Monthly Archives: June 2012

Pupils at Kelly Prep School have been taking part in an Olympic celebrations week. Kelly has an outstanding history of producing Olympians, with London 2012 being no exception. Kelly 6th Former Ellen Keane, has recently qualified to compete in the … Continue reading →

Making small animal toys of felt has been such a popular topic for the Year 3-6 Sewing club that they have continued designing and making items since January. Here are some of the members of the club and their creations.

On Wednesday 27th June we held an Olympic Maths morning which involved the whole school. The children were divided into mixed age group teams and had to undertake a variety of sport/maths tasks. Nursery and Reception worked together to complete … Continue reading →

As part of our Olympic celebrations the pupils debated the motion “This house believes that the 2012 Olympics are good for Britain”.  Proposing the motion was Lewi Stokes, seconding him was Flora Germon; opposing the motion, the main speaker was George … Continue reading →

Louis Bailey sculpted this Olympic Flame from clay. It was used as a table centrepiece for some of our Olympic events.

Year 6 pupils at Kelly Prep have recently been treated to an exceptional talk by the world renowned author and Old Kelleian, Gerald Seymour. Mr Seymour spoke to the children about his career, his influences (including his own time as … Continue reading →

Year 4’s Class Assembly was on the subject of Teddy Bears.  They gave the history of teddy bears, facts about bears , recited their own poems and performed playlets from well-known bear stories; they also showed soft pastel drawings of … Continue reading →

On Thursday 21st June the Year 6 Poetry Speaking Competition was held. Mrs Bridger from the English department of the Senior School kindly agreed to carry out the judging.  All of the competitors acquitted themselves well and recited their chosen … Continue reading →

Latin lives on at Kelly Prep. The year 5 and 6 Latin Club have been studying Latin in their luchtimes using the Minimus Scheme. They ended the year by performing a Latin assembly before the whole school – the theme … Continue reading →

Year 4 Geographers travelled by minibus, train and on foot to find out about village settlers in the Bere Peninsular.  They followed a village trail and explored inside the local church before settling down to some field sketching across the … Continue reading →