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Surbiton High Boys’ Prep School Celebrates Event Date: 05/03/2010Surbiton High Boys’ Prep School Celebrates Our Year 6 have received an excellent array of offers to Senior Schools. We are delighted to share this information with you: Royal Grammar School Guildford – 2 offers Kings College Wimbledon – 4 offers + 1 Scholarship Hampton School – 9 offers + 1 Scholarship Kingston G… View Full Details
Surbiton High Junior Schools receive visit from Ciaran Murtagh – Author of ‘Dinopants’ Event Date: 05/03/2010Surbiton High Junior Schools receive visit from Ciaran Murtagh – Author of ‘Dinopants’ We were fortunate enough to have Ciaran Murtagh, writer and actor, visit us this week. He also writes extensively for television and theatre. To find out more you may visit www.ciaranmurtagh.com   He spent time with each year group talking about his work as a children’s writer and… View Full Details
An ‘Egg-stra’ Special Week at Surbiton High Junior Girls’ School Event Date: 05/03/2010An ‘Egg-stra’ Special Week at Surbiton High Junior Girls’ School Book Week has been particularly memorable this year. It seems that on Monday with the visiting author, the girls were being so imaginative and creative that they brought to life some real book characters and even a real dinosaur! Our suspicions were first raised when a strange egg was disc… View Full Details
Art and Design Careers Evening Event Date: 01/03/2010Art and Design Careers Evening An inspirational evening was had by all at the Art + Design Careers Evening on Wednesday 24 February. Four artists at the top of their profession offered insights  into their careers and the recurring theme was follow your heart and do something that really inspires you. Paul Appleton, arch… View Full Details
Surbiton High School Sixth Form Spanish Students visit Santiago de Compostela, Spain Event Date: 01/03/2010Surbiton High School Sixth Form Spanish Students visit Santiago de Compostela, Spain During the February half term 17 Year 12s and 13s Spanish students spent six days in a very cold but sunny north west Spain. Not only was the aim of this trip to enhance students' knowledge and learning of the language but also provided an insight into the culture, history and geography of the regio… View Full Details
Surbiton High School Musicians support Girl Guiding Surrey West Event Date: 01/03/2010Surbiton High School Musicians support Girl Guiding Surrey West A group of musicians from Surbiton High School are helping to support Girl Guiding Surrey West's Channel Swimmers by performing at the Wind Water and Waves Supper Concert at the Surbiton Assembly Rooms on Friday March 5th. Playing with them is the Amica Wind quartet, one of whom is also a member o… View Full Details
BBC Business Editor Visits Boys’ Prep Event Date: 26/02/2010BBC Business Editor Visits Boys’ Prep On Wednesday 10th February, Mr Tim Weber gave a talk on Journalism to our Year 6 boys about journalism. In English, the boys had been learning about journalistic writing and the effect of language features of different journalistic forms. Mr Weber, Business Editor for the BBC, came and shared his vi… View Full Details
Surbiton High School girls Experience Iceland Event Date: 26/02/2010Surbiton High School girls Experience Iceland On Saturday 13th February, 45 Year 10 students and six members of staff set off for Heathrow airport at the start of their exciting trip to Iceland. Students and staff travelled around Iceland in three groups in minibuses but met up each evening at a new destination. The trip included time s… View Full Details
Surbiton High School Girls prepare for Expedition to Nepal Event Date: 26/02/2010Surbiton High School Girls prepare for Expedition to Nepal Three members of Surbiton High School will be embarking on an expedition to Nepal in July 2010. They will be travelling to the village of Nuwakot where they will help rebuild a school for deaf mute children and partake in a number of community based projects. Felicity Bano, Ellie Breathnach (Yea… View Full Details
Surbiton High School girls compete at the Kingston Schools Indoor Rowing Championship Event Date: 26/02/2010Surbiton High School girls compete at the Kingston Schools Indoor Rowing Championship  On Thursday 11th February a team of ten Surbiton High School girls competed at the Kingston Schools Indoor Rowing Championship. Girls were required to row for an allocated time and the individual scores would be added together for a team distance.  We arrived at Chessington Community… View Full Details
The British Museum with Year 3 Event Date: 26/02/2010The British Museum with Year 3 On Friday 12th February, Year 3 girls went on a trip to the British Museum. This was a great conclusion to our learning about Ancient Egypt. The girls were able to see many of the things we’ve been learning about. They loved comparing the real Egyptian jewellery to the necklaces that they&rs… View Full Details
'The Apprentice' star visits Surbiton High School Event Date: 24/02/2010'The Apprentice' star visits Surbiton High School James McQuillan, star of the hit BBC TV series 'The Apprentice', recently gave a motivational talk to Surbiton High School girls from Year 11 - 13 and boys from Tiffin School about how to succeed in higher education and life generally, using humorous anecdotes and providing an interesting insight ab… View Full Details
Surbiton High School perform Dante’s Inferno Event Date: 12/02/2010Surbiton High School perform Dante’s Inferno On Wednesday 10th February, an intrepid group of audience members followed Virgil, the classical Roman poet, into the ‘dark wood' that appeared on Surbiton High School soil, ‘so harsh...death is hardly more so'. Then they bravely fought their way into Hell through Gates that promised &ls… View Full Details
U11 Gymnastics Competition at Surbiton High Junior Girls' School Event Date: 12/02/2010U11 Gymnastics Competition at Surbiton High Junior Girls' School Gymnastics at Surbiton High is enjoying a high and successful profile, with our elite Acrobatic Gymnasts competing for Great Britain in the Ukraine at the end of February and our Artistic Gymnasts attending Great Britain training Camps at the National Sports Centre at Lilleshall. Not to be out s… View Full Details
Surbiton High School makes a Flying Start in Science Challenge Event Date: 11/02/2010Surbiton High School makes a Flying Start in Science Challenge Six Year 9 girls have started a Science and Engineering challenge called GO4SET and got off to a great start by beating eight other local schools in an initial team building challenge at BP in Sunbury last Friday.  The team impressed the judges by working well together to build the tallest and… View Full Details
Surbiton High School U13 Netball Team are Borough Champions Event Date: 10/02/2010Surbiton High School U13 Netball Team are Borough Champions Last Thursday Surbiton High School took part in the Borough Netball Tournament held at Tiffin Girls’ School. In the first round SHS played Tiffin (drew 2-2); the second round was against Hollyfield (won 9 - 0) and the third round saw SHS against Chessington Community College (won 10 &nd… View Full Details
Surbiton High Boys' Prep pupil wins School Judo Trophy Event Date: 05/02/2010Surbiton High Boys' Prep pupil wins School Judo Trophy Every week at the Boys' Prep we award the Judo Trophy to boys for their skills, improvement, grit and determination. A huge well done to the following boys for winning the  prestigious award last week: Zohayr, Dominic, Alex and Ross. Steven won the Judo Trophy this week as he showed off some… View Full Details
Surbiton High Boys' Prep School Haiti Hospital Appeal Event Date: 05/02/2010Surbiton High Boys' Prep School Haiti Hospital Appeal The Boys' Prep held a cake sale last Friday in aid of the Haiti Hospital appeal. We are so enormously grateful for your generosity and we are delighted to tell you that we have so far raised just under £600 from our cake sale. Thank you so much for your wonderful support.   &n… View Full Details
County Hockey selection for Surbiton High School Girls Event Date: 04/02/2010County Hockey selection for Surbiton High School Girls Two of our Year 7 girls have recently been selected for County Hockey squads. Alexandra Eyles has been selected to play for U13 Girls’ Middlesex County Hockey and Holly Munro has been selected to play for the Surrey U13 Girls’ team. This is a wonderful achievement for both girls as the… View Full Details
Zac Goldsmith talks to Surbiton High School Sixth Form Event Date: 02/02/2010Zac Goldsmith talks to Surbiton High School Sixth Form Zac Goldsmith is campaigning to become MP for the Conservative party in the London Borough of Richmond, and Surbiton High School were privileged to welcome him into their common room to speak last Thursday.  The clear area of passion and expertise for Zac Goldsmith is the environment, and he… View Full Details
Young Art Exhibition Event Date: 01/02/2010Young Art Exhibition Surbiton Boys' Prep are proud to announce their involvement in the Young Art Exhibition. This exhibition is the largest one of it’s kind in the country and is in aid of Cancer Research UK.  All the boys have worked very hard on their entries which were based on the theme “I rememb… View Full Details
Surbiton High School are British Schools Ski Champions Event Date: 29/01/2010Surbiton High School are British Schools Ski Champions Surbiton High School ski teams take gold and silver in this year's Ladies Ski Club annual event of the British Schoolgirls' Races, held in Flaine on 25th and 26th January.  The school has a very strong reputation in this sport and the girls took this year’s competition by storm. A fanta… View Full Details
Surbiton High School Girls begin the Road to Wimbledon Event Date: 28/01/2010Surbiton High School Girls begin the Road to Wimbledon Six Year 9 girls have completed the selection procedure to start training at AELTC to become a ball girl at this year’s Wimbledon tennis tournament. They were chosen from 1000 boys and girls from local schools who were tested in stamina, co-ordination and ball skills.  They also had to pa… View Full Details
Surbiton High School pupils compete successfully in the Welsh Alpine Championships Event Date: 27/01/2010Surbiton High School pupils compete successfully in the Welsh Alpine Championships Well done to all the Surbiton High School pupils who recently represented their snow clubs and school in Switzerland in the Welsh Alpine Championships. Mary Denning competed in the FIS Giant Slalom finishing 11th overall and was the second British girl in line after the Swiss girls.  Darcie Mea… View Full Details
Surbiton High School Gymnasts somersault to success Event Date: 26/01/2010Surbiton High School Gymnasts somersault to success Our Senior Gymnasts were in action this weekend at the Regional Floor, Vault and Tumbling Competition. More than 300 gymnasts competed for the title of ‘Regional Champion’ and the opportunity to compete at the National Finals. The Surbiton U19 squad of Danusia Francis, Rosie Fr… View Full Details
Surbiton High School supports the Haiti Disaster Appeal Event Date: 26/01/2010Surbiton High School supports the Haiti Disaster Appeal Staff and students at Surbiton High School decided that they wanted to give more than just empathy to the people of Haiti, having seen the devastation to the country as a result of their earthquake.  Life has been difficult at school over the last week or so as a result of the harsh weather,… View Full Details
Lord Ouseley talks to the Sixth Form at Surbiton High School Event Date: 25/01/2010Lord Ouseley talks to the Sixth Form at Surbiton High School Lord Herman Ouseley recently visited Surbiton High School Sixth Form as part of their PSHE (personal, social and health education) programme. He gave an informative presentation on the role and work of the House of Lords to around 150 girls in Years 12 and 13 (ages 16-18) and then met a smaller grou… View Full Details
Surbiton High School gain insight into the Office of Rail Regulators Event Date: 21/01/2010Surbiton High School gain insight into the Office of Rail Regulators This week the Sixth Form welcomed Rupika Madhura and Jugdeesh Singh from the Office of Rail Regulators who gave Year 13 Economics students an insight into a career as an Economist and the work of government regulators. This was well attended by those studying Transport Economics for their ex… View Full Details
Old Girls' News Event Date: 20/01/2010Old Girls' News Martha Tilston will be singing at The Rose Theatre on Sunday, 24th January, 7.30 pm Louise Riley is one of 5 artists exhibiting their work at the 'Beware of Embroidery' exhibition, 15 January - 27 February, Pittshanger Manor, Ealing Beware of Embroidery is a new exhibition that features th… View Full Details
Abigail Croft Sails with the UK Cadet World Team in Argentina Event Date: 11/01/2010Abigail Croft Sails with the UK Cadet World Team in Argentina Year 10 pupil Abigail Croft has been taking part in the International Cadet World Championships 2009 in Argentina over the New Year. Generally Abigail has been consistent with results about 20th in difficult conditions with strong current and short chop. Her best result so far has been a 7th pla… View Full Details
January Public Examinations and Year 11 Mock Examinations (updated 13/1) Event Date: 09/01/2010January Public Examinations and Year 11 Mock Examinations (updated 13/1) School is open this week. However, if adverse weather conditions force the situation to change, we will notify via the website and text message. We will endeavour to be open to allow girls in Years 11, 12 and 13 to sit mock and public examinations. Examination boards have notified us that can… View Full Details
Christmas with the Aliens Event Date: 16/12/2009Christmas with the Aliens Key Stage 1 have been entertaining some alien visitors...Stranded on earth with their broken spaceship, they meet a group of school children about to rehearse their Christmas play. Invited to watch, the aliens discover an amazing story they want the whole universe to hear. The children help the al… View Full Details
More Sailing success Event Date: 14/12/2009More Sailing success Sailing News - Abigail Croft has been awarded the King of Thailand Trophy for outstanding achievement in youth sailing. She will be presented with the trophy at her club - Frensham Pond Sailing Club by the UK's most successful amateur yachtsman and current OK Class World Champion, Nick Craig this… View Full Details
Flu, Colds and Other Winter Ills! Event Date: 03/12/2009Flu, Colds and Other Winter Ills! Seasonal flu, swine flu and many other winter ailments are abundant at the moment. If your child is unwell please do not send them into school especially if they have any flu-like symptoms including  high temperature(38°+), sore throat, cough, headache or unusual tiredness. If your… View Full Details