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Academic SummarySEPTEMBER 2018 TO JULY 2019

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Scholarship Opportunities

available from age 7

[email protected] langleyschool.co.uk/prep/ 01603 868206

To receive further details and an application pack, please contact our Admissions Secretary.

We offer a number of Academic, Art, Music and Sports Scholarships from Year 4 onwards (assessed in Year 3) to children of outstanding ability and these are awarded based on the results of assessment and interviews.

All - Rounder scholarships are awarded in special circumstances to those who have reached a high standard in all of the aforementioned disciplines.

In addition, we offer Academic Scholarships for entry into Year 3 (assessed in Year 2) for pupils who show exceptional academic talent.

Scholarships result in a reduction of fees, by a certain percentage, which is retained throughout a pupil’s time at the Prep School subject to continued high standards.


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WelcomeLangley Preparatory School at Taverham Hall offers a wonderful learning environment for children aged 2 to 13. The School’s Growth Mindset approach from Early Years onwards shapes children’s belief that they can change and grow throughout their lives. This is further demonstrated by the recent introduction of the Prep School Baccalaureate and the bespoke Wensum Award where the acquisition of life skills goes hand in hand with the acquisition of subject knowledge and subject specific skills.

A body of inspiring and dedicated staff deliver a vibrant curriculum and together with the breadth of opportunities on offer and the School’s outdoor Forest School programme, pupils develop a positive approach to learning whilst recognising the value of their responsibility in the learning process.

Under the leadership of its experienced Head of Prep, Mike Crossley, the School has received six outstanding inspection reports. In its most recent report the Educational Quality acquired the top rating of ‘Excellent’. The Head is a Mental Health First Aid Instructor, a District Representative for 63 independent schools and a regular inspector of schools:

“As a school we seek to strike the right balance between school and family time and great emphasis is placed on pupil and staff wellbeing.”

Reasons families choose Langley Preparatory School at Taverham Hall• Outstanding pastoral care and warm welcoming

inclusive community. • A vibrant learning environment. • Confidence of its pupils. • High standard of education and academic

achievement. • Idyllic 100-acre woodland setting with own stretch

of River Wensum in Taverham.• ‘Excellent’ inspection reports. • Bespoke Early Years curriculum enabling children

to develop skills beyond the current levels of expectation.

• Pre-Prep pupils are heard to read every day and achieve significantly above the national average

• Growth Mindset ethos. • Inspirational experiences in art, music and drama,

with weekly performance opportunities.• Dynamic teachers and breadth of curriculum. • Wellbeing approach - personalised care and support,

mental health first aiders staff team.• Unparalleled FSA recognised Forest School lessons

with practitioners at the highest level (OCN Level 3). • On-site swimming pool, sports hall, sports fields,

netball and tennis courts, and adjacent Astroturf. • Scholarship opportunities available from Year 3

(assessments take place in Year 2) for children of outstanding ability.

Prep School Exam Results 2019Year 8 Leavers’ Common Entrance

18 scholarships/awards were offered to Year 8 pupils

40% of Year 8 pupils gained a scholarship, some gaining up to 3.

83% of all grades were above 50%



A very impressive 11% of all grades were above 80%


available from age 7

[email protected] langleyschool.co.uk/prep/ 01603 868206

To receive further details and an application pack, please contact our Admissions Secretary.

We offer a number of Academic, Art, Music and Sports Scholarships from Year 4 onwards (assessed in Year 3) to children of outstanding ability and these are awarded based on the results of assessment and interviews.

All - Rounder scholarships are awarded in special circumstances to those who have reached a high standard in all of the aforementioned disciplines.

In addition, we offer Academic Scholarships for entry into Year 3 (assessed in Year 2) for pupils who show exceptional academic talent.

Scholarships result in a reduction of fees, by a certain percentage, which is retained throughout a pupil’s time at the Prep School subject to continued high standards.


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Pre-Prep Reception, Y1 and Y2 pupils excelExcellent English and Maths progress test results along with reading and spelling ages: • 76% of Pre-Prep pupils achieved above national

average grades for English• 79% of Pre-Prep pupils achieved above national

average grades for Maths.

Value Added Over a nine-month period Pre-Prep pupils have made an average of:

• 15 months progress with their reading with the highest rate of progress being an improvement of 48 months in 9 months.

• 16 months progress with their spelling with the highest rate of progress being an improvement of 32 months in 9 months.

Pupils are heard to read individually every day in the Pre-Prep department which helps them to develop their reading skills and love of reading at a very early age. We have been using the acclaimed Read, Write, Inc scheme in Pre-Prep for the past 4 years. This has made a wealth of difference to the reading and writing skills of our children.

The Pre-Prep made major changes to their mathematics provision this academic year, moving to the latest approach for teaching mathematics. The current thinking places emphasis on ‘Mathematical Mastery’,

with children developing their number sense and developing a deep understanding of the mathematics before moving forward to the next step in learning. As a result, we have seen children have a more confident understanding of this subject matter, with the ability to show that understanding in a range of ways and to explain their thinking using a more analytical approach. The results speak for themselves, with a significant proportion of our children achieving above average to significantly above average scores on nationally standardised tests.

Pre-Prep pupils have enjoyed developing their digital learning skills with programming floor robots called ‘Bee-Bots’ as well as extending Growth Mindset skills such as independence, resilience, collaboration and participation in the newly introduced termly Inspiration Days.

The Pre-Prep have their very own School Council with representatives elected from each class. The members are elected by the children in their class and all experience using a ballot paper to make their vote. This is a wonderful opportunity for young voices to take an active part in sharing their ideas. The council have their own notice board in Pre-Prep and meet half termly to discuss matters arising and are responsible for sharing ideas and opinions. They help plan and organise how the Pre-Prep will raise money for their chosen charity and spend donations and also attend PTFA meetings when invited to explain why they have put in a bid for a particular item for the Pre-Prep Department. Year 2 School Councillors also attend Prep School Council meetings.


What’s new?The School has added the following to its extensive range of facilities:2019: Installation of classroom visualisers for all years, a Nest Swing for the Prep School, reading sheds for Early Years, sheds and tools for Forest School and a set of sub suits for fixtures and training sessions for senior Prep School pupils.

2018: Installation of the School’s own defibrillator. New Prep School playground equipment, Pre-Prep circular benches and Early Years garden furniture. School website update.2017: Pre-Prep playground equipment, cricket pavilion, two changing rooms in the Sports Hall wings; six temporary classrooms; two Prep classrooms, two additional Computing

A child-centred Prep-Prep Early Years startThe introduction to Growth Mindset starts here and children are able to develop academically and socially at a pace commensurate with their ability.

The School became the first in Norfolk to introduce a bespoke Early Years curriculum ensuring pupils participate each day in literacy and Maths activities. Whilst drawing on the strengths of the national Early Years curriculum it crucially offers pupils further opportunities to develop their learning, enabling those who are ready, to read and write and develop their mathematical skills beyond the current levels of expectation. Children aged three to four also follow the Read Write Inc scheme, a fun and child-centred approach to teaching. Early writing skills such as the correct pencil grip and formation of letters using sand tray activities, tracing, whiteboards and pencil and paper activities are also covered. In our Early Years setting, pupils are prepared for their move to the Reception classes by developing their skills in all areas of the curriculum, enjoying a wide range of activities such as dance, drama, music, sports, Forest School, arts and crafts.

Suites as well as new interactive white boards in the Prep School. 2016: Computing suite in the Pre-Prep; state-of-the-art iMac music recording & composing equipment in the Music & Art Block. Outdoor cob pizza oven built by pupils. 2015: Laser cutter and 3D printer for the DT Department; Science and Wildlife pond; refurbished Prep School pupils’ Common Room and Outer (entrance) Hall.2014: Refurbished Netball/Tennis Courts & Computing suite; new School website & social media platforms.2013: Outdoor woodland classroom; refurbished DT block & zip wire and ropes course.2012: Two Prep School classrooms and access to a high spec Astroturf.2011: Purpose-built Early Years extension.

Overseas tripsIn addition to numerous educational visits and excursions which enhance the pupils’ curriculum from Early Years to Year 8, each year Prep School pupils are offered educational trips abroad.

• Autumn 2019: 5-day residential French trip to Normandy (biennial)

• Summer 2019: Classical Studies and Geography trip to Naples

• Spring 2019: Ski-trip to Austria (biennial)• Autumn 2018: Senior Rugby & Hockey Tour to

Ireland (biennial)

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School’s Awards & AccoladesThe School’s most recent ISI inspection (November 2016) awarded the highest accolade of ‘Excellent’ to the two key areas of The quality of the pupils’ academic and other achievements, and The quality of the pupils’ personal development.

Headmaster, Mike Crossley:“This inspection is a fantastic accolade for the School. To achieve the highest grading of ‘Excellent’ in both categories is extremely pleasing and demonstrates the continued provision of the outstanding level of education we offer 2 to 13 year old boys and girls. The welfare of all our pupils is our top priority and this praise from ISI endorses the work and care that goes into ensuring that children are able to grow and thrive in a safe, happy environment. This is an exceptionally rewarding report and we are immensely proud of our pupils and staff’s achievements.”

FSA Recognised Forest School Provider Award

The FSA is the professional body and UK wide voice for all things Forest School, promoting best practice, cohesion and ‘quality Forest School for all’. The award recognises those providers who are following good Forest School practice and distinguishes them from other outdoor education that is not Forest School. The School are the first FSA Recognised Forest School Provider in Norfolk which is testament to all the excellent work its five dedicated Level 3 Forest School leaders undertake. Since 1921 outdoor learning has been an integral part of pupils’ lives at the School’s idyllic 100 acre woodland site and this has been significantly enhanced by the integration of Forest School within the School’s curriculum over the past 10 years, delivering Forest School teaching to the highest standard.

“The surrounding parkland is a paradise for pupils.” (ISI)

Woodland Trust Gold Green Tree School Award

Pupils participate in green activities such as tree planting, reducing carbon emissions, recycling and various Woodland Trust activities.

NACE Challenge Award

Following assessment by the National Association for Able Children in Education, the School has been accredited with The NACE Challenge Award for excellence in whole-school provision for more able, gifted and talented pupils. As NACE members the School benefits from access to events, resources and updates on latest developments with the purpose of extending pupils’ work at a level beyond that expected for their age group. Linked in with the School’s Growth Mindset and Independent Learner approach NACE believes there should be no ceiling on a child’s learning and ability. Importantly it focusses on providing opportunities to encourage curiosity, ask questions, engage in debates and discussions whilst producing original and creative responses to tasks set. Motivation, engagement and understanding the characteristics of High Ability children with the aim to provide opportunities for them to deepen and extend their learning are central to this so that they can achieve at the highest levels.

Platinum School Games Mark Award

The School has been accredited with the top Platinum level of this national award for 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 after having obtained four previous consecutive gold awards in 2018/2017, 2017/2016, 2016/2015 and 2015/2014. It recognises the School’s ‘sport for all’ philosophy, the high level of attainment, inclusivity and provision for sport in the School, as well as our contribution to the wider community and the leadership opportunities for pupils.


Highlights 2018-2019The School’s Growth Mindset ethos is firmly embedded within the curriculum. From Early Years in Pre-Prep the Growth Mindset focus grows into the Prep School’s own Independent Learner model which expands into six life skills. These skills encourage pupils to develop a more conceptual understanding of the learning attitudes which will help them to become effective, self-motivated and resilient individuals. This year the School extended the development of soft skills and independence further through the introduction of termly Inspirations Days in the Pre-Prep and a new bespoke Wensum Award offered to pupils from Year 6 in the Prep School as well as the Prep School Baccalaureate that pupils embark upon from Year 7. The latter two offer a thought-provoking approach to recognising pupils’ achievements and the first Wensum Award presentation ceremony took place in July 2019.

This year also saw the introduction of a new Prep School English Reading Challenge initiative with the aim of encouraging pupils to challenge themselves to read more books and a wider range of genres. Those who completed the challenge were able to incorporate the achievement within their Wensum Award.

The start of the School’s new recreational Friday sports programme has been very well received and offers an alternative games option for pupils for whom the traditional termly sports are not as suitable.

Year 7 were given the opportunity to move into a new position of responsibility as Pre-Prep Playground Monitors thereby developing their leadership skills.

Mental Health Awareness and Wellbeing have been highlighted in regular assemblies and activities including the annual celebration of Children’s Mental Health Week. This year topics such as the power of positive thinking, happy thoughts, treating others with kindness and respect, eating a balanced diet, taking regular exercise and how to improve the quality of our sleep are all examples of wellbeing discussions that took place. There has been a focus on increased outdoor relaxing opportunities and the commencement of morning break Mindfulness Walks around the grounds for Prep School pupils on Mondays and

Fridays has been very popular as well as watering plants by Pre-Prep pupils and making music outdoors. Access to the Time4Me room on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays where Prep School pupils can listen to relaxing music, or take out some mindfulness time for themselves when the need arises are all new initiatives which enable pupils to relax their busy minds, chat and enjoy their natural surroundings; the creation of a BRAVE (breathe, relax, allow yourself time, voice your fears, eat and drink well) wellbeing area for our younger Pre-Prep pupils has also been well received.

The School joined the Anti-Bullying Alliance, an organisation which aims to eradicate bullying and help young people understand how to tackle it.

A number of new initiatives for parents have been introduced such as an Internet Safety information section in the parents’ portal on the School’s website providing useful information on this important topic; the addition of Google Classroom to the parents’ portal has ensured parents are able to view details of set homework and other academic matters pertaining to their child(ren); and the launch of the Scholastic Book Club for Pre-Prep parents. For every purchase made the School earns Scholastic Rewards.

Two Year 10 pupils completed their work experience week as part of their curriculum at the Prep School. Senior School Sixth Form students assisted at the Prep School’s Maths Day and the Prep School’s Sports Day. Increased collaborations between the Prep and Senior School took place with pupils taking part in events at the senior school.

The PTFA (Parents Teachers Friends Association) raised an impressive £4,137.73 to further enhance pupils’ education at the School.

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The Head of Prep was honoured to represent both the School as well as IAPS in his role as District Representative at the Royal Garden Party at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh in July. It was a most memorable day.

It has been confirmed that the refurbishment of the Main Hall’s roof is to take place during the next academic year 2019/2020.

AcademicPupils achievements are regularly celebrated in weekly assemblies as well as more officially in the end of term Assemblies and the end of year Speech Day and Prize Giving event.

End of term assemblies aim to highlight achievements throughout a particular term including Headmaster and Subject commendations, Radiator of the Week awards, colours and merits.

Speech Day and Prize Giving provide a fitting end to each academic year. A time where everyone gathers together to celebrate the endeavour, achievements and highlights of the past year. Form prizes recognise contributions made to the class as well as a pupil’s attitude, effort and kindness

to others. Subject Prizes are awarded for attainment, ability and progress across the whole year as well as Cup and Trophy winners including ones for Good Spirit, School Life, Independent Learner, Endeavour, Progress, Great Outdoors and Teamship.

English• A new Prep School English Reading Challenge

initiative was successfully introduced with the aim of encouraging pupils to challenge themselves to read more books and a wider range of genres.

• A new colour-coded reading scheme was introduced for Year 3 pupils to help with the continuity of reading material during the transition between Pre-Prep and Year 3.

• During World Book Day many book related events were held in school and all the pupils (and staff) dressed up as their favourite book character. Termly Book Fairs and Talks from Pre-Prep to Year 8 provided tips and advice on reading books and Year 7 librarians were appointed.

• The School celebrated World Poetry Day with its fourth Poetry Festival. Pupils from Pre-Prep to Year 8 performed animal-themed poems to parents and peers. Public speaking skills were also evident in the fourth Verse Speaking Competition which aims to revive oral traditions of poetry recital, honour poets, and promote the reading, writing and teaching of poetry.


• Year 6 pupils visited Norwich Theatre Royal to watch a production of ‘Awful Auntie’ with the aim to help them understand how a book can be transformed into a show or a film.

• Starting from a field of 140,000 a Year 4 boy and a Year 7 girl made it through to the last 5,000 entries into the national BBC Radio 2 500 Words Story Competition. Their stories were selected to go through to the second stage of this popular national competition.

• Author/illustrator Karl Newson, designer of the School’s Growth Mindset superheroes, returned for a visit. He provided a highly engaging interactive reading of his new book ‘For All the Stars Across the Sky’ to all Pre-Prep pupils.

• Pre-Prep pupils were delighted to receive an official letter from the Queen together with information leaflets about The Crown Jewels, Royal Pets, Buckingham Palace and The Queen’s Working Day in response to a letter they sent to the Queen as part of their Kings and Queens Topic.

MATHSThe School offers an environment rich in mathematical opportunities starting in our Early Years classes, where we lay the foundations for mathematical understanding. The adopted ‘Maths Mastery’ approach, ensures children develop a deep and secure knowledge and understanding of a concept in all of its forms before progressing onto the next steps.• Year 5 Express were the Daily Winner of the Norfolk

SumDog Maths Contest on 12 December 2018 and received a certificate of Merit from the SumDog organisers. A total of 98 classes across the county took part. Following on, pupils were offered the opportunity to take part in a national contest with almost 32,000 pupils taking part nationwide. One Year 5 pupil finished within the top 1 per cent nationally.

• Year 8 pupils visited Langley Senior School as part of Black History Day and took part in an English and Drama workshop which was based around storytelling from the Zulu tribe in South Africa.

• As part of the English curriculum and Year 8’s study of ‘The Boys in the Striped Pyjamas’ pupils attended a Holocaust Survival Talk at Langley Senior School led by Eve Kugler who was born into a Jewish family in Germany in 1931.

• The annual Spelling Bee event was another success with all participants performing brilliantly.

• An ‘Alien Invasion’ day and recreating ‘Georges Marvellous Medicine’ morning laid the foundations for imaginative story writing for Year 3 and Year 4 pupils.

• The School’s quiz teams finished in 3rd and 7thplace at the Norfolk Area Heat of the General Knowledge Championship, the country’s largest inter-school competition. Nine teams, each consisting of 4 pupils, battled it out over the course of 40 questions on topics as diverse as momentous events in history, incredible geographical landmarks, beautiful art, inspiring music and literature, amazing science, cultures from around the world, current affairs and world knowledge.

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• A Year 5 pair finished in 2nd place at the Norfolk Maths Challenge in which 19 schools took part.

• Pupils in Years 5 and 6 stretch themselves in the National Mathematical Association Primary Challenge whilst pupils in Year 8 take part in the UKMT Junior Mathematical Challenge each year.

• Pupils from Year 2 to Year 7 took part in the annual Maths Morning working together in teams on a number of challenging problem-solving activities such as sudokus, orienteering, strimkos, money problems, dominoes and maths Pictionary. Years 2 & 3 worked together on one part of a task with Years 4 & 5 on a more complex problem and Years 6 & 7 faced a challenging problem at their level. They were assisted by Year 10 pupils from Langley Senior School who awarded points for both mathematical prowess and soft skills such as reflective learners, resilience and team-player.

• During a Number focussed day pupils in both Pre-Prep and Prep dealt with mathematical challenges. Year 6 pupils had organised a workshop for their younger Year 3 and Year 4 peers.

• Year 2 children enjoyed practising Maths skills in a number of games created by Year 3 pupils.

SCIENCE Pupils enjoyed taking part in the annual Norwich Science Festival:• Year 8 pupils challenged themselves in the Tomorrow’s

Engineer Quest at the University Technical College, where they worked in teams to solve a number of problems culminating in the development of an electric car.

• Year 5 pupils visited OPEN in Norwich where presenter and pyrotechnician Matthew Tosh provided a talk all about the makings of a firework.

• Year 4 pupils explored materials and their properties at Norwich Cathedral, learning about Science in a sacred place.

• Year 3 to Year 8 discovered more about the Planetarium through a workshop provided by Melanie Davies of Creative Space who explained the origins of the Universe. Through the planetarium set up at the Prep School, pupils explored some of the star constellations that we see in the night sky and also looked at how stars and planets form, as well as how they die.

• Year 6 pupils used their design and implementation skills in a rocket workshop with Nick Corston of STEAM Co who demonstrated why we need to be creative in our solutions to our everyday problems and how to use our imagination to make the world a better place.

• Year 6 pupils took part in the Top Class Science Quiz, competing against other schools from around the county, culminating in a final at UEA where they were eventual winners in a tense round of questions and activities.

• Four pupils took part in a Norfolk team challenge at the Salter’s Festival of Chemistry at the UEA where they had to apply their scientific knowledge and understanding to identify who had committed a crime carrying out a range of chemical tests.

• Year 8 pupils were invited to Briar Chemicals in Norwich to visit a chemical production facility and talk to some recent graduates about their chosen career paths.

• Our Year 7 pupils hosted a crowd pleasing Science Busking event performing a range of mini Science demonstrations.

• In a Year 6 engineering session, pupils were given 40 minutes to put skills learned into practice, building a bridge to span a 75cm gap with restricted resources bringing Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths together with inspiring results.


HistoryHistory helps train pupils’ minds and teaches them how to process information sensibly. It challenges to ask and answer important questions, find evidence, assess its relevance and reach conclusions.• Eight pupils submitted entries for the Paper 1 round

of the Townsend-Warner History Competition, one of the oldest institutions in the prep school world (its 134th year). A record number of 1,036 candidates took part and it was a valuable experience learning to incorporate historical terminology into their written pieces as well as matching historical events to dates.

• Visiting speakers (English Civil War) and presenters from Langley Senior School (WW2 Medicine and History Detectives) as well as a ‘Hands on the Past Workshop’ and the Norfolk Military Vehicles Group exhibited during a Year 3 to Year 8 History Day. Parents of the school also supported this event, one brought in horses that are used in English Civil War Battle re-enactments whilst another brought in army colleagues delivering an artefact handling session on WW1 soldiers. Former pupil and historical author Ralph Jackman offered a creative writing workshop.

• Year 2 pupils immersed themselves in The Great Fire of London topic which truly engaged the children in their understanding of an important event in British History. Learning of the differences between Life in London in 1666 and London today the pupils enjoyed taking part in exciting re-enactments, creating a timeline of events as well as writing a newspaper report using trusted sources of information such as Samuel Pepys’ diary.

• Year 4 pupils learnt about 100 years war and medieval armour in a Celtic/Roman living history workshop.

• As part of Black History month celebrations and commemorations, Year 8 pupils attended a Black History Day at Langley Senior School which included a fantastic display of tribal music and dancing from a touring group of Massai warriors.

• To extend Year 8 pupils’ study of ‘The Boys in the Striped Pyjamas’, they attended a Holocaust Survival Talk at Langley Senior School led by Eve Kugler who was born into a Jewish family in Germany in 1931.

• Year 8 pupils visited the Tower of London as part of their curriculum on a cross-curricular trip with RS.

• A number of Year 8 pupils took part in a History Heroes Final Competition organised by Langley Senior School which aimed to encourage and promote the excellent standard of historical knowledge and enjoyment of History. Pupils submitted a short entry about who they judged to be their History hero. Resulting in a 3rd place and a Highly Commended award.

• This year saw the introduction of History Holiday Trips. These optional educational trips offered pupils further opportunities to learn about and engage with history. Trips took place to Stansted Mountfitchet Castle, Duxford Imperial War Museum, Sandringham Estate, Walsingham Abbey, Ely Cathedral and Cambridge.

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Religious StudiesIn RS pupils develop an understanding of the basic beliefs of the six main world religions: Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam and Sikhism. They also study philosophy of religion, ideas and beliefs and what prominent philosophers believe.• Year 8 pupils undertook a trip to the Hindu Mandir

temple in London to view this magnificent place of worship. They discovered how it was built and learnt what happens during a Hindu service.

• Year 5 pupils heard about services and practices at a Synagogue in Norwich and gained a more detailed history of the religion.

• Year 6 pupils visited the Buddhist Centre in Norwich to see where a western Buddhist would go to worship, view Buddhist art and hear about their founder.

• Year 4 pupils learnt all about pilgrimages and saw churches of different Christian denominations at The Shrine at Walsingham.

• Year 3 pupils visited local St Edmunds Church in Taverham to experience what happens within a church during Harvest Festival or Advent.

GeographyGeography is a subject that has great global importance to many of the issues that are happening around the world, it is a subject that carries great significance throughout our lives.To learn Geography to a high level you need to develop a whole range of skills; literacy, numeracy, spatial awareness, problem solving, teamwork, research, creating and understanding arguments, all skills which the school strives to develop amongst its pupils alongside growing a greater awareness of the world around us. • Topics covered this year include Globalisation,

Population, Plate tectonics, Economic activities, Flooding, Climate, Weathering and Erosion. In Years 3, 4 and 5 pupils focus on developing the foundation knowledge and awareness in Geography and in Year 5

pupils are taught how to refine their map skills.• In Year 8 there were trips for fieldwork, one to the

Broads and another to Taverham Mill. • In Year 7 pupils visited Easton College for their module

in Primary Economic Activities and in Year 6 the British Cartographic Society visited the school and offered a workshop on earthquake hazard mapping.

• The department joined forces with the Classics Department and took Year 7 and 8 pupils on a trip to Naples and looked at the volcanic activity around Mount Vesuvius.

• In Pre-Prep Year 2 pupils enjoyed comparing their local environment to that of a remote Scottish Island and learned how to use grid references to locate features on the island.

Performing Arts – music, drama and danceFrom Art, Music, Drama and Dance, the Arts play an important role in the 21st century education at the School. Each one of these subjects cultivate creative thinking which leads to other supplemental skills such as problem-solving, public speaking, innovation and mindfulness. These abilities are important across the whole curriculum as well as being key life skills.

Pupils from Pre-Prep to Year 8 took part in a Creative Week this year exploring interests and strengths through the arts.

Music• The power of music is evident throughout the School,

from Early Years to Year 8, with pupils listening to a different composer each month during Assembly. In addition, links were made with other subject areas to maximise learning potential in both. For example Mathematics and repetitive rhythms in Mozart pieces, how Pythagoras devised a musical tuning based


on Mathematical harmonics in frequency ratios of whole number intervals and links with English/Drama showing how poetry form the basis for rapping, analysing structure of song lyrics and identifying particular descriptive devices used in song lyrics.

• In Early Years Music is one of the most important activities. Through singing, the children are learning about numbers, different animals and moving in various ways.

• 36% of the Pre-Prep children performed on their instruments in the Pre-Prep concert. The instruments included this year were guitar, piano, clarinet, saxophone, recorder, drums, singing and violin. The children in the Pre-Prep Choir, which represented 50% of pupils in the Pre-Prep, opened and closed the concert with two outstanding performances.

• Over 130 instrumental lessons took place across both the Pre-Prep and Prep, including cornet, piano, trumpet, drums, flute, cello, violin, double bass, saxophone, clarinet, guitar and voice.

• Results of ABRSM grade exams taken this year are: 10 distinctions, 6 merits and 7 passes.

• The School’s Woodwind Ensemble and Magna Voce Choir both received Highly Commended certificates for their performances at the Norfolk County Music Festival.

• An abundance of performance opportunities was

provided through (rhythmical) Music Assemblies, Soirées, Hall Rock Café, Remembrance Service, Christmas Carols Service, Summer Concerts, ensembles and House Bullard Music competitions as well as the school Pre-Prep and Prep Choirs and Magna Voce.

• The annual House Bullard music competition was another success with Early Years performing Nursery Rhymes, Pre-Prep singing songs by The Beatles and Prep pupils performing songs with a James Bond theme.

• The Prep School’s Magna Voce choir participated in the Norfolk Schools’ Opera Project at the Norwich Theatre Royal. The opera ‘A Kind of Magic Flute’ was written especially for this event and commissioned by Norwich Theatre Royal and Norfolk Music Hub who created a new partnership that helps schools and pupils learn about opera – its drama, music and creativity. This brand new children’s opera fused Mozart’s Magic Flute with a little twist of Latin-American Salsa music. Over 500 Norfolk pupils took part working together with directors, professional opera singers and musical directors. To actually participate in an opera has been an exhilarating opportunity for our pupils.

• The Pre-Prep Choir and Magna Voce performed at the Royal Norfolk Show and finished the academic year with a special performance at the School’s Speech Day.

• Year 8 pupils visited Langley Senior School as part of Black History Day and participated in an African drumming workshop.

• A Year 6 and Year 7 girl sang on stage at the ‘Aylsham Christmas Lights’.

• Early Years dance show children performed to songs of Mary Poppins,The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz.

• The Fun Dance Hobby in the Pre-Prep put on a dazzling display of dancing with lots of cool and groovy moves to well known disco songs. The theme was ‘dance, dance, dance.

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Drama• Early Years performed in a highly entertaining ‘Getting

Ready for Christmas’ show, written by our Head of Pre-Prep.

• Great performance skills were on display in this year’s Reception’s ‘Away in a Manger’, Year 1’s ‘Nativity, Lights, Camel, Action’ based around the TV show ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and Year 2’s ‘Pirates versus Mermaids’.

• Pre-Prep parents and children all joined in with the Dance Off show.

• Two Year 2 Pre-Prep girls received a Distinction for their Musical Theatre LAMDA Entry Level MT and one Year 2 girl obtained a Distinction for her Grade 1 LAMDA examinations.

• Prep School pupils flaunted their acting, singing and dancing talents in this year’s ‘Beyond the Rainbow’ production.

• Year 3 presented a selection of songs, poems and festive jokes to their parents and Year 8 mentors in the Year 3 Christmas Show.

• Year 7 pupils visited the Norwich Theatre Royal to watch a performance of Romeo and Juliet by the Royal Shakespeare Company, a fresh and

contemporary version of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet including a combination of orchestral and modern music.

• A Year 2 and Year 4 girl took part in performances of ‘Wind in the Willows’ at Sheringham Little Theatre having been selected after attending an open audition. The cast put in 100+ hours of rehearsals and 6 performances in 5 days.

• A Year 6 girl starred in the Christmas production of ‘Aladdin’ at the Theatre Royal Norwich.

• A Year 7 girl took the lead in Peter Pan for her Theatre School Triple Threat and played Peter Pan. A Year 6 girl played Tiger Lily.

• A Year 6 pupil took part in a show at the Norwich Theatre Royal with the Central School of Dancing and Performing Arts who were given a unique opportunity to perform on stage with former Strictly dancer Brendan Cole in his Brendan Cole Live Show Man UK Tour.

Art• Pupils were invited to take part in the School’s Summer

Art competition to create a ‘Kinetic Art’ mobile based upon the theme ‘colour’. For the Summer Photography competition, the theme was Go Go Hares.

• A Year 3 and a Year 8 girl received 1st prize and a Year 8 and Year 2 boy and a Year 6 boy were runners up in the Royal Norfolk Show Art competition.

• A Year 5 girl was selected as the winner of our competition to design a logo for the School’s PTFA (Parents Teachers Friends Association). This pupil’s clever design, featuring the School’s Growth Mindset superheroes, is now featured on all PTFA correspondence.


• An art display of the School’s Pre-Prep pupils’ favourite book characters was put up for World Book Day in the WH Smith store in Norwich Gentleman’s Walk.

• Year 1 pupils visited the Elisabeth Frink exhibition, ‘Humans and Other Animals‘, at the Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts. Frink’s Goggle Heads were particularly impressive and the children were encouraged to try techniques of shading and using lines to create different effects.

• Year 8 pupils visited Langley Senior School and as part of Black History Day where they were asked to contribute to a world map created from newspaper headlines. They were tasked with handwriting words and phrases regarding equality and adding them to the collage.

• Colourful and amazing designs were on display in the annual Easter Bonnet Parades in Pre-Prep and Prep.

• Year 5 pupils painted butterflies in aid of the Benjamin Foundation’s Flight for Youth.

• 12 pupils have worked extensively on pieces of art which will be entered into the September 2019 ISA Art competition.

DT• The Greenpower Goblin Go-Kart Team returned from

the Scottow Enterprise Park, with another trophy coming 3rd place overall.

• Year 8 continue to take advantage of the special link we have with the pupils at Harford Manor School and finished their educational puzzle games for the members of this school. This remains a unique opportunity for our Year 8s, being able to use their design and workshop skills acquired over the previous years, in this User-Centred Design Exercise.

ComputingOur Computing department continues to inspire the children around technology. With a diverse range of topics covered, pupils also learn how to keep safe online and how to spot potential dangers when navigating the World Wide Web.• Pupils developed skills in many of the popular software

programs including Microsoft Office tools and Google Apps. Other project areas included animations, understanding hardware and software, learning how a computer and networks work and business projects.

• Year 7 learnt how to handle steel and hardwood in the ever popular Steel and Hardwood trophy projects, before learning about movement and the importance of tolerances in the Automata project, making characters move and bob up and down.

• This year Engineering was trialled in Year 6, a cross-discipline endeavour to develop problem solving skills and creativity in STEAM subjects.

• Year 6 have completed their bird houses and personalised model Shoe-Box bedrooms, using their perspective drawings.

• Year 5 completed their electric payload transporters using electrical components to build their electric cars and especially using the soldering irons to solder up and connect their circuits. They also built solar powered fans linking in with their renewable energy topic.

• Year 4 enjoyed learning about Pop-Up card technology to design their own pop-up cards before using computers to study the Art Deco era and developing their fantastic final Art Deco clocks.

• Year 3 pupils have been learning about tools and basic workshop techniques to produce their vinyl cut key rings and pencil holder monsters.

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Languages• French is taught from Reception onwards through

to Year 8, with the time allocated to each year group increasing significantly as they move up through the school, from one hour per week in Years 3 and 4 to two and a half hours per week in Years 7 and 8.

• Year 2 children treated their families to a magnifique French Breakfast performing a selection of French conversations and songs demonstrating their French conversational skills.

• The Computing department puts a real focus on teaching the children how to code. The pupils learn to use a number of different programs to achieve given tasks. This year pupils have used Scratch programming, and code.org to program a number of different elements through block programming.

• Year 4 created their very own action game using KODU gaming software and used the Microbit to learn about Real Life Computing.

• Year 7 developed some amazing websites using HTML and CSS, coded using notepad.

• Year 6 navigated their way through an adventure game using Python code.

• Our younger pupils in the Pre-Prep were introduced to Computing from Reception through the use of their very own mini-computer suite, and regular Computing lessons.

• Year 2 attended Computing lessons in the Prep School and were introduced to Coding through Scratch programming blocks. They also familiarised themselves with a keyboard with Touch Typing lessons and learnt basic Word Processing skills.

• The School celebrated International Girls in ICT Day and dedicated the day to the importance of recognising the role girls play within the Technology Industry. Girls were invited to use the Computing suites to discover more about technology and to explore their favourite programs in more detail.

• Cross curricular links take place too and pupils learnt for example how to create functions within spreadsheets in their Maths lessons, and use Data Logging tools on iPads in Geography. Pupils also learnt coding skills in their Design and Technology lessons using crumble technology.

• This academic year has seen us take a technological leap forward in the way we support our Prep School pupils in their study of French. Our website, www.LangLangs.com, has been used more than four thousand times this year as pupils have practised their current units, revised topics from earlier in the year and laid the foundations for new topics coming up. Our YouTube channel, LangLangs French, has got off to a great start with 40 tutorial videos and practice activities which pupils can use to develop specific areas of their learning.

• Two Year 8 pupils took part in a Language Detectives Day along with pupils from other Norfolk Prep schools. The day consisted of a range of problem solving and creative activities focusing on how a language works and how different languages have common features. The day concluded with a mystery to be solved using the language skills developed during the morning.

• The Year 7 Express French group watched a French play called ‘Escape Room’ performed by the Onatti Productions at Langley Senior School.

• Year 7 and 8 pupils were given the opportunity to enhance their communication skills during their 5-day residential trip to La Grand’Ferme in Normandy, an experience which broadened horizons and enriched their linguistic skills.


PSHEE• This year there was a focus on The Importance of

Sleep in Children’s Mental Health Weak and ‘Healthy Inside and Out’.

• Celebrating World Mental Health Day pupils and staff responded with enthusiasm to the ‘Wear What Makes You Feel Happy’. Positive thoughts were added to the ‘Positivity Wall’.

Sporting AchievementsThe School were awarded the top level Platinum Sports Mark award. Pupils throughout the school receive regular PE lessons and take part in weekly fixtures, annual sports days, swimming galas and house sporting events such as the cross country competition. In addition, a wide range of sporting hobbies are offered via the optional after school club programme.

Pre-Prep & Early Years

• Pre-Prep children receive weekly PE lessons where they cover a range of games, gymnastics, fitness, cross country and athletics with our specialist games teachers. They also take part in weekly swimming lessons provided by a specialist teacher in the School’s indoor pool. Pupils are able to sign up for additional swimming clinics both before and after school which are very popular and the standard of swimming from Early Years is looking very promising indeed. The annual Pre-Prep swimming awards are hotly contested as well as a number of other sporting cups.

• This year Pre-Prep pupils have been able to participate in after school sporting hobbies such as Ballet & Tap,

• The School’s Head of French was invited to deliver training in strategies for developing spontaneous talk for SCITT, a teacher-training programme for schools around the country, at Sheffield Hallam University.

• Next academic year will see the introduction of a new French Library where pupils will be able to borrow short books bursting with exciting stories, written by native speakers for non-native readers at different stages of their learning. Most will come with a CD, so pupils will be able to listen to the story being read to them as well as joining in. This new opportunity aims to support pupils learning with the written word, to broaden their range of vocabulary and to consolidate their sense of how the language fits together.

• In support of Anti-Bullying Week pupils learnt about what it means to ‘respect’ one another. This was linked in with ‘Odd Socks’ day celebrating each other’s differences as well as the School’s termly Kindness calendar which encourages everyone to undertake a daily act of kindness.

• Year 8 pupils visited Langley Senior School to take part in a Home Economics session where they prepared cultural dishes from around the world in small teams.

• At the careers fair pupils were able to explore a wide range of career paths into diverse areas such as law, engineering, the RAF, design and printing, teaching, insurance and medicine, to name a few.

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Fun Dance, Tennis, Football, Rugby and Mad Science. • Early Years children enjoy their weekly sports hall

sessions where they play and utilise and variety of sports equipment in addition to their normal Dance and PE lessons, Tennis, annual Early Years Sports Day and Dance Show.

Prep School

• Prep School pupils receive 3-4 hours each week of PE and Games lessons including weekly sports fixtures, termly tournaments and competitions at local, regional and national level. This year saw the introduction of a new recreational Friday sports programme as an alternative games option for those pupils for whom the traditional termly sports are more challenging.

• Sporting trophies are passionately contested at sports day each year including the Kendal Cup which is awarded to the House whose members have made the most appearances in school teams. An impressive total of 5423 (Autumn 1073, Spring 1845, Summer 2505) representations were made across the whole of the Prep School this year.

• Once again, there have been many good individual performances and all players contributed positively towards team efforts in matches and competitions including termly House matches. Numerous individuals were given the opportunity to captain teams enabling them to experience leadership in a competitive and enjoyable environment. The School has an impressive record of medals and titles that have been won by both individuals and teams.

• The School represented Norfolk successfully in sport with teams reaching the national finals in boys and girls hockey, rugby, netball, football and cross country. In addition, the county cup was secured once more in boys’ cricket and hockey and girls’ hockey. Individual national medals were won in athletics and swimming. A successful ski trip to Austria and a senior rugby and hockey tour to Ireland took place this year.

Specialist coaching workshops The U11 girls enjoyed a special training session with ex-premier league player and Langley School Head of Football, Grant Holt and Ali Coleman in preparation for the ISA football finals.

Boys’ highlights:

Prep School boys took part in a total of 217 matches (Autumn: 57, Spring100 and Summer 60) and we crowned U11 and U13 National ISA Hockey Champions, National ISA U11 Rugby Bronze Medallists, National ISA Swimming Bronze Medallists and National IAPS Athletics Finals 100m Silver Medallist. County Cups were secured in U13 cricket and U11 hockey.

Girls’ Highlights:

Prep School girls took part in a total of 244 matches (Autumn: 101, Spring 84 and Summer 59). They were crowned National U11 Girls Football Champions at the ISA National Finals, IAPS National U11 Hockey Silver Medallists, U11 County Hockey Champions, U11 IAPS Small Schools Netball Silver Medallists, winners of the Norwich School and Framlingham Prep Netball Festivals, winners of the Norwich School U13 Development Netball Tournament and qualified for the National ISA Cross Country Finals.

Rugby• A very pleasing season showing real strength and

depth amongst the 8 teams.• The U11A team recorded an unbeaten fixtures season

closely followed by the U13As who won all but one of their fixtures and booked two victories during their Sports Tour to Ireland.


• The U10As finished in 3rd place at a local rugby festival.

• The U12 team were crowned Plate winners at the Great Finborough Rugby Festival with one of the team players receiving England Rugby captain Dylan Hartley’s baseball cap (for the fastest run in an end festival competition) who was the guest of honour at this event.

• The U13 team finished runners up in the Norfolk County Rugby finals.

• The U13 7s team remained unbeaten at the RPNS7.

• The U11 boys finished in 3rd place at the ISA U11 National Rugby Competition whilst the U10As finished in 3rd place at a local Rugby Festival securing a bronze medals as well.

HockeyGirls

It has been a fantastic season showing how much the teams have grown in confidence, skill and game awareness. We hosted U10, U11 and U13 indoor hockey tournaments.• The U13 girls finished 3rd in their cup group at the

ISA National Hockey Championships and remained unbeaten on their hockey tour to Ireland.

• The U13 team reached the quarter finals of a Norfolk indoor hockey festival.

The U11 team have had an outstanding season and have set the record as the School’s best performing team since records began:• Silver medal winners at the National IAPS Hockey

Finals (180 entries) after finishing 3rd in the Regional IAPS Championships in the run up prior to this.

• County Champions• 5th place at the In2Hockey Regional Finals• Winners of the Framlingham Hockey Tournament• The U8 girls won all 7 matches at a local U8 Hockey

Festival

• A Year 7 girl secured sponsorship from Jarrolds Intersport in recognition of her sporting talents for a second year and was the recipient of the Norwich City Hockey Club U12 Butterworth Cup for reliability, good attendance, steady progress, and representative hockey within, and outside, the club.

• A Year 6 girl was awarded Magpies U11 Player of the Season. She was one of the players of the undefeated U12 Magpies Hockey team who became Eastern Regional Champions and progressed to the National Finals in Nottingham where the team finished as runners up and silver medallists.

Boys

Some outstanding performances from our teams this year.U13 team • National ISA Hockey Champions• Qualified for the IAPS Regional Championships• 3rd place at County ChampionshipsU11 team• National ISA Hockey Champions

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• Qualified for the National IAPS Hockey Finals• Silver medallists at the Regional IAPS Championships • County Champions for a second year in a row.• Winners of both the indoor and outdoor festival at a

Norfolk annual hockey event with one team member receiving the U11 Player of the Tournament award.

• The U11 A team won all bar one of their fixtures, U11 B and U11D teams achieved unbeaten fixtures season.

Football• Playing some exceptional football our U11 girls were

crowned National Champions at the U11 7-a-side ISA Football Championships after finishing in first place at the Regional Qualifiers leading up to this. Langley Prep School at Taverham Hall are the first ISA school to have won this national title.

• The boys’ and girls’ teams were crowned CFS Football Schools Cup Champions after 5 wins from 5 games, 22 goals scored and no goals conceded. They went on to represent Norwich City F.C. in the EFL Kids Cup.

• The boys’ and girls’ teams finished top at the first round of the CFS Schools Cup and qualified for the Schools Cup Champions Day.

• The U11 boys’ team finished 6th overall after reaching the quarter finals at the IAPS soccer sixes held at Chigwell.

• The U11 girls won the U11 annual football tournament hosted by the Prep School at the Norwich City Football Club Aviva stadium with the U11 boys’ team finishing as runners up.

• A Year 6 pupil was selected for the The FA Girls’ England Talent Pathway Advanced Coaching Centre ACC. The FA Advanced Coaching Centre is part of the FA girls’ talent pathway and delivered by the Norwich City Community Sports Foundation on behalf of the Norfolk FA. The ACC is designed to support the development of elite female players. From this program players are selected for Regional Camps, England camps and England matches.

• A Year 5 pupil went on tour with the U10 girls’ team of the Norwich City Community Sports Foundation who won the 2-day competition. This pupil scored an incredible 45 goals for her team. In the U10 boys’ team a Year 5 pupil formed part of the team who won the League Cup!

NetballA Year 6 girl was selected to join the U11 Norfolk United Academy Squad as well as the prestigious Mavericks Mini Academy and was highlighted as ISA’s Athlete of the Month in March.


U11 team • Silver medallists at the IAPS Small Schools Netball

tournament.

Cricket• The largest number of Langley Preparatory School

at Taverham Hall pupils to date were selected for the Norfolk County Cricket squads. Fourteen pupils, four girls and ten boys, were successful in this year’s county trials, and joined NCC training programmes.

• U13 boys were crowned County Cup winners and had an outstanding season, maximising their potential and remained unbeaten in all fixtures throughout the term.

• 3rd place in the first league stage of the ISA U11 Regional Netball Tournament

• Winners at the annual Norwich School U11 Netball Tournament

• Winners of the Framlingham College Netball Tournament - one of the players received the accolade ‘Player of the Tournament’.

U13 team • Finished in 4th position overall at the ISA U13 Regional

Netball Tournament after finishing in 2nd position in the first league stage.

• Winners of a local U13 Development Tournament.• Year 3 took part in a local End Zone Netball Festival.

• The School hosted its first ever U11 girls’ hardball cricket festival which was very well received. The school’s team finished in 3rd place.

• This year saw the introduction of Year 4 diamond cricket.

• The U11 girls brought home silver medals from at the IAPS Cricket Festival 2019 after putting up an outstanding performance and reaching the finals.

• The U11 boys finished 4th at the IAPS Cricket Festival 2019 and 4th at a Suffolk Cricket Festival.

• A Year 8 pupil received the U13 Most Improved Cricket Player trophy at Horsford Cricket Club.

• A Year 8 boy was invited to a two-day trial games at Northants Cricket for EPP (Emerging Players Programme).

• Three Year 8 boys played for the winning U12 team in the Minor Counties Cricket Festival. One boy was recognised and awarded a bat for his 56 not out against Cleveland and was also awarded Player of the Tour.

• A Year 4 boy was awarded the U9 Coaches/Manager’s Award at Great Melton Cricket Club.

• A Year 4 boy, three Year 5 boys and one Year 6 girl all formed part of the U9 team who won the John Dewing Norfolk Cricket Alliance Final.

• Two Year 5 boys, one Year 6 boy and one Year 7 boy formed part of the silver-medal-winning team at the U11 Cecil Amey Norfolk Cricket Alliance Final.

Swimming• A number of very successful inter-school swimming

galas took place throughout the year.• A Year 8 boy finished in 3rd place (bronze) for the

freestyle at the ISA National Finals at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.

• A Year 8 boy won gold for the fly and freestyle at the ISA East Anglia Senior Championships and qualified

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for the ISA National Finals. Two Year 8 boys qualified for the freestyle relay team.

• A Year 6 boy finished in 3rd place (bronze) for the freestyle at the ISA National Finals in London.

• A Year 5 boy finished in 4th place for the freestyle and a Year 6 boy finished 5th place for the backstroke at the ISA National Finals in London.

• A Year 5 boy won gold for the freestyle at the ISA East Anglia Junior Championships.

• Two Year 6 boys won gold for the backstroke & butterfly and the freestyle & breaststroke events at the ISA East Anglia Junior Championships.

• A Year 5 pupil was crowned the City of Norwich Junior Development Squad Boy of the Year and beat his coach’s best time in 50m freestyle – only the 3rd person to achieve this in 7 years.

Cross Country• Every pupil in the School took place in our annual

school cross country event with 78 % of pupils running personal best times.

• At the ISA Cross Country Championships at Finborough a Year 7 girl finished in 3rd place (bronze)and two Year 4 and two Year 7 girls qualified for the National ISA Cross Country Finals.

• 18 pupils took part in a local Inter-Schools Cross Country competition and 9 pupils were awarded with medals for 1st place in U8 boys, 3rd place in U8 boys’ team and 1st place in U8 girls’ team category.

AthleticsPrep Sports Day records broken:

• A Year 7 girl broke the U13 girls’ high jump record. A Year 6 girl broke the U12 shot put record.

• School records were also broken at other athletics events: A Year 7 boy set a new record in the U13 Long Jump and also in the U13 200m.

• At the Langley Senior School Athletics event first places were achieved in the 100m, 200m, 300m, 800m, long jump, discus, shot put, high jump and hurdles.

Junior UEA

• An U11 girl and boy both finished 3rd in the high jump and an U11 boy 2nd in 800m.

• An U11 girl reached the final of the 100m and an U11 boy reached the finals of the 200m.

• An U11 boy reached the finals of the hurdles and came 2nd in the 100m.

• The U11 boys’ relay team finished in 1st place.• An U10 boy and girl finished 3rd in hurdles. An U10 girl

won the hurdles and long jump and an U10 boy came 2nd in the 100m.

• The U10 girls’ relay team finished in 2nd place.

Bedford- East Area Athletics Championships

• A Year 7 boy finished in 1st place for both the 100m and 200m and broke the U13 and U14 school record in the 200m setting a new record of 24.7 seconds.

Birmingham – National Prep School Athletics Finals

• A Year 7 boy won a silver medal in the 100m.

Squash• A Year 7 boy qualified for the National Dunlop

English Junior Championships 2019 in Hull after having won the U13 and U15 Norfolk County Squash Championships titles. This pupil secured a sponsorship deal with Tecnifibre.


Horse Riding• An Early Years girl was awarded placings, rosettes

and prize money at the prestigious annual horse show Equifest, held at the East of England Showground.

• A Year 4 girl won the British Showjumping National Junior Academy NAF 1* Pony Five Star Final and also secured the bronze medal for Norfolk with her team mates in the Norfolk Academy Mini Team at the British Showjumping National Junior Academy Team Finals.

Fishing• A Year 8 boy qualified for the Angling County finals.Kayaking• A Year 8 boy was awarded Most Improved Newcomer

at the Norwich Canoe Club.Clay Pigeon Shooting• This year was the first time the school entered a team

of four - the U13 team finished in 16th position in the national IAPS Clay Pigeon Shooting Championship.

• A Year 6 boy gained a place on the County Squad at the Regional Championships after taking part in the Norfolk Down The Line Championship at the Priory Shooting Ground near Kings Lynn. He finished in 3rd place in the Juniors’ section with a score of 86/100 which earned him a place in the County Squad.

Chess26 pupils from Year 3 through to Year 8 entered the qualifying tournament of the Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge, a competition which took place over seven weeks. A total of 10 pupils qualified for the Norfolk Megafinal after which one Year 6 boy qualified for the Giga Final in London – only 7% nationwide make it through to the nationwide Giga finals.

Kuk Sool Won• A Year 6 boy was promoted to 1st Dahn (black belt in

the Korean Martial Art of Kuk Sool Won) after 7 years of hard work, determination and dedication. This pupil also took part in the European Championship in the art of sparring and secured a commendable 3rd place, for his age and rank, in Europe.

Triathlon• Two Year 2 boys and one Year two girls won the Year 2

team triathlon event.• A Year 2 girl won the individual girls’ triathlon. • A Year 5 boy finished 3rd in the Y5/6 boys’ section

• A Year 6 boy was crowned the U11 Norfolk County Squash Champion.

and a Year 3 boy came 2nd in the Year 3 boys’ Glebe Triathlon event.

• At the Norwich Junior Triathlon event a Year 5 boy finished in 1st position, a Year 2 girl in 3rd position in their age categories.

Tennis• A Year 6 girl was re-selected for the U12/14 Norfolk

tennis team.

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Charitable Donations, Community Links and Partnerships

Service to and kindness towards others is as the heart of Langley Preparatory School at Taverham Hall and the School’s contribution to and collaboration with the wider community is a natural extension of this. The School is immensely proud of its inclusive community and regularly reviews how it is able to share its facilities and resources with others as well as where there are opportunities to create something new where there are benefits for all parties involved.

CharityThe School raises funds in support of a wide range of charities and each year charities are voted for and chosen by the Prep School pupils after presentations made in Assembly. This year Prep pupils chose to support EACH, Finnbar’s Force, Headway, UK 2 Rom and our Pre-Prep pupils chose to support Children In Need.

• An wonderful total of £2,597.39 was raised for the following charities: Macmillan Cancer Support, Jeans for Genes, Mental Health Foundation, Children in Need, Anti-Bullying Alliance, Headway (The Brain Injury Association) and EACH (Quidenham Hospice).

• The school community rallied in support of local boy Harry and raised £480 to go towards his medical treatment.

• The school raised £300 for YANA (You Are Not Alone) which deals with the issue of mental health and raising the awareness of this.

• £55 was added towards children’s chosen charities from Matron’s egg sales.

• Several male school staff took part in Movember in support of Mens Health and raised £775.

• The school sponsored Soul Church in their 7 marathons in 7 days to help raise funds for their new project.

• The school hosted a 24 hours fundraising event for local netball club Norfolk United in the School’s sports hall. The club raised £3,057.46.

• A school staff running team of 5 completed their cancer Race for Life 5KM at the Norwich Showground raising money for life saving research.

• Pre-merger school uniforms were donated to the New Covenant Apostolic Ministries International for schools in Zimbabwe and this year Pastor & Apostle A K Machaya confirmed that they were distributed to Muchirinji School and Machakata Early Child Development School in Zimbabwe. It was also confirmed that one of their upcoming schools is going to adopt the name Taverham Restoration School.

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Community LinksOver the past 10 years numerous organisations have benefited from access to the School’s facilities both on a charitable as well as venue hired basis. Examples range from holiday Adventure Clubs for children and International Language schools to local NCT Childbirth Classes, Brass Bands, Scout Clubs and weddings, all with the aim to provide a service to and/or for others.

The School has developed a number of partnerships with local sports clubs where the School supports these clubs via sponsorship for the immediate benefit of their primary school aged members. Several of these clubs regularly use the School’s grounds/facilities for a number of their events, some of which where the School’s pupils are able to take part as well. In addition, workshops offer further benefits for both.

The installation of the School’s own defibrillator (as a direct result of the fundraising efforts of the School’s Matron and generosity of parents) on site has provided obvious benefits and security in times of emergency, not only for pupils, staff, parents and families, but also for other visitors and the wider local community.

The School is delighted to be able to share its facilities with local schools and works closely with the West Norwich & Dereham School Sport Partnership which uses the School’s grounds for a number of their sporting events attended by 40+ Norfolk based primary schools in addition to the annual Special Schools Cross Country event. Over 900 children take part in these events.

The music department developed a new link with the Norfolk Schools Opera Project (see music section).

The School welcomed Friend In Deed who delivered an inspiring assembly to pupils on Dementia and Friendships Across Generations and how we can all make a difference. The school signed up to DAA – Dementia Action Alliance and is in the process of developing an intergeneration link with Friend In Deed and Black Swan Care Homes.

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The School has a very special link with Harford Manor School in Norwich, a school for children and young people with complex needs, aged 3 – 19 years, a partnership which commenced in 2008. Each year the School’s Year 8 pupils build up a close relationship with their friends across at Harford Manor and aim to use the knowledge

they built up of the children throughout the year to design a toy or educational game that will benefit their learning experience. The Harford Manor pupils also make use of certain School facilities during their visits such as the sports hall and swimming pool. This unique collaboration between the two schools was selected by the Department of Education’s Independent State Schools Partnership as a case study in 2015. The School received funding from the ISSP for a state-of-the-art laser cutter to extend the range and quality of the items produced by our Year 8 pupils with the pupils of Harford Manor.

Collaboration with the UEA and Science ParkThe School works closely with the UEA’s Global Voices in a mutually beneficial partnership, providing a valuable link between the UEA’s diverse and vibrant international student population and primary school aged pupils. Global Voices students are offered the opportunity to share information about their languages and countries via interactive workshops with the School’s pupils.Educational links with the Norwich Science Park have over the years enabled pupils to visit and experience science in the work place first hand.

Local business connections – benefits for allPupils benefit from a wealth of educational visits to (and from) various local companies including beekeepers, vets, athletes, authors, newspaper and magazine publishing company Archant and many more.

Neighbouring Taverham Junior School and Taverham High School regularly use the School’s grounds for their cross country training/events. Over the past years Taverham Junior School pupils have joined in with French and History workshops.

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