Author: alice

Path building: part 2

Students in year 11 have almost completed repairing the path. We have made great progress on the path – the end is in sight! Several other year groups have supported us – Y8, Y10 and Post16.  The wet weather recently …
8th July 2021

Stag Beetles!

Great news –  Stag beetles have settled in our Nut Walk! So far, our primary students have found two females (as seen in the picture) and a male which have larger pinchers. The male was found during wild time last …
8th July 2021

Mental Health Week

The importance of mental health and wellbeing is very important to us at St Philip’s. As the focus of mental health week is nature, we took the opportunity to go outside as much as we could! While outside we could enjoy …
8th July 2021

Art

Despite the obvious challenges of the last year or so three Year 11’s have managed to complete all the work necessary for their GCSE art. They have produced an impressive body of work ranging from silk painting, textiles, collage work …
8th July 2021

Horse Care Course at Silvermere

Our students have been enjoying visits to Silvermere Equestrian Centre in Surrey. The family-run centre was opened in 2005. The team always welcomes our students with kindness, happiness and enthusiasm. Students are learning how to take care of a horses, …
21st May 2021

AcSEED Award success!

We are delighted to have been re-accredited with The AcSEED Award. The award recognises our commitment to creating a mentally healthy environment and supporting pupils throughout their time at school. ​ Our offer has expanded in a number of ways, …
17th May 2021

Jack Petchey Award winners!

Mr Walsh was delighted to present three worthy winners with Jack Petchey awards this week. The Jack Petchey Foundation was set up to inspire and motivate young people and recognise them for their achievements. Youssef (pictured), year 11, won the …
14th May 2021

What book are you reading?

As we progress as a school we have found that having a strong emphasis on reading has become more important in order to develop our young people.  We are setting out to encourage our students to read more, and part …
13th May 2021

Preparing for animal care

As part of our animal care course, year 11 students have an opportunity to design and put together a vivarium for some of our school reptiles: a bearded dragon, a crested gecko and a leopard gecko. In preparation for this, …
11th May 2021

The ‘Beech Hut’ is open!

Beech Hut is a business enterprise of the post-16 department led by Amanda Skidmore. Students are running a restaurant, enabling them to practise customer service by welcoming customers in the room, taking their order, communicating the information back to the …
10th May 2021

A new minibus!

St Philip’s is delighted to announce that international charity, Toc H, has kindly donated a minibus to the school.  The Ford Transit is a seventeen seater that comes with a very handy roof rack. We plan to put the bus …
7th May 2021

Creating a mentally healthy environment for all

We are pleased to announce that our Student Support team has received the Committed Accreditation from Edupod! Edupod is a project from Innovating Minds, focusing on creating mentally healthy environments in schools for both students and staff. We have now …
30th March 2021