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Independent Schools St Michaels Prep School – their Open Morning will be held on 4 October. Book your place here. Sevenoaks Prep – Sevenoaks Prep – their Open Morning will be held on Thursday 2nd October.  Book your place here or private tours available. Somerhill School – their Open Day will be held on Friday 6 October. Book your place here. Radnor House – Senior Open Day tours will be held on Saturday 7 October – Book your place here. New Beacon – their Open Day will be held on Friday 13 October. Book

Watch your child’s confidence, achievement and ability increase before this school year finishes and their new school year starts with our Refresher Programmes. Children have worked so hard to catch up over this school year, but many are still feeling the effects of disrupted education through Covid, staff absences and school closures and have gaps in their learning. We know how much parents are continually striving to help their children and give them the best opportunities. To help, we have developed a series of 18 video tutorials, (nine maths and

Screen time advice from Dr Aric Sigman On Thursday 11th February, the St Michael’s community enjoyed an hour-long webinar with children’s mental health expert, Dr Aric Sigman. Guided by a wealth of experience including his role as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and work with the Department of Health,Dr Sigman gave a presentation on the impact of increased screen time due to lockdown, as well as giving parents useful tips for creating balance in their family’s routines. St Michael’s Head Nik Pears also hosted a Q &

Nik’s concept of growth mindset can also be applied to his broader vision for the school. Coming to St Michael’s from his headship at Kent College, Pembury, Nik believes the challenges posed by Covid-19 can teach schools a lot about the importance of flexibility and community. Mr Pears said: “These unprecedented times have been a huge learning curve for schools. “Navigating a school through a global crisis was never going to be easy, but it has shown just how necessary it is to put pupils at the heart of every

St Michael’s Prep School is a non-selective, coeducational school for children aged 2-13 years promoting a rich, varied and balanced education within a Christian context. St Michael’s challenges pupils to achieve their best and strive for excellence in all that they do; fostering in them a sense of wonder and joy in learning. Children are helped to understand themselves as individuals, their feelings and emotions, how they can affect others and to show tolerance and respect for the diversity of the world in which they live.   St Michael’s Prep School recognises every

Educating children is about so much more than just the academic curriculum, which all schools are required to follow.  It is also about preparing them for their lives ahead by creating a lifelong love of learning, giving them a set of values to follow, opening up a wide spectrum of opportunities, and helping them to ‘think outside the box’ when difficult challenges are presented! The past year has certainly presented its fair share of challenges that have required us all to think outside box and come up with new ways of

Hear from David Paton, Head at Radnor House on his Head’s Blog: Education is the most precious gift we give to the next generation because it provides young people with the opportunity to carve out a successful future for themselves.  Young people understand this too, which explains the outpouring of anxiety and emotion since A-level results were released last week. Like you, no doubt, I was dismayed at the prospect of so many pupils across the country being let down so badly by a flawed system for the allocation of

Just when you thought you had parenting figured out and your children settled at school…Coronavirus hits like a freight train.  Schools are suddenly shut, children are at home all day and with little warning you are expected to act as class teacher, teaching assistant, subject specialist, PE coach… the list goes on.  It is no wonder most parents are slightly overwhelmed. While that is certainly one possible reaction it is important to realise that your children are also feeling confused, scared and unsettled and need you to remain calm and

The Montessori method of education has been in practice for over 100 years in many parts of the world, and is based on self-directed activity, hands-on learning and collaborative play. “I benefited from the Montessori education, which in some ways gives the students a lot more freedom to do things at their own pace, to discover…” Sergey Brin, Co-Founder of Google. Our nursery children enjoy daily outdoor activities (come rain or shine!) in the 5 acres of grounds, such as building dens, messy play in our Mud Activity Centre, feeding

If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you    Children at St Michael’s Prep are undertaking a new type of challenge this year: through a fresh and innovative approach to homework.  The idea for this came from the pupils themselves when, during the homework review, a child commented “imagine if we could choose our own homework”.    Deputy Head, Mary Bridges, realised that this would indeed be an exciting prospect and, with a team of staff, designed and introduced a new style of homework.  The aim of the challenge

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