Royal High voices
Weekend in Boarding - Karaoke fun
On Saturday evening all Y7-11 boarders enjoyed an evening of karaoke in the Rebecca Barrell Room with a professional karaoke set and disco lights. They sung mostly in groups and there was one excellent solo. We heard renditions of 'My Heart Will Go On', 'I Want It that Way', 'Call Me Maybe', and 'Baby' to name a few. The girls were enthusiastic singing and had encouragement from some dancing in the audience.
Multi-award-winning author Kiran Millwood Hargrave visit
Students enjoyed an end of term treat when we were delighted to welcome the multi-award-winning author Kiran Millwood Hargrave to Royal High. Kiran has won, and been shortlisted for, many book awards including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the British Book Awards Children's Book. Most recently in 2023 she was awarded the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing for Children for Leila and the Fox. Many of the students in years 5, 6 and 7 were already familiar with Kiran’s books and were very excited to hear about the latest book in her new Geomancer trilogy The Storm and the Sea Hawk. Â
Weekly Reflections: Self-improvement and Marginal Gains
Our Head, Ms Heidi-Jayne Boyes, reflects on the theme of the week. This week’s theme was ‘reflections’ so I talked about a book I read over the break Will It Make The Boat Go Faster? by Royal High Alumna, Harriet Beveridge and Ben Hunt-Davis MBE. Now I am interested in self-improvement and how marginal gains – those small, incremental 1% changes to the way we operate – help us to better ourselves, and, as learners for life, I feel we should all give time to consider how we can be that little bit better at some of what we do.
Weekly Reflections: One Love building a stronger community
This week I had the pleasure of addressing the whole of the senior school in assembly. I applauded the students for their contributions to school life over the last six weeks – it has been very busy with Chinese New Year celebrations and much sport, music and drama taking place – and thanked them, and colleagues, for all their support in helping me to feel so settled. I can’t believe I have only been here for six weeks; in the best way it feels longer.
Year 13 Yuyuan's guzheng recital
We were so lucky to have the opportunity to enjoy a lunchtime guzheng recital by Year 13 student Yuyuan this week in our Steinway Music School, marking the conclusion of our Chinese New Year celebrations.Â
Year 6 Prep girls shine in recording studio with original positivity songs
On Tuesday, 11th February, our Year 6 girls took centre stage in the state-of-the-art recording studio at our Senior School’s Steinway Music School for an exciting and unforgettable session. This marked the grand finale of their songwriting project, where they composed and recorded original pop songs inspired by the theme of positivity.
Year 10s begin Ten Tor Training
Ten of our Year 10 students have begun their training for the @ArmyTentors #TenTors25 challenge. They’ve shown great determination and are already learning new skills. Later this year, they will join over 400 teams from across the South West to complete the Ten Tors challenge, covering 35 miles over two days. Well done to everyone for getting started on this impressive challenge.
Sixth Form Winter Ball
Our Sixth Form girls stepped back in time to the Roaring Twenties with their Great Gatsby themed winter ball. Organised by our students themselves, the night was a celebration of glitz and glamour, and the Sixth Form community spirit. It was an unforgettable evening of fun and laughter, with fantastic djing from Music Tech student Jemima.Â
Beacon Rise Primary School visit our Steinway Music School
We were delighted to welcome the young musicians of Beacon Rise Primary School recently for a fun-filled day of music and recording. We started with a tour of our beautiful recording studio, showing the students how we capture sound using microphones and music technology.