been learning to use the different features of instruction writing, including imperative verbs and adverbs.

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  • Growth Mindset

    Growth Mindset

    14 October 2020

    On Mondays Year 9.2 tutor group focus on their growth mindset and particularly motivation, setting goals, self-belief and resilience.

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  • Coaching Peers

    Coaching Peers

    14 October 2020

    This week in Health, Fitness and Well-being pupils have been creating their own fitness sessions in pairs and then delivering their fitness session to another pair. This is to develop important skills such as creativity, collaboration and communication.

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  • Eau De Forest

    Eau De Forest

    14 October 2020

    In Outdoor Education this week, Year 1 had fun choosing from a range of nature activities.

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  • Danish Long Ball

    Danish Long Ball

    13 October 2020

    Another Monday morning, means another sports session during tutor time for 7.4 and this week it was Danish Long Ball! It was great to see the pupils practising a range of skills such as sprinting, kicking, throwing, dodging and most importantly – working together in a team!

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  • Global Citizenship

    Global Citizenship

    13 October 2020

    The Global Citizens have had a very busy half term addressing the Global issues of Poverty, Fair trade, Food Waste and Sustainable Farming. The pupils have organised a food collection with all of the donations going to Spotlight in Basingstoke who help over 300 families in the local community.

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  • Peculiar Pets

    Peculiar Pets

    13 October 2020

    In the Young Writers Enrichment programme this half term the Year 3s have been working on the theme of ‘Peculiar Pets’. 

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  • Virtual Farm Visit 

    Virtual Farm Visit 

    12 October 2020

    The Year 9, 12 and 13 Business Studies pupils participated in a virtual farm visit to Chilton Manor Farm.

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  • Sherfield Mural

    Sherfield Mural

    12 October 2020

    The Sherfield Community Artists have been busy producing a design visual for their client presentation this week.

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  • Sound Maps and Teeth in Year 4

    Sound Maps and Teeth in Year 4

    09 October 2020

    In Outdoor Learning, Year 4 used super listening skills to create Sound Maps of the woods. 

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  • Engaging students in their learning

    Engaging students in their learning

    09 October 2020

    Autumn term is always very busy in Sixth Form, especially for Year 13 students, who are juggling the additional demands of finishing their university applications and revising for November mock exams.

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  • Inventive Revision

    Inventive Revision

    09 October 2020

    Year 11 have been using biscuits to creatively revise circle theorems in GCSE Maths - a topic which has lots of diagrams to memorise!

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  • Down to the woods

    Down to the woods

    09 October 2020

    This week the Ladybirds nursery children having been learning about woodlands. They have been making hedgehogs out of clay and a woodland train track.

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  • Year 7 Dodgeball

    Year 7 Dodgeball

    09 October 2020

    7.4 had fun in their first Monday Morning Sport session during morning tutor time where they enjoyed a dodgeball competition. After some great performances the scores were tied at 2-2. What a great way to start off their week!

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  • Senior Girls Volleyball

    Senior Girls Volleyball

    09 October 2020

    During Senior Games, the girls have been participating in a range of sports and this week they took part in a Volleyball tournament! Given not many of the girls had played before, it was great to have some of our Spanish and American students coaching their peers.

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  • Year 3 & 4 Art ASC

    Year 3 & 4 Art ASC

    09 October 2020

    Year 3 and 4 Art after school club have been working with clay this half term. They have studied the Native American Indians and made their interpretation of a totem pole.

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  • Landmark Models

    Landmark Models

    09 October 2020

    In Outdoor Learning this week, Year 2 created landmarks with natural materials and also role played the Great Fire of London with model houses.

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  • Sixth Form Lunch Tasters

    Sixth Form Lunch Tasters

    07 October 2020

    This week, in the Sixth Form we were lucky enough to host two Sixth Form taster days for small groups of the Year 11s, which included a wonderful array of new lunch options for the students to trial and give their feedback on.

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  • What’s the most accurate predictor of academic achievement for children?

    What’s the most accurate predictor of academic achievement for children?

    02 October 2020

    Since everyone returned to school last month, it has been wonderful to see the smiles on the faces of our children as they arrive each day, whether that’s a pupil in Reception on their first day, a girl in Year 8 back after so long at home, or a young man in the Sixth Form after a summer without exa...

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  • How tall is Buckfield?

    How tall is Buckfield?

    02 October 2020

    In the Real World Maths enrichment group they made their own clinometers for measuring angles and used them combined with some trigonometry to estimate the height of the Buckfield building!

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  • The Human Body!

    02 October 2020

    Year 3 have been learning all about the human body in Science. This week they focussed on the human skeleton and have learnt the names of some of the bones in their bodies. Armed with this knowledge they drew skeleton pictures using chalk and crayons.

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  • Time to be the Teacher

    Time to be the Teacher

    02 October 2020

    This week in RS year 7 have been learning about the similarities between religious festivals.

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  • Egyptians, Funny Bones and Medicine in Outdoor Learning

    Egyptians, Funny Bones and Medicine in Outdoor Learning

    01 October 2020

    In Outdoor Learning this week...

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  • A school without children is a soulless place

    A school without children is a soulless place

    25 September 2020

    As a teacher of Classics and History I have often found myself digging out a good quotation from one or other of the Greek, Roman or Medieval philosophers to start an assembly or lesson, and this, from Alexander the Great’s teacher, seems to sum up well the current climate.  Although Aristotle was t...

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  • Years 3 and 4 Boys Hockey Tournament

    Years 3 and 4 Boys Hockey Tournament

    25 September 2020

    In Years 3 and 4 boys hockey yesterday, they put the skills they have learnt over the last few weeks to the test in to a competitive tournament where team 'Wales' were crowned the overall champions!

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  • Health, Fitness and Wellbeing

    Health, Fitness and Wellbeing

    25 September 2020

    Isabelle, Darcy and Ava in Year 8 worked on their burpees in Health, Fitness and Wellbeing to improve their muscular endurance and power.

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  • Make Believe

    Make Believe

    24 September 2020

    This week the Ladybird children have been playing with the babies and putting them to bed, they have also been playing on the toy laptop pretending to do some work and learning colours.

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  • Storage Solutions

    Storage Solutions

    23 September 2020

    Emilie in Year 13 has been working hard developing her own storage solution inspired by the work of Tom Raffield in 3D Design. Emilie is aiming to produce a modular piece of furniture that can be adapted for the different needs of various users.

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  • Music Technology

    Music Technology

    22 September 2020

    Students have really enjoyed getting hands on in the recording studio as part of Music Technology enrichment on Friday afternoons.

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  • An evening under the stars

    An evening under the stars

    21 September 2020

    What a fabulous evening Year 7 had building their community spirit and learning the skills of collaboration and communication. Rounders and den building kicked off the evening where there was great team work and lots of smiles!

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  • How we will stay together, while the world stays apart

    How we will stay together, while the world stays apart

    18 September 2020

    I have been asked on several occasions recently, what lessons have been learnt and what changes have been made at school and in our community since the coronavirus pandemic took hold?

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  • Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece

    18 September 2020

    As part of their thematic learning this half term looking at Explorers, Invaders and Settlers, Year 5 have been learning about Ancient Greece.

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  • Lego Mindstorms

    Lego Mindstorms

    18 September 2020

    Lego Mindstorms is back for the 2020-21 season.

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  • ISA Art Competition 2020/21

    ISA Art Competition 2020/21

    18 September 2020

    The ISA hold an annual Arts competition and this year’s shortlisted entries to represent the school are the following...

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  • Welcome to the Millionaires Club

    Welcome to the Millionaires Club

    18 September 2020

    We launched our Accelerated Reader programme last year and started the race to become word millionaires. Little did we know then, that COVID 19 would try to put a spanner in the works!

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  • Bonjour mes amis

    Bonjour mes amis

    18 September 2020

    In year 1 the children have had their first French lessons.  They have learnt to sing the song ‘Bonjour mes amis’, have found out simple facts about France and made a flag.

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  • Journey Into Space

    Journey Into Space

    17 September 2020

    Year 5 have started the term by learning about Holst’s Planet Suite and this week were creating their own music to represent ‘Venus: Bringer Of Peace’.

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  • Write like Roald Dahl!

    Write like Roald Dahl!

    17 September 2020

    The children in Year 3 have been spotting key features of Roald Dahl's writing.

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  • Learning Outside

    Learning Outside

    17 September 2020

    Year 3s really enjoyed making some insect homes, inspired by Roald Dahl’s story of James and the Giant Peach.

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  • Leaf Printing

    Leaf Printing

    16 September 2020

    In Year 3's outdoor enrichment activity afternoon they had a go at leaf printing whilst trying to identify the different trees and plants that the leaves had come from. They also found a selection of minibeasts hiding under logs!

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  • The Number Line

    The Number Line

    16 September 2020

    Year 4 went outside to explore the number line during one of their Mathematics lesson this week.

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  • Bubble Photography

    Bubble Photography

    15 September 2020

    The Art of Photography enrichment group, made up of year 9 & 10 pupils, were making large bubbles in the school grounds.

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  • Negative and Prime Numbers

    Negative and Prime Numbers

    14 September 2020

    In Maths last week year 7 completed a negative numbers treasure hunt in order to consolidate this topic. This required them to run around hunting for clues to complete all of the questions.

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  • Meet our Head Boy and Head Girl

    Meet our Head Boy and Head Girl

    11 September 2020

    We hope you have had a great summer (given the circumstances) and we are delighted to welcome you all back for another academic year here at Sherfield School.

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  • Apples and Yoga

    Apples and Yoga

    10 September 2020

    On their first day back, the Butterflies went to the dance studio to sing and dance. They talked all about their names and what class they are in now.

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  • Dance Duets

    Dance Duets

    10 September 2020

    Year 11 GCSE Dance pupils Annabelle and Ruby are enjoying exploring duet work for their dance performance.

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  • Years 3, 4 and 7 Boys Hockey

    Years 3, 4 and 7 Boys Hockey

    09 September 2020

    The Year 7 boys enjoyed playing hockey in their games lesson last Wednesday. For the majority of the boys this was their first experience of Hockey and they all did a fantastic job working on their dribbling and passing and developing their understanding of the basic rules in Hockey!

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  • Time Capsules and Artifacts in Year 4

    Time Capsules and Artifacts in Year 4

    08 September 2020

    They have had fun in Year 4, creating time capsules and getting to know their new pupils and teachers. They were also transported back in time to 1922 when Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamun's tomb filled with treasure. We had fun discovering the artfacts that were found inside.

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  • Welcome Back Boarders

    Welcome Back Boarders

    07 September 2020

    We were delighted to welcome our boarders back last week which kicked off with a day of team building, icebreaker games and dodgeball!

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  • Speech Day 2020

    Speech Day 2020

    03 July 2020

    Our Speech Day premiered on YouTube and Facebook at 4:30pm yesterday. Thank you to all those that tuned in and for your fantastic feedback. We hope you enjoyed watching it as much as the pupils and staff enjoyed putting it together.

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  • A very different year at Sherfield

    A very different year at Sherfield

    03 July 2020

    Well done everyone!  We have made it to the end of a very different year at Sherfield!  I don’t believe we have ever had so many volunteer home tutors before, however, with the utmost respect for everyone, I truly hope we don’t require your help in quite the same way in the future!

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  • Year 3s French Café

    Year 3's French Café

    02 July 2020

    To celebrate the end of their first year of learning French, year 3 have had a French café with croissants, pains au chocolat and brioches.  Bon appetit!

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  • End of Year Celebrations!

    End of Year Celebrations!

    02 July 2020

    Our classes, pupils, bubbles, houses, tutors and phases were all able to join in the end of term celebrations this week whether that be online or in person.

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  • BSA Covid Safe Charter

    BSA Covid Safe Charter

    01 July 2020

    Sherfield School is a member of the Boarding Schools’ Association (BSA) and has been working closely with the organisation throughout the COVID-19 outbreak. The BSA has published a COVID-Safe Charter and Sherfield School is proud to follow this and pledges to ensure full compliance with all Governme...

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  • Oh I do like to be beside the Victorian seaside!

    Oh I do like to be beside the Victorian seaside!

    26 June 2020

    This half term in humanities year 2 have been learning about seaside holidays in Victorian times. 

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  • We Handled It

    We Handled It

    26 June 2020

    It was nearing the end of February this year and I was starting to get excited about my birthday. It was on a Friday which always feels extra special as celebrations can continue into the weekend. My younger brother had just had his so all the focus was now on mine. My mum had booked the day off wor...

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  • Welcoming Back Our Pupils

    Welcoming Back Our Pupils

    26 June 2020

    On 1st June we were excited to welcome back to school our nursery, reception, year 1 and year 6 pupils. The following week we were able to welcome back year 2, year 3, year 4 and year 5 and last week we welcomed back year 10 and year 12. They returned to a new reality of socially distanced learning ...

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  • The Paper Bag Challenge

    The Paper Bag Challenge

    26 June 2020

    The Year 4’s did the Paper Bag challenge today. Each group represented a family living in a crowded and poor shantytown in Kolkata.

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  • Maths Outside

    Maths Outside

    26 June 2020

    In maths this week, Year 2 have been revising shape and pattern. They have worked outside to make repeating patterns and symmetrical pictures using natural materials.

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  • Good Vibrations

    Good Vibrations

    25 June 2020

    Year 4.2 have been enjoying lunch and break times outside. This week they took part in a fun science experiment where they explored how sound vibrations travel through the air.

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  • A Dragon at Sherfield School

    A Dragon at Sherfield School

    24 June 2020

    Year 1 have had a week of excitement. It all kicked off when they watched some ‘CCTV’ footage showing a special visitor in the school grounds.

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  • Hadrians Wall

    Hadrian's Wall

    23 June 2020

    To complete their Romans topic, in history, year 3 have been building Hadrian’s Wall. Alexander is remote learning at home and created an absolutely fantastic and detailed model.

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  • Time Learning Remotely

    Time Learning Remotely

    19 June 2020

    We hope you and your family are well! We wanted to tell you what we have done in Lockdown, so this is our story during our time inside.

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  • The Pupils become the Teachers

    The Pupils become the Teachers

    18 June 2020

    During Morning Motivation this week some of our Year 6 pupils led from the front, having created their own routines during their Fitness and Wellbeing session.

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  • Beside the Seaside

    Beside the Seaside

    18 June 2020

    In Humanities Year 2 are learning about Seaside Holidays in Victorian Times. They were set a challenge of making a model bathing machine. Theo, Vrishank and Harry from 2.2 all made these models at home.

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  • National Portrait Gallery Photography Competition

    National Portrait Gallery Photography Competition

    17 June 2020

    Hold Still, a portrait of our nation in 2020.

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  • Year 10 Summer Art Exam

    Year 10 Summer Art Exam

    17 June 2020

    This Summer Year 10 GCSE Art students have been working on designing a box for the hair dye brand Pulp Riot. They have created their own individual concepts and researched a variety of contextual source materials from Street Artist Banksy to Korean Pop groups.

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  • Year 11 Landscape Photograpy

    Year 11 Landscape Photograpy

    16 June 2020

    This week Year 11 Art and Photography pupils investigated the theme of Landscapes as part of their Year 12 Prep.

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  • Lockdown Olympic Games 2020

    Lockdown Olympic Games 2020

    16 June 2020

    Who needs Tokyo 2020 when you have Sherfield School's Lockdown Olympics 2020!?

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  • Handmade with love

    Handmade with love

    15 June 2020

    During this current situation Shrihan, Year 3, has been very touched and wanted to do something for the Keyworkers. He's made 47 candles, one for every carer at Applewood Care Home. He made the candles (with a bit of help from mum), packaged them and handed them over to the care home. They were very...

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  • The Robin Hood Experience

    The Robin Hood Experience

    15 June 2020

    Reception Class went on a sensory walk last week to discover what it was like to live in the forest like Robin Hood.

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  • Our GEMS X journey

    Our GEMS X journey

    12 June 2020

    After many weeks of researching and developing ideas on how to tackle water pollution and economic water scarcity, our solution was the ‘cstraw’.

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  • Taking Stock

    Taking Stock

    12 June 2020

    As we head into the final few weeks of an interesting, challenging yet extremely rewarding year at Sherfield, it is perhaps a good time to take stock and consider the year ahead. We are all acutely aware of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and this is so evident currently with the recurring debat...

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  • Building a Hole for our two new Footgolf courses!

    Building a Hole for our two new Footgolf courses!

    12 June 2020

    In Maths this week Year 6 were tasked with designing a hole for a new Sherfield Footgolf course. They needed to create a design and work out the area and perimeter of their hole.

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  • Year 1 English, Maths and Art Outdoors!

    Year 1 English, Maths and Art Outdoors!

    11 June 2020

    Year 1 have been enjoying working outdoors this week. In English, they wrote wanted posters to help the Sheriff on Nottingham capture Robin Hood. 

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  • Nature Art

    Nature Art

    11 June 2020

    Year 2.2 and Year 5 created Mandalas this week and sourced all of the materials used outside.

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  • Year 6 Wellbeing

    Year 6 Wellbeing

    10 June 2020

    Year 6 went on a walk in the woods this week and were set two challenges - to create a mammal, insect or reptile and a portrait of Mrs West using anything they can find in the woods!

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  • Year 3 Science and Stories

    Year 3 Science and Stories

    09 June 2020

    Year 3 have really enjoyed being back in school.

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  • A Level Art Preparation

    A Level Art Preparation

    08 June 2020

    Last week pupils were studying Life Drawing and the use of Chiaroscuro (strong directional lighting). Pupils produced their own photoshoot trying to capture dramatic lighting, having researched a range of different source material.

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  • Virtual Battle of the Bands 2020

    Virtual Battle of the Bands 2020

    05 June 2020

    Following on from the success of our Virtual Rock & Pop concert, the Music Department invited pupils to put together their own ‘band performances’, to take part in a virtual version of our iconic Battle Of The Bands event.

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  • Year 6 Fitness and Wellbeing

    Year 6 Fitness and Wellbeing

    05 June 2020

    This week some Year 6's were able to take part in Morning Motivation in person! 

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  • In Year 4 this week...

    In Year 4 this week...

    05 June 2020

    Year 4 created some lovely pictures using natural found objects in Art. Henry creating his natural paintbrush (with a little bit of help from a power drill). Alexis’ wonderful natural paint brushes

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  • Reception and Year 1s First Week Back

    Reception and Year 1's First Week Back

    05 June 2020

    The pupils in Reception and Year 1 have been getting stuck into their new topic, Robin Hood. They’ve enjoyed comparing the character profiles of Robin Hood and The Sheriff of Nottingham through this role on the wall activity.

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  • 60 years from now...

    60 years from now...

    05 June 2020

    60 years from now, I imagine myself sitting in my rocking chair with one of my grandchildren. He tells me that in history at school, he is learning about the Coronavirus and his teacher has told his class some things that he is finding quite scary. Hundreds of thousands of people died and there was ...

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  • Year 7 Portrait Reproduction

    Year 7 Portrait Reproduction

    04 June 2020

    Our Year 7s have been looking at portraits in Art and they were asked to reproduce a painted portrait in a photograph. Their photos are uncanny we're sure you will agree...

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  • Roman Shields

    Roman Shields

    03 June 2020

    As part of their Romans topic, Year Three’s half-term challenge was to research, design and make their own Roman Shield. They all enjoyed the task and made some fantastic creations!

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  • School Review

    29 May 2020

    In March 2020, Maya Boyd from Muddy Stilettos Hampshire came in to review the school. She spent the day touring every part of the school, visiting the classrooms and speaking to staff and pupils, leaving no stone unturned in order to get a true feel for the school. You can read her full review here.

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  • Year 4 - Virtual School Week 6

    Year 4 - Virtual School Week 6

    22 May 2020

    In English, Year 4 have been writing animal poems this week. They have followed a structure and focused on developing some powerful noun phrases, including adjectives and prepositions to add description.

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  • Year 3 and Year 5 History

    Year 3 and Year 5 History

    22 May 2020

    Year 3 are learning about The Romans in History.  They have learnt about how and where Roman Roads were built.  They were challenged to build their own mini Roman Road, which Lachlan, Rafe and Shrihan did a fantastic job of!

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  • Kindness Week

    Kindness Week

    22 May 2020

    It's Mental Health Awareness Week this week and this year's theme is Kindness.

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  • GEMS X - The Final

    GEMS X - The Final

    22 May 2020

    What a fantastic journey this team has been on, the first team from the UK to enter GEMS Global Challenges and to be shortlisted on their first attempt was a superb achievement. 

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  • Year 7 learn to play the Ukulele!

    Year 7 learn to play the Ukulele!

    15 May 2020

    Learning from home wasn’t going to stop Year 7 learning ukulele as planned for the summer term!

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  • Bees and Explorers

    Bees and Explorers

    15 May 2020

    In Science this term, Year 4 have been learning about different habitats, with a focus this week on bees. In History, Year 4 have been learning about different explorers.

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  • Covid-19 - My Thoughts and Experiences

    Covid-19 - My Thoughts and Experiences

    15 May 2020

    We are currently experiencing what could be seen as the biggest restriction of civil liberties for our generation since the Second World War. As a student nearing the end of my secondary education, these unprecedented circumstances have given rise to a whole new set of opportunities and challenges w...

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  • Measures & An Island Home

    Measures & An Island Home

    15 May 2020

    In maths this week, Year 2 have been learning all about measures.  They have been finding out about temperature, weight and capacity.  The children have been asked to look in cookbooks for temperatures, weigh household items and make potions for the fairy godmother!  What a lot of fun measuring can ...

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  • Year 4 Art

    Year 4 Art

    14 May 2020

    Year 4 were tasked with making trees from objects and designing monuments to celebrate the keyworkers including a monument of keyworkers holding hands, based on the red army sculpture on the A33 and a rainbow flower bed!

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  • Apple Swans

    Apple Swans

    13 May 2020

    The Year 10 Food class were set a practical challenge of making apple swans! Why not give it a go and impress dinner guests (when we can have guests again!)

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  • GEMS X Update… The Bootcamp

    GEMS X Update… The Bootcamp

    13 May 2020

    Our Year 9 GEMS X team have been extremely lucky this week as they have attended two days of a virtual bootcamp in Dubai. On the downside, it has meant that students have had to face two 6am starts! The team attended workshops run by industry experts in a variety of fields from Design,  Digital Mark...

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  • VE Day 2020

    VE Day 2020

    08 May 2020

    Senior Prep pupils were definitely very busy, baking scones and cakes, following 1940s recipes, making bunting and celebrating with garden parties and socially distanced street parties. Well done to everyone that shared their photos. Gaby, Year 6 made scones and delivered them to elderly neighbours....

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  • Virtual Reception Class - Week 4

    Virtual Reception Class - Week 4

    07 May 2020

    Reception class are continuing to learn new life skills throughout this online learning period. One of the most popular being, learning to ride a bike without stabilisers!

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  • Virtual Year 4.2 - Week 4

    Virtual Year 4.2 - Week 4

    07 May 2020

    This week Year 4 have been studying habitats. Joao-Ricardo demonstrated that he was able to compare and contrast the same habitat at different points throughout the year, clearly noting the plants and animals that would be living there.

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  • Introducing our new staff members

    04 May 2020

    We have three new members of staff. One has already started with us and two are due to start in September 2020.

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  • This week in Year 1

    This week in Year 1

    01 May 2020

    This half term the children in Year 1 will be learning all about plastic pollution and the impact it has on our planet’s oceans. In English this week, they have begun a new story called Somebody Swallowed Stanley written by Sarah Roberts.

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  • This week in Reception

    This week in Reception

    01 May 2020

    Reception Class are learning about fractions this week. They started off by finding half of 2D shapes, then found half of various food items in their homes and are now finding a quarter of a shape.

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  • Emotional challenges and their impact

    Emotional challenges and their impact

    01 May 2020

    The response of the Sherfield School community during the current crisis has been absolutely astonishing, and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank each and every individual for their continued efforts.

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  • Year 4 explore puppets and Columbus

    Year 4 explore puppets and Columbus

    30 April 2020

    This week Year 4 have been studying Christopher Columbus.

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  • Make it with Mr M

    Make it with Mr M

    29 April 2020

    Mr Marshall will be posting weekly challenges that encourage pupils to be creative and make small toys from everyday materials.

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  • Defying Gravity

    Defying Gravity

    28 April 2020

    In this week’s Science investigation lesson, Year 7 and 8 were looking at a simple experiment where water seems to defy gravity.

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  • Pre Reception go travelling

    Pre Reception go travelling

    24 April 2020

    Last week Pre Reception travelled around Europe.

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  • The Sherfield Spirit!

    The Sherfield Spirit!

    20 April 2020

    Aaryan in Year 6 has been very busy during the Easter holidays. He cooked Indian meals and took them up to Basingstoke Hospital for the frontline workers to say thank you for all that they are doing.

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  • Top 10 Tips for a Smooth Transition into Reception Class

    16 April 2020

    1.  Sherfield is the place to be! 2.  Let’s Talk about School 3. Sharing is Caring 4. Sherfield Says Relax 5. I can do it too! 7. Strike a Pose 8. What’s your name? 9. Sherfield Says 10. Make a Date

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  • Art Master Challenge Continues

    Art Master Challenge Continues

    03 April 2020

    This week there have been some fantastic entries. Challenges have included 'make a short video demonstrating how to wash your hands', 'make the best sculpture from your recycling bin' (winner pictured -India, Darcy and Harper's magic bean tree) and make the best alphabet.

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  • Year 11 Artists

    Year 11 Artists

    03 April 2020

    Year 11 Art pupils have been undertaking a 10-hour Mock exam at home this week.

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  • Year 3 Poems

    Year 3 Poems

    02 April 2020

    Year 3 have been planning and writing their own poems using an ABAB rhyme scheme. They chose their own theme and thought of lots of different rhyming words to get them started. Aliza , for example, wrote this superb one about the coronavirus!

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  • Independence, resilience and adaptability

    Independence, resilience and adaptability

    02 April 2020

    In the past few weeks, we have all needed to embrace significant changes and operate in a very different way.  I would very much like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the dedication and hard work of our staff, they have managed to seamlessly migrate years of classroom practice to an online...

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  • Year 12 Art

    Year 12 Art

    02 April 2020

    This term Year 12 artists have been working on producing work that would form the graphics for the cover of a Biology textbook.

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  • Reception Class this week...

    Reception Class this week...

    02 April 2020

    Reception class have been learning to tell the time. They identified key features of clocks and then made our own natural clocks with seasonal objects that they found outside.

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  • Supercooled water experiment

    Supercooled water experiment

    01 April 2020

    In Science last week, Year 7 and 8 were challenged to design and conduct a science investigation to discover how to make supercooled water (below its freezing point and will freeze the moment you knock it or disturb it).

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  • Singing for Fun

    Singing for Fun

    31 March 2020

    Pupils and staff alike have kept the feel-good factor of group singing alive by joining in ‘Singing For Fun’ over the last two weeks.

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  • Online Music-Making

    Online Music-Making

    30 March 2020

    Year 9 have been exploring online music-making possibilities this week using Google Chrome Labs’ Song Maker. Continuing with their unit on Film Music, pupils were tasked to create their own theme for a comedy film.

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  • Year 1 goings on

    Year 1 goings on

    27 March 2020

    The children in Year 1 have been set different challenges each day in order to keep fit, learn life skills and get stuck into creative activities.

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  • Year 4s cross-curricular study of World War II

    Year 4's cross-curricular study of World War II

    27 March 2020

    Year 4 have been studying World War II in history and this week have recreated 1940s wartime dances and a dance to a song about a girl who died during the war, sung wartime songs such as 'we're going to hang out the washing', baked wartime scotch shortbread and Yorkshire puddings using rationed item...

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  • Sherfield Spirit

    Sherfield Spirit

    27 March 2020

    At the end of our first week's adventure into the wonderful world of online learning, I must thank you all for your support and commitment.  The Sherfield Spirit is strong and the whole community have been fantastic in embracing the challenges of working in a new way. 

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  • Year 8.1 fancy dress form time

    Year 8.1 fancy dress form time

    27 March 2020

    8.1 decided to make form time a little more fun the week before the holidays by dressing up! The form group had been superb all week adjusting to Zoom lessons and thought now was a good time to make the most of not having to wear a school uniform.

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  • What a week for our Reception Class

    What a week for our Reception Class

    27 March 2020

    In Reception Class, the children have been given daily life-skills activities e.g. time management and tying shoelaces. They took these on whole-heartedly!

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  • Year 11 bring their pet to tutor time

    Year 11 'bring their pet to tutor time'

    26 March 2020

    Tutor group 11.3 had a 'bring your pet to tutor time' twice this week, because, when at Sherfield Virtual School, why not!?

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  • California training!

    California training!

    25 March 2020

    On Wednesday Sherfield staff continued to develop their online learning skills receiving more training in using Zoom technology.

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  • Art Master

    Art Master

    23 March 2020

    In light of the current climate, I wanted to lift peoples spirits and have decided to run a special challenge each day called 'Art Master' (the return). I ran this on the Art residential trip this year and if you haven't seen Taskmaster (what's stopping you - catch up on UKTV / Dave) it is a series ...

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  • The New Digital World of Education

    The New Digital World of Education

    20 March 2020

    As we approach a very uncertain and different future, I would very much like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your fabulous support.  It’s always incredible how communities come together during difficult times and this period is no different.  We are entering a new virtual world with so...

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  • Year 10 Art Nature Exhibition

    Year 10 Art Nature Exhibition

    17 March 2020

    Last term Year 10 pupils completed a project on Micro Bugs. Pupils worked in a variety of media to learn a range of recording skills and accurately observing shapes from nature.

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  • Poetry and Shakespeare

    Poetry and Shakespeare

    16 March 2020

    After the “Book Week” success, last week has been just as busy with some very exciting events in the English department!

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  • Pi Day 2020

    Pi Day 2020

    13 March 2020

    14 March is Pi-day, a day which celebrates this awesome irrational number. As a school, pupils have been involved in various events both in and out of the classroom in the run up to the special day tomorrow.

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  • Science Week 2020

    Science Week 2020

    13 March 2020

    This week students at Sherfield have been recognising British Science Week by taking part in a number of activities.

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  • Spring in the Nursery

    Spring in the Nursery

    13 March 2020

    The Butterflies Nursery children made the most of the lovely Spring sunshine today to enjoy a woodland walk in the grounds and see all of the daffodils. The children really enjoyed building a pretend camp fire with the sticks they found in the area and sat down to admire their efforts.

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  • Creative Play and Expression

    Creative Play and Expression

    13 March 2020

    This week at Sherfield we enjoyed two fabulous activity mornings in Pre-Reception and Nursery.  With children joined by parents and staff, they were able to engage in a range of lovely experiences painting, sticking, pasting, making, singing and being creative.  Although these opportunities may seem...

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  • Year 2 Water Walk for Charity

    Year 2 Water Walk for Charity

    13 March 2020

    In Geography Year Two are learning about Malawi.  They have found out that many children their age miss school due to collecting water each day, walking an average of 6km per day. 

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  • Happy Holi Festival 2020!

    Happy Holi Festival 2020!

    11 March 2020

    Year 4 students have been learning about springtime festivals from different religions around the world.

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  • Vocal Concert 2020

    Vocal Concert 2020

    11 March 2020

    The Music Department held their annual vocal concert on Wednesday evening, prepared and hosted by singing teacher Gail Mortley. The evening was very well attended and the audience enjoyed performances from pupils as young as Year 4, all the way up to some of our most experienced singers at GCSE leve...

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  • Art for the Boarding House

    Art for the Boarding House

    10 March 2020

    To celebrate the success of the talented artists within the boarding house, work has been photographed, printed and framed to create a new exhibition space. The art ranges from Year 10 to 12 and documents various coursework projects the students have been working on. The media varies from watercolo...

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  • Pre-Reception Spring Activity Morning 2020

    Pre-Reception Spring Activity Morning 2020

    10 March 2020

    On Tuesday Pre-Reception held their Spring Activity morning. Many of our families came to join and they all had a fabulous time. There were a variety of activities for children to get involved in including Easter biscuits, spring play dough and a potting shed. They finished the event by singing som...

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  • Book Illustrations

    Book Illustrations

    09 March 2020

    The students in Years 3 to 8 worked hard and showed their creativity on World Book Day last week.

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  • Parent Survey Results 2020

    Parent Survey Results 2020

    09 March 2020

    Many thanks to all parents who kindly took the time to share your views in our annual parent survey conducted last term.

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  • Sixth Sense- Where next?

    Sixth Sense- Where next?

    06 March 2020

    Hi everyone! We’re back from our Emirates trip and into another exciting week at Sixth Form. Last Friday we had the opportunity to visit the University and Apprenticeship Fair to start our application process.

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  • Dressing Up and Celebrating

    Dressing Up and Celebrating

    06 March 2020

    Dressing up has certainly been the theme for the week at Sherfield! World Book Day was a wonderful experience with so many fabulous costumes. So much time and effort was put in to celebrate the day in style with so many different characters on display. The house competitions certainly provided an op...

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  • 100 Days of School

    100 Days of School

    06 March 2020

    Reception and Year 1 are celebrating their 100th day in class today!

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  • Wild, Wild West!

    Wild, Wild West!

    05 March 2020

    Year 6 Historians have been learning about the culture and history of the Native American Indians and have produced some wonderful pieces of homework this week.

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  • World Book Day 2020

    World Book Day 2020

    05 March 2020

    At Sherfield, we don’t just dress up for World Book Day! 

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  • Friends of Sherfield Easter Egg Collection

    Friends of Sherfield Easter Egg Collection

    02 March 2020

    Friends of Sherfield are once again collecting chocolate Easter eggs for Basingstoke Children’s Services. FOS will deliver all the eggs collected to BCS before the end of term, for them to distribute to low income families in the local community over the Easter period.

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  • Body Bingo!

    Body Bingo!

    02 March 2020

    To kick off our new science topic, My Amazing Body, Year 1 have been naming and labelling parts of the human body.

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  • GEMS X Competition Success!

    GEMS X Competition Success!

    28 February 2020

    Students from Year 9 and 10 have been working extremely hard in their GEMS X enrichment this term.  The students were tasked with researching how cutting edge technology can be used to develop solutions for some of the biggest challenges facing the world today.

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  • Communities pulling together in times of adversity

    Communities pulling together in times of adversity

    28 February 2020

    During the last week, we have witnessed how globally interconnected our world is. As the news is dominated by the Covid-19 virus outbreak, it is important that we spare a few thoughts for the individuals and communities affected across the world. The devastating impact on health and wellbeing is sig...

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  • Sixth Sense - Hot chocolate woes and trips a plenty...

    28 February 2020

    Hi, we’re back after a jam-packed half term which is a prime opportunity to review the last half terms work and consolidate knowledge. It is important, however, to break up revision with seeing friends and spending time with family. 

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  • Maths and Science is all around us

    Maths and Science is all around us

    27 February 2020

    Year 4 have been exploring perpendicular and parallel lines in mathematics this week. We were surprised at how many examples of these lines that we could find around school.

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  • Year 2 explore Ahlberg

    Year 2 explore Ahlberg

    26 February 2020

    Year Two are learning about the author Allan Ahlberg. They have been finding out all about his life and have made a poster about him.  They have read lots of his books and have chosen their favourites!

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  • Pancake Maths!

    Pancake Maths!

    25 February 2020

    On Tuesday Year 2.1 celebrated pancake day! The children used their measurement skills to measure all the ingredients and then cooked their own pancakes.

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  • A Trip to CERN

    A Trip to CERN

    24 February 2020

    A group of Year 11-13 students visited CERN, the largest particle accelerator on Earth, and the city of Geneva, just before the end of the half term.

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  • Junior Rotary help the Camrose Centre

    Junior Rotary help the Camrose Centre

    14 February 2020

    The Junior Rotary Club recently undertook a massive campaign to collect unwanted Christmas gifts and food donations to help the homeless in Basingstoke.

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  • What an exciting end to the first spring half term

    What an exciting end to the first spring half term

    14 February 2020

    What an exciting end to the first spring half-term at Sherfield as we waved off our skiers on their trip to Italy!

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  • Sixth Sense-An interview with...

    Sixth Sense-An interview with...

    14 February 2020

    We are Millie and Sasha; we are currently in our first year of sixth form here at Sherfield. We believe that the sixth form should have more of a contributive voice within the school. As we are both studying English as one of our A-levels, we both thought that this will be the best way to be heard. ...

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  • Year 3s trip rocked!

    Year 3's trip rocked!

    13 February 2020

    Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Stonehenge. They thought about how and why the stones came to be there; how the site has changed over time and how archaeologists and historians uncover facts from history.

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  • Exploring the USA!

    Exploring the USA!

    12 February 2020

    This week in Geography Year 6 have been presenting their homework projects about a state of their choice.

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  • 50 Things After School Club

    50 Things After School Club

    11 February 2020

    Every Thursday pupils in Senior Prep take part in activities similar to the ’50 things to do before you’re 11 3/4’ National Trust challenge.

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  • Demonstrating energy, commitment and a desire to succeed

    Demonstrating energy, commitment and a desire to succeed

    07 February 2020

    Recently Sherfield School rocked the O2 in London.  This week it has been the turn of the Haymarket Theatre in Basingstoke as the students of Horace Green Prep School have entertained us all with their fabulous performances of School of Rock.  With stand-out performances in abundance and a wonderful...

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  • Year 9s make self portraits

    Year 9s make self portraits

    05 February 2020

    Year 9’s have been working on portraiture since September and have all produced an A3 canvas self portrait in the style of the artist Francoise Neilly, who uses bright abstract colours and the technique of palette knife application.

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  • Year 12 make model buildings

    Year 12 make model buildings

    04 February 2020

    Year 12 DT students Dominic, Emilie, Sam and Jaime have been working hard recently creating models for an imaginary new 6th Form building. Using computer aided design, laser cutting and more traditional techniques. Well done Year 12!

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  • Art Trip to Devon

    Art Trip to Devon

    03 February 2020

    Year 10, 11 & 12 Art students have just returned from a 3 night stay in Devon at a crafts and activities hotel.

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  • John Williams eat your heart out!

    John Williams eat your heart out!

    31 January 2020

    As part of their thematic learning on the Wild West, Year 6 pupils have been learning how to create their own miniature film scores for a Western movie in Music.

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  • An air of positivity!

    An air of positivity!

    31 January 2020

    It’s been a very eventful and fascinating week as we have enjoyed the pleasure of the company of some very special visitors to Sherfield.

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  • Poetry Live! 2020

    Poetry Live! 2020

    30 January 2020

    On Thursday the Year 11 students were fortunate to attend Poetry Live! and hear, in person, some of the greatest living poets, including Carol-Ann Duffy (past) and Simon Armitage (present), Poet Laureates for Great Britain.

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  • Life Beyond The Sixth Form

    Life Beyond The Sixth Form

    28 January 2020

    The Year 12 EPQ students enjoyed immersing themselves in the world of academic research during their study day at the University of Southampton.

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  • Young Voices 2020

    Young Voices 2020

    26 January 2020

    A coach full of 65 very excited pupils from Sherfield Senior Prep made its way to the 02 Arena last Friday. Despite it being Sherfield’s first year participating in Young Voices, students were very well prepared, having learnt all 12 songs (including several medleys) through weekly rehearsals with H...

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  • Importance of collaboration

    Importance of collaboration

    24 January 2020

    Collaborating and working with others can be a very stressful experience.  A group project or task at school or indeed at work may be an anxious encounter for some people.  However, opportunities to work within a team and build collaborative skills is really important for our children, so they exper...

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  • Big Buddy Workout

    Big Buddy Workout

    21 January 2020

    A huge thank you to all our pupils in Year 1 to 6 who have been collecting their sponsorship money following the Big Buddy workout last Wednesday.

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  • Mixed Media Portraits

    Mixed Media Portraits

    20 January 2020

    In the last half term Year 12 artists have been researching mixed media portraiture. They developed and designed their own interpretations on this theme.

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  • Gone Fishing

    Gone Fishing

    19 January 2020

    Reception Class' topic this half term is ‘under the sea’. In order to really engage with the topic, the pupils were given the opportunity to explore fish.

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  • Tremendous Tens and Ones

    Tremendous Tens and Ones

    17 January 2020

    Year 1 have been exploring the place value of 2-digit numbers this week.

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  • Senior Prep English Coffee Morning

    Senior Prep English Coffee Morning

    17 January 2020

    This morning Senior Prep were joined by a group of parents in the library to talk about reading.

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  • Young Voices 2020

    Young Voices 2020

    17 January 2020

    Senior Prep are all very excited about the Young Voices concert on 24th January. 

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  • Year 10 Moodlighting

    Year 10 Moodlighting

    17 January 2020

    Year 10s have been working really hard recently designing mood lighting using the design programme CAD and are now building their circuits.

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  • Importance of Reading in today’s society

    Importance of Reading in today’s society

    17 January 2020

    In a world transformed by technology, social media and dominated by hectic lifestyles, the benefits and more importantly enjoyment of reading sometimes get lost!  Whilst I thoroughly enjoy ‘getting lost’ in a good book, personally I often find it difficult to find the time and space to sit and enjoy...

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  • Wild Wild West!

    Wild Wild West!

    10 January 2020

    To build on the Year 6’s theme this term, they made mini bows and arrows in Outdoor Learning, using lolly sticks, tooth floss and ear buds. 

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  • Welcome back and a belated Happy New Year!

    Welcome back and a belated Happy New Year!

    10 January 2020

    With Christmas firmly behind us and 2020 in full flow, it is amazing how quick time flies by. As I write this welcome to our first newsletter of the calendar year on the 10th January, we start the beginning of a new and very exciting decade at Sherfield School. As a school and with your support, w...

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  • Pre-Reception Go Back In Time

    Pre-Reception Go Back In Time

    10 January 2020

    This week Pre Reception have been going back in time, looking at how people used to live.

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  • Winter Welly Walk

    Winter Welly Walk

    10 January 2020

    Reception class went on a welly walk to spot signs of winter. They were able to identify fungi, moss, buds and both birds nests and dreys in the trees! They also noticed that all of the leaves that fell in autumn are now mushy and rotten.

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  • Junior Prep Spanish

    Junior Prep Spanish

    10 January 2020

    Last term during Spanish lessons the Junior Prep children had lots of fun learning new vocabulary and improving their pronunciation.

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  • Wattle and Daub

    Wattle and Daub

    10 January 2020

    Last term Year 5 learnt about the different aspects of Tudor life. 

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  • Head Boy & Head Girl Autumn Blog

    Head Boy & Head Girl Autumn Blog

    13 December 2019

    When looking back on this term, we both feel that it has been memorable and indeed special for a multitude of reasons. We have seen our school grow as we welcome new students, parents and staff to the school, each bringing their skills and talent to help the Sherfield School community blossom, wheth...

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  • Sherfields First Lego League

    Sherfield's First Lego League

    13 December 2019

    The legoMindstorms club competed in the Stevenage First Lego League. It was our first competition as a group and an opportunity to put all the recent hardwork to the test. The team were identified by the judges as demonstrating excellent teamwork skills as they competed against some very experienced...

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  • Final countdown to Christmas 2020

    Final countdown to Christmas 2020

    13 December 2019

    So, here we are on the final countdown to Christmas and I’d like to talk briefly in our newsletter this week, not about the twelve days of Christmas, but actually about the 65 days of the Autumn term at Sherfield School.

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  • Opportunity knocks!

    Opportunity knocks!

    06 December 2019

    As we enter the final week of a busy Autumn term, it is worth reflecting on the opportunities to participate and excel at Sherfield School. Whether this is through the day to day taught curriculum, the rich array of co-curricular clubs and activities or the more extended provision across the school....

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  • Happy Saint Nicholas Day!

    Happy Saint Nicholas Day!

    06 December 2019

    The Reception children have been celebrating Saint Nicholas Day today. Saint Nikolas Day is celebrated in lots of different European Countries such as Germany and Poland.

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  • UK Maths Challenge

    UK Maths Challenge

    06 December 2019

    Congratulations to the following year 13 and 12 pupils who were awarded certificates in this year’s United Kingdom Senior Maths Team Challenge...

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  • The festive season started a little early at Sherfield this year

    The festive season started a little early at Sherfield this year

    29 November 2019

    You may well have noticed that the festive season started a little early at Sherfield this year! Thanks to the very impressive team of helpers from Friends of Sherfield, the school has been transformed once again into a homely joyous retreat.

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  • The Trade Game

    The Trade Game

    29 November 2019

    Year 6 have been learning about trade and economics in Geography as part of their thematic learning about The Victorians.

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  • Year 11 Mocks Underway

    Year 11 Mocks Underway

    29 November 2019

    Year 11 have been sitting their first mock exams this week.

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  • Miss Molly had a dolly

    Reception Explore Nursery Rhymes

    22 November 2019

    Reception have been learning about Nursery Rhymes this week.

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  • Wheres Bogdan?

    Where's Bogdan? X Marks the Spot!

    22 November 2019

    Year 1 have been learning positional and directional language in Geography this week. The class meerkat, Bogdan went for a walk.

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  • Present please sir!

    Present Please Sir!

    22 November 2019

    Year 6 went back in time today to experience life in a Victorian School room.

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  • Outdoor Learning Day with Wandsworth Prep

    Outdoor Learning Day with Wandsworth Prep

    22 November 2019

    On Monday, Year 4 and 5 spent an awesome day in the woods with a group from Wandsworth Prep.

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  • Forgiveness

    Forgiveness

    22 November 2019

    This week at Sherfield, we have been thinking about forgiveness in assemblies and tutor periods. We have listened to amazing stories of people who have shown forgiveness in the most challenging of circumstances. Pupils were asked to reflect on what forgiveness meant to them and share their thoughts ...

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  • Community Spirit!

    Community Spirit!

    15 November 2019

    This week, our pupils have celebrated World Kindness Day and supported Children in Need with a range of fundraising activities.  The first group of Junior Prep Kindness Ambassadors have been appointed and have a very important role in spreading kindness and good spirit across our school community. 

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  • The Great Sherfield Sewing Bee

    The Great Sherfield Sewing Bee

    15 November 2019

    Year 12 Art students Sasha, Millie and Melinda have been learning to sew this term. After their initial experiments, they were set a “Sewing Bee” task to design and make a dress inspired by a famous artist. The students only had one week to complete it before asking the Reception pupils to model the...

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  • Remembrance Day

    Remembrance Day

    15 November 2019

    On Sunday the 10th November, pupils, staff and parents from the school joined members of the Sherfield community to commemorate Remembrance Sunday 2019.  A wreath was laid at the Sherfield-on-Loddon War Memorial by the Heads of School and Heads of Prep School in memory of Capt Aidan Liddell and the ...

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  • FAWCO Youth Volunteer in Athens

    FAWCO Youth Volunteer in Athens

    08 November 2019

    Over the half term, I had the chance to visit Athens and all its assets as a cultural volunteer/ambassador for the FAWCO Youth Programme.

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  • Londons Burning

    London's Burning

    08 November 2019

    To end their Fire Fire! topic in style, Year 2 set fire to their model houses. 

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  • Welcome back!

    Welcome back!

    08 November 2019

    Our annual Fireworks event this evening is a great opportunity to join together as a community and celebrate a great British tradition. This week in assemblies and during tutor time, pupils have discussed the reasons behind the celebrations and the circumstances leading to the Gunpowder Plot in 1605...

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  • Harvest Festival 2019

    Harvest Festival 2019

    18 October 2019

    It’s amazing how quickly time flies by as we come to the end of another really positive and very busy half-term at Sherfield School. Many thanks to all members of the school community including pupils, staff, parents, extended family and partners for all their contribution this term. 

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  • Young Voices 2020

    Young Voices 2020

    18 October 2019

    Tuesday mornings in the Courtyard Studio have been filled with song this half term, as Senior Prep Pupils have been learning a variety of musical numbers (along with accompanying dance moves!) for Young Voices 2020.

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  • Year 9 Able, Gifted and Talented Day

    Year 9 Able, Gifted and Talented Day

    18 October 2019

    This Monday, the Bellevue Group ran an Able, Gifted & Talented Collaborative Learning Day for pupils in Year 9.  This was hosted by Sherfield School with pupils and staff visiting from Farlington and Webber Schools.  The pupils were placed into teams and were set the open-ended task of re imagining ...

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  • Year 2s Eco-Crew

    Year 2's Eco-Crew

    11 October 2019

    Year 2 have been learning about everyday materials. They learnt about their properties, suitability and are now learning about recycling. Year 2 is very conscious of how important it is to look after our environment, and in order to start looking after the planet, Year 2.1 have created an Eco-Crew.

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  • The future at Sherfield

    The future at Sherfield

    11 October 2019

    Following another successful week at Sherfield, I am delighted to welcome parents to our Headmaster’s Drinks Reception this evening. It is a great opportunity to meet informally, share our experiences and discuss the future at Sherfield. I hope you agree that there is a genuine positivity and optimi...

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  • Why Is Teamwork Important in the Classroom?

    Why Is Teamwork Important in the Classroom?

    04 October 2019

    You may not be a fan of rugby or even sport in general, however, it is hard not to admire the collaboration and teamwork involved in excelling in top-level team sport. 

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  • Year 6 experience World War 1

    Year 6 Experience World War 1

    04 October 2019

    This half term Year 6 pupils have been learning all about World War 1 as a cross-curricular theme. They have been investigating trench warfare in History, discussing communication during Outdoor Learning and putting together mini performances in class to showcase a medley of recruitment songs.

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  • The Daily Mile

    The Daily Mile

    27 September 2019

    This week  Years 2, 3 & 4 have been running The Daily Mile as an initiative to promote a healthy, active lifestyle.

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  • Year 7 Camp out

    Year 7 Camp out

    27 September 2019

    Year 7 spent an enjoyable “night under the stars” last Friday. After putting up their tents they took part in a scavenger hunt to find hidden musical instruments. They enjoyed a evening meal followed by a night walk.

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  • Year 1s Scientific Investigation

    Year 1's Scientific Investigation

    27 September 2019

    Year 1 have had lots of fun conducting their first scientific investigation this week to find out which materials are the best to build with. The children had to build new houses for the Three Little Pigs after the Big Bad Wolf blew their stick and straw house down. 

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  • Sherfield students know how to work together!

    Sherfield students know how to work together!

    27 September 2019

    In a week when politicians have stolen the limelight at a national level and shown us all how not to behave, Sherfield students continue to model excellent behaviour and exemplary attitudes in everything they do.

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  • Why is being Curious so important?

    Why is being Curious so important?

    20 September 2019

    “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” – Albert Einstein It’s no secret that curiosity makes learning more effective and enjoyable. Curious students not only ask questions, but also actively seek out the answers. Without curiosity, Sir Isaac Newt...

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  • The Key to Academic Success

    The Key to Academic Success

    20 September 2019

    No matter when in school it occurs, academic failure can have negative consequences for students.  Academic success, on the other hand, can empower students to achieve outstanding results in their studies and future careers.

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  • Receptions First Two Weeks 2019

    Reception's First Two Weeks 2019

    19 September 2019

    Reception's first two weeks at Sherfield have been extremely busy!

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  • Year 8 go Green!

    Year 8 go Green!

    13 September 2019

    Today Year 8 worked with staff from IBM to explore how technology can be sustainable. In teams of four, the students developed an idea that could reduce carbon, energy, water and waste in school. They took part In a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style workshop to help them come up with those great ideas.

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  • Escape Room Art

    Escape Room Art

    13 September 2019

    Year 8 to 12 have been participating in Escape Room Tasks in Art this week. They have had to work together to figure out the clues; using their observation skills, creativity and problem solving abilities they completed tasks in a pressurised time environment.

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  • Outdoor Learning

    Outdoor Learning

    06 September 2019

    We have had a great start to our Outdoor learning at Sherfield this week. The Year 2s had a great afternoon in the woods, taking time to use their senses to discover things that normally go unnoticed.

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  • UK Maths Trust Summer School

    06 September 2019

    Bonnie in Year 11 was invited to take part in the United Kingdom Maths Trust Summer School over the holidays and spent a week at Woodhouse Grove School in Leeds.

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  • Improving Sherfield Estates

    An update from the Facilities Manager

    06 September 2019

    Our Facilities Team has seen a new appointment with Mark French now Facilities and Estates Manager. The team have worked hard to over the holidays to ensure the grounds are ready for the new term as well as working on some new projects which include uncovering the amazing architecture of the walled ...

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  • The AVP Diploma

    The AVP Diploma

    06 September 2019

    Sherfield staff were very excited to be launching the new Enrichment Programme to pupils and parents at the inaugural Enrichment Fair this afternoon. The ethos of enrichment at Sherfield centres around the school’s motto – Ad Vitam Paramus - Preparing for Life.

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  • A message from the Head Boy and Head Girl

    A Message from the Head Boy and Head Girl

    06 September 2019

    We would like to begin by welcoming everybody back to Sherfield for the start of what we are confident will be a fantastic year for the whole school.

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  • All about Me!

    All about Me!

    06 September 2019

    Our topic this half term is ‘All about me’ so this week we are learning about our school.

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  • Small changes at Sherfield

    Small changes at Sherfield

    06 September 2019

    The start of term is always such an exciting time of year, as students and staff return refreshed, energised and excited about the new term.  As we all embrace different challenges and new opportunities, we enter the 2019 academic year with renewed optimism and positivity.

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  • GCSE Result Celebrations

    GCSE Results

    22 August 2019

    Our pupils have worked extremely hard to achieve impressive results with initial figures showing that 42% of grades were 9 to 7 with an impressive 93% pass rate including Maths and English.

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  • Celebrating Examination Success!

    Celebrating Examination Success!

    22 August 2019

    As we approach the end of the summer break, we are delighted to share in the fabulous success of our students in their A-level and GCSE examinations. 

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  • Celebrating A Level Results

    A Level Results

    15 August 2019

    Pupils at Sherfield are celebrating significantly improved grades this year...

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  • Fresh Food Demos

    05 July 2019

    This week in the dining room we had a number of interesting demonstrations by Holroyd Howe

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  • The journey from last September to now

    The journey from last September to now

    05 July 2019

    At the end of a very busy and incredibly rewarding year at Sherfield I hope you agree we have made significant progress in many areas.  As we reflect on the success of our students, it is important to consider the journey from last September to now.  The ‘buzz’, excitement and energy evident yesterd...

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  • Building a School Community

    Building a School Community

    28 June 2019

    If you were fortunate to have joined us at Sports Day last week you will have enjoyed the experience of bringing together a school community.  This week we have enjoyed further events including our Pre-Reception Production, Year 8 Farewell BBQ/Rounders match, Move Up Day and our Outdoor Adventure Da...

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  • Charity Guide Dog Walk

    27 June 2019

    We are very pleased to let you know that we have raised the grand sum of £467.28 from our annual sponsored walk for 'Guide Dogs for the Blind'. A huge thank you to all of our very supportive parents for their generosity, it is much appreciated.

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  • Battlefields Trip

    27 June 2019

    The Battlefields Trip was a great success with pupils in Years 8 and 9 experiencing a fascinating and moving 3 days around Ypres and the Somme.  

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  • Walk for Water Aid

    27 June 2019

    On Wednesday Year Two took part in a 6 kilometre sponsored walk in support of the charity Water Aid. Thank you to everyone who has donated, if you wish to contribute the donations page can be found here. 

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  • Fabulous Flute Concert

    27 June 2019

    A big thank you to Sam Gill our flute teacher for putting together the excellent Flute Concert on Wednesday evening.

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  • Growing Onions

    27 June 2019

    During the last 6 weeks the Year 3 pupils were conducting research in science. The research question was "How does competing for resources impact on plant growth?" The pupils loved doing the experiment and were eager to do another!

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  • The Jungle Book

    21 June 2019

    This week saw the postponed year 1 and 2 production of The Jungle Book staged as a promenade performance through the beautiful Sherfield grounds.

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  • FIFA House Competition

    21 June 2019

    Last week’s house competition - a PlayStation 4 FIFA tournament - was a fiercely competitive affair, with the frenzied support of the houses bringing back memories of last summer’s carnival atmosphere during the Men’s World Cup.

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  • Sherfield Ski Trip 2020

    14 June 2019

    Following an extremely successful ski trip in February we are delighted to announce that we have now secured our booking for 2020; where we are going to be staying at the Hotel Saint Martin in Aprica, Italy.

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  • Year 1 Trip to Carisbrooke Castle

    14 June 2019

    Year 1.1 had an amazing ‘Wow!’ introduction to their new topic about Castles with an exciting trip to Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight.

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  • Year 2 Trip to Osborne House

    14 June 2019

    Year 2 visited Osborne house in the Isle of Wight last week. Our pupils have worked together to described their exciting day.

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  • Year 3 and 4 Residential

    07 June 2019

    Year 3 and 4 had an fantastic time at The Gordon Brown Centre, on their recent residential trip.  We had wonderful weather and enjoyed a whole host of exciting activities over two days.

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  • 30 Days Wild

    07 June 2019

    There is an ever-growing body of research that proves spending time in nature has a positive impact on children.  What’s not to love about being outside in Sherfield’s beautiful grounds - we are so very lucky to have the space that we do! 

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  • Year 8 Cyber Ambassadors: Online Safety Peer to Peer Training

    07 June 2019

    The Year 8 Cyber Ambassadors took over the Year 8 PCHE lessons this week to share two of the activities they learned about on the recent Cyber Ambassador training.

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  • ISA Athletics

    07 June 2019

    The PE department took over 60 pupils to compete at the ISA Regional Athletics at Thames Valley Athletic centre in Eton on Wednesday. Pupils from Year 3 to Year 10 were selected to represent Sherfield School in running, jumping and throwing events. Sherfield took the second biggest team! The pupils ...

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  • Prep School's "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"

    28 May 2019

    The Prep School have been extremely busy this term rehearsing their anticipated performance of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat".

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  • Photography Club

    24 May 2019

    Since the start of the Easter term we have been running a new Photography Club for all ages from year 7 to 13. Each week we have been exploring the wonderful school grounds, doing walks in different areas and discovering the lesser seen sights of the grounds.

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  • Colourful Data Collection

    24 May 2019

    In Year 3 we have been learning about data handling and recording and presenting data. We used packets of skittles to collect data. Starting with the hypothesis "all the packets have an equal number of each coloured skittles".

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  • Go Team Sherfield!

    24 May 2019

    On Sunday the 19 June Sherfield Students from Year 2, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 competed in the National Schools Biathle (Run Swim Run) in Leweston.

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  • Sherfield Sport Success!

    24 May 2019

    What a great week for Sherfield Sport!

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  • SherFIELD

    17 May 2019

    Students across the whole school from the nursery all the way up to 6th form have been working on a collaborative art piece inspired by the work “Field” by Antony Gormley. Each person has made their own tiny terracotta person who looks up from the ground at the viewers.

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  • Sponsored Walk for Malawi

    17 May 2019

    After learning about Malawi in Geography, Year Two have decided to do a 6k sponsored walk to raise money for Water Aid. 

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  • Sherfield's Mini Masterchefs Get Cooking

    17 May 2019

    Last week it was cup-cakes, this week, cheese straws.  The enthusiasm for our Mini Masterchefs Club has been fantastic and today saw our budding cooks tackling the cheesy task of folding flour, butter and cheese to make a "breadcrumb-like mix" and separating egg yolks for the mixture which they hope...

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  • Goldilocks Porridge Tasting

    10 May 2019

    Reception's text driver this week is Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The children are taking part in lots of different Goldilocks inspired learning, including porridge tasting!

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  • Maths is out of this World!

    10 May 2019

    This week saw the first Royal Institution Maths Masterclass at Sherfield for Years 5 and 6.

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  • Year 8 Biology The Search for Stomata

    10 May 2019

    This week the Year 8 have been studying Plant Biology, they have been learning about photosynthesis and in this lesson they have learned about the structure of leaves and how they control the movement of gases into and out of the leaf.

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  • Duke of Edinburgh Bronze

    10 May 2019

    Sherfield School’s DofE group were out again last weekend and this time they were in full force.

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  • Year 5 & 6 Trip to Heatree

    03 May 2019

    Day 1 - Monday 29 April After a quick lunch on our arrival and a welcome from the Heatree staff, the children were very excited to move into their bedrooms earlier than expected giving them a chance to choose their bunks and make their beds. Our first activity involved a variety of tasks an...

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  • Year 6 Radio Stars

    03 May 2019

    As part of their English unit on Persuasive Writing, Year 6 created products for which they designed adverts for print and they also composed an advert for the radio.  

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  • Silver Duke of Edinburgh

    26 April 2019

    On Thursday 4th April, 14 intrepid adventurers, supervised by James Bridges and Victoria Briggs, set out for Exmoor. With poor weather and three days of hiking, totalling 45-50km, on the horizon, the bus journey down to Minehead was a quiet one. Friday 6.00am came about all too soon and the group wa...

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  • Year 8 African Drumming Workshop 

    26 April 2019

    Year 8 participated in an African Drumming workshop this morning, delivered by Hampshire Music Service.

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  • Model Students

    04 April 2019

    Pre-Reception helped the Senior School with their art project this week.

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  • Easter Learning

    04 April 2019

    Reception have been learning all about Easter this week and they have enjoyed participating in all of the fun activities. The children especially enjoyed taking part in the Easter craft activities and cooking Easter nests!

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  • Year 4 & 5 Art Trip

    04 April 2019

    The children sketched artworks by great sculptors such as Richard Long and developed their critical appraisal through open discussion as well as having the opportunity in groups to produce their own sculptures using a modular system.

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  • Year 6's Go Green

    04 April 2019

    Year 6 have been learning about eco-tourism and what they can do to be eco-friendly. Some of the ideas they discussed included picking up litter, reducing car usage and avoiding plastic bottles.

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  • Rock and Pop Concert

    03 April 2019

    Friday evening's concert was a fantastic night!

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  • Bus Routes for September 2019

    29 March 2019

    We are planning our bus routes for 2019

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  • Year 4 Study Hinduism

    29 March 2019

    Y4 have been studying Hinduism this term. They have been learning about the story of Ganesha, and how he got his elephant head!

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  • Reception Fighting Fire!

    29 March 2019

    Reception had a visit from the Hampshire fire service this week.

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  • Year 2 and 3 trip to Southampton City Art Gallery.

    29 March 2019

    Year 2 and 3 visited the Southampton City Art Gallery last week.

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  • Supercamps Zoolab Visit

    27 March 2019

    Zoolabs visit Supercamps at Sherfield on 11th April

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  • Year 2 learn about Malawi

    22 March 2019

    Year Two are learning all about Malawi in Geography this term. 

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  • Year 3 and 4 Woodland Walk

    22 March 2019

    Year 3 and 4 ventured into the woods for a Woodland Walk, identified different species of plants and insects and even spotted a deer.  

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  • Pi Day continued…∞

    22 March 2019

    In Senior Prep and Seniors Maths lessons on Pi Day we stormed the Sports Hall and pupils took part in a Pi Chain race. Working in teams, the activity was to form the longest paper chain using the digits of Pi.

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  • STEAM Competition

    22 March 2019

    This being the third year that students from Sherfield have entered the competition, it was very interesting to see the new challenge that this year’s competition would bring.

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  • Sherfield’s French Play on Words

    22 March 2019

    On Wednesday all French classes from Year 6 upwards were treated to some live entertainment by Onatti who bring a different style of theatre in order to make the foreign language come alive.

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  • MATH: Mistakes Allow Thinking to Happen!

    22 March 2019

    This week Mrs Walsh, in her role as Lead Practitioner of Numeracy, has been running a series of Numeracy and Maths workshops for Junior and Senior Prep parents.

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  • Pre-Reception Spring Activity Morning

    15 March 2019

    On Wednesday the Pre–Reception children and their families had a lovely time joining in with a selection of activities at our Spring Activity Morning.

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  • Pi Day

    15 March 2019

    Pupils in the Prep school enjoyed a range of activities to celebrate Pi day; ranging from making Pi dream catchers in Year 2 through to calculating the volume of cake tins in Year 8 and of course everyone got to enjoy pie for lunch.

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  • British Science Week at Sherfield

    15 March 2019

    This week we have been celebrating British Science Week with a number of activities. The week got off to a great start with an assembly given by Mr Hamid Rabani from scienceentertainer.co.uk. He showed the students the science behind bubbles.

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  • Nursery Spring Activity Morning

    14 March 2019

    The Nursery children, parents and staff, joined in with our very popular seasonal activity morning

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  • Supercamps Now Booking For Easter Holidays

    11 March 2019

    Supercamps are now booking for Sherfield during the Easter Holidays

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  • Easter Egg Collection

    08 March 2019

    The school, with the help of Friends of Sherfield, will be collecting Easter Eggs for Basingstoke Child Services this year.

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  • French Week

    07 March 2019

    French week in Pre-Reception

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  • World Book Day

    07 March 2019

    Staff and Pupils had a wonderful time dressing up for world book day and exploring their love of reading

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  • English and Drama Trip to ‘Macbeth’

    05 March 2019

    Last week the English and Drama Departments took Years 8, 11 and Drama GCSE Year 10 on two trips to the Southampton Mayflower Theatre

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  • Pancake Day!

    05 March 2019

    Years 3-8 had a flipping good time on Tuesday making pancakes!

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  • Basingstoke and Deane Music Festival winners!

    04 March 2019

    Sherfield pupils take part in the Basingstoke and Deane Music Festival

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  • Reception Visit from the Police

    04 March 2019

    On Monday we had a visitor from a Community Police Officer

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  • Open Day 7th March

    04 March 2019

    We are looking forwards to welcoming prospective parents to Sherfield on 7th March

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  • Year 5, 6 and 7 had the opportunity to learn about Film Making

    01 March 2019

    Year 5, 6 and 7 had the opportunity to learn about professional film making. They were able to use the camera, boom mic and the clapper board

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  • This Week in the Kitchen

    01 March 2019

    Sausage Tasting from Solent Butchers and Welsh Cuisine for St David's Day

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  • Vocal Concert

    01 March 2019

    Vocal Concert in the Gallery last Friday evening

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  • Reception Superheroes

    28 February 2019

    Reception class are learning about Superheroes this half term

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  • Sherfield Ski Trip 2019

    25 February 2019

    The yearly Sherfield Ski Trip took place during half term in Prato Nevosso, Italy. The weather was very hot but the snow was fantastic and all of students had a brilliant week.

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  • Year 2 Painting Takes Pride of Place!

    20 February 2019

    A few weeks ago our talented artists in Year 2 explored a group project in Pointillism.

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  • Sherfield Stars

    15 February 2019

    We have many students performing in theatre productions outside of school which we are extremely proud about.

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  • Supercamps at Half Term

    01 February 2019

    SuperCamps now booking for February Half Term

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  • Year 9 Guest Speaker

    31 January 2019

    Year 9 learned all about life in China from Joanne, one of our 6th Form

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  • Year 7: Real life maths

    18 October 2018

    Year 7 has been learning about perimeter and area in maths, calculating these for two of the classrooms in Wynstow. They were set the challenge of researching how much it would cost to carpet both classrooms, one with a luxury carpet and the other with a cheap and cheerful floor covering. The chil...

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  • Duke of Edinburgh Silver Expedition

    18 October 2018

    On Friday 12th October, 15 of Sherfield’s finest adventurers journeyed into the New Forest under the supervision of Mr Bridges, Miss Neville-Harris and Mr Warriner. The expedition lasted three days and the groups walked an average of 13km a day through woodland and idyllic villages. The weat...

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  • Year 6 Science: Sounds Amazing

    12 October 2018

    Year 6 have been learning about ‘Sound’ in Science these last two weeks, including understanding how sound waves travel through air, how amplitude relates to volume and frequency to pitch. In the Prep laboratory, they pumped air from a sealed jar in which a bell was ringing and experie...

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  • Year 9 visit the Houses of Parliament

    12 October 2018

    Last week Year 9, accompanied by five teachers, went to London for the day. First stop was the Natural History Museum and the Living Earth exhibit. Pupils were able to explore and discover more about volcanos and earthquakes, supporting work being done in Geography this half-term. After lunch we t...

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  • Year 4 learn about digestion

    12 October 2018

    Year 4 have started learning about digestion...

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  • International Language Evening

    05 October 2018

    On Friday 28 September, in recognition of European Languages Week, Sherfield hosted an International Languages Evening. The event provided a platform for our talented linguists to showcase their cultural heritage and their bilingual skills. A range of pupils – from Year 5 to Year 12 – ...

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  • Annual Family Fun Day

    04 October 2018

    The Friends of Sherfield annual public Family Fun day took place the last Saturday in September within the Sherfield school grounds, which positively glowed in the glorious late September sunshine. The event was, as always, a great success and saw over £1500 raised for the school and chariti...

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  • Year 5 exploring 3D and 2D techniques

    28 September 2018

    Year 5 explored how to sketch a 3D object...

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  • Year 10 Design Technology - Vacuum Moulding

    28 September 2018

    Year 10 Tried out vacuum moulding...

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  • New Astro surface

    28 September 2018

    The new astro surface is down...

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  • The Annual Year 7 Camp

    27 September 2018

    On the last weekend in September, pupils took part in the annual Year 7 camp within the school grounds. After learning how to put up tents, the children enjoyed a barbecue followed by team building and problem-solving games. They then enjoyed a night trek through the school woods and surrounding c...

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  • Year 4 explore the art of Andy Goldsworthy

    27 September 2018

    Year 4 have been looking at the work of Andy Goldsworthy; art made from found natural objects. Making the most of the fantastic weather, they collected various coloured leaves and conkers to make a piece of art in the shape of a spiral. Split into two groups, the children set to work organising th...

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  • A visit to Windsor Castle

    21 September 2018

    Boarders have a wide range of weekend activities and trips on offer and on Saturday 15 September the boarders, including Mr Macmillan (Housemaster), Mrs Rustom, Mrs Ferris and Mr Rodgers (Houseparents) visited the royal residence of Windsor Castle. Nestled in the county of Berkshire, the castle i...

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  • Year 6 learn about light

    21 September 2018

    Year 6 are studying Light this term and, in particular, Shadows this week. Investigations have involved determining the relationship between the angle of incidence and the angle of reflection of light rays on a mirror and the effect of changing one independent variable (object distance from a lig...

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  • Reception, Year 1 and 2 get creative

    21 September 2018

    This week we transformed the Reception role-play area into Percy the Park Keeper’s Hut. Year 1 have been researching the History of Sherfield and sketching Buckfield House. Year 2 have been studying the author Jill Murphy and role playing scenes from ‘On the Way Home’ then writi...

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  • Charity begins at home...

    17 September 2018

    Charity begins at home...

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  • Nursery Guide dog puppy news

    17 September 2018

    We are very pleased to let you know...

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  • Sherfield's sporting talent

    17 September 2018

    Yet again we are celebrating the sporting talent at Sherfield...

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  • Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme - Bronze Awards

    17 September 2018

    Well done everyone who passed their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh awards!

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  • Settling back into the school routine...

    13 September 2018

    The children in Pre-Prep have settled in well to their new classes...

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  • Fantastic A Level and GCSE Results

    23 August 2018

    Yet again Sherfield School has performed well across the board...

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  • Summer Celebrations

    09 August 2018

    The Summer Term concludes the academic year...

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  • Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton has some good advice for our senior pupils

    10 July 2018

    Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton LVO, MBE, DL...

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  • Prep School Prize Giving Day Speech

    10 July 2018

    To teach children well, we need to engage with them as people first...

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  • Pre-Prep End of Year Celebration Speech, Summer 2018

    05 July 2018

    It seems incredible that the year has passed already...

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  • A Royal thank you for the nursery

    04 July 2018

    Before the Royal Wedding this summer...

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  • Sports Update - Tennis, Duathlon and Triathlon

    02 July 2018

    With Wimbledon commencing today it's great to see some of the potential stars of the future doing well for the school!

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  • Natural History Museum Trip - Years 9 and 10

    02 July 2018

    On Wednesday 27th June all pupils in Year 9 and 10 visited The Natural History Museum in London.

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  • Water Aid Sponsored Walk

    02 July 2018

    On Thursday 28 June, Year Two completed a sponsored walk for Water Aid...

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  • 2018 Sports Day Results

    29 June 2018

    On Friday 22 June we had our annual prep and senior sports day...

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  • Marie Curie Donation - Dash for Ash

    29 June 2018

    We raised a grand total of...

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  • Year 1-13 End of Year Art and Design Technology Show

    26 June 2018

    On Monday 25 June our school welcomed proud parents of students for the annual End of Year Art and Design Technology Exhibition...

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  • Sports round up - tennis, athletics and cricket

    25 June 2018

    Our Tennis Team recently won...

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  • Year 7 visit Lulworth Cove

    21 June 2018

    This week all of Year 7 travelled to the south coast in Dorset...

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  • Ava performs at the Annual Planet Ice Artistic competition

    21 June 2018

    Ava had quite a spectacular weekend...

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  • Sherfield School - Website Updates

    19 June 2018

    Over the next six weeks we will be making some updates to the school website...

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  • Sports round up from last week

    18 June 2018

    Last week was a particularly good week for sport at Sherfield...

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  • Horrible History with the History Squad

    18 June 2018

    On Thursday the History Squad came to the school to talk, demonstrate and generally enthuse Years 6...

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  • Science Centre trip for years 7 and 8

    18 June 2018

    Last week all pupils in Year 7 and 8 visited Winchester Science Centre...

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  • Student Art and Design Exhibition - 25th June

    18 June 2018

    2018 Student Art and Design Exhibition

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  • Peter Pan in the Topiary Garden

    18 June 2018

    The Topiary Garden was turned into Neverland...

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  • The annual 'Dash for Ash' 5k run

    07 June 2018

    The annual 'Dash for Ash' is upon us once again...

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  • Over £400 raised for Cancer Reasearch

    31 May 2018

    On 17th May the school took part in raising money for Race for Life...

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  • Annual Guide Dogs for the Blind Walk

    29 May 2018

    The Nursery and Pre-Reception children, parents and staff enjoyed our annual Guide Dogs for the Blind fund raising sponsored walk on Wednesday 23rd May...

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  • Gardening in the Nursery

    25 May 2018

    We have been preparing the raised beds in the Nursery garden...

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  • Battle of the Bands!

    21 May 2018

    Battle of The Bands- A fantastic festival of music that made full use of our beautiful Topiary Garden...

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  • Years 5 and 6 trip to The New Art Centre at Roche Court

    18 May 2018

    On driving through the gates of Roche Court it felt like entering another world...

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  • Nursery and Pre-Reception celebrate the Royal Wedding!

    18 May 2018

    The Nursery and Pre-Reception children had great fun at their Royal Wedding celebration day on Thursday

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  • Battle of the Bands!

    14 May 2018

    The Performing Arts Team would like to invite you all to our annual "Battle of the Bands"

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  • Experiencing Life in the Trenches

    14 May 2018

    Last week, Yeasr 8 and 9 were entertained and educated by the members of the Trench Experience.

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  • Ava goes from strength to strength

    10 May 2018

    Time for an update on our amazing Ava! After recently qualifying for the Great British Development squad, Ava has been taking part in a series of GB training camps in Sheffield and on the West Coast of Scotland.

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  • Head of Prep Blog 26 April 2018

    26 April 2018

    Daniel (Year 8) played his first Asia Tennis Federation under 14 tournament in Malaysia during the Easter Break, winning the final and in the process, upsetting the number one and number two seeds.

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  • Heatree Day 2

    26 April 2018

    After a (surprisingly) quiet night last night, we woke to a rather damp, grey and drizzly morning here in Devon. One of our instructors cheerfully told us that it wasn’t due to rain this morning – but about 45 mins later it started, and it still hadn’t finished as we went to sleep!

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  • Head of Prep Blog - Heatree

    26 April 2018

    At this time each year, all pupils from Year 5 and 6 at Sherfield go away on a week-long residential study and activities trip. They stay at the Heatree Centre on Dartmoor, with the activities enjoyed informing the curriculum back in the classroom for the rest of the summer term. Here’s the report f...

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  • Heatree Residential Trip Years 5 and 6 - Day 1

    24 April 2018

    After a slightly longer journey than anticipated (during which the children were very well behaved, although it did appear from the rear view window of the coach that there was a mobile hairdressing salon on board!) we finally arrived at Heatree.

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  • Joe Waller - Acoustic Show

    20 April 2018

    Join us on Friday 27 April in the Courtyard Studio to enjoy this Acoustic Show with Joe Waller featuring Jamie Peterson and Rob Purkiss. 

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  • Gliding Experience

    20 April 2018

    As you would probably expect, gliding is a very unique experience that is unlike anything else I have ever done. I have been gliding for about a term (I think) and have loved every minute of it.

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  • Figure and Flow Exhibition

    18 April 2018

    We welcome you to join us at the Private View on 27 April from 6pm-7pm. 

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  • Stevie sprints into 3rd place at her first athletics meet

    17 April 2018

    Our year 7 pupil, Stevie, took part in her first athletics meeting since joining Basingstoke and Mid Hants Athletics Club on the weekend of 7-8th April. 

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  • Rock and Pop Concert - Friday 23 March 2018

    27 March 2018

    A rocking Courtyard Studio event with some amazing pupils on showcase.

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  • Rotary Competition 2018

    23 March 2018

    On Thursday 15 March, 16 students attended the Rotary Technology Competition held at BCoT. The school entered 4 teams in total across the three age groups. The students had 4 hours to design and make a device that would fire a ball vertically through a loop. They all worked very well in their teams ...

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  • Marjorie Collins - Open Exhibition

    23 March 2018

    On Friday 16th March, Sherfield Gallery hosted the private view of its current exhibition, by the winning artist from this year’s Open Exhibition, Marjorie Collins. The vibrant collection features over 30 watercolour paintings with a range of still life subject matter, including flowers, shoes and f...

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  • Year 7 Bloodhound: Race for the Line

    23 March 2018

    During Design and Technology lessons year 7 students have been working in teams to create model rocket cars. This was part of a national scheme sponsored by the RAF, Army and Navy and  linked to the Bloodhound SSC.

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  • Sports Relief 2018

    23 March 2018

    We have had a fun week raising money for Sports Relief starting with three-legged races on Tuesday. On Wednesday pupils were able to participate in a Sports Quiz and Thursday saw a badminton competition.  It was fantastic to see so many pupils and staff joining in with the Sports Relief Mile at morn...

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  • Boarders Blog March 2018

    21 March 2018

    This weekend, 16.03.-18.03. the boarders were able to enjoy a number of exciting and cool activities. Friday night, the start of the weekend was really just like any other Friday, chill night, people watched movies, socialized and order food from Dominos or KFC. Some of us were also amazed by the dr...

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  • British Science Week 2018

    20 March 2018

    What a busy and exciting week at Sherfield, celebrating British Science week.

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  • The Science, Design and Technology of Music

    20 March 2018

    Children in Year 4 have been looking at the topic of sound this term.  For homework, the children created musical instruments from recycled materials enabling them to explore sound in a different context. 

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  • Head of Prep Blog 19 March 2018

    19 March 2018

    It has been another busy week in the Prep School. British Science Week was very much enjoyed over the last few days, with activities including Fish Dissection, Year 2 outdoor Science experiments and BP Engineering and Construction Challenges (Year 7 and 8). Year 5 launched their home made rockets, w...

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  • Vocal Concert

    16 March 2018

    Miss Mortley’s pupils sprung to the stage in this Vocal Concert showing off the vast talent Sherfield possesses, featuring a variety of repertoire from both classical and theatre.

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  • Marjorie Collins - Winner of Open Exhibition 2017

    14 March 2018

    We would like to welcome you to join us 16-19 March 2018, with a private view 16 March 6.00pm-7.00pm.

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  • Global Teacher Prize 2018

    13 March 2018

    In February, the philanthropist Bill Gates announced the ten finalists for the $1 million Global Teacher Prize 2018 set up by Sunny Varkey, founder of the Varkey Foundation and GEMS Education.

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  • Head Boy Blog 12 March 2018

    12 March 2018

    Watching my Dad design intricate machines from a young age ignited my interest in engineering.

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  • World Book Day 2018

    09 March 2018

    On Thursday 8 March we celebrated a belated World Book Day, pupils and staff from across the school were dressed up as their favourite book character.

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  • Rushmoor Royals Open Long Course - Alex wins Gold!

    28 February 2018

    Year 8 pupil, Alex, has recently competed in the long course 50m pool at the Aldershot Garrison.  Alex was chasing Regional qualifying times.

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  • Head of Prep Blog 27 February 2018

    27 February 2018

    We’ve had some interesting weather recently and fittingly, children in Year 3 have been studying the weather in Geography this term.  They looked at the weather here in England but also researched other countries around the world.

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  • Ben's gymnastic success

    22 February 2018

    Year 7 pupil, Ben, took part in the Abingdon men's artistic invitational competition on the 18 February.

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  • British Science Week Celebrations 9-16 March 2018

    19 February 2018

    We have an exciting Science Week planned for our pupils here at Sherfield School. This week will provide a great opportunity to engage pupils in hands-on, practical Science. Last year’s Science week was a great success and created a real buzz amongst the pupils about Science.

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  • Head Girls Blog February 2018

    19 February 2018

    On Monday morning before half-term, my tutor group gave an assembly on pursuing excellence. We spoke of our personal achievements and how as individuals we strive for excellence and a sense of achievement.

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  • Acting Head Master's Blog - Sherfield’s talented Double Bassist

    12 February 2018

    Morgan J is one of many talented Sherfield School musicians.

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  • Imogen makes it through to the National Rider of the Year Finals

    08 February 2018

    Year 7 pupil Imogen receives news this week that she has been selected to attend the national final.

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  • Acting Head Master's Blog - Feb 8 2018

    08 February 2018

    Sherfield School recently had the pleasure of hosting the Independent Schools Association London West regional cross country competition.

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  • Acting Head Master's Blog

    07 February 2018

    Last week finished in spectacular style with three performances of Oliver! at the Haymarket Theatre.

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  • Ava Qualifies for British National Development Squad

    07 February 2018

    At just 9 years old Ava has skated her way into the British National Development Squad

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  • Tilly gains success at Brook Farm Dressage

    31 January 2018

    Tilly gained success in a competition at Brook Farm Dressage on Saturday 27th January 2018. The competition was held in an outdoor arena which proved very challenging for both horse and rider due to the high winds and rain.

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  • Oliver!

    26 January 2018

    Only 4 days left to purchase your tickets for the Sherfield School production of Oliver!

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  • Head of Prep Blog 22 January 2018

    26 January 2018

    Many thanks to all those parents who joined us on Tuesday for the Year 8 into 9 Information evening. Special recognition is due to pupils Ali H and Emily D for giving up their time, speaking so clearly and concisely.

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  • Poetry Live!

    26 January 2018

    On Wednesday 24th January, the GCSE and A Level English students were fortunate enough to be able to hear Carol Ann Duffy- Poet Laureate, Gillian Clarke- National Poet for Wales, Simon Armitage- Oxford Professor of Poetry, as well as a host of Britain’s current greatest poets, speak about their work...

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  • Head Girls Blog 26 January 2018

    26 January 2018

    Inspirational people are the people we look upon for encouragement, motivation or guidance. The dictionary definition of inspiration is ‘the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative’. In a school environment, particularly at Sherfield, inspira...

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  • ISA Swimming Nationals

    26 January 2018

    A round-up from this years ISA Swimming Nationals

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  • Pippa's jumping success!

    26 January 2018

    Well done to Pippa for having a clear round.

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  • Boarders Blog - Reflection for this term

    22 January 2018

    My first term in Sherfield School is nearly complete, I have many deep feelings that I would like to report through my reflection for this term.

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  • Year 1.2 explore the Polar Regions!

    22 January 2018

    Year 1.2 have had lots of fun with plastic milk bottles during their latest topic!

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  • Head of Prep Blog 12 January 2018

    12 January 2018

    Happy New Year! Though the festive season is hopefully a time of rest as well as celebration, many of our pupils are still busy competing in all sorts of ways, during the school holidays.

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  • Two Flutes!

    09 January 2018

    We welcome Two Flutes to Sherfield School this half term as part of our Liddell Concert Series

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  • Open Exhibition

    09 January 2018

    We welcome you to join us during our Open Exhibition

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  • Tom Pitches Creative Design to Council Committee

    08 January 2018

    Tom's creative seating design is to be considered for new housing development.

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  • Head of Prep Blog 13 December 2017

    13 December 2017

    Last week was very busy indeed, as we celebrated the festive season.

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  • U16 Football Teams Big Win!

    06 December 2017

    A massive well done to our U16 boys who won their recent match against Eton College

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  • GCSE Science LIVE!

    06 December 2017

    On Friday 1 December our Year 11 students attended the GCSE Science Live event at the Apollo Theatre in London

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  • Children in Need 2017

    05 December 2017

    Following a very successful day of fundraising for Children in Need we are pleased to announce that the grand total raised is

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  • Head of Prep 1st Blog

    01 December 2017

    Read about the winner at our annual Prep School Spelling Competition last Friday.

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  • Boarder's Blog 17 November 2017

    20 November 2017

    This weekend we had a really eventful time. On Friday night we celebrated Bonfire Night, this is a traditional celebration in England where the capture of three men is celebrated that tried to bomb the parliament on the 5.11.1605. Throughout the whole evening guests were able to buy burgers, drinks,...

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  • Exciting New Pre-Reception and Pre-Prep Outdoor Facilities

    17 November 2017

    Sherfield Nursery and Key Stage 1 has a brand new outdoor learning and play facility.

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  • Prep School Equestrian Success 

    17 November 2017

    Congratulations to Pippa Kelly

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  • Sherfield Hosts Regional Prep Schools Debating Competition

    17 November 2017

    Our home teams and Mr Ferrier did a super job hosting the 8th Annual Prep School Debating Competition just before the half term break.

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  • Head Boy's Blog 9 November 2017

    13 November 2017

    Happiness. What makes us happy? This is the question I asked myself prior to Mr. Fisher’s assembly on Monday morning and began questioning why we all experience the emotion of joy and happiness.

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  • Bonfire Night 2017

    19 October 2017

    Join us for our annual bonfire spectacular!

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  • Boarder's Blog 19 October 2017

    19 October 2017

    The entire boarding house, including Mr Macmilian (Housemaster), Miss Briggs (Boarding Tutor) and Mr Mason (Boarding Tutor), went to Windsor Castle. A very historical and interesting part of England’s history.

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  • Standing Ovation for Hannah Lindsey-Clark

    17 October 2017

    We were privileged on Friday 13 October, to be entertained by Hannah Lindsey-Clark, a true virtuoso on the flute and an inspiration to all who came to see and hear her perform.

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  • Undercurrent 14:21 Auditions - Saturday 21 October

    12 October 2017

    The new home for Youth Theatre in North Hampshire

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  • Head Boy’s Blog 9 October 2017

    09 October 2017

    2 October 2017 Miles Bromilow The gift of a shoebox to the people who live in poverty in Eastern Europe brings them great happiness. The simple things that we take for granted in our day to day life brings the people receiving our gifts so much joy. But most importantly, it lets them know th...

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  • Sherfield School named one of the top STEM schools in the country

    02 October 2017

    Sherfield School has been named one of the top STEM schools in the country according to new rankings

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  • Head Girl Blog 12 September 2017

    19 September 2017

    Friday evening and Saturday morning saw pupils from Year 9 and 12 involved in a Bush Craft survival campout, where it we imagined that the school had come under nuclear attack. Initially we had to decide the five key items to have with you out of options including digestive biscuits, jerry can, nett...

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  • OPEN Exhibition 19 January - 7 March 2018

    19 September 2017

    A platform for contemporary visual art: painting, sculpture, photography, print, textiles and drawing.

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  • FoS: Family Fun Day - Art Workshops

    14 September 2017

    Please come and join us at one of the art workshops being held throughout the day during the Friends of Sherfield Family Fun Day.

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  • Art Exhibition: Private View and Artists Talk

    08 September 2017

    Sherfield Gallery warmly invites you to join us for the Sherfield Artists Autumn Show.

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  • Sherfield School GCSE Results August 2017

    24 August 2017

    Sherfield School celebrates a record pass rate at GCSE this year!

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  • A Level Results August 2017

    17 August 2017

    Sherfield School has celebrated another year of A Level success!

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  • Head Boy's Blog 5 July 2017

    24 July 2017

    Read Head Boy Miles' speech to the school on Speech Day 2017.

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  • Ex-Head Boy Blog 5th July 2017

    24 July 2017

    Read Thomas Jenkins' words to the school at Senior Speech Day on 5 July 2017.

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  • Head Girl's Blog 5 July 2017

    24 July 2017

    Read Eleanor Smith's address at Speech Day 2017

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  • Full STEAM ahead

    07 July 2017

    Sherfield School has a relentless drive to change, innovate and improve. Our new school strategy includes a focus on creative thinking, deep learning and the connections between subjects, particularly the arts and sciences. This will be launched through our STEAM initiative: Science, Technology, Eng...

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  • Head Boy's Blog 25 June 2017

    29 June 2017

    Pursuit of excellence was last week’s theme which seemed apt with Sports day concluding a great week for the school. It was a true delight to see all of the pupils, teachers and families having such a wonderful time celebrating what is so fantastic about our school - community and togetherness.

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  • Pupil Summer Exhibition 2017

    28 June 2017

    When I curated this exhibition, one thing is certain, we have a huge wealth of talent at Sherfield and the independent nature and mature approach our pupils take to this highly skillful and difficult subject continues to grow year after year.

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  • Summer Pupil Art Exhibition

    22 June 2017

    Sherfield Gallery warmly welcomes friends and family to the opening night reception.

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  • Sherfield School Community Link, Friday 30 June

    22 June 2017

    Please join us for a presentation and discussion on our plans to improve and develop the school.

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  • Head Prefect Blog 19 June 2017

    22 June 2017

    In her second blog as Head Girl, Eleanor Smith writes about the importance of community values.

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  • Harrison Rhodes, Gliding Partnership Pupil and Aviator of the Future

    01 June 2017

    I have been attending Sherfield for just over a decade and the Summer of 2017 sees me preparing to sit my A Levels before taking off for a career in the aviation industry.

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  • Head Prefects' Blog, 1 June 2017

    31 May 2017

    Introducing our newly appointed Head Boy, Miles and Head Girl, Eleanor.

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  • Why board in a UK boarding school?

    24 May 2017

    Boarding has changed so much in the past thirty years. Safeguarding, child protection and wellbeing and happiness of pupils are top of the agenda for every Head Master and House Parent.

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  • Boarder's Blog 23rd May 2017

    24 May 2017

    On Saturday 13 May Archers Lodge descended on Ascot. We always match our activities with opportunities to learn and this was a trip that had been eagerly anticipated by out pupils.

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  • Head Boy's Blog 23rd May 2017

    23 May 2017

    This week marks my final week as Head Boy here at Sherfield. It has been an amazing journey getting to this point, and I have thoroughly enjoyed my Sherfield experience. Since Year 6, it has been a steady climb of joy for me.

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  • Appointment of a Director of Teaching & Learning

    23 May 2017

    We are delighted to announce the appointment of a Director of Teaching & Learning at Sherfield School.

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  • Head Boy's Blog 12th May 2017

    16 May 2017

    Everybody makes mistakes in their life, whether it is a wrong number in a maths paper or an offence paid to a loved one in a heated argument. What differentiates us is the ability to learn from your mistakes.

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  • ISI Inspection Press Response from Head Master

    10 May 2017

    Sherfield School, Hook, has received an outstanding inspection from Ofsted and the ISI. Sherfield is a unique school, set in 75 acres of woodland and beautiful sports fields, a lake and listed topiary gardens with an innovative new co-educational boarding house.

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  • Holocaust Survivors’ Day

    08 May 2017

    Last October, Sherfield School’s Head of History, Peter Booth, made his Sixth Form aware of the Holocaust Educational Trust, a charity that runs exceptional trips for young people eager to learn more about the Holocaust.

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  • Head Boy's Blog 5th May 2017

    08 May 2017

    This was the third week I was in breakfast with our Head Master, Mr Fisher, and Head of Sixth Form, Miss Monsauret. As expected, Mr Fisher ignored his coffee and croissant and launched into this week's school theme: leading through innovation.

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  • Boarders' Blog 28th April 2017

    08 May 2017

    With all the talk of the looming examinations and associated academic work it was good to have the May Day Bank Holiday. On the Saturday the boarders undertook a trip to Thorpe Amusement Park.

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  • Head Boy's Blog 28th April 2017

    02 May 2017

    Confession time: I can't speak a language! Despite school policy, I've managed to avoid learning a language. Some of you might find this surprising, especially as I played a major role in organising this year's International Evening.

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  • Head Boy's Blog 24th April 2017

    26 April 2017

    Privilege is something that can easily be taken for granted, especially when we are born and raised in a society that would have been unimaginable to a peasant in the 14th century.

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  • Sherfield ABRSM Music Exam Results

    21 April 2017

    Congratulations to our students who recently sat their ABRSM exams.

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  • New Head Master at Sherfield School

    06 April 2017

    We would like to welcome Nick Fisher, new Head Master at Sherfield School.

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  • Rotary Technology Competition

    24 March 2017

    Pupils win big at the Rotary Technology Competition at BCOT College.

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  • Pop and Rock Concert

    24 March 2017

    Sherfield School hosts “Pop and Rock Concert”.

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  • An Audience with Enobong Bassey

    24 March 2017

    Enobong’s musical event was a night to remember. 

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  • Global Teacher Prize 2017

    23 March 2017

    Maggie McDonnell from Canada wins Global Teacher Prize 2017

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  • Holiday Clubs

    14 March 2017

    Enjoy the holidays with one of the many activities on offer!

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  • Basingstoke Sports Awards

    14 March 2017

    Liam wins trophy at Sports Awards

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  • Sherfield presents The Wizard of Oz

    08 February 2017

    Outstanding performance from Sherfield students

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  • Owen races to the top

    08 February 2017

    Representing England Seniors in Bratislava!

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  • ISA National Swimming Championships 2017

    07 February 2017

    Sherfield Swimmers win Gold!

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  • Thomas receives Oxford offer

    07 February 2017

    Head Boy delighted with offer letter!

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  • Squad Success for James

    16 December 2016

    James has been selected!

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  • Charlie's Vault Victory

    16 December 2016

    A top result for Charlie in gymnastics

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  • Sherfield Staff Christmas Video

    16 December 2016

    Merry Christmas everyone!

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  • Tilly's Short Film Success

    21 November 2016

    Watch Tilly's video here

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  • Sherfield remembers the fallen on Armistice Day

    17 November 2016

    Watch the Remembrance video, produced by Mr Jones.

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  • Lucy Showjumps at Addington

    31 October 2016

    Congratulations to our NSEA National Finalist.

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  • Debating Day Glory

    19 October 2016

    Sherfield ‘A’ crowned winners of annual debating competition.

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  • Success on the Slopes

    19 October 2016

    Harry is crowned Regional Champion!

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  • Ben wins Bronze!

    19 October 2016

    Success for Ben at the Tom Wilson Invitational Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Competition.

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  • NSEA Competition at Sparsholt

    19 October 2016

    First Place for Sherfield's Equestrian Team!

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  • Fourth in the League Tables

    07 September 2016

    The Telegraph has published its A Level league tables and it's a result for Sherfield!

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  • Elodie wins Silver at the British Championships

    05 September 2016

    The summer sporting success continues..

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  • Omnium Track Success

    01 September 2016

    Amber wins Silver!

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  • The GCSE Results are in!

    25 August 2016

    Sherfield's GCSE results are 23% above the National Average.

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  • Sherfield A Level Success!

    18 August 2016

    Sherfield enjoys record A level haul.

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  • Liddell Concert Soundbites

    10 May 2016

    From Opera to drums to flamenco guitar, Sherfield hosts it all!

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  • Car Wash for Uganda

    19 April 2016

    Pupils at Sherfield School roll up their sleeves for charity..

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  • Liddell Concert Series - Ramon Ruiz and Milica Davies

    18 April 2016

    Classical and Flamenco Guitarists perform at Sherfield 29 April 2016...

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  • Mark Michael Art Exhibition

    15 April 2016

    Say What You See - A riveting new exhibition of Mark Michaels work.....

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  • Owen Richardson races to victory

    29 January 2016

    Following a move up to the under 20's, Owen takes Silver in his first race.....

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  • Open Art Exhibition Begins 22 January 6-8.00 pm

    15 January 2016

    Sherfield's Open Art Exhibition opens 22nd January

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  • Sherfield Prep shares lesson in India

    05 January 2016

    Sherfield pupils in Year 4 have been learning about ‘A village in India’ in their Geography lessons...

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  • Sherfield Christmas Market

    30 November 2015

    Sherfield's fantastic Christmas Market is here again - a favourite event in our calendar with local families.

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  • Ava selected for Professionals on Ice Tour

    19 November 2015

    A Sherfield pupil has performed one of her fantastic solo routines following an invitation to perform for the Professionals on Ice Tour as the only non-professional ice-skater.....and....she's only in year 3!!

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  • Amber Training for Cycling Revolution Series

    17 November 2015

    The Revolution series is quite possibly the most popular track event in the UK – and it’s easy to see why.

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  • Double Win for Sherfield School Art Students UPDATE!

    30 October 2015

    Two art students from Sherfield School were individually awarded 1st place at the Independent Schools Associations’ South West Regional qualifying round.

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  • Sherfield's Owen Richardson Ends Season at No 1 in British Athletics Ranking

    17 September 2015

    Sherfield's Athletics Star, Owen Richardson, sprints away with the titles in this season's athletic events winning 4 Gold Medals and finishing the season at No. 1 in the UK rankings for 400m (under 17 age group).

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  • Good News for Sherfield's Artist In Residence

    16 September 2015

    Russell Bignold, Sherfield's Artist in Residence, has portrait pre-selected by The Royal Society of Portrait Painters

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  • Amber Joseph - Cycling Success

    26 June 2015

    Amber Joseph has been selected to represent England South

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  • Tumbling to Victory

    26 June 2015

    Alex qualifies for the British Championships!

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  • Tabitha qualifies for horse of the year show

    25 June 2015

    Top Junior Rider Qualifies for Horse of the Year Show

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  • Nicholas Beer Exhibition

    25 June 2015

    A unique Exhibition by the master portrait artist Nicholas Beer and students of his Sarum Studio

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  • Art Open Exhibition

    01 October 2014

    Art Open Exhibition - Call For Entries

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