Welcome to the 2022 Spring Term edition of St Hugh's Highlights, giving you an overview of this term's activities.
It has been another busy term and before we knew it Spring had sprung!
Staff News
Scholarships
Our Year 8 pupils have made us proud with their Scholarship successes.
Dan was awarded a Music Scholarship to Lincoln Minster…
Beth achieved an All-rounder Scholarship to Lincoln Minster…
Henry, Freddie and Thom were awarded Scholarships to Oakham...
Ruby achieved her Scholarship to Oundle...
... with everyone joining together to celebrate their achievements with Penny who was awarded her Sports Scholarship to Sedbergh last term.
Events
We celebrated special dates in the calendar...
Trips and Excursions
Visitors
We always love to invite people into school and this term we have had the pleasure of hosting a variety of guests and visitors…
Uppingham School’s Head of History, Mr Patterson delivered a History Mystery talk to our Year 5-8 pupils - encouraging them to think about how they can critically use evidence to uncover the past.
Year 5 pupils and Latin students in Years 6-8 were lucky enough to take part in a Classics Lecture delivered by Sam Dewhurst of Uppingham School and thoroughly enjoyed finding out what life was like for a wealthy Roman.
Topic Fancy Dress!
Our Pre Prep pupils always love to bring their topic work to life so there is always the perfect excuse to come to school in fancy dress!
Year 2 got creative in their choices of outfit which were all perfectly linked to their topic: Castles, Dragons, Quests and Adventures.
Health and Wellbeing
Mental health and wellbeing is always an integral part of school life.
This term we were delighted to host our first Wellbeing Forum, welcoming professionals from a range of local schools.
We have enjoyed some lovely, and sunny, lunchtime Wellbeing Walks...
...with a very welcome addition to the pack, Mr Wyld's dog, Maisie!
The whole school joined together to celebrate Mental Health Week and we encouraged everyone to 'Grow Your Own Way'!
Music
In addition to a busy term of music lessons and weekly visits from our Peri music team, we have also enjoyed a number of events.
Drama
Shrek The Musical was an outstanding show performed by our Prep pupils and staff.
Sport
We’ve seen a lot of action on the astro pitch, fields and courts as well as in the pool – with an almost countless number of fixtures and events.
Conditions at some of the Cross Country events were less than favourable!
At the Copthill Cross Country the St Hugh's team rose to the challenge and embraced the rain, mud and hills!
Superb team efforts earned the U9 Boys 1st place and the U11 Girls 2nd place!
Florence finished in an impressive second place.
Our trip to Ayscoughfee Hall School’s Invitational Cross Country was a fantastic finale to the season with forty of our runners taking part.
On what ended up another very wet day, the overall team results highlight our excellent performance despite the weather:
- U11 Girls - 1st
- U11 Boys - 3rd
- U9 Girls - 3rd
- U9 Boys - 2nd
On the Netball courts we performed well in fixtures and welcomed other schools to our U9, U11 and U13 Netball Festivals.
The U11A team had a fantastic end to the season at S. Anselm’s Netball Festival. The girls didn’t lose a match and were joint winners – sadly only missing out on the trophy due to goal difference.
In swimming news, our U11 Girls’ team had a fantastic afternoon at Repton competing in the IAPS Swimming Qualifier.
The girls now eagerly await their trip to London for the finals in June!
Forest School
In Forest School everyone has enjoyed the changing season as we celebrated Wassail, Burns Night, Valentine’s Day and Easter.
Boarding House
Our Boarding House has continued to be a hive of activity with lots of social events.
With a change of routine being introduced, our Boarders have been able to relax more and spend time together – talking, playing, taking the dog for a walk or watching a film.
Our Boarders also welcomed Year 4 and Year 5 pupils on their Taster Evenings.
Everyone still loves a special visit to McDonalds for a treat!
Thinking of Ukraine
Like the rest of the world, we could not help but be moved and saddened by the news of Ukraine.
As a school, we decided to set up a collection point with fantastic organisation thanks to Mrs Costello, our Eco Warriors group and Year 8 pupils.
Joining forces with Woodhall Spa Lions Club, we continue to be overwhelmed by the generous donations and support from our families and the local community.
Thank you!
Sets
It has been brilliant to finally reunite the members of our Red, White and Blue Sets.
Easter Egg Hunt
On the last day of term, there was even time for Our Nursery and Pre Prep children to go on a Easter Egg Hunt.