January 2020 - Knighton House School

100% scholarship and other discounted awards for local girls: from September 2020

January 31, 2020Megan DragaNews

Following the successful launch last year, Knighton House School is launching a new 100% scholarship and other discounted awards for local girls for the second year. The Booker Scholarships –...

Headmaster’s Blog – Not doing Common Entrance – What does it mean for Knighton House?

January 29, 2020Megan DragaHeadmaster's Blog, News, School Blogboardingschool, knightonhouse, prep school, prep school dorset, prepschooldorset, reddungarees, Uniform, Unique

Two years ago we took the decision to phase out Common Entrance and introduce our own curriculum, the KED (Knowledge Enlightenment Discovery) Curriculum. Two reasons drove the change: Firstly, The...

Visit from Dorset Fire and Rescue

January 29, 2020Megan DragaNewsboardingschool, knightonhouse, Learning, prep school, prep school dorset, prepschooldorset, reddungarees, school, teaching, Uniform, Unique

Yesterday, the children from The Orchard and B1 had a visit from the Dorset and Whiltshire Fire and Rescue team. They learned about fire safety using action rhymes and stories. The children...

KED careers session for Alpha and A1

January 27, 2020Megan DragaNewsboardingschool, knightonhouse, Learning, prep school, prep school dorset, prepschooldorset, reddungarees, school, teaching, Uniform, Unique

Fantasy Friday afternoon was a KED careers session for Alpha and A1. No speaker this time, but a chance to have fun finding out our career animal (Clownfish, Teddy Bears,...

The Great Knighton Bake Off – 18/19 January

January 27, 2020Megan DragaBoarder's Blog, School Blog

On Saturday, the A1s amd Alphas went to Sherborne Girls for Lacrosse training and we played some matches.. it was really fun! On Sunday after brunch we designed our place...

How far is the Sun from Earth – B1 Science

January 24, 2020Megan DragaNewsboardingschool, knightonhouse, Learning, prep school, prep school dorset, prepschooldorset, reddungarees, school, teaching, Uniform, Unique

Congratulations to the U.11 Netball squad who played in the Bryanston Prep Schools Netball Tournament on Wednesday finishing winners of the Goblet trophy beating Forres Sandle Manor in the semi-final and Perrot Hill in the final. Well done...

Headmaster’s Blog – The balance of Prep/Homework

January 21, 2020Megan DragaHeadmaster's Blog, News, School Blogboardingschool, knightonhouse, prep school, prep school dorset, prepschooldorset, reddungarees, Uniform, Unique

There has been much written about the benefit of prep/homework. Like most things in education, opinion tends to be polarised; there are those who passionately support the idea of children...

Ice Skating – 11/12 January

January 21, 2020Megan DragaBoarder's Blog, School Blog

To start with for the skating weekend we woke up on Sunday and had pastries and a drink, then after that we got changed for skating and then went downstairs...

How far is the Sun from Earth – B1 Science

January 17, 2020Megan DragaNewsboardingschool, knightonhouse, Learning, prep school, prep school dorset, prepschooldorset, reddungarees, school, teaching, Uniform, Unique

This week B1 have been challenging their brains, by making scale models to compare the sizes and distances between the Earth and the Sun. Having made the models, we...

Knighton House Prep Takeaway Menu

January 16, 2020Megan DragaNewsboardingschool, knightonhouse, Learning, prep school, prep school dorset, prepschooldorset, reddungarees, school, teaching, Uniform, Unique

This week has seen the start of a new prep option for some of our pupils, in the form of the Knighton House Takeaway Menu. Pupils can choose from a...

Month: January 2020

100% scholarship and other discounted awards for local girls: from September 2020

Headmaster’s Blog – Not doing Common Entrance – What does it mean for Knighton House?

Visit from Dorset Fire and Rescue

KED careers session for Alpha and A1

The Great Knighton Bake Off – 18/19 January

How far is the Sun from Earth – B1 Science

Headmaster’s Blog – The balance of Prep/Homework

Ice Skating – 11/12 January

How far is the Sun from Earth – B1 Science

Knighton House Prep Takeaway Menu

Record Number of Scholarship Awards

The Curiosity Shop Has Opened

KH Assessment Results, We Bucked the Trend

Nose and Spoon Race

Intellectuals in the Sticks

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