Category: year 6

On Tuesday, all of Year 6 had the exciting opportunity of taking part in a thrilling Dragons’ Den scenario, where in turn, they pitched their £10 Entrepreneurial Challenge businesses to an eminent panel of successful dragons from the fields of business, finance and education. Each...

Year 6 took to the seas and landed in Poole harbour to spend a week at Rockley. They canoed, kayaked, frisbeed and sailed the open seas and made the most incredible memories as a year group. Not only did they take to the activities like...

The excitement in the air was palpable at the Upper School, as 20 spellers from five different schools arrived to compete in the annual Dukes Regional Spelling Bee. The pupils had been practising for months and could hardly contain themselves as they whizzed through the...

It was a triumphant Sports Day for Dragon. With conditions perfect for the field events, the children produced world class performance in the javelin and long jump events. Hundredths of seconds separated the top three in the hurdles event in many year groups. A new...

The children had a brilliant time at their recent summer term school discos. The Lower School dressed to impress in their sparkling sea-themed masks, whilst the parents transformed the hall into a magical under the sea world. In the Upper School, the children dressed up...

Over the past two months, Year 6 have taken part in a number of financial literacy workshops which have focused on saving, budgeting, investing, trading and corporate finance. Following on from this, the children are currently applying many of their sprouting financial skills in a...

Six eager members of our Prospect House chess team made their way by minibus to Dukes House to take part in an exciting chess tournament recently. There were 68 participants in all and each competitor played nine games to see who were the current chess...

After some super secret planning, Year 6 were surprised with a trip to London’s West End for the new production of Oliver!. Reimagined by Cameron Mackintosh and Matthew Bourne, the performance was incredible, and the children loved seeing the characters come alive on the stage,...

Some of our athletes descended upon Tooting Bec Athletics track for the inaugural South London Athletics championships. The team performed admirably across track and field disciplines that ranged from discus throwing to 1500m.  With 40 events to medal in, the team did exceptionally well to...