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Saturday 6 November 2021 Year 6 have enjoyed blasting their pneumatic rockets into space! Year 6 have enjoyed blasting their pneumatic rockets into space! They constructed their rockets from rolled A4 paper, card fins and nose cones. The rockets were launched using compressed air (3 BAR / 40 PSI) which was produced using a foot pump. Most rockets achieved altitudes of over 40 metres (130ft) - that’s twice the height of Beauchamp Tower!
Saturday 6 November 2021 Spring Bulb Planting Triumph! Thank you to all the children who have helped plant 2,500 bulbs, creating new spring meadow areas within the grounds.
Saturday 6 November 2021 Conker competition result Congratulationsto Tristan M, Ben Gand Lily Mfor finding the equally tiniest conkers you are ever likely to see.
Saturday 6 November 2021 Fallen small-leafed lime in The Close Some of you may have noticed that one of the casualties of last weekend's storms was the small-leaved lime tree in one of the corners of The Close. Year 6 were able to use the fallen tree as a natural navigation tool; determining the direction of the prevailing wind (the buttresses much thicker on the south-west side) and the branches growing outward rather than upward on the southern side.
Saturday 6 November 2021 Boarders celebrate Diwali 2021 The boarders celebrated Diwali with a delicious candlelit supper in the Undercroft. Special thanks to Nick and his catering team.
Saturday 6 November 2021 Hoping to boost bio-diversity Botanist Dom Price, recording existing plant life so that next year we can see how effective our rewilding has been at boosting bio-diversity in the school grounds.
Saturday 6 November 2021 Conservation School Award Salisbury Cathedral School has joined the Conservation School Award, hosted by the environmental charity Operation Future Hope, with a five-year commitment to boosting biodiversity within the school grounds.
Saturday 6 November 2021 Nature's Classroom Will Frost (Head of Geography and Outdoor Learning), is one of the many voices in our new book, ‘In Our Own Words’ who shares his views on why 'Nature's Classroom' allows the children to shine with instinctive curiosity and a sense of wonder. To read more, please request a copy of our book by emailing admissions@salisburycathedralschool.com
Friday 5 November 2021 EYFS enjoying Bonfire time This afternoon Nursery and Reception enjoyed having a bonfire in the grounds. We talked about fire safety, toasted marshmallows and drank some warm hot chocolate. Thank you to Mr Moors for helping us look after the bonfire. What a lovely autumnal treat!
Thursday 4 November 2021 Pre-Prep celebrate Diwali Pre-Prep have been learning about the Hindu festival of light ‘Diwali’. Some of the children have made their own Diya lamps out of clay and decorated them. On Thursday morning, Pre-Prep participated in a carousel of activities. They enjoyed tasting a variety of foods, dancing and acting to music, creating Rangoli patterns with chalk and coloured rice and decorating their hands with intricate mehndi designs.
Wednesday 3 November 2021 Pre-Prep planting bulbs with the Year 8's The children have been busy with Mr Frost planting native spring bulbs around the school grounds as part of the Conservation School Award. They had great fun working with the older children working as a team to dig the holes.
Tuesday 2 November 2021 A small step towards a better world As global leaders gather in Glasgow for COP26, pupils at Salisbury Cathedral School will be planting 2,500 bulbs in its own small step towards a better world.
Thursday 28 October 2021 Lovely new bunk beds for the boarding house The new bunk beds have arrived in the Boarding House and look fantastic. We can’t wait for the boarders to see them on Sunday.
Tuesday 12 October 2021 A real Viking feast Year 4 have shared a viking feast by an authentic tripod fire dressed as Vikings. They shared viking jokes and sampled the viking cuisine. They especially enjoyed the herring, kippers and pickles!
Monday 11 October 2021 Gala Concert marking the 30th Anniversary of the founding of Salisbury Cathedral’s girls’ Choir. Salisbury Cathedral School was full of life on Saturday with around eighty former girl choristers gathering together ready for the special Gala Concert marking the 30th Anniversary of the founding of Salisbury Cathedral’s girls’ Choir. It was thirty years ago, nearly to the day, after the girls’ choir sang their first Evensong on 7 October 1991.
Thursday 7 October 2021 Prep School Geography Competition Congratulations to our Upper Prep School team for coming second in the Prep School Geography Competition! A special thank you to @canfordschool for organising such a fun and enriching event.
Tuesday 5 October 2021 The Water Meadows Trust The Water Meadows Trust volunteer educational team gave the Year 8's a brilliant talk about the history, geology and ecology of the meadows. The children were able to watch shepherd Rob work his dogs around the flock of Romney sheep currently grazing the meadows. This is the first time this has been done for a school trip and capped off a fantastic experience that the year group showed their heart-felt gratitude for.
Monday 4 October 2021 Playdoh preparation for a sculpture project Year 8 have been exploring the different shapes and textures of coral in preparation for a sculpture project, making these colourful and fun coral reefs in groups out of playdoh.
Friday 1 October 2021 U13 girls team winners! We are so proud of our U13 girls. For the first time ever we entered an U13 team in the girls’ Wiltshire Schools Hockey Tournament, held in Wootton Bassett. The girls played matches against schools from across the county and came home with the cup!!
Friday 1 October 2021 Pea shooters are all the rage! The school have needed little encouragement to make pea shooters out of hollowed out hogweed stems. Hawthorn berries make brilliant ‘amo’. The champions have successfully propelled these across the lake.
Wednesday 29 September 2021 SCS at the EEC Fair
Tuesday 28 September 2021 Year 2 visit Breamore House Year 2 have been travelling back in time to Breamore House where they have been discovering what life was like in a pre-war classroom.
Tuesday 28 September 2021 Tasty treats for the birds Reception have been acting out the story of 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' and have made porridge out of mud, oats and berries in the school’s outside grounds. The porridge was then left for the birds as a tasty treat.
Monday 27 September 2021 It's not al singing for the choristers Around their singing duties in the cathedral this weekend, the girl choristers had great fun in the boarding house making bath bombs and lip gloss.
Monday 27 September 2021 All About Me! As part of Nursery's topic, 'All about me', the children have been talking about their homes and who they live with. They have painted some brilliant pictures of their houses and even made them out of cardboard boxes.
Saturday 25 September 2021 Year 4 visit Butser Ancient Farm The Year 4 children have had a lovely day today Butser Ancient Farm Waterlooville.
Friday 24 September 2021 The Three Little Pigs Reception performed the Three Little Pigs which was wonderful. Praise was given to those who performed for their speaking and acting and also those who preferred to be in the audience for their great listening and sitting skills.
Thursday 23 September 2021 Year 3 - Core Values Year 3 have been exploring and learning all the core values in the Prep school. As a part of Community and Teamwork, they harvested some carrots from their Year 2 garden and made carrot cup cakes. Pulling the carrots was such fun and we found some whoppers! They loved all taking it in turns to grate the carrots, weigh the ingredients and mix them together.
Thursday 23 September 2021 The whole school is going 'Under the Sea' The whole school has made a brilliant start to the new art topic ‘Under the Sea’ with plenty of super art being produced. The octopus by Year 8 are particularly striking.
Thursday 23 September 2021 Outdoor Learning highlights Outdoor Learning highlights from the past few days include making and throwing seed bombs and playing games of dragonflies versus midges.
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