Headmaster’s Blog
You Are Never Too Old To Learn!
You Are Never Too Old To Learn! I took my grade one saxophone exam this week. Apart from Merlin’s bronze dog training award (which I might add he passed with flying colours!), this was the first exam I have taken since I took my finals in 1989. I was inspired to take...
Children and young people’s engagement with podcasts before and during lockdown
A survey by the National Literacy Trust has found that listening to podcasts can help children discover an interest in a range of topics and encourage them to engage in further reading. Listening during lockdown Nearly 1 in 4 (23.7%) children and young people said...
Extraordinary Times
It is a very long time since I last posted a blog and no one could even have begun to imagine how our lives would have changed over the past four months. None of us will have lived through anything like this before and inevitably we have all had to make significant...
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Main Prep Virtual Poetry Festival 2021
11 January 2021 Dear Parents/Guardians, DCPS Virtual Poetry Competition Despite these uncertain and changing times we would still like to run our annual Denstone Prep Poetry Competition, but this year it will be virtual! What type of poem should my child choose and...
You Are Never Too Old To Learn!
You Are Never Too Old To Learn! I took my grade one saxophone exam this week. Apart from Merlin’s bronze dog training award (which I might add he passed with flying colours!), this was the first exam I have taken since I took my finals in 1989. I was inspired to take...