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Articles by St Swithun’s School pupil selected for the Great Britain Junior Eventing Tea

St Swithun’s School pupil selected for the Great Britain Junior Eventing Tea

31 Jul 2018

Georgia Bartlett, a 17-year-old pupil at St Swithun’s School, Winchester, has been selected for Great Britain’s Junior European Championship eventing squad following success at the Nunney International event last weekend. A fiercely...

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St Swithun’s School hosts joint workshop and concert for young Hampshire musicians with the Band of the Scots Guards

31 Jul 2018

St Swithun’s School welcomed 60 young musicians from across the county to a joint workshop and concert with the Band of the Scots Guards. The initiative, organised by St Swithun’s school, was...

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St Swithun’s hosts academic lunch and philosothon competition for local schools

31 Jul 2018

Philosopher and director of studies at Pembroke College Cambridge Dr Adrian Boutel joined an academic lunch at St Swithun’s and acted as starter for an inter-school philosothon competition featuring teams of year...

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Duncombe School – Early Kindergarten go searching for The Gruffalo

31 Jul 2018

Early Kindergarten had lots of fun in The Dell during their Forest School session as they went hunting for The Gruffalo. They went tramping through the woods to find all of the...

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Duncombe School – Treetops science day

31 Jul 2018

This year our topic was ‘The Seaside’. The children became explorers for the day and learnt about water, ice, sand, floating and sinking, fossils, shells, sea creatures and the sounds of the...

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Duncombe School – HUGE congratulations to our IAPS National Shooting Champion

31 Jul 2018

Congratulations to Bethany, who is the IAPS National Clay Pigeon Shooting U11 female champion. After a fantastic shoot across five clay disciplines where she averaged a hit rate of 60%, including two...

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Duncombe School – Kindergarten have fun learning Mandarin

31 Jul 2018

Kindergarten Blossom experienced a taster session in learning Mandarin last week. The children were very excited as we listened and answered Clara the crocodile, we learnt to say: ‘hello’ and ‘how are you’...

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Duncombe School – Reception learn about volcanoes

31 Jul 2018

Reception had an exciting time learning about volcanoes this week with the ‘Proff’ from our pre-school science partner Lab Tots and had a go at making their own. After putting on their safety goggles,...

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Duncombe Nursery – Adventures in the Dell

31 Jul 2018

Nursery had a squirrel fun-filled experience in the Dell. The children were excited to don their special forest school all-in-ones and they had lots of fun. First they played a squirrel-themed hide...

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